Olympus
Author's Note: Set after Shooting Star Rockman Tribe. A spiritual successor to my fic, "Oriental Magic". Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Shooting Star Rockman series.
Pairing: Established Subaru x Gonta.
Summary:
A failed takeover by Apollon Flame precedes Hoshikawa Subaru and Ushijima Gonta finding their "Olympus."
They thought they'd seen the last of Ra Mu, but they were wrong.
They thought Doctor Orihime's ambitions ended with her apparent death back in Mu, but they were one lost continent off the mark. Her experiments while isolated in the other world resulted in the creation of Apollon Flame, a despot of immense power fuelled by the combusting rage of Ra Mu.
Tribe King wasn't strong enough to fend off the new enemy and his army. It required the sacrifice of all three OOParts (Berserk, Shinobi, Dinosaur) – and accessing the really hidden OOParts representing the Pirate and Angelus tribes – for Rockman to finally drive Apollon Flame and the enslaved alternate reality versions of opponents he'd fought before back into the dimension of their origin, shutting the gate forever.
Why do villains always choose the least convenient times (from the hero's perspective) to launch their cartoonishly evil plots? The hero had the life of a regular schoolkid to live!
And a boyfriend! He left his boyfriend hanging earlier! Though they didn't use that term. They had special names for each other. "Boyfriends" sounded strange and both appeared self-conscious if Kizamaro, Tsukasa, or Subaru's mom used it to describe them.
Will this be okay? Hoshikawa Subaru looked at the box of chocolate he'd gotten Ushijima Gonta.
"What are you stalling for, Subaru?" War-Rock heckled. "Total subjugation of the human race avoided, so let's hand this package off and call it a day!"
Earth's protector was upset the box was beat up during the battle like himself. Apollon Flame's Solar Flare had singed the exterior, leaving visible black scorch patterns all over the space-themed carton, likely also melting the chocolates themselves out of their three advertised shapes.
Spherical: Almond Mars, or Cavansite. Vanilla Mercure, or Aigue Marine.
Square: Coffee Vénus, or Or.
Crystal: Raspberry purée Neptune, or Tanzanite. East Ameropan cacao Artémis, or Améthyste. Central Ameropan cacao Gaia, or Fluorine. Apricot Uranus, or Amazonite. Muscat Jupiter, or Lapis Lazuli. South Ameropan cacao Apollon, or Quartz.
Apollon? Prominent irony.
All that Zeny he'd been saving just to buy the nine-mineral set! Combining his passion for astronomy plus Gonta's enthusiasm towards food…The pairing of their tastes in chocolate form!
He held his breath Gonta wouldn't feel disappointed. He held his breath Gonta would understand he didn't have a moment to spare to hide the token someplace safe before EM Wave Changing and charging at Auriga General's first wave of troops.
Harp Note was there! She could vouch for him! Cancer Bubble as well, and Inspector Goyoda too! The whole original team to Mu was there!
Caught up in what could happen, Suburu never considered the romantic ramifications of showing up to the observatory in white Angelus armour with War-Rock's teeth clamped around the chocolate box and essentially Cupid's bow attached to his wrist.
After Waving Out, Subaru began to explain the damage, only for Gonta to snatch the container from him and happily eat up the chocolate anyway.
"Thank you! Grub? Concert tickets? Love it when I don't have to pay!" Gonta shook the shapes out over his open mouth.
A surge of relief rippled across Subaru's worn bones. "I'm glad you like them, big guy!"
The box still in hand, Gonta trapped Subaru in the humongous arm opposite, actually lifting his feet off the street. "Way to send the invaders running, Rockman!"
"Gonta! My sides!" Subaru laughed. "My sides are sore from fighting mind controlled FM-ians! N-no need to tackle me!"
Apologizing for getting overexcited, he put Subaru down and zipped the empty box away in his backpack. "Then let me carry you the rest of the road home!"
"You don't have to do that, Gonta. I can simply EM Wave Change and take the Wave Road. I'll be there in a flash!"
"I wasn't asking, Subaru!" He grabbed him again, starting with Subaru's shoulders to heave him onto his own.
You did this holding small children, not a mature kid!
Warmth slammed Subaru's cheeks, yet he managed to stop himself from blushing. Unless he intended to harm Gonta, he wasn't escaping. Admittedly, it was a move he had no problem making when they made first contact, when he was skipping school. In the present, he wouldn't attempt something as mean.
People may have the impression of Gonta being an ox – and yes, he once served unwitting host to an FM-ian named Ox – but he bruised, same as the next person.
When Luna and Gonta were at odds due to a bout of "he said, she said," Gonta became depressed.
When Subaru initially expressed ambivalence even hugging Gonta, Gonta lost his appetite.
Gonta covered his emotions well behind anger, but Subaru knew to be on the alert for red flags and nip such discouragements in the bud if able.
"You buckled in?" Gonta gripped Subaru's knees.
"Yeah, big guy! Take us home!"
"It's our home now?" He got walking.
"Kaasan seems to like you."
"What about you?"
Subaru skimmed his fingerless gloves to the bottom of Gonta's chin, bent super forward, closed his eyes, raised Gonta's head, and claimed his lips. Oh, what a mouthful!
And oh, what a mouthful! Rings, planets, and galaxies shooting though Subaru's taste center!
Chocolate.
"Does that…answer your question?"
Contrary to Subaru's elusive blush, Gonta's didn't spare him. It rose up his neck, rushed to every area of his face, and ignited his ears. In effect, it gave him lip, and not the kind Subaru just gave him!
"You little –!"
"You're not the only one who can attack from above!" Subaru hadn't excused Gonta for sitting on him to force him to go to school with them.
"Very funny, star boy."