Hey guys, BassDS back once again...

I'll be honest and I'm not going to sugar-coat it. I feel I've failed you all as a writer these past couple of years. Granted a lot has happened as time passed; dealing with my grandma's death, struggling to figure out how I wanted to do my videos and such (I actually have that taken care of now, so let's hope for the best), being tired from work at the end of the day and just wanting to relax and do whatever I wanted. I looked at writing as a chore, and looking back now, I was selfish; I wasn't being fair to any of your all that anxiously awaited update after update with all the long droughts and everything.

And so as such, here we are once again with the 3rd and FINAL press of the reset button for Shooting Star Lovers.

Granted there may not be a lot of people overly interested in the story, but I don't want to cheat out those that have been loyal and put up with all the hell I've caused the past couple of years. I WAS going to wait until New Year's Day, but what right do I have to make those that are awaiting updates wait any longer. Granted I'm not uploading everything all at once, we'll just take it as each day goes past until we're caught up where we last left off in the original upload.

So for those that are new and by whatever chance something compelled you to visit this story, and for those that are familiar with this concept; past screw-ups and all, allow me to elaborate on what Shooting Star Lovers is.

The original Star Lovers installments; as much as people liked them back when I uploaded constantly, were HEAVILY flawed; weren't though out properly, the plots were a mess, and to be honest, it kinda makes me cringe to go back and see how horrible my writing was back then for a 16-17 year old. Granted the main reason they were like that was because each installment was written right after the new games came out and each story was in between each game. At one point, I initially wanted to redo the first Star Lovers story under the name Star Lovers R.

That boat ended up sinking real fast as I lost interest and because Star Lovers 2 was more important at the time.

Then came 2009, and right away, I got drawn into the Kingdom Hearts series was as fascinated by the Final Mix concept the series had: re-releases of Kingdom Hearts I and II, packed with new content that expanded gameplay and the overall story canon. This led me to want to completely redo all of my entries after I had finished Star Lovers 4, but plot ideas began to conflict with one another and was dropped.

Eventually, I decided not base the new rewrites on the old stories, but craft an entirely new story from scratch, taking place several years after the events of Star Force 3. This became known as Shooting Star Lovers.

Granted, trying to make a plot that didn't sound completely stupid was challenging, as I wanted to try to remain within the game's canon, but give my story its own mythos to build upon. Eventually, the main bulk of the plot was figured out and everything looked bright.

Then my laziness and the reality of being an adult hit like a ton of bricks.

And so, here we are; we're starting this up again, hopefully for the last time, and it only seems appropriate, seeing as how it's closing in on the 10th anniversary of the original Star Lovers.

I know whatever I say can never make up for everything I've done AND haven't done. But if you're willing to give the story one last chance, I'll do everything within my power to make that chance worth something.

Thank you all.


Shooting Star Lovers

Ch.1 Prologue, Part 1 – Emotions


"Where...where am I?" a young teen said as he found himself floating in a field of light.

He looked around the vast space, finding himself alone until a bright glow appeared before him, taking the form of a girl around his age. But not just any girl.

"Sonia?"

"Hmm...yes and no." was the girl's reply as she turned to him; her body glowing as her hair that extended a bit past her shoulders floated behind her. "I'm a manifestation of your feelings."

"My feelings..."

"That's correct, Geo. I've taken the form of the girl you've known for years, your first brother, and more importantly, your first love..."

"Love...is that what I'm feeling?"

"Haven't you ever felt it before?"

"Of course I have! I've shown my love to my parents...just never to..."

"It's quite a difference, isn't it?"

"Yes...I've felt this way for years, but I've been to scared to say anything..."

"You fear rejection...that isn't uncommon. Everyone fears it."

"What if...she doesn't feel the same? What then?"

"Just like how you learned to walk as a child, you must take baby steps. Only then can you show her how you truly feel, and discover how she feels about you. You need to take that first step. If you don't, you'll never get anywhere." she said as she vanished.

"That first step..." he said as the space glowed brightly, enveloping him into it.


"Geo, wake up! You're going to be late!" came a voice downstairs as the boy awoke to see the sun rising outside.

"OK, mom, I'm up!" he said as he yawned and rubbed his eyes. "That dream..."

He turned to his Hunter VG that laid on his nightstand to see a familiar being sleeping within it.

Geo's POV:

I'm Geo Stelar. I'm 18 years old, and a senior at Echo Ridge High, well, at least for the next two weeks with graduation nearing close.. And on top of that, I'm also a super hero...well, at least I was seven years ago.

I was only 7 when my father, Kelvin, vanished when he was on a space mission. Everyone assumed that he was dead. My mom, Hope, took it pretty hard, but I was affected the most. As such, I refused to go to school or make any friends. From that day on, I was a recluse.

Three years later, my life changed drastically. As I watched the stars atop Vista Point; mine and my dad's favorite stargazing spot, it seemed as if a shooting star struck the ground near me. It was then I met Omega-Xis.

Yeah, believe it or not, a real alien stood in front of me. Well...the scientific term would be an EM Wave Being, if you want to dig that deep into it.

Omega-Xis, or Mega to keep things shorter, was an EM being that betrayed his group of FM-ians, and as such, was on the run from them. Eventually, trouble followed right after him, and it was then I reluctantly joined forces with him, and we became a merged being. It was that moment I became Mega Man.

Mega was in possession of the Andromeda Key, which was the control of the FM King's greatest weapon, Andromeda. One after the other, his warriors would attack in their attempts to retrieve it.

It was also this event that lead me to meet my friends, Bud, Luna and Zack. Course then again, it was more of Luna wanting to drag me into school that caused me to meet them.

The main reason I chose to help Mega was because he said he knew about my father's whereabouts. But I never really got to interrogate him about it.

It was during one of the attacks that I met my first real friend...Sonia.

She was like me; suffering from the pain of losing someone close to you, in this case, it was her mother. Sonia loves to write and sing, and she mainly did it for her mother, but eventually, she was forced to sing for profit, and not from her heart. It was this that lead an FM-ian named Lyra to possess her.

I struggled to free Sonia, letting her know she wasn't the only one hurting. This in turn snapped her back into reality, and caused Lyra to defect from the FM-ians.

It was then Sonia became the first person I ever made a Brother Band link with.

Eventually, the sages of Planet AM, the sister planet of Planet FM that it destroyed appeared before me and Mega. Leo Kingdom, Dragon Sky and Pegasus Magic granted me their powers to combat the FM forces, and eventually, we found ourselves face to face with Cepheus, the FM King, and Andromeda. It was then I found out Mega was actually a survivor of Planet AM, and that in an effort to save my dad, whose space station was invaded by Cepheus' forces, transformed him into EM waves and scattered into space. So I at least knew, somewhere, my dad was still alive. With this knowledge and power we had gained, we went on to destroy Andromeda, and earn the trust and friendship of Cepheus.

It wasn't long after that that Mega and I were thrown into the myths of the legendary OOPArts; ancient relics of tribes that were the remnants of the continent of Mu. As such, we crossed paths with Solo, the last Murian survivor, and Dr. Vega.

Solo despised the idea of bonds, and as such, we clashed, staking my claims that bonds gave me the power to fight. Needless to say, he's a powerful warrior...and unknowingly, because of our differences, we had become rivals.

At one point, my friends were scattered across the world, and I set out to track down each one with Luna's help. Bud and Zack were easy to track down, but when it came to Sonia...

Sonia had allied herself with Vega, and as such, fought me to gain the OOPArts for her. Her betrayal really struck hard at me...she was my first friend and brother. After some encouragement, I fought Sonia once again, and our fight brought her real reasons of betrayal to light. Vega had threatened to destroy me to obtain the OOPArts, and Sonia joined up just to protect me from her.

With the bond between Sonia and I mended, things shifted badly as Dr. Vega managed to gain all three OOPArts and restored Mu. To make things worse, she had awakened Le Mu, an ancient guard system within the continent. With the last bit of the OOPArts power, we destroyed it and convinced Vega to turn over a new leaf. In reality, she only wanted to revived her lover, whose she had created her EM follower, Hollow, in his image.

A good time had passed when a new threat began to emerge. I and a few others were recruited to WAZA to fight off the threat of Meteor G; a giant sphere of noise that was controlled by the evil Mr. King and his group known as Dealer.

Arthur Eos, Ace for short, was a former member who now worked for the Satella Police. It was him that recruited Me, Sonia, Solo and Bud. Among Dealer were siblings named Jack and Queen Tia, who partnered with Corvus and Virgo, two traitors from Planet FM. Tia used to be Ace's girlfriend up until his defection, and she and Jack desired to use Meteor G to destroy the earth's technology, which was what caused a war that left them orphaned.

Eventually, Ace sacrificed himself to help destroy their base, as well as the EM being, Joker.

With this, Tia and Jack defected from King and set out to take over Meteor G for themselves. After facing the both of them, they gave up their desire for revenge and I made my way to face King before Meteor G crashed into earth. It would have, but luckily to my happiness and surprise, my dad was keeping Meteor G in check, until the core absorbed him and King, and I faced off against its Crimson Dragon that was created when King merged into the core.

I was victorious, but at that point, the only way for me to return home was for dad and Mega to set me on my way back down to earth. A few weeks had gone by after I returned. Ace was found alive and took him quite a while to heal. And luckily for me, Mega managed to return to earth, but not only that, I finally had my dad back with us as well. After three long years, Mom, Dad and I were a family again.

Seven years have passed, and luckily, nothing bad has happened. I've been able to live a normal life. But ever since that day on the beach pier; when we held hands...I've started to view Sonia as more than a friend...I've fallen in love with her...but I'm scared of her not feeling the same. I've taken on a meteor, a so-called god, and a weapon of mass destruction, and yet I can't tell one girl how I feel about her?

Man, I'm pathetic...

End POV

"Come on, Mega, wake up." Geo said as he came back from the shower and put his clothes on. His everyday attire now consisted of a white t-shirt with a red one over top it that he kept unbuttoned; the sleeves adored with the white marks that existed on his shirt when he was younger, a bright stripe of yellow circled the base of the short arm sleeves and the bottom of the shirt, and a thinner version of the dark-blue pants he used to wear.

"C'mon, Mega, quit moping and get up." he said as he slid on his treasured Star Pendant over his neck, as well as sliding his Visualizer on his head.

"I don't want to wake up. Lyra's going to be there. Quite frankly, she's been annoying as hell for weeks.

"In all honesty, you two bicker like an old married couple." Geo smiled as Mega batted an eye at him.

"That is nowhere near funny..."

"Then come on. I'm gonna be late." Geo said as he grabbed his hunter and headed down stairs, passing his parents and rushed out the door.

"My...he sure is in a rush today..." Hope commented as her son headed out the door.

"You know him; he's probably got something planned with his friends before school." Kelvin replied and went back to drinking his coffee.


"It feels nice out today..." Geo said as he laid atop the garden area of the school's roof and looked up into the sky.

"The breeze feels great." came a voice as he got up and looked behind him to see Sonia smiling.

"Sonia..." Geo said as he felt his heart skip a beat.

"Is that all you have to say? My name?" she giggled and sat down beside him, her heart beating faster as she got closer to him.

Sonia had changed over the years. She now wore a pink sleeveless blouse that remained unbuttoned, a light lavender spaghetti strap top underneath and rounding off with white shorts with a small stripe of pink on both sides of the leggings. She had let her hair grow out as well; the dark-pink strands ran down her back and stopped down near her waist.. She was slowly becoming a woman throughout the years, course none of this helped Geo's emotions stay under control. Damn puberty.

"There it is again..." she thought as he heart pounded.

"So...how's everything with you this week?" Geo spoke, trying to make small talk, and to try and calm his nerves.

"I've been fine. My classes have been going well. It's hard to believe graduation is almost here."

"That's...that's good to hear..." Geo said, trying to hide the nervousness in his voice.

Sonia lightly blushed as she turned her head a bit so he couldn't see.

"What about you?" she said. "Has everything been alright with you?"

"If you only knew...Damn it, why can't I tell her?" he thought. "Everything's been fine. Mega being himself as usual. Sometimes he can be hard to live with."

Sonia could always laugh. "Lucky for me, Lyra's a lot like I am. She's there for me when I need her..." she said as her mind trailed back to the other night.


The other night...

"What am I going to do, Lyra? This is killing me inside..." Sonia groaned as she held onto her pillow as she laid on her bed.

"Tell him how you feel, dear. You'll never feel better unless you do." the small FM-ian said.

"But what if he doesn't feel the same? What if he rejects me...I don't know if I can take it..."

"Sonia..."

"Geo's been my best friend...my brother...things change with time...I can't deny it, Lyra...I love him...I don't want to lose that feeling..." she said as she softly cried.

"Dear, you have to tell him. You'll never know if you don't try." she said as she used her small hand to wipe the tears from Sonia's eyes. "If you don't, you'll never know how he feels." she smiled.

"Thanks Lyra..." she said and wiped the rest off. "So tell me...if you're so informative on this stuff...does that mean you love Omega-Xis?" she grinned.

"Umm...let's not get into that...that has nothing to do with the issue at hand." Lyra said turning around and hiding her blush, leaving Sonia to laugh.


"You know, Sonia..." Geo said as he looked away from her and looked out to the sky. "I've been meaning to talk to you about..."

Sonia felt like her heart stopped. "What...about..." she managed to get out.

"Lately I've..."

"There you two are! Do you realize you only have ten minutes until classes start?" came a high-pitched voice as they turned to see Luna, Zack and Bud near the elevator door.

"Sorry about that, prez...we kinda lost track of the time." Geo said as he lightly forced a laugh.

"Yeah...sure you did...as the Senior Year president, It's my job to make sure everybody is on time for their classes. After all, I don't want any of you getting held back from being tardy to class. To be honest, I'd hate to graduate by myself." she said as she straightened her ponytail; she had long ditched the massive drills her hair was in, and went with something a little more formal back when they were in 8th grade.

"That's Prez; always thinking ahead." Zack said as he typed on his computer. He finally outgrew his shortness as was about as tall as Luna. His huge, square shaped glasses were replaced by small rounder ones, making him less geeky...well, the suspenders were still there, but they were hidden by his button-up suit.

"Mind if we get going? I want today to be over with so I can enjoy the weekend." Bud added. He got a bit bulkier over the years, as well as stronger, and on top of that, he was the tallest in the group.

"Right then...come on, you two, let's go." Luna said as she headed to the elevator with Bud and Zack in tow.

"She's right. Let's get moving." Geo said as he got up, but stopped once Sonia grabbed onto his arm.

"Wait, Geo..." she said looking into his eyes. "What were you going to say?"

"Oh boy...I just HAD to start...think, Geo...think of something good." he thought. "I was heading over to Ace's later...was all. I was just wondering if you wanted to come along to WAZA."

Sonia's happiness faded, but she made sure not to show it. "Yeah, that's fine with me. It's been a while since I've seen them." she said and ran to the elevator. "You better hurry up." she said as he followed after her.

"That was close..." Geo said as he boarded and everyone went to their proper floors until he and Sonia were the last ones on until it came to hers.

"So after school...right?" she said.

"Yeah, I'll see you out front." he said.

Sonia turned to look at him and showed a smile, but as soon as the doors closed, tears began to well up in her eyes.

"This is too much...it hurts..." she whispered to herself.

Geo laid back on the wall as the elevator was heading down to his floor.

"What am I going to do!" Geo said as his fist hit the elevator wall.


Elsewhere, a small void was beginning to open up, slowly getting wider and wider until a cloaked figure stepped out and slid the hood of the cloak down, revealing a young woman as her long, white hair cascaded down her cloaked body and stopping right at the middle of her back; the front having two long bangs with two smaller bangs in the middle just barely covering her eyes; a small red circle and triangle mark resting below her left eye.

"Master, I have arrived." she spoke as she closed her eyes as she was being talked to from within her mind.

She stood silently as her violet eyes opened up once more.

"Yes Master, I understand. I will begin the search at once and begin the first phase of your plan." She said and looked over at the sea; Dream Island within her sights easily.

"And once everything is prepared, I WILL find you and repay you for what you did to me..." she said as a pained look of betrayal appeared on her face.


Later that day, Geo and Sonia dashed on over to WAZA from the wave roads as they dropped to the ground and powered down as they entered the large building.

"My my my...what a sight for sore eyes. I haven't seen you two here for a while." came a voice as they two looked up to see Dr. Goodall coming down the steps.

"Hey doc. You taking care of yourself?" Geo knelt down to her level.

"Of course I am. I may be 76, but I still feel as if I was 60." she smiled as she removed her glasses to wipe them. "Ace and Jack are in the control room, and Tia's tending to Alexis. The poor dear has come down with a bit of an upset stomach."

"Guess I'll head up and say hi, then." Sonia said as she headed up the stairs towards the elevator.

"Anywho...Ace is waiting for you, so you better hurry along." Dr. Goodall smiled as he headed up the stairs.

"Thanks, doc!" Geo said as he ran off.

"Now then...what was I doing before...oh right! Alexis' medicine! I almost forgot." she said as she headed back up the stairs and to the elevator.


"Well...look what the wind dragged in." Jack said as he turned to see Geo enter the room with Omega-Xis in tow.

"It's been a while, hasn't it?" Geo laughed at bit as Ace turned to see him.

"Well with nothing dangerous causing trouble anymore, there's hardly a reason for you to be here." Ace added.

Jack now had his hair grown out to be pretty long, and always wore a black and red blazer, while Ace kept to his usual attire.

"Well, that's what happens when you have school to keep you occupied." he said.

"Oh, there's more than that..." Mega said.

"Can it!"

"Hmm...once again, Mega digs his nose into business other than his own." Acid said as he appeared by Ace.

"No one asked you, Acidna."

"Ah...that reminds me." Ace said as he dug into his pocket. "Here's a little present." he said as he handed him two cards.

"Hmm? What are they?"

"They are tickets to the Stardust Speedway amusement park on Dream Island. I had planned on taking Alexis on Saturday for the summer opening, but with the upset stomach she has, it's impossible to get her out of bed; besides, the rides would be bound to make her sick more. So I figured I'd see if you'd have any use for them."

"Maybe..."

"So...are you and Sonia going steady yet?" Jack grinned as Geo turned red. After all, Prom IS at the end of next week.

"Not yet...I mean..eh...!" Geo said as he began to feel intimidated.

The two brother-in-laws laughed at Geo's response.


"Mommy, my tummy hurts..." the young girl whined as her mother poured a glass of water and set it down on the nightstand.

"You'll be okay...you just need some more rest is all, then you'll be back to normal." Tia said playing with her daughter's hair.

Tia had settled into her new life after Dealer. She and Ace had married a year after the Meteor G incident, and about half a year later, she found out she was pregnant with their first child. Alexis was her daddy's little angel and spoiled her every chance he got.

"Knock knock." Sonia said as she and Dr. Goodall appeared in the walkway into the little girl's room.

"Auntie Sonia!" she tried to say happily but was still strained a bit.

"Easy there, little one. Just rest. Here, I brought you your favorite grape medicine. Open up." Dr. Goodall said as she poured some into the cap and moved it to the little girl's mouth as she drank it down.

"So how's everything been for you Sonia?" Tia asked the young girl.

"To be honest...it could be better." she sighed.

"Oh?"

"Tia...how did you fall in love with Ace?"

"Uhh..say what?"

"I knew it; that look in your eyes told me everything." Goodall chuckled.

"Ohh...well um..." Sonia fidgeted a bit nervously.

Tia laughed a bit as she kissed Alexis to sleep and the three women walked out and headed down to the lobby.

"Ace was different back then...he had such a bad boy attitude to him. Even after he defected, I still loved him...it just took me a big wake up call to realize that." she said.

"I want to tell Geo how I feel...but I'm just scared...I don't want to be rejected or hurt." Sonia replied.

"Reminds me of my husband and I." Dr. Goodall said.

"You were married?" the two asked her.

"Yes...my husband. Even though he didn't find out he had HBD until his thirties, he made everyday count; even more so with the days we shared...bless his heart. I tried to convince him to take the surgery, but like always, he was stubborn. He absolutely refused to go under the knife."

"Sorry..."

"No, its quite alright. I don't talk about my husband much, but the moral of the situation is that everything is limited, and you need to act on it. All I'm trying to say is, Sonia, you need to say something before you run out of time. Anything can happen.

"I suppose you're right..."

"Of course I'm right! I am in my golden and wisdom years, after all." the old woman said as the other two chuckled.

"I just need to find the right time...the perfect moment..."

"Sonia..." Lyra said softly as she looked out to her friend.


It was getting dark out by the time Geo and Sonia made it back to Echo Ridge as they dashed along the wave roads until they came to Sonia's apartment.

"So...I guess I'll see you later this weekend." Geo said as they powered down and stood in front of the complex.

"Yeah...I'll see you later." she replied and headed in.

"Sonia..." Geo said softly as he moved his head down and walked home.

He headed down the street and came to his house as he entered to see his mom putting the finishing touches on dinner.

"And just where have you been, young man?" Hope turned to see her son walk in the door.

"I was just at WAXA with Sonia, seeing Ace and the others." he replied.

"You could have at least called..."

"Easy there, dear. I'm sure Geo has his reasons." Kelvin said as Geo sat down at the table and the cards fell out of his pocket.

"Hmm...what's this? Stardust Speedway?" Hope said looking at the amusement park tickets as she picked them up.

"Oh, Ace gave them to me. He meant to take Alexis, but she caught a cold."

"Are you going with anyone?" Hope asked smugly.

"Oh boy...here comes the interrogation..." Kelvin said.

"I'm gonna love this." Mega added. He enjoyed seeing Geo squirm in situations like this.

"I...wasn't sure if I was going yet or not..."

"What about Sonia? I'm sure she'd like to go."

"Mom..." Geo said as his face reddened.

"You can't lie to your mother...I've seen how you look at her." she smiled.

"Gah...mom...really..."

"Sorry son, but I think your mother has you red-handed." Kelvin laughed a bit as he looked at his son.

"Ok, fine, you win..." he sighed as he placed his head in his hand.

"My little boy's in love!" Hope giggled and held Geo close.

"Have you told her yet?" Kelvin asked.

"Are you kidding me? I haven't even worked up the nerve to even say anything...I'm too scared."

"I see...brings me back to your mother and I" his dad replied.

"You were such a chicken. You had to have Aaron push you into it and even approach me." Hope added.

"Yeah, and he never lets me live it down."

"You serious?" Geo asked.

"Dead serious. I was scared as hell of your mother rejecting me."

"But in the end, you hatched out of your little egg, and now here we are." Hope smiled.

"What should I do?"

"Well...that amusement park is a good first step. Just follow your heart and see what happens. You can't achieve anything by doing nothing, son."

"Maybe you're right..." Geo said.

"Of course he's right. He is your dad, after all." Hope said as she latched onto Kelvin's lips and brought him into a long kiss.

"Eww..." Mega noted as he turned away inside the hunter.

"I think I just lost my appetite..." Geo said putting his hand in his face.


The clock struck 1 a.m. As Geo's eyes stayed trained on his Hunter VG.

"You can't achieve anything by doing nothing, son." he thought to what his dad had said earlier.

"I can do this...I can do this..." he said reaching for his hunter. "Damn it, I can't do it!" he said pulling his hand back and putting it under his chin as he looked at it more.

Geo took a deep breath and reached over and grabbed his hunter and pressed Sonia's contact button.

"Mmm...hello?" came Sonia's voice on the other end.

"Sonia, it's Geo. I was wanting to ask you something..."


The white-haired teen slowly made her way through the scrapyard of Dream Island as she began to sense the feelings of revenge in the air, eventually finding herself in front of a flight of stairs that led down to the room that had once held the recovered fragment of Peace, the space station that Kelvin had been aboard when he first met Omega-Xis, it also being the site where Geo and Mega made their way to the space station's remains and fought Cepheus and Andromeda; but it was also where the traitorous FM-ian Gemini fell to their hands.

"The core is reacting...this must be the place..." she said as she moved toward the center and held the dark red sphere in her hand as it glowed brightly.

"It's time..." she looked down as the sphere slowly floated from her hand and pulsated with power and began to cover the room in its aura, then slowly pulled the aura back towards it as a body began to form and take shape.

The room shook a bit and bolts of lightning and the sound of thunder rippled through as the sphere vanished and the body slowly vanished, then was quickly replaced by a mass of swirling energy that glowed red just as two masks; one black and one white appeared in the middle of it; the eyes glowing fiercely as the teen looked on with an emotionless look on her face.

"It's time to get down to business..." she said looking up at the newly-reborn Gemini.