"Death Song!" Doom Note said, as she sent another attack Megaman's way. Megaman dodged the attack, but still didn't do any kind of counter attack.
"Uhhh! Stop dodging! You're not going to attack me anyways. Why don't we get this over with and make this easier for both of us?" Doom Note said annoyed.
"Sorry, no can do," Megaman said.
"Then what do you want?"
"All I want…all I want is for us to be together…for us to be a couple again!"
"Hmph, that again. Look, I told you once and I'm going tell you again. I don't know who you are and I will NEVER be with you! Not in a week! Not in a month! NEVER!" Doom Note said, causing Megaman's to stop for a while, "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to destroy you. Doom Melody!" Megaman was too shocked up about what Doom Note said to him to get out the way. He would've been hit by the attack if Omega-Xis hadn't pulled him away at the last second.
"Jeez! What the hell is wrong with you?" Mega said.
"She…she said that we'd never be together again…" Megaman mumbled.
"Huh?"
"She seemed so serious about it too. Maybe…maybe I should just give up. She doesn't want to be with me anyways," Megaman said, as he fell to the ground.
"Kid, what's wrong with you? Hurry up and get…watch out!" Mega said, as Doom Note launched another attack at Megaman. Megaman was still too shook up to dodge the attack and he got hit, causing him to fly backwards. He landed on the ground, but he didn't even bother to get up.
"Death Song!" Doom Note said, as she fired off another attack. The attack hit the grounded Megaman, causing an explosion and smoke surrounded Megaman.
"Kid! Geo, are you okay?" Mega asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Megaman said, as he continued to lay there.
"What are you waiting for? Get up and fight!"
"I…I can't."
"What do you mean you can't? You don't look that beat up."
"Is just that…even though there's a possibility that she's being controlled by someone, it's still Sonia. I can never bring it to myself to fight her. I…I just can't," Megaman said, prompting Mega to punch him in the face.
"Ouch! That hurt! What the hell did you do that for?" Megaman said angrily at Omega-Xis.
"I just had to wake you up. Do you know how stupid you're being right now?" Mega said annoyed.
"What do you know about this? You never had to fight your friend! You never had to fight someone that you care about so much!"
"Hmph, you really think that."
"Huh? What do you mean by that?"
"Back on Planet-FM, before I stole the Andromeda Key, I had friends there too. We weren't the closest of friends, but we still looked after one another. You could say we were allies. When I stole the Andromeda Key and fled to Earth, I had to leave them behind. Not only that, but I also had to fight against a number of them too. I didn't really like some of them, one being that bastard Gemini, but I still held a little bit of friendship with most of them. I had fight against multiple people that used to be my friends, and I had to do it all by myself at the beginning."
"Mega…"
"And you're giving up and being all emo after just facing one person. You may have a stronger connection to that person than I had to my friends, but still it's just one person. And on top of that, you have a number of people who are by your side, helping you out when you need it. Also, you said it yourself, she may be under the control of someone right now. Maybe she doesn't even have control of what she's doing or saying. Instead of sitting here feeling sorry for yourself, what you should be doing is…"
Mega," Megaman interrupted.
"Hmm?" Mega said.
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"For everything. Thanks to what you said, I know what I have to do now."
"And what may that be?"
"If she's being controlled, then I have to snap her out of it. I can't be afraid to fight her. I have to fight her. If I ever want us to be together again, I can't be afraid to fight. I have to fight her and win. Then I'm gonna kill those bastards that messed with her in the first place!"
"Yeah, now we're talking!"
"Let's do this!" Megaman said, "Finalize…"
Meanwhile…
Doom Note was standing about a few feet from where Megaman was. She was making for all the smoke to clear so she could clearly administer the final blow. While she was waiting, she looked around at everyone else. Acid Ace and Falcon Flash were still going at it. So were Rogue and Tiger Blaze. Same thing for Taurus Fire and Turtle Tide. She turned attention back to her battle as she the smoke was beginning to clear up. The smoke was almost all gone when she heard a voice coming from inside the smoke.
"Finalize, Black Ace!" the voice from the smoke said. All of sudden, a huge amount of noise was going into the smoke. The smoke completely cleared away, revealing Megaman in his Black Ace form.
"What's with the change of clothes?" Doom Note asked mockingly.
"I've decided…" Black Ace Megaman said.
"You've decided? Decided what? That you're finally going to give up and admit defeat?"
"No, I've decided…that I will defeat you!" Black Ace Megaman said, pointing his sword at Doom Note.
"Hahaha! You've decided that you will defeat me? You really think that it will be that easy? You can never defeat me! Not now, not in a million years!"
"We'll see about that, Mega Buster!" Black Ace Megaman said, as fired his Mega Buster at Doom Note, who was too busy laughing at Megaman that she didn't have enough time to dodge. Black Ace Megaman continued to fire his Mega Buster at Doom Note for a few more seconds. However, it didn't really seem to affect Doom Note a lot.
"Hmph, that tickled. Is that the best you got?" Doom Note asked.
"Of course not," Black Ace Megaman said, as he began to charge an attack in his hand.
"What is that? What are you doing?" Doom Note, as she prepared herself for the incoming attack. She was surprised as a black hole started to form around her, surrounding her and preventing her from escaping.
"What is this? Let me out of this right now?" Doom Note said, as she tried to break free and failed.
"I'm sorry about this, Sonia. Black End Galaxy!" Black Ace Megaman said, as he rushed forward towards the black hole and slashed it with his sword, causing a giant explosion.
"It's over. Forgive me for that, Sonia. At least you'll be okay now," Black Ace Megaman said, turning around to look at what happened to Doom Note. The smoke began to clear away. In the smoke, Megaman could see the silhouette of someone standing inside the smoke. His began to widen the smoke began to clear away completely.
"That was a pretty good attack. You managed to give me a couple of scratches. However, I let my guard down that time. Next time, you won't be so lucky." Doom Note said.
"All that only gave her a couple of scratches. This is bad!" Black Ace Megaman thought in his head.
"Now, if you're done with your circus act, it's my turn to show you what a real attack is! Doom Melody!" Doom Note said, fire far more notes than in previous attacks. Black Ace Megaman dodged all of them and then fired his Mega Buster at Doom Note.
"Pretty good. I didn't expect you to dodge all of them," Doom Note said, as she dodged the attack.
"Thanks, you're not so bad yourself," Black Ace Megaman replied.
"Please, that was only a warm-up. Try this on for size. Death Song!" Doom Note said, as she fired a giant skull-shaped beam at Black Ace Megaman, who cut the attack I half with his sword.
"Is the best you got?" Black Ace Megaman said mockingly.
"Why you…I'll show you! Devil Strings!" Doom Note said, as she strummed her guitar and black strings came out and flew towards Black Ace Megaman. He dodged all of them and prepared to attack Doom Note, but she launched another attack directly after the first one.
"Devil Strings!" Doom Note said again. This time even more strings came out and went towards Black Ace Megaman, trying to capture and entangled him. Black Ace Megaman didn't have time the dodge all of the strings, so he used his sword to cut the strings instead. However, he missed a few strings and he got caught up in the strings. He tried to get out, but the strings were too strong for him to break. He looked at Doom Note as she walked towards him, ready to finish him off.
"Well, well, well. Look what we have here. A pathetic insect caught in my trap. How should I finish you off? Hmmm, let me think. I could finish you off in one hit, or I could finish you off slowly and painfully. Say what, I'll let you decide. How would you like me to finish you off?" Doom Note said.
"Don't do this, Sonia. Snap out of it. I know you're being controlled, but try to wake up. Please, for your own sake," Black Ace Megaman said.
"How many times do I have to tell you NOT to call me by that name? It's like you're deaf or something. And are you talking about? Controlled? I'm not being controlled. What gave you that idea? I'm doing this by my own free will!"
"But…why?"
"That's none of your business. All I know is that I have to defeat you."
"Why do you have to do that? How does defeating me help you in any way?"
"I told you, that's none of your business! Now, if you excuse me, I've decided that I want to finish you off quickly," Doom Note said, as she readied her guitar to attack.
"Sorry, but I'm afraid I can't let you do that," Black Ace Megaman said.
"Oh? And what makes you say that?"
"I made a promise to myself. I promised myself that I would find and save you no matter what. And I never go back on my promises. AHHHHHH!" Black Ace Megaman yelled, as the strings around his body broke and he was freed.
"What? Impossible!" Doom Note said in surprise.
"I'll bring you back, Sonia. No matter what it takes, I'll bring you back!" Black Ace Megaman said, as he began charging up for an attack.
"Oh no you don't! Devil Strings!" Doom Note said, as she attempted the tie up Megaman again in the strings. Black Ace Megaman was no fazed by the attack at all and dodged every single one of the strings.
"Die! Doom Melody!" Doom Note said, as she fired a huge number of dark notes at Black Ace Megaman. Just like the last attack, he dodged the attack completely, angering Doom Note.
"Stay still so I can destroy you!" Doom Note said angrily.
"Let's finish this," Black Ace Megaman said.
"Huh?"
"Black End Galaxy!" Black Ace Megaman said, as another black hole surrounded Doom Note.
"Hmph, this again. You really think you can defeat me with this weak attack. The last time you used it, all it did was give me a few scratches," Doom Note said. However, right after Doom Note said that, she noticed something different about this attack compared to the last. The black hole she was trapped inside this time was bigger and it felt way stronger.
"Crap!" Doom Note thought, as Black Ace Megaman slashed the black hole from the outside causing it to explode. This explosion was far bigger than the previous one, and it was big enough for all the other people who were fighting to temporary stop and look at it.
"I hope you're alright, Geo" Acid Ace thought.
"Whoa, that was awesome!" Taurus Fire thought.
"Tch, I'm not going to lose to him," Rogue thought.
Back at the site of the explosion, the smoke was almost all cleared away. When it did, Black Ace Megaman saw that Doom Note lying on the ground. She was still conscious, but she sustained far more damage from this attack than she did from the last one. She was bleeding in some areas and some parts of her clothing were ripped. Black Ace Megaman slowly approached Doom Note, but he was still prepared for anything to happen.
"Are you okay?" Black Ace Megaman asked Doom Note.
"Hmph, what do you care? You're my enemy," Doom Note said.
"Don't say that! We're not enemies. We're friends."
"Like I would ever be friends with the likes of you," Doom Note said, angering Megaman a bit.
"In any case, I defeated you. I'm going to take you back to WAZA to see if they can undo what those creeps did to you," Black Ace Megaman said, as Doom Note started to burst out laughing.
"What's so funny?" Black Ace Megaman asked.
"You really think you've defeated me. You couldn't be more wrong. I didn't think that I had to use this against someone like you, but you forced me to."
"What are you talking about?"
"The entire time that we've been fighting, did you think that I was using my full power against you?"
"I don't see where you're going with this."
"I'm talking about this. Limit Break!" Doom Note said, as she was now surrounded by a lot of energy compared to before and she felt a lot more powerful. Her wounds also began to heal themselves.
"W…what's happening?" Black Ace Megaman asked.
"The entire time I've been fighting you, I've only been using 50% of my full power. Now I've lifted that limit. This is my true power!" Doom Note said.
"But why did you do that? Why didn't you just fight with your full power from the beginning of this battle?"
"Because, if we constantly use all our energy when we fight, we would get tired out too easily. So our master taught us a special technique that limits our power so that we can still fight without getting tired out too quickly."
"I see. Wait! We? That means…"
"Yes, the others that came with me also have the same technique as I do."
"Crap! Then the others might be in trouble," Black Ace Megaman thought.
"If I were you, I wouldn't be too worried about your friends. I would be more worried about myself," Doom Note said, causing Black Ace Megaman to focus all his attention on the now full-powered Doom Note.
"Now, what do you say we finish this fight now?" Doom Note said, as she disappeared suddenly.
"Where did she go?" Black Ace Megaman wondered, as he looked all around himself to make sure that Doom Note doesn't give him any surprise attacks. All of a sudden, Doom Note suddenly appeared behind Black Ace Megaman.
"Death Song!" Doom Note said, as she launched her attack at point-blank range, causing a huge explosion to engulf both herself and Black Ace Megaman.
Can Megaman defeat the new fully-powered Doom Note? Can his friends defeat their respective enemies or will they be crushed by them? Find out in the next chapter of Megaman Starforce: Precious Memories.
