The Pain Of Loss Chapter 28 – Awe of She, Part 1

Me: Hey, folks. I'm sure some of you have seen Rock Raider's review and wondered if he was accurate in saying that Megaman was deleted. Well, technically, Megaman WAS deleted, but it wasn't him, it was just his Dark Soul that was deleted. So there is still that chance you'll see the Blue Bomber somewhere in these last few chapters.

Mayl: Glad you cleared that up. Now tell me something. What's with the title?

Me: I got it off a song I like from the Guilty Gear X series. It's real nice, and, considering that Roll and Dizzy, the character who the theme belongs to, both have very strong, yet mostly untapped, powers, and that this is pretty much the final battle, I thought it'd work.

Lan: You realize probably half these people don't even know what Guilty Gear is...

Me: Nah, I'm sure there're a good few. Anyhow, enough chatter. On with the final battle!!!

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Kali stood at the back of the base, her eyes narrowed into a glare as she watched Shadow Megaman's deletion over and over again. Though she didn't have the same attachment as Roll did to Megaman, the event still cut her. She growled, her fists clenched tighter than they ever had been before, to the point blood was running down her knuckles from her palms. "No mercy... I'll destroy you, Roll, and dominate all of Net Society myself...!" Kali screamed out, a dark aura enveloping her. A flash filled the room almost instantaneously, dying out just as quickly. The surge of power knocked out the monitors and any lights in the room. Kali stood silent for a moment, then chuckled softly, her aura phasing between black and blood red, giving sight to a new silhouette upon her frame.

Roll dashed through the base at top speed, her face mask donned once more. She had expected at least a few viral guards, but apparently Kali meant it when she said she wanted an all out fight. Roll came to a halt before a large door emblazoned with a large, gothic N. She had no idea what it meant, other than this was probably the final door. She walked forward, forming her twin Roll Swords as the doors opened. As she entered the room, the doors shut slowly, then vanished behind her. Roll didn't even care at the time. She was too concentrated on stopping Kali. "I'm here!!! Now show yourself, Kali!!!"

Kali appeared before Roll, standing in her regular outfit. She didn't have the same gentle, deceptive smile as always. Instead, she wore an evil grin, her eyes seeming to flare out. "Well, I must say I'm impressed... You achieved a new form, and deleted Shadow Megaman, even after the Master Style advance. Congratulations, my dear little Roll..." Roll held her right sword up, a white aura forming around her. "Don't "Dear Little Roll" me, Kali!!! I'm sick of you trying to take over and destroy everything that we hold dear!!! I won't let you walk away, Kali!!! I'll delete you, and I'll take back my power and revive Megaman!!!" Kali spit to the side, her eyes shut. "Hmph. I'd like to see you try... Come on!!!"

Kali shrieked out, practically shaking the walls of the base. Roll grit her teeth as she saw Kali's Blood Red and Pitch Black Aura form about her body, totally enveloping her and shielding her from view. There was no flash this time, but Roll could feel an enormous power swelling within the aura. As the aura died off, Kali stood there, wearing a suit that was almost identical to Roll's, save for the black and gray that made it up. She smirked, raising her right hand into the air. "DARK SWORD!!!" Immediately, a black Cyber Sword formed on her arm. She held it forward, pointing it directly at Roll. "You're dead, Roll!!!"

Roll narrowed her eyes, then charged forward, jumping up and drawing both arms into the air. "THIS ENDS NOW!!!" Roll brought the two blades attached to her arms down in a Cross-Slash. A bright flash filled the room, dying down with great haste. As Roll pushed her swords down with all her might and weight, Kali grinned. She was holding off the attack with the one sword upon her arm, and hardly had any effort put into it. "Come now, Roll!!! Can't you do any BETTER?!!" She quickly pushed Roll back and vanished, appearing behind her and slamming her foot into her counterpart's back. Roll flew forward, performing a flip in the air and in a knelt down position. She turned around, just to see a slash coming at her. Roll quickly crossed her swords and blocked the attack, sliding back about 3 feet in doing so.

Kali laughed out a bit as she continued to hack and slash at Roll's swords, pushing her back towards a wall. "Face it, Roll!!! You're nothing!!! You don't stand a chance against me!!!" She brought her blade in down in a vertical slash, splitting Roll's swords in two. Roll stood there, her eyes wide as her helmet and face mask split open and fell to the ground. Blood then started to leak from Roll's forehead. She'd taken a hit from the sword, but it was nothing lethal. Fortunately, the ribbons upon her head remained intact. She jumped to the side, out of the way of a diagonal slash. Roll took this as an opening and caught herself on one foot, facing Kali. "ROLL HURRICANE!!!" As she said this, she flipped, sending an enormous wall of wind towards Kali. Kali's eyes shot wide as she saw the swift attack moving towards her, incapable of finding the time needed to block. Kali shrieked out, flying back and slamming hard into a wall. Roll stood there as the hurricane died, watching Kali slide down the wall and onto one knee.

Kali smirked, looking to her Dark Sword. The impact of the Roll Hurricane had shattered it right down to the base. She stood up, discarding the remaining data of the Dark Sword. "Well done, Roll... unfortunately..." Kali smirked, holding her hands out as cannons formed upon them. "It's not good enough!!! SHADOW CANNON!!!" Roll grit her teeth, then formed her own two Cannons, holding them straight up. "ROLL CANNON!!!" Both attacks launched at nearly the exact same time. They collided, creating a massive explosion that leveled the entire base. Roll and Kali cried out, flying back into opposite directions as the explosion reached them.

Moments later, Roll came to, gritting her teeth. She pushed some rubble off of her form, then stood, her left arm hanging dead at her side. Her hair was tangled with gravel and soaked in some of her own blood, and her suit had multiple gashes through it. She looked around, holding her left arm. After a few seconds of mere observation, she started to walk, looking through the rubble of the base. She sighed, then looked at the corrupt streams of data flowing through the "walls" of the Undernet. "... That can't have been enough to do Kali in..."

"Very perceptive..." Roll turned quickly as she heard this voice, just in time to feel something pierce her gut. She grit her teeth, coughing up blood as she looked down. A Dark Sword. Roll looked to her left, her eyes narrowed. "I... I thought..." Kali giggled evilly, starting to twist the blade in Roll's gut, bringing out agonized cries. "I only used one of my Dark Swords, Roll. Just like you, I have two of my own swords!!!" After twisting the blade back and forth, drawing tears and cries of great pain from Roll, she withdrew the blade, licking her counterpart's blood off of it. "Heheheh..." Roll grit her teeth, clutching the hole in her gut. Her white aura appeared around the hand she was clutching it with, blinking a little bit as she felt a tingling sensation. Within mere seconds, the aura faded. She drew her hand back, looking at the spot on her body where her wound was, and finding nothing but solid skin.

Kali narrowed her eyes, raising her sword. "Let's see you pull that trick when you're cut in HALF!!!" As Kali brought the sword down, the unexpected happened. Roll's ribbons caught the blade and snapped it clean in half. Kali's eyes shot wide as she saw this. She looked at her broken sword, then to Roll as she stood up. Kali smirked, standing right before Roll. "So, we really are evenly matched..." Roll clenched her fists, getting into a fighting stance. Her legs were spread out and dug into the ground as one arm was infront of her head, serving as a block, while the other remained at her side, ready to swing. "We'll just have to tip the balance in one of our favors, won't we?" Kali grinned, getting into an identical stance, nodding. "I guess we will..."

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Me: #Sighs and lies back, petting his Marill, Aquaria#

Megaman: You okay?

Me: Kinda in a bittersweet mood... I'm happy that I'm coming to the end of the story, because it's a real achievement for me. But, I'm also kinda sad, too, because that'll mean the story's over and I won't be able to advance in it anymore.

Protoman: Ah, the ever present "double-edged sword" scenario...

Me: Yup...

Megaman.EXE: Don't worry. If anything, you can always write another Battle Network fanfic.

Me: Yeah, but, it just won't be the same.

Megaman X: #Sighs# You seriously need to relax. You've got another fic to write after this anyways.

Me: ... Y'know, yer right. #Sits up and smiles, then picks his Marill up and holds it infront of him, making it face him# And besides, I'll just make the next story even better!!!

Aquaria: #Grimaces, then blasts him with Hydro Pump and jumps into her Pokeball#

Me: #Groans and spits out a fountain of water#

Roll Light: Well, until Death finishes coughing up water, we're done. See you next chapter, readers!!!