Hey everyone, I'm back with another chapter. As i said before, This chapter and the ones to follow will be longer than the first one. I hope i corrected some errors from the first chapter and please bear with me since this is my first fic ever. I hope you and enjoy this chapter and please R&R after.
Shooting Star Rockman: Celestial Squadron
Chapter 2: On air once again
A short while after Mega had reunited with Geo, the other FM-ians shortly followed. Like Mega, Harp and Alpha were happy to see Sonia and Geo again although the two hadn't realized that Alpha was actually the crab they once knew until he said one familiar phrase: buku'
Luna and Bud though weren't as happy as Geo and Sonia were (actually, they weren't happy at all) since they had to meet face to face once again with the FM-ians that tried to take control over them. Taurus and Ophiuca explained though that they weren't the same FM-ians they were before and they apologized for what they did in the past.
Luna and Bud didn't buy the apology at first but they eventually gave in to them because of the reassuring words of Mega and Harp.
It was currently evening in Echo Ridge. Taurus had gone home with Bud, Ophiuca with Luna, and finally Harp, along with Alpha, stayed with Sonia. Mega was now once again staying with Geo and was currently bombarding him with random questions like "How tall are you now?" or "Where's that Solo guy?" and finally
"Do you still have a crush on Sonia?"
That last question made Geo's face turn bright red. "W-what are you talking about….I-I never had a crush on her…we're just friends" Geo said as he turned his back to hide his bright red face from the curious Omega-Xis.
"Whatever you say, kid. I think your face tells a different story though. Geez, after 4 years I still don't get this love crap." Mega said as he grinned at Geo's reaction. Finally, Geo snapped out of it and sat down on his chair.
"Okay, for your second question. I'm not really sure where Solo's gone off to. I haven't seen him once since the Mu incident…" Geo said as he rubbed his chin.
Suddenly, Geo remembered about the new custom MPWS that Aaron Boreal and Tom Dubius made for Geo and Sonia a few months ago.
"Hey Mega, why don't you try pulsing into this. I think you'll like it" Geo said as he took it out and showed Omega-xis. "Huh? Why?" Mega asked as he checked out the WMPS. "Just try it" Geo replied with a smile.
As soon as Mega pulsed into the WMPS, his eyes widened in amazement. "Th-the denpa space is…a house!? What the hell's going on!?" Mega said with his eyes as wide as they could go.
"I knew you'd like it. Mr. Boreal made it because he thought that you guys were coming back" Geo said as he smiled at Mega's reaction. Mega suddenly had a confused look on his face. "Huh? What gave him the idea that I was coming back?" Mega asked.
"Actually, we thought it was a 1 in 100 chance that you'd come back because Mr. Boreal saw that the planet AM was looking good and we thought that you might decide to come back so Mr. Boreal made this custom adjustment in the WPMS for you and Harp." Geo explained.
"That guy…remind me to thank him when we see him again" Mega said and Geo nodded in response. "Heh, I wonder if Harp and Alpha like this just as much as I do" Mega said as he looked around the house-like denpa airspace.
Alpha was currently jumping up and down continuously on a bed inside the house-like denpa airspace inside Sonia's WMPS. "This is great buku'!" Alpha said as bounced on the bed. "I'm glad you like it!" Sonia said with a chuckle.
"Oh Alpha…you still act just like before when you were a crab. But I gotta admit this really is something. What else can that thing do?" Harp asked as she pointed at the WMPS.
"Hmm…Let's see…oh this one's my personal favourite! I also had this custom made." Sonia pressed a few buttons and suddenly, a mini music studio appeared in her very room complete with automatic sound and drum tempo adjuster that are supposed to match the chords and tempo of how Sonia plays her guitar.
"I don't really use it much though. Not yet at least…" Sonia said as she made the music studio vanish back into her WMPS. "about that, why did you stop singing anyway?" Harp asked with a concerned look.
"Heh…Geo and the others asked the exact same thing. I guess it's because I haven't found the inspiration that I've been looking for yet" Sonia said as she looked down to the ground while twisting a strand of her hair.
"And I'm guessing Geo replied to that by telling you that you'll find that inspiration someday right?" Harp said eagerly waiting for an answer.
"You guessed right" Sonia replied while remembering the exact words that Geo had said to her. "And I'm also guessing you still like that boy right?" Harp asked once again waiting eagerly for an answer.
"You're really reading my mind right now you know?" Sonia said with a small smile along with a small pink blush to go along with that smile.
Harp chuckled and spoke one more time. "You haven't really changed that much have you? Not that I mind though. I like you just the way you are right now"
Harp said earning a bigger smile from Sonia. "Thanks Harp" She said happily.
The next day, after school…
Geo, Sonia, Luna and Bud were currently walking home from school with the AM-ian and FM-ians with them. "arrgghh…its only the second day of school and they already give us this much homework!?" Bud complained looking at the list of the homework given to them.
"Geez Bud, little homework to us is like a mountain of homework to you. It's not even that much for crying out loud!" Luna said pointing at the list Bud was holding and she was right. There really wasn't that much homework to be done.
"We could help you with that if it's really that hard for you" Sonia offered and Bud's face immediately lighted up but before he could speak he was interrupted by a disappointed Luna.
"Wait a minute Sonia, Bud's always had help and hasn't really done any homework by himself for the past FOUR YEARS. He's already in high school and as the new president of our class, I can't allow him to keep doing that. So Bud, you're gonna have to do this on your own for now. Understand?" Luna asked and Bud's smile quickly turned into a frown.
"Yes ma'am…" Bud softly said with a drooping face. "Luna, I see you're as strict as ever" Ophiuca commented and Taurus added his own comment. "And bud seems as lazy as ever" Taurus said but it backfired at him when Ophiuca told him that he was the same as Bud. Taurus wasn't able to say anything else afterwards…
Sonia turned her head to the right to notice a sleepy looking Geo who had yawned about 4 times during the last conversation. "Hey Geo, did you get that much sleep last night? You fell asleep during English period and you like you're about to fall asleep again" Sonia asked with a concerned look on her face.
"It's Mega's fault. He kept me up all night trying to design the custom house inside the WMPS…" Geo explained before yawning once again.
"Well you showed it to me and you looked really happy when you did so technically it's your fault" Mega fired back with a grin before Geo yawned the fifth time.
"But it's just a virtual house…it can't be that much of a big deal right?" Sonia asked and Mega grinned again "Well I didn't tell you guys yet but ever since we started rebuilding planet AM, I kinda got interested in the architect stuff. Cepheus eventually even made me one of the architects so I kinda had fun with it" Mega explained.
"Well that explains everything….you could have told me that before I showed you the house…" Geo complained before letting out one last big yawn.
Little did they know, there were two figures watching them from the shadows. One had spiky bright red and white armor covering his chest, arms and legs. He also had spiky orange hair to go along with the armor and had a bandana wrapped around his forehead. Without the armor he would look like an ordanary high school student The other was more gentleman looking with aqua blue shield-like armor covering his chest, arms and legs. He also had orange hair but was flowing down instead of spiking up like the other person. He also looked about 7-8 years older and more mature than the other one.
"Let's begin…" The older person mumbled and he held up his hand and suddenly viruses surrounded the two. "It's party time! All right puny weak viruses…go wild!" The younger one ordered and the viruses spread out through Echo Ridge. "Now we shall see, if they are the right ones…" The older one mumbled.
Mega and the FM-ians quickly noticed the presence of the viruses. "Uhh guys, you better take a look at the EM airspace right now. You ain't gonna like what you see…" Mega suggested as he looked at the continuously spreading viruses.
Geo put on his visualizer while the others scanned using their WMPS. "Viruses!? But how?" Asked a confused Geo but Mega couldn't give an answer.
"This isn't good kid, with the rate that they're spreading at, things could get bad for us" Mega warned but suddenly grinned. "Hey Geo, you thinking what I'm thinking?" Mega asked and a smile appeared on Geo's face. The others also knew what they were talking about.
"Just like old times, right Sonia?" Harp said and Sonia nodded with a smile.
And a few moments after, those familiar phrases from four years ago made their return. "EM Wave Change, Geo on Air!" Geo shouted and suddenly a bright green light wrapped itself around Geo and the all familiar Hero from four years ago also made his return: Rockman!
"EM Wave Change, Sonia on Air!" and suddenly a pink light wrapped itself around Sonia and revealed the heroine that fault along side the blue bomber four years ago: Harpnote!
Just like their human forms, Rockman and Harpnote's appearance have also changed but with Rockman's change more noticeable than Harpnote's. Geo's hair could now be seen through rockman's visor due to the fact that Geo's hair was a bit longer now than 4 years ago. He also had more armor covering his chest and arms. Now, only his stomach and a small potion of his arms and legs still had no armor. The most notable change though was that Mega face was no longer on Rockman's left arm but could still communicate through a device on his left arm.
Harpnote also had long hair just like her human form and the original grey colored guitar was now colored with pink, yellow and white colours. Unlike Mega however, Harp was still found on the guitar and not on a separate device.
Moments after Geo and Sonia's phrases were said, two new phrases were about to make their debut. "EM Wave Change, Luna on Air!" As soon as she said that, a darker shade of pink light was wrapped around Luna and revealed Queen Ophiuca. "EM Wave Change, Bud on Air!" and a red light surrounded Bud and revealed Taurus Fire.
Alpha however still didn't have a partner so he was still in his weaker wave form. He was a little discouraged by this... "I think I'm being left out..." He mumbled to himself as he looked at the wave fused partners.
Luna and Bud noticed one big change in their appearance. "I…still have my human looks... but why?" Luna asked as she observed her appearance. The tail was now replaced with real legs and the only feature from Ophiuca still present was the pink and black clothing. The other features like hair came from Luna.
Bud also retained his human form while having the armor from Taurus Fire. "As we told you before, we will not control you anymore. We are no longer the same FM-ians you once knew and we will stand by your side until the end" Ophiuca said and Taurus' voice came out from Bud's device.
"A little cheesy there Ophiuca but that about sums it up. We're on your side now so show a little appreciation" Taurus said and both Luna and Bud nodded in response
"Okay, the viruses are heading east and west of Echo Ridge so we need to split up. Me and Sonia will go west while you guys go east" Rockman said but Luna complained. "Hey, what makes you think you can call the shots around here? I'm the class president after all" Luna protested but Sonia replied back
"There's 2 problems with your statement Luna. ONE: Geo has the most experience in this than any of us and TWO: This isn't school work!" Sonia fired back and Luna gave up. "eerrr…fine, I guess that makes sense. Lead along o great leader" Luna said and a nervous smile appeared on Geo's face.
In a few moments, Rockman and Harpnote came in contact with the west viruses. Rockman was about to fire a buster shot but Mega stopped him. "Hey Geo, I want you to try and focus your vision on that mettaur above us but point the buster somewhere else" Mega ordered but Geo just gave a confused look.
"Just do it" Mega said and Rockman focused his sight on the mettaur while pointing the buster somewhere else. Suddenly, a lock-on symbol appeared through Rockman's visor and locked on the mettaur and the buster started charging by itself. "Good, now let him have it!" Mega cried out and Rockman released a blue beam that went in the opposite direction at first but boomeranged back to the mettaur and deleted it.
"It's…a homing shot. Cool" Rockman said with widened eyes." "Heh, I guess even Rockman's grown a bit these past 4 years. I'll let you know if I find anything else about your new moves" Mega said and Geo nodded.
"Amazing!…wait that means that I've got something new too right!?" Harpnote asked and Harp chuckled. "Yup. Okay for your new ability, I want you to focus your thoughts on the mettaur. Just think that your playing a song for the puny thing then strum the guitar" This comment also gave Harpnote a confused look.
"Trust me okay?" Harp asked and Harpnote nodded. She followed what Harp instructed to her and suddenly a pink flash struck the mettaur causing its whole body to become pink. "Okay…now what?" Harpnote asked eagerly waiting for an answer.
"Now…tell it to attack the other viruses" Harp said and Harpnote followed and the pink mettaur turned to attack the other viruses until it was deleted by them.
Rockman rubbed his eyes to confirm what he was seeing. "It's…a…charm ability…" Rockman said feeling a little jealous about the ability for controlling enemies.
Harpnote was jumping up and down in excitement because of her new ability. "This is so cool! And kinda cute too!" She commented as she continued to rejoice but suddenly an idea popped up in her head and she stopped and turned at Rockman.
"Hmm…I wonder what would happen if…" She mumbled then grinned at the blue bomber.
"W-wait…y-you wouldn't…" Rockman mumbled as he stepped back and stared at Harpnote with begging eyes as she got ready to strum the guitar.
"Oh Shit! RUN FOR IT KID!" Mega shouted and Rockman tried to run away but was quickly hit by the pink flash. Rockman however, still looked liked nothing had happened to him.
"Sonia, I think it only works on weak EM waves. Rockman's EM readings are just too much I guess…" Harp commented with a sigh but Harpnote chuckled even though it didn't work.
"Sh-She's actually having fun with this…" Both Geo and Mega said with a big sigh as they thought of the possible outcomes if the charm shot had actually worked. The possibilities they thought of were endless and were probably long enough to reach planet FM if they thought for hours…
"Hell has no fury like a woman's wrath. I guess the saying was true…anyway, we need to get a move on or Echo Ridge will have some serious issues" Mega suggested and Rockman moved forward with a smiling Harpnote following closely behind.
After a few minutes of continuous virus busting, The two eventually got the hang of their new abilities and started using them more efficiently. In a few more minutes, the viruses were no longer to be seen.
"Wow...that went by quick" Rockman mumbled to himself after realizing that it only took a few minutes to erase every single virus on their side. "Guess we haven't lost our touch" Mega commented and it's obvious that he would be grinning right now if he weren't inside the device on Rockman's left arm.
Suddenly,a red light flashed before the two and the red armored stranger appeared before them and raised his hand to greet them. "Yo! So i finally get to meet the legendary blue hero in the flesh huh? Oh and his sidekick of course" He said as pointed at Harpnote who gave him an angry look
"Hey, I'm not a sidekick! I'm a hero just like him...just on a way lesser scale" She fired back at the young man who apparently enjoyed teasing her.
"You don't like sidekick? So how about girlfriend then? That sound better to you?" The boy said and both Rockman and Harpnote blushed at that statement.
"G-Girlfriend!?" The two muttered while blushing but they soon snapped out of it when the stranger made two huge swords with red engravings appear on both hands and quickly charged at the two with them.
He swung the two swords so fast that the two just barely managed to avoid each strike. "Damn...how is he able to move so fast while weilding those huge things?" Rockman asked himself while observing his movements. Even before whoever wasn't being swung at could strike, The stranger would switch to the next person at a high speed and stop the attack then switch to the previous attacker again.
Rockman couldn't find an answer to that question and could only dodge his strikes. They needed a sword but unfortunately, Geo and Sonia never bought any
up-to-date battle cards for the new WMPS since they thought there wasn't a need for them anymore. Mega and Harp both got angry at them because of this.
Although Rockman and Harpnote were getting more and more tired from dodging, the stranger looked like he wasn't getting tired at all and seemed to enjoy the fighting.
The two couldn't take much more dodging with Harpnote already trying to catch her breath. "this is isn't good...we can't keep this up and Sonia looks ready to fall anytime. I've gotta think of something" Rockman thought to himself while analyzing the difficult situation.
The man charged again at Rockman who managed to dodge it again then switched to Harpnote who also avoided them but finally lost her balance, giving the stranger a sure strike at her. "Sonia!" Rockman shouted as he dashed to get in between the stranger and Harpnote and caught the flat part of the sword with his hands.
The weight of the blade and the strength of the attacker was pushing the blade forward little by little which made Rockman struggle more to keep the blade from slicing him. The attacker however forgot that he wasn't paying attention to Harpnote anymore and she fired a shocknote at his back which caused him to stagger a bit and gave Rockman an opening to blast him at close range with his buster.
The attacker was pushed back but it seemed that the attack wasn't able to do much damage at all. "This bastard's freakin solid!" Mega complained as he noticed that the attack wasn't really helpful.
The young man smiled and got ready to charge again when the other stranger in blue appeared beside him and stopped him. "That's enough, Rage. It seems like these people pass the test...for now at least" The stranger in blue said and he turned to look at Rockman and Harpnote who was sitting down catching her breath.
"You and your friends hold acceptable power. By the way, I am Torrent and this is my younger brother, Rage. We will be checking on your progress again soon so i hope you will have become stronger when that time comes" He explained to the two and Rage raised his hand and waved at them.
"Catch ya later you two. Like my bro said you better get stronger! See ya!" Rage said and they both vanished.
After they vanished, Sonia let go of the wave fusion and fell through the EM road but was caught by rockman. "Sorry Geo...I'm kinda...exhausted. I think I'm gonna rest for...awhile" She said softly as she closed her eyes to sleep.
Both Rockman and Harp looked at her with a concerned face. "Sonia...she only just started fighting again but she already had to face someone like that..." Harp mumbled.
Rockman knew that his wave fusion wouldn't last much longer either but was also worried about the others who had gone to the east side so he moved quickly to the east side with Sonia in his arms and Harp following behind.
While they were moving, Harp noticed that Geo had a mix of an angry but yet concerned look on his face. "Geo...It's not your fault" The instrument FM-ian thought to herself as she followed closely behind.
Hope you guys liked that chapter and I hope i was able to correct some errors i made in the last chapter. Thanks again Annhai for pointing that out. By the way, in the next chapter, Pat comes back and maybe another OC will be introduced. I'm still thinking of ideas for Solo and maybe Zack though but it shouldn't take long
I also hope i gave the two OC's a memorable personality. I personally like Rage more because of his attitude but i plan to concentrate evenly on them. Well, see you guys later and please review and state any errors in this chapter and you can also put suggestions if you'd like.