If you didn't notice… the fic will be more serious when Jimi Strumm is mentioned. But yeah, that's kinda how it goes.

CH 9

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For those inattentive to details, it's Monday of Spring Break.

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The sun rose off of the east. Assuming the sun sets at Vista Point, which it should, that means it filtered into Geo's room only slightly. It was just enough to awaken his girl though. Sonia slowly opened her eyes to find Geo's closed eyes right in front of her. She felt his breath on her face. And she had a strange tingling sensation in her lips. She looked down ever so slightly and realized that she'd been having an 8-hour make-out session with Geo. Her eyes snapped all the way open, wondering how she ended up like this. Then she saw how peacefully Geo was sleeping. She decided to wake him up in the easiest way possible. She slowly pulled away from him and started nudging him slightly. "Um… Geo…" His mouth was still open. "Geo? Geeeeooooo…" After a few minutes of this not succeeding, she gave up and rolled off the bed. "Well, this is no good. He's out like a light…" She had gotten a bit more used to the fact that her father was still alive through the night, so when it came to mind, she didn't cry anymore. Sonia tiptoed across the room to get something to change into. Then she realized she didn't fall asleep there on purpose, therefore she didn't have a change of clothes. Knowing Hope had a couple old outfits in her size, she walked out of the room to the kitchen. Hope was preparing some oatmeal in the microwave. "Excuse me, Mrs. Stelar…?"

Hope turned around. "Hey, Sonia! I saw what you did last night. Hee hee."

Sonia blushed madly. "Um… I… Uh…" Well this sucks.

"Don't worry," said Hope, "I'm not alerting the media or anything. It's kind of hard to get used to you two being together… But I'm starting to be okay with it now. Now what were you going to ask me?"

"Oh. Um… Do you have an extra set of clothes? I didn't mean to fall asleep here, we just kind of… did…"

"Yeah, sure! C'mon, follow me."

No one really knew for sure why Hope had clothes for a 6th grade girl. Some said it was if Geo got a girlfriend. Others said it was Geo's punishment if he did something really bad. Still others thought she was just creepy like that. Each explanation was less accurate than the last. Truth was, Hope bought them when she first heard Geo made a BrotherBand with a girl his age. Just in case, of course. Either way, she gave Sonia some clothes and a bag to put her other ones in. After a few minutes in the bathroom, Sonia emerged in a striped yellow and pink shirt with overalls. A pink pair of eighth notes was on the front. Hope wasn't raised a fool. (A/N: .?album=65&pos=16 was the inspiration. It looked good, so I had to add it in. :/ Oh, and if goes and blocks this, I'll edit so you can see it.) "So, what do you think, Sonia?"

"I love it! Thanks, Hope!" Then she remembered that Geo was still asleep in his bed. "I think I'll wake up Geo and ask him how it looks."

"Okay, tell him I'm making oatmeal today!"

"Okay!"

Sonia dashed up to Geo's room. She opened the door and walked to the still sleeping twelve-year-old on the bed. "Um… Geo…?" He rolled over in his sleep.

"Mmm… Pancakes…"

Sonia laughed. "I wonder what he dreams about, anyway?"

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???

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Geo was floating through space. It was pretty cold and dark. If anyone tells you space is otherwise, they obviously haven't been there anyway. Suddenly, a beam of light hit him, and he became MegaMan. After a while, three great shadows appeared before him: One shaped like a head and two gigantic arms, one shaped like a radio tower with arms, and one shaped like a three-headed dragon. MegaMan alone couldn't defeat them. They advanced on him further. All of a sudden, Geo felt a tingling on his lips. There was a pink flash and Sonia was there next to him, as Harp Note. Suddenly, a beam of light struck him from a certain star in the little dipper. "Finalize! North Star Break!" The three shadows vanished. He was left with Sonia, floating through space, returning home. Then, Geo smelled something. It smelled like food. "Mmm… Pancakes…" A bunch of pancakes surrounded him instantly. Geo was that far out that he didn't know or care what was going on. He was just eating a ton of pancakes with Sonia.

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Reality.

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"Pass the syrup, Sonia…"

She started laughing a bit. "He's really far gone. I didn't want to have to do this, but it's my only choice." She opened her Hunter. "Lyra. Wake up." After a couple seconds, the blue harp appeared on the screen.

"What's going on…?"

"Geo's asleep, and he's pretty far out."

"Oh. Well, I wouldn't be surprised after what you two were doing all last night." Sonia blushed. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding."

"All right, here we go. TRANSCODE! HARP NOTE!" Sonia's body glowed as the Wave Change took effect. "This should get him up," she said as the transformation ended. "Shock… Note!" A gigantic amp materialized out of nowhere. Sonia then proceeded to play a rather complex guitar solo. (A/N: See Guitar Hero World Tour's Wii Banner) Geo's head just popped off the pillow like it was shot out of a cannon.

"AAAA! WHERE ARE YOU! BLACKHEART! DIE! AAAAAA! GET OUT OF HERE SONIA! I'LL HOLD HIM OFF! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-" Geo then realized where he was and all that happened was an insane guitar solo. "Sonia, what'd you do that for?"

"Consider it payback for last night."

"Last night…?" Geo started sweating. "I… didn't do anything… bad, did I?"

"NO, silly, you just had an 8-hour make-out session with me, and Hope saw."

Geo turned a bright shade of fire engine red. "Um… Uh…"

"Well, what have you got to say for yourself?" Sonia asked, with a fake annoyed expression on her face.

It was working, because Geo was getting worried. "Um… Uh…"

"Now hold on, Geo, I didn't say that I didn't like it." Geo gulped as Sonia walked toward him. She then purposefully tripped and fell into Geo's arms. They stared at each other for a second, both blushing now, and then they started laughing. "Anyways, Geo, do you like the outfit?"

Geo had just noticed it for the first time, really. "Um… yeah, it's… nice?" He really didn't have a clue about fashion. Not now, not ever. (A/N: Watch the scenes Nacy's in SF1) Though she does look pretty good in it, he thought.

"So, Hope made us breakfast."

"Pancakes, I hope?"

"Nope. Oatmeal." She laughed. "That's one dream that isn't coming true today."

Geo drew back. "How did you know about that!?"

"You talk in your sleep."

"…Darn it."

Sonia left the room and Geo started to get ready. He's easy to mess with, she thought. I should do that more often, it's kinda fun!

As Geo finished spiking his hair in an absolutely perfect manner, he thought, I REALLY hope she's not mad or anything… He came downstairs and sat at the table across from Sonia. As they were eating, he noticed something. "Hey, Sonia, did you ever notice how there's only three people in my family, but there's a four-chair table…?"

"So? That doesn't seem that odd. Some people in show biz have it worse, anyway. I've seen two people share an eighteen-chair table." Then she noticed something else rather odd. "Does it seem like someone's missing?"

"No, not rea-" He stopped. Then, simultaneously, Sonia, Geo, and Lyra shouted.

"MEGA!"

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Wilshire Hills Mall, EM Rd

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"Yeah, I'd like that one." A figure in a cape, scarf, and with a conspicuous blue-green glow around him pointed to a beautiful-looking necklace.

"That'll be 30,000 Zenny," replied the shopkeeper.

"10,000."

"What? 28,500."

"15,000."

"25,000."

"TWENTY THREE. FINAL OFFER. And I do suggest you take it."

"And why's that?"

"Because I'm holding a HeatBall3, that's why."

The shopkeeper just laughed. "I like you. 23,000 then."

There was a rather bluish, sharp-toothed grin on the mysterious wave's face…

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Geo's Kitchen

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"I'm sure he's just out for a walk… Now."

"What?" asked Sonia.

"We need to figure out what we're going to do about… you know who."

"Oh… Yeah…" Sensing the sadness in her eyes, Geo immediately realized his mistake. He tried to change the subject.

"Well, he said something… In a dream. It could've been actually him, like the AM Sages did, or I could've been that stressed out. Either way, he said something about a task I had to face…"

"Not another fight? Geo… We really need to stop getting into these kinds of things."

"Did you ever notice these kinds of things only happen to us? Or, well, technically me?"

"Hm… come to think of it, they do…" They both stared at the ceiling for some reason, and then wondered why they even did that. (A/N: Well, ingame we're looking from the ceiling. :D) In any case, they finished breakfast and went outside. Geo took Sonia back to her house. No one was awake yet, anyway.

"So now what?" asked Sonia.

"All we can do now is wait for either Blackheart Shadow to show up or for Ace to get some decent data…"

"Hmm…"

"Hey, don't be sad, Sonia. Your father wouldn't do this for no reason. That's not the way things are supposed to be. And if he does do this for no reason, he doesn't deserve anything. So cheer up, because if your mother loved him, then he was a good man."

"… Thanks, Geo. For everything."

"No problem…'

They shared one last kiss and then Geo left. Sadly for them, Luna saw the whole thing and was EXTREMELY angry, as usual.

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Next time on MSS:

Ace: We found a match to the words "North Star Break." Some ancient legend of something called the "Firefox…"

Luna: That Sonia is REALLY starting to make me mad!

Sonia: Daddy… Why are you doing this…?

Blackheart: You must do everything in your power to stop him.

Geo: NO! SONIA!

Cue end credits.

Oh, and see if you spot all the references. Heh heh heh.

I DON'T OWN ANYTHING, PEOPLE, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A RANDOM KID!?

Man, the quality of this chapter is suckish… I hope that's just me…

And also, when this fic is done, I've got the epilogue written. You guys'll love that.

~Former-FFX Alpha, Poketoa. DUN DUN DUN.