Here it is, the big battle the last few chapters have been building up to. This was probably the most challenging to write, action is very difficult to nail down. I wanted this fight to be big and satisfyingly long, but not too long. This chapter is almost completely a battle, and the end of the Taurus arc. Now for reviews
cosmicblader12: Yep, there is definitely a ton of action this chapter, so I hope you enjoy it! I wanted this to be the end of a certain phase of Geo's story, not just the end of an arc. I think in the future I will try to make each FM battle mean something for Geo's character, a certain aspect of himself being shaped by the strong feelings of the person possessed by the FMians.
Blackace70: That means a lot, thank you! Actually I'm pretty sure I've read a few of your older Starforce stories! I remember enjoying them quite a bit! I hope you do get motivated to continue yours, I find looking at fan art and the anime of starforce helps me a lot. Also keeping a few chapters ahead of what you post can help make sure you don't have nothing for long periods of time, I like to keep three chapters ahead (Yes that means I already finished chapter nine). Thanks for the positive reinforcement, it definitely helps keep me motivated! The best thing anyone can do to help is to leave a review, so thanks again!
ABS0LUTE: It is a two part-er, so of course they will be more unsatisfying than a regular standalone chapter! The previous chapter was around the same amount of length as the previous chapters actually! But yeah, I'll try not to make chapters too short... but I'm still gonna do a bunch of two part-ers!
3697014: Well thanks for the kind words! I'm doing my best to stay interested in the story, writing whenever I have free time and constantly looking at fanart of Starforce to give me motivation. I have actually noticed not a lot of Starforce stories being made, though the ones that are look really good! (I actually am trying to get caught on this one series, I think it was called Shooting Star Sonia. The author is already at Starforce 3! That's astounding to me and I just want to read it all because of how much work they've put in! Plus no one really gets to Starforce 3 when they do fanfics, so that's really astounding. Enough with me nerding out lol). Part of the reason why I started this up was to kinda, kick start some nostalgic Starforce feelings in people, since these games were such an important part of my life.
Time for the first FMian battle! Hope you all enjoy! Please review if you can!
Geo jogged towards the school preparing himself to apologize. He did feel really bad about what happened with Bud, the large boy must've been humiliated. As he approached the school he wondered how he was going to explain the punch, he obviously couldn't say anything about Omega-Xis.
As he thought about his cover story, Omega-Xis suddenly said 'Kid! Be careful! There is an FMian in the area!'
Geo stopped in his tracks when he heard that 'An FMian? Now?' He said, fully aware of the dangers of the hostile alien species. If there was an FMian around, Bud would have to wait.
'Yeah, I can feel his presence near the school, it's Taur-' Mega started before a large explosion threw them back.
"Agh!" Geo groaned as he was knocked back, part Echo Ridge High had exploded in a large fire. "Holy- Mega! Let's go!" Geo said, getting up after seeing the school on fire
"EM Wave Change!"
Meanwhile in the school, Bud was now in his wave form with Taurus and had become a monster. He was 8 feet tall, having a red armor around him that made him look like a bull. His fists were huge, armored, and equipped with flame throwers. His face was one of a bull, being terrifying to the students of the school.
The monster roared and blew flames all around, the students fled, screaming, as the beast tackled walls and blew up classrooms.
Luna and Zack were running with the crowd, scared out of their wits even though neither of them had even seen the monster attacking. Suddenly the beast blew through a wall, standing in front of the crowd of students and staff.
"G-Go away! T-This is our school you monster!" Luna yelled, throwing a textbook at the monster. The book harmlessly passed through it, but it caught the beast's attention.
"I am not a monster! I am Taurus Fire!" He yelled, blowing fire at all the students.
The students all screamed in terror, until the fire clashed against an invisible force, the students seeing that Megaman was in front of them
"Battle card! Barrier!" Geo said, using both hands to push back the blast. "Run!" He yelled, straining from holding back the blast.
"Megaman!" Luna said lovingly, her crush in front of her. It took two teachers to drag the fangirl from the fight.
"Where's Bud!" Zack yelled, trying to slip through the crowd but he was carried by the teachers out of the building.
Once the room was clear Geo jumped up, releasing the barrier and letting the blast go past him. He faced Taurus Fire and raised Omega-Xis' head against him
"Leave now Taurus, before we have to delete you" Mega threatened
"Ha! You think you can defeat me with that puny body Omega-Xis? Please! My host is twice the size of yours!" Taurus Fire boasted "Give me the Andromeda Key now!"
"Guess we'll have to do this the hard way then" Mega said, knowing he'd never give the key up. Geo blasted Taurus with a megabuster blast as soon as Mega finished his sentence.
The bull didn't even flinch, yelling "Ox Tackle!" As he charged with incredible speed and slammed into Geo. The boy cried out in pain as he was sent flying, but he was grabbed by his leg and flung into another wall by Taurus. Geo groaned and rolled to the side, barely dodging another Ox tackle.
"Battle Card! Poison Knuckle!" Geo yelled, Mega turning into a purple gauntlet and Geo jumping and punching Taurus. The FMian responded by punching his own fist into the gauntlet, meeting Geo's attack. However Taurus was much stronger than him, Megaman being blasted back by the FMian, his knuckle disappearing.
"Ugh, what is this dude made of!" Megaman groaned as he got up and dodged another fire blast.
"Taurus is the strongest FMian in terms of brute force, he is not to be messed with' Mega said
"What? Their strongest already! How are we supposed to win?" Geo said to Mega
"Relax kid, I said he was their strongest in terms of force, but he is easily the dumbest. Use your smarts and read his fight pattern" Mega advised, before Geo was tackled by Taurus
"Hey! Pay attention to the fight fool!" Taurus roared in rage. Megaman got up and used a cannon battle card to blast him, but it did nothing and Taurus charged once again. Geo dodged to the side quickly though, not seeing what Mega meant by using his smarts.
The fight went on for a while, Taurus easily having the upper hand. Geo couldn't touch him even with his strongest battle cards. Taurus blasted Geo into the outside of the school, Megaman groaning as he used a recovery card and started blasting Taurus with a gatling gun. Taurus was pushed back a little but charged once again, Geo jumping onto a wave road to dodge. Taurus blasted some flames at him, engulfing the entire road Geo was on in the fire.
"Agh!" Geo yelled, jumping off the road and immediately being tackled into the school once again. The school was abandoned at the moment, but it was completely wrecked. Everything was on fire, from the books to the desks.
Taurus pinned the blue bomber under him and started to repeatedly punch him with his enormous fists, Geo groaning in agony as he did so. The bull kept doing so until he was blasted from behind. The FMian turned and saw a dozen police officers blasting him with EM guns, but Taurus was not even flinching at the blasts. They were only meant for Viruses, they were nothing more than an itch to Taurus. He got off Megaman and blasted the officers with his flames.
"No…" Geo groaned, unable to get up immediately.
Taurus ignored him, focusing on the officers, the men running out of the building as soon as they realized they needed backup. Taurus followed them out, Geo trying his hardest to get up and stop Taurus from hurting them, but he was too late. He heard the agonizing screams of the officers from outside the building.
Megaman, horrified with what he heard, froze. He couldn't get up and fight, all he could think about was how he failed to protect all those officers from Taurus.
"Geo, get up! You can't stop now! If you don't stop Taurus will kill us! He is stronger than he was in planet FM, but he is beatable! We just have to figure out his weakness!" Mega said
"Weakness… wait, didn't he say he was Taurus Fire now? Does that mean…?" Geo said, using a recovery card to heal and stand.
"He might have elemental weaknesses now as a side effect of wave changing! That's it! Use ice and water attacks to beat him!" Mega said
Geo clenched his fist, more determined than ever to stop Taurus. He ran outside and saw Taurus was about to finish off the last officer, but Megaman wasn't going to let him.
"Battle Card! Wide Wave!" He yelled, blasting Taurus Fire with it. The FM invader yelled in pain, even he didn't know of the drawback of his EM wave form.
Megaman kept blasting him back, signaling for the surviving officers to leave when he had Taurus distracted. As soon as the policemen left, Taurus broke through the waves of attacks. The beast roared and started an Ox Tackle attack, but now that Geo had his head cleared he could see the weaknesses of Taurus' attacks. They were all straightforward charges and punches, he didn't have any other attack plan other than to, well, attack.
Megaman dodged the tackle and used another battle card, this time using freeze knuckle and meeting Taurus' strong punch with the ice knuckle, this time Taurus being the one blasted back.
"Impossible!" Taurus yelled in panic, Geo hitting Taurus more and more with freeze knuckles and wide waves until Taurus roared in rage and had a burst in speed, tackling Geo into the fiery school building once again.
Geo grunted but was determined not to lose. Winning the battle wouldn't be as easy as using water battle cards.
Megaman and Taurus kept charging at each other, Taurus having a stubbornness to him that Geo matched with his own determination. Finally Taurus showed signs of weariness, his attacks were becoming weak and he was breathing heavily. Geo was the same, hardly able to stand, but through sheer willpower they both kept charging. Eventually though, Taurus collapsed to a knee, almost defeated.
"Now Geo! Finish him!" Mega yelled
"Battle Card! Tidal Edge!" Megaman yelled, his arm transforming into a wicked blue sword that had an aura of power. Megaman charged and slashed through Taurus Fire with the powerful aquablade, the FMian yelling in agony.
"Y-You may have defeated me, but the others are coming, and we will have the Andromeda Key!" Taurus said as he started to blow up, slowly being deleted as his wounds finally got to him. As he blew up, the school building finally collapsed on top of them. Megaman used a barrier to hold up the ceiling, the host of Taurus appearing after the FMian had died.
Geo's eyes widened when he saw Bud unconscious on the ground.
"I-Is that…?" Geo said, holding up the ceiling with his barrier like it was nothing.
"We have to get him out of here, the school is about to blow!" Mega said, sensing the damage was about to hit the school's energy room. Geo grabbed Bud and escaped the destroyed school.
Geo dropped Bud safely outside the school, where he collapsed on the ground sitting on a pile of rocks to rest for a bit. The adrenaline from the fight left him,
and he felt all the pain from his wounds. Fortunately it wasn't too bad due to the recovery cards, but he needed a minute to rest.
Just when he was about to get up and leave, Bud woke up, groaning as he did. "What happened? M-Megaman?" He said, seeing the blue bomber.
Megaman nodded silently, watching as Bud slowly realized what happened
"So… what happened with the bull guy… it was real? He said in disbelief. "W-Wait, I remember there were police officers…" he said before realizing what happened
Bud covered his face with his hands, shameful of letting the FMian into him "I'm so sorry, I'm sorry, I just was scared that Prez wouldn't need me if I wasn't strong, that's she'd cut our brother band. After I was knocked out by Geo, I didn't know what to do with myself so I let him take my body." he said, rambling.
Megaman patted him on the shoulder. "You didn't need to prove anything to anyone. The person you talked about is your brother, so simply losing a fight would never break that bond. Even if she threatened to do it she would never, because she sees more than just strength in you. If you doubt me confront her about it" he said, feeling as though he needed to help him. He didn't know where the words to comfort Bud came from, but it felt natural to speak them.
Bud nodded "Thank you Megaman" he said, Geo disappearing into the wave world.
Geo watched from the wave road as Bud reunited with Luna and Zack, both of his brothers tackling him, almost in tears with how much they were worried for the big oaf.
"FMians take advantage of the loneliness in human hearts to take over them. This kid was afraid of losing everyone he cared about after what happened, making Taurus attracted to him." Mega said
"If we never had friends, we wouldn't have to feel that loss. We would just carry on living without a care in the world, but since we have these attachments to people we make ourselves vulnerable to the pain of loss. If we didn't have friends we never would have to live in pain" Geo said, the FM attack not weakening his ideals of isolationism at all.
"Maybe, but then again would humans be strong without experiencing a little pain?" Mega said, to which Geo had no response.
"What are you trying to say Mega?" Geo finally said
"I'm trying to say maybe being alone all the time isn't the solution to loss, or something like that." Mega responded. Geo paused, contemplating that statement.
"... maybe."
And that's the Taurus arc! I am pretty proud of how it turned out, being my first time doing this kind of thing. Tell me how you all feel about how I handled the first FMian! As always, review and fav and everything.