Two bodies fell to the deck of the ship. Chaud and Protoman ran at Farado, Farado thrust them into a pole on the deck and they fainted from the force of the blow.

"Now Time is mine, Space shall devour, Unity shall be broken, as Love fails to gain it's power, and Chaos covers all!!"

Megaman lay on the deck bleeding to death. Roll lay on the deck crying as she watched Megaman, unmoving, dying. Fran looked at Roll and saw it, she saw how much that Roll loved Megaman.

A tear flowed down Roll's cheek. As the tear fell to the deck Fran pushed it toward Megaman. Like magic the tear obeyed and flowed down the deck and lay upon Megaman's broken body. Megaman could feel a strange force cover his body and he moved his fingers.

Slowly Megaman stood from the deck, his body was repaired as if nothing happened. He felt strong, much stronger than before. He looked around and saw his friends all hurt.

Joshua ran at Farado screaming, he knew it would be his end. The sword from Joshua's hand was thrust at Farado. He missed, and Farado threw him down the deck. Megaman watched as Joshua got up, bloody, and ran at Farado again, and again with the same result.

Joshua was determined to help his friends. Megaman saw this and smiled, he then ran at Farado with full force and knocked a surprised Farado to the ground.

Joshua knelt to the ground, he couldn't go on anymore. He knelt there and watched as the man in white ran at Farado. The man pulled a large crystal like blade from his belt and thrust it into Farado's body. Farado screamed in pain from the blade's impact. Megaman smiled and looked around. Each one of his friends suddenly stood from the deck, as healthy as before the fight.

Everyone gathered around Farado.

"This…t-this is n-not possible! H-how could I be d-defeated by a group of c-children!" Farado bellowed around the ship.

Above everyone the ships stopped fighting. They all halted and looked down, down before Megaman and the Count. Silence draped over the entire world. The Count of Feliray, Count Farado, the master of the elements was dead. Peace had been restored to everyone and everything.

Everyone turned and saw Roll standing behind them. She ran into Megaman's open arms and the two of them held each other for a long while, Roll sobbing into Megaman's chest.

"I thought that we were going to die!" she sobbed loudly

"I knew that we would win….we always do…" Megaman said.

Roll broke the hug and looked at Megaman with a stern motherly look, "no you didn't!" she said smartly.

Everyone laughed until they heard a noise behind them and turned. Count Farado's body had floated into the air. It moved like a puppet and glanced with black glassy eyes at Megaman.

Megaman and Farado's eyes connected. Suddenly Megaman's eyes became a black glass like film. He turned to Roll and pushed her down. He then ran to the end of the deck and rose into the air, his right arm becoming a sword, his left becoming Count Farado's cane.

"Megaman!?" cried Roll

Megaman spoke in a hypnotic voice, "No. I am Count Farado! You didn't think you could kill me that easily did you?"

"Megaman…." Trailed off Maylu as she looked at her friend being controlled like a puppet.

Megaman lifted the cane at Maylu and a ball of flame shot out at her. Lan pushed her out of the way only to be struck by the flame himself. The fire dissipated when it struck Lan, so he didn't burn, however it left a large mark on him and he fell in pain.

Maylu screamed and ran to Lan's side. Suddenly a barrage of gunfire struck Megaman. Megaman turned and saw a ship flying over head. Vann, Ashe, Basch, and Balthier all were sitting In the ship. Fran ran up to Megaman and fired arrow after arrow at him to distract him. Megaman didn't even turn, instead a spike of rock smacked into Fran sending her toppling across the deck.

Chaud and Protoman ran at Megaman swinging wildly. Roll stood on the deck stunned, Friend against friend. This isn't right! She screamed to herself.

Long ago when the land was born,

Seven crowns of magic we dorn.

Earth of life,

Fire of power,

Wind of knowledge,

Water of safety,

Light of beginnings,

Dark of endings,

Time of all things,

And Unity to bind them,

Two more were made to counter our power.

Life, maker and taker,

And Love creator and savior.

Each given to lines unknown ,

Handed down in sword and stone.

Until the day they all shall fall,

The nine great kings shall never call.

But on the day that each shall cease,

Unleashed shall be the final beast.

A friend we know, a friend we hate,

A friend we love, a friend we take.

Roll stood and watched as Megaman shot, cut, slashed, burned, and threw each one of her friends all about the deck. Roll finally screamed out to Megaman.

Megaman turned and walked toward her. He looked her in the eyes. Roll was crying, each tear filled with a memory of her and Megaman. Megaman looked deeper into Roll's eyes and his own eyes flashed a spark of life. Megaman was still inside there, Roll just needed to find him!

----Meanwhile in Den-Tech City—

A dark cloud covered everyone and everything. People screamed and cried as flames engulfed their city. Death had fallen over all, and none could stop it.

Dr. Hikari stepped out from his office and looked around. The city looked as though it was it had been torn from the world and placed into another. Parts of the city were Den-Tech, others were of some strange medieval looking city. All around the doctor was death and destruction.

Dr. Hikari looked up into the sky and saw a large ship.

"Good luck Lan. You too Megaman." The doctor said to the wind blowing by.

----------Back on the deck of Terra------

Megaman looked deeper into Roll's eyes. Life flashed into his own eyes and then it was replaced by the black cloud that covered his mind.

"Who am i?" he asked inside his mind

"What am i? Who is this girl, I know her."

Roll looked as though her heart was being ripped out. The man she loved was killing her friends and she could do nothing to stop it.

She starred deeper into Megaman's eyes and then, she kissed him. Not a friendly kiss on the cheek, or a quick peck, no it was a hard passion filled kiss. Roll kissed Megaman; it was like kissing a stone. Megaman did nothing but stand there and take it.

Roll kissed harder, crying now, thinking Megaman was gone. Suddenly as she tried to pull away two strong arms bound her. Roll almost screamed until she realized that it was Megaman. Megaman was now kissing Roll just as she had kissed him. Roll fell into the kiss and realized that it wasn't Farado doing this, it was Megaman. Somehow the spell had broken.

A strange wind blew and a shadow seeped out of Megaman's body. It stood and looked at the two of them, it was Count Farado. He looked….happy, like a father would when he watches his daughter kiss the one she loves. Count Farado turned and an odd door appeared. He stepped inside without a word as the two navis continued their kiss.

Roll cried and fell into the kiss more, parting her lips ever so slightly so Megaman could slide his tongue inside. The two navi's continued their kiss as their friends stood from the deck of the ship and watched them.

The fighting all around them stopped. Peace filled the skies. The dark clouds that flowed over the world fell away and a blue sky shown through. Light filled the world and people cheered as they saw all the evils dissipate. Fire died, Earth remained still, Wind fell, Water evened, Light shown, Darkness broke, Time flowed forward, Space repaired, Love filled everyone, and Unity became the world.

Megaman and Roll broke their kiss, begging for air. Everyone on the deck cheered. Then they all looked around and saw a glove and a letter lying were Farado once was. Megaman picked it up and opened it, it read:

Dear Megaman and friends,

I am dearly sorry for the troubles I caused you all. I hope that one day we can all be friends. I realized that power, strength, and control over others is not right. Please forgive me, I realize now that there is more to ones life than that.

I once was the king of Feliray, master of darkness. The flow of Time was broken when Noctornes was split from you. He lusted for power, and so he reserected Dr. Cid of Ivalice and Megaman Omega of your world. The two worlds became bound when he teamed them together. He promised them eternal life and power if they brought me back into the world.

Nocturnes controlled Omega and Cid. He also controlled me. By you killing him he lost his grip on me. I tried to kill you so that Nocturnes could never return. But I see now that you will face any battle, any enemy without fear. I know now that you will destroy all shadows that threaten you.

Nocturnes will live on, as long as you live Megaman. But do not be discouraged I know that you can beat him, again and again.

I am returning to my world, Cid will return to his, and all the worlds shall be separate again. I am leaving you my glove, so you can always remember me, your new friends, and this war. I hope that one day….. one day we can all be friends……

Sincerely,

Count Farado of Feliray

Megaman smiled after reading the note aloud. He looked around and a door had appeared. Balthier, Fran, Ashe, Basch, and Vann all stood at the door. Everyone heard a voice and turned. Behind them stood Alex, the girl who saved Megaman and friends from Cid.

Alex joined Balthier and friends at the door and smiled at the others.

"It's been fun." Said Vann

"Maybe one day we will see you all again." Said Ashe

"Maybe, when we aren't fighting." Said Lan

"Until we meet again." Said Fran

"Goodbye, stay out of trouble." Said Basch

Balthier paused, "Well….off we go I guess. Please try and stay alive until the next time we meet."

Everyone laughed and waved their friends off. Megaman grabbed the glove and the note. Suddenly they all were gone in a flash of light. When they came to, they were on the streets of Den-Tech city. Everything was the way it was before Dark Star returned.

The city shined in its Christmas décor. Everyone cheered. It was all over, and they had all lived.

Roll looked at Megaman as a tear fell down her face.

"What's wrong Roll?" asked Megaman

"….it's just…. Do you think we will ever see the others again?" she asked

Megaman paused and looked at the sunset, "Yes….yes I know we will. Another time, another place. But we will see them again. I know it."

Roll laid her head on Megaman's shoulder. Megaman wrapped his arms around Roll. Lan looked at Maylu and they hugged each other. Everyone sat down on the side of the road and watched as the sun fell into the sea below.

Megaman looked into Roll's eyes and the two of them kissed. Lan looked at Maylu and blushed as he kissed her. Maylu giggled and hugged onto Lan.

Dr. Hikari stood on the balcony of his office and watched the young ones below. A figure behind him stepped out of the shadows.

"So is this the end?" asked the doctor

"No…..no this is just the beginning… the beginning of a long, long new year." The figure answered

"You don't think Dark Star will return do you?"

"No. But there are plenty of other people out there. In fact I heard of a strange organization called Zerox. I hear that they have created a new virus called the Ignitious Virus."

"I guess we need to tell them…"

"No." said the figure as it walked out from the shadows

"Why not Megaman?"

"Because, I don't need to know yet." Said a older looking Megaman

"Then why did you come to the past."

"To stop me from falling in love with Roll!" Older Megaman said.

"Why?"

"She will be the death of Lan and me…."

Who is this older Megaman?

What is he doing here?

What does he mean that Roll will be the death of him and Lan?

Who is Zerox, what is the Ignitious Virus?

TO BE CONTINUED