Sonia: Someone's gonna die!~

BassDS: ...Haiz *gulp

Geo: What exactly have you been doing all this time?

BassDS: Caught up in life, making videos like crazy. Yeah, I know. I've seriously been neglecting my writing.

Geo: You got that right.

BassDS: But it's a new year, and that means I can start over fresh. Well, assuming you all still don't mind reading my stuff.

Sonia: Can you save it for later and get on with this thing? I wanna know what the heck is going to happen. I have a right mind to kill you right now for making me wait almost five months and nothing.

BassDS: Mind keeping her in check?

Geo: I'm not getting thrown across the room. But she's right, people have been waiting for this for a while now.

BassDS: Well anyway, I'm really sorry for the long periods between chapters. I just don't have as much free time as I usually do, and when I do, I want to focus on my Youtube channel. But it's 2012; hopefully the world won't end, and I'm ready to push things along and try to better myself. As long as everyone who reads still want to read what I publish on here.

Sonia: Can we move along, now? *angered

BassDS: well, it's been quite a long run, but now the time has come to end the original Star Lovers storyline, so I hope anyone who reads it will find it enjoyable and an appropriate end to what I've worked on for so long.

Star Lovers 4

The Final Act

"Show yourself, Xenex." Zero MAX called as he entered the blackened realm.

"Such a fool you are. Coming alone like that." Xenex's voice echoed.

"Enough of the banter, you know why I'm here!"

Xenex appeared from the dark mist that filled the area as his eyes laid upon Zero MAX.

"Just what do you hope to accomplish? I'm far out of your class. You should know you don't stand a chance against me."

"Call me stubborn, then." Zero MAX replied as his arm sword appeared and he rammed it into the ground, only to disengage it from his arm as a hilt and handle appeared on the end of it. He moved his hand and grasped the handle as he trained his eyes on Xenex.

"Now return my mother!"

"Fear not, she is in capable hands." he said as he held a small glass orb in his hand as Sonia laid inside of it.

"Let her go!"

"Not when I'm so close...all I need is the final piece and everything will be complete." Xenex said.

"You'll be dead long before he gets here!" Zero MAX growled with anger.

"Very well then. I don't mind playing around until Mega Man shows up. But be warned, boy. I tend to play rough." he grinned as he tossed the orb high into the air and it suspended itself over the two.

"I can take anything you throw at me, scum."

"Is that so...?" Xenex held his hands as his aura blades appeared. Grinning, he vanished and appeared behind Zero MAX as his blades came into contact with Zero MAX's back.

"GAH!" he groaned in pain as he fell to one knee.

"What's wrong? We just started!" Xenex said as he kicked Zero MAX across the floor.

"He's stronger than before..."

"I'm not...giving up." Zero MAX replied as he rose to his feet and dashed towards Xenex as their blades met.

"Is this all you have?" Xenex joked.

"Nope." Zero MAX grinned as he placed his free hand to Xenex's chest. "Shining Limit!" The blast of light knocked Xenex to the floor.

"I'm just getting started!" his white aura appeared around him and he charged at Xenex and repeatedly struck his sword against his blades until Xenex got back up, only for Zero MAX to toss the sword in the air and unleashed a barrage of lightning fast punches at Xenex's body, sending him all the way across the dark realm.

"Why you..."

"You don't stand a chance...I've got so many people behind me, putting their faith in me to bring you to your end. And I won't let them down!" Zero MAX said as the aura around him grew.

"Don't make promises..." Xenex spoke as he raised his hand up and stuck out his thumb, then rammed it into his chest. "YOU CAN'T KEEP!" he cried out as he began to draw all the dark energy within the realm to him.

"What's...going on!"

"Now...the real fun begins!" Xenex grinned as his eyes and the whites of them turned completely red.

"What the hell is going on here?" Rogue said as he felt the floor shake violently beneath him.

"Kid, you don't think...?" Mega said.

"I hope not...let's hurry!" Mega Man said as he dashed along the pathway with Rogue following behind.

"He better not finish Xenex off before I have a piece of him. I want some payback."

"Just focus on what's in front of us first!" Mega Man said as the mist around them began to take a humanoid shape, resulting in a large purple figure as it stood tall over them, only to split up and create two more giants of mists, red marks glowing brightly over their bodies.

"Looks like the welcome committee." Rogue said as he looked toward the towering giants.

"Drats! This does not look good..." Mega Man said.

"For once, I have to agree with you." Mega replied.

Rogue walked in front of Mega Man as Laplace took his sword form within his master's hand.

"If you really care about getting to your woman that much...then I suppose I can hold all three off..." he said, closing his eyes.

"Rogue..."

"I'll get their attention focused on me, now get going before I decide to change my mind and let them make a chew toy out of you!"

"Thanks..." Mega Man said as Rogue jumped into the air and kicked all three heads of the giants before tossing Laplace like a boomerang as he cut through their misty bodies.

"Get going!"

Mega Man nodded as he kept forward and ran past the giants as they began to heal and regain their footing.

Rogue could only smile as they rose.

"Good...I wasn't in the mood for an easy warm-up anyway." he said as his Mu Vest appeared over his chest. "I'm going to savor this little appetizer."

The entire realm shook violently as Xenex continued to drain the dark energies of the realm into his body as a black bodysuit formed over him; the dark energy lining the suit in purple circuit-like patterns all over.

"Bad move. You've left yourself defenseless!" Zero MAX charged with his sword in hand as he attempted to strike at Xenex, only for the blade to collide with the dark aura that poured out of him.

"Is that so?" he grinned as a shadowy figure formed from his aura behind him; it's eyes glowing red and chains connected to its arms and wrists as the remaining links of chain fell to the floor.

"What...?"

"Now things can really begin..." he smirked as his sword shattered and broke into pieces, long enough for him to absorb them into his body. "I'm so close to perfection I can taste it...In fact, I don't think I'll wait for the main course. I believe a little snack is in order." his eyes zoomed up to Sonia within her sphere.

"Don't even try it!" Zero MAX jumped towards the sphere and readied his blade in an attempt to shatter it, but Xenex's dark familiar gripped him in its hand as it threw him deep into the floor.

"Such a sad attempt..." Xenex spoke as he slowly floated up the sphere; only for him to be cut off by Zero MAX as he dashed into his body and threw him back. "Insolent...!"

"Shining Limit!" Zero MAX's body radiated with a bright light as Xenex felt himself weakening and pushed back, then being struck in his chest by an uppercut from Zero MAX, sending Xenex clear into the ground.

"Such power..." a grin formed on Xenex's face as his body faded and became a black liquid laying in a small puddle inside the indent of where his body had been.

"Hang on, Mom!" Zero MAX brought his sword forward and concentrated as much power as he could and shattered the sphere, letting Sonia fall into his arms. "Mom, wake up..."

"Ngh...where..." slowly she opened her eyes and looked toward him as he brought them back to the floor. "Sono, is that you?" she asked, trying to gain her composure and her bearings.

"Yeah, it's me. How do you feel?"

"I've felt better...last thing I remember...Xenex! Where is he!" she said as they both looked around.

"I don't know. I'm not sure if I did much damage to him." he said as he grabbed her hand. "C'mon, let's get you out of here!"

"You don't have to tell me twice!" she said and followed after her son as they made their way to the portal.

"Are we there yet?" Mega asked.

"For the last time, how the heck should I know!" Mega Man said as Lyra placed her forehead in her hand.

"Was just asking..."

"Yeah, for like the 6th time!" Mega Man replied as Lyra's eyes widened.

"Geo, look!"

In front of them, Zero MAX and Sonia ran down the corridor as they finally met up, with Sonia jumping straight into Geo's arms.

"Geo! I thought I'd never see you again!" she cried as he held her close.

"I'm here now, Sonia, don't worry..." he said as he looked over to Zero MAX. "I get the feeling you have bit of a rebellious streak in your time, don't you? Running off like that..."

"If you mean being a rebellious teen for the right cause, I suppose you could say that." Zero MAX grinned. "It IS how I got here in the first place."

"Thanks...for looking after your mother." was all he could offer.

"Umm...I hate to cut things short, but shouldn't we help Solo and get out of here?" Lyra asked.

"What about Xenex?" Mega Man asked.

"I don't know if he's gone for good. All the more reason for us to get out of here and find a way to seal him in this world." Zero MAX replied.

"Then let's not sit around here chitchatting and let's leg it!" Mega said as they ran back down the corridor.

The last mist giant was barely standing as Rogue looked on at it.

"I've already dealt with your friends and I have you at your edge...you really want to keep going like this?" he cracked a grin as the giant thrust on of its fists at him, only for him to change wave frequencies and appear behind it as he swung Laplace at its back.

Data had begun to fade away with some of the mist, showing that it was on it's last legs.

"And here I thought this would have been a challenge..." he shook his head and dashed through the giant as it's digital remains began to fade away, with it still extending his hand to try and grab Rogue; the hand hovering over him.

"Nice try...but your deletion was certain the minute I took you and your pals on. Didn't even break a sweat." Rogue smirked as the hand vanished and the rest of the giant began to dissolve as its data fell into deletion.

"Hmph..." Rogue looked over as he saw the others come up.

"Did you really take those three down all by yourself?" Mega asked.

"What does it look like to you? Now where's Xenex...I want to put him in his place."

"There's no time for that. We need to get back to the base and figure out how to seal him in here for good." Mega Man said.

"If you think I'm just going to let you lock him up without giving me the satisfaction I desire for what he did, you're out of your mind!"

"But he's strong. I barely got out in one piece." Zero MAX spoke up. "You wouldn't stand a chance."

"Wrong, I'm not soft like the lot of you. I don't care if it kills me, I want a piece of him!"

"Heheheheheh...Rogue, all you had to do was ask..." a chilling voice hung in the atmosphere.

"No..." Zero MAX said.

"It is time..." Xenex's voice called as a portal opened from underneath them and they fell into darkness.

"Hang on, Sonia!" Mega Man called as they fell through the winding vortex.

"You don't have to tell me twice!" she yelled as they plummeted down.

"I think I'm gonna be sick!" Mega said as he became dizzy.

"Brace yourselves!" Zero MAX spoke as a blinding light obscured their view.

In an instant, they fell from the hole and into a completely white realm, devoid of any color at all.

"Where are we?" Rogue said as he stood up.

"Behold...the White Space! The realm where time stands still, where nothing exists, and yet exists at the same time." Xenex's voice called out as he appeared before the four.

"Sounds more like purgatory..." Mega said.

"Kinda dull for my taste." Lyra added.

"This world has existed since the beginning of time...and as such, all time lines have been born here."

"What?" Zero MAX spoke up.

"It is the starting point of all time, and the ending of all time. So many historical events have occurred thanks to this world. From earth's primordial beginnings, all the way up to the birth of civilization and advancements in technology. Even up to every single important person that has ever existed, those that shaped the world into what it is today. From the great Socrates of ancient Greece, to the legendary Lan Hikari of the 20XX's. All time is born, and recorded here."

"Just what is it that you want?" Sonia asked.

"What I want...? Why, I wish to use the powers you two possess to enable me to unlock the Xanatos gate, allowing me to control time as I please over every time line. I want to shape the entire universe in my image. I desire to be god over all time."

"I'm not going to let that happen!" Mega Man said as he stood his ground.

"Hahahaha...and what will you do? After all, you must be dead for me to have your powers... so why don't we get started!" he said as his familiar appeared and dashed towards Sonia. "You shall be first!"

"No! Sonia!" Mega Man cried out as Sonia was stricken with fear and couldn't move."

"I can't let this happen...!" Zero MAX thought as he moved and pushed Sonia away as the familiar grabbed him within its hand and gripped him tightly.

"SONO!"

"Ngh...ugh..."

"Exactly as planned..." Xenex said as he floated up towards his familiar as it held Zero MAX.

"...What...!" he choked up.

"From the moment I found out that you are their offspring, I began to think: why hunt down both of them; when everything I need is already wrapped in one little package?" Xenex grinned.

"...No..."

"I must admit, you were a thorn in my side the moment you came here, but after piecing it all together, It worked out in my favor. I just needed to catch you with your guard down, and using your mother was the perfect bait."

"All this time since I got here...you've had this planned since our first encounter..." Zero MAX said.

"Correct. You've been a wonderful pawn...now it is time I ended your existence. Surrender the power you have inherited from the ones that created you!" Xenex laughed as the familiar began to drain Zero MAX's energy from his body.

"No!" Mega Man yelled as he and Rogue jumped up to try and stop him, only for the aura surrounding Xenex and his familiar to block their attempts.

"No...let my son go now!" Sonia cried.

"I can't believe...no..." Zero MAX said as he started fading.

Xenex looked on as a small orb emerged from Zero MAX chest and floated toward him. "Finally..." he spoke as he extended his hand to grab it, and looked toward Zero MAX. "I've no need for you anymore." he said as his familiar released him and let him plummet down.

"Hold on!" Sonia ran toward where he was falling and wave changed into Harp Note as she did her best to catch him as they both hit the floor.

"Sonia!" Mega Man cried as he ran over to them.

"Time flows freely of it's own accord, but now, I will become time itself...I offer up this great power; I release the core of time from beyond the Xanatos gate...beckon to me!" Xenex chanted as a circular gate with ancient marking appeared before him as he placed the orb into the socket within it as it was absorbed and began to open.

"We've got to stop him!" Mega Man said as he and Rogue lunged after Xenex.

"I will not allow you to delay me." he said as he raised a hand and blew them back with a surge of power as they hit the floor.

"Ugh...damn, that hurt..." Rogue said as he tried to get up.

Xenex looked back at them once more as he entered the gate and the White Space rumbled and shook as the gate vanished.

"This isn't good..." Mega said.

"Gee, thanks for stating the obvious." Lyra remarked.

A vortex opened up as a figure walked out before them.

"Xenex!" Mega Man said as he stood up.

"That is my former name...inferior being. You will address me as Xhronos."

"Like hell I will!" Rogue barked as he drew Laplace out and charged at him, only for Xhronos to raise a finger and deflect every strike Rogue tried to land.

"Inferior beings will be erased..." he said as his eyes glowed and the force of his power pushed Rogue back.

"You couldn't even...get to him..." Mega Man looked on.

"Now it is time to begin the erasure of all existing time lines, and converge their remains into one; a time line where I rule over it all." Xhronos spoke as a white being appeared behind him as it grew two wings from it's back, one of a demon's and the other of an angel's as it held two large blades and hourglasses hanged adorn on it's body by chains.

"Please, wake up, Sono! Please!" Harp Note cried as Mega Man turned to see her; Sono was no longer in his wave form and laid on the floor.

"No..." he said as he walked over to them.

"I...really screwed up, didn't I?" Sono said as he came to.

"Not at all...you risked yourself for me..." Harp Note said.

"But now because of me...I've threatened time itself...all I wanted to do was set things right..."

"That doesn't matter. All that matters is that we never give up. And I don't plan on giving up any time soon." Mega Man said.

"If anyone has a chance at fixing this..." Sono said as he turned to Mega Man. "It's you, dad..."

Harp Note looked down and saw that his feet and legs were disappearing slowly.

"What's happening to him!" she said as she turned to face him.

"Guess it's the end of the line for me...I wasn't meant to be in this era, so it looks like my existence ends here..."

"This can't be..." Mega Man said as he fell to his knees.

"Kid..." Mega said.

Sono reached into his pocket and pulled something out as he slowly took Harp Note's hand.

"I'm glad I got to know the real you, mom..." he said as he slipped the star pendent he had inherited into her hand.

"You don't know how happy I am to know how much you turned out to be..." she cried as she held him close.

Rogue just looked on at the three of them.

"Sono..." Mega Man said as he looked at him.

"I'm glad I could meet you, dad...I had always wondered what you were like, and I tried my best to be like you and protect everyone I care about..." he looked up to his eyes.

"You did your best...and I'm proud of you for that..." Mega Man said as tears slowly formed.

"I'm glad...that I had parents like you two..." he smiled as he stared up. "I love you both so much...please, protect everyone that you hold dear...give the world a bright future..." he smiled and closed his eyes as his body faded away completely.

"...No..." Harp Note said as she clutched the star pendent in her hand tightly; emotions filling her deeply and flowing over her. "NO!" she cried out.

"Pitiful. Emotions are an annoyance. My world will be devoid of that notion." Xhronos said as he looked on.

Mega Man grasped and clenched his fists together as he stood.

"An annoyance...emotions are what make us alive!" he yelled as he turned to him.

"It drove him to protect her and put his life at risk; if he had not done such a foolish action, he would still be alive now."

"Foolish...are you kidding me! He protected Sonia because she's his mother! Her son; OUR son! And you call him foolish!" Mega Man said as his eyes turned white.

"It matters not. You two would have died after I stripped your inner powers from you. All he did was prolong your lives for a short time." Xhronos replied.

"That's where you're wrong..." Mega Man said as he recalled what he was told of his future. "He's given us as fighting chance to change destiny and right the wrongs you've committed. I'm not going to waste this chance my son has given me. I may not have been alive to stop you in his time, but I'm here now, and time is going to change; just not the way you envision it!" he said as he was surrounded by a bright light. "Xhronos! This ends now!"

"What the..." Rogue said as he watched on.

"Your existence in my time line is now null and void. Fade into oblivion." Xhronos said as his guardian swung one of it's swords, only for the blade to be caught by a hand and throw back. "What!"

The light faded as Mega Man stood before him; a sleeveless long coat adorned with the Star Force insignia ran down his back as his armor had changed shape, becoming more linear as his helmet was no longer on him; being replaced by a visor that was connected to the two spiked edges that was usually part of his helmet as it covered his ears; his white eyes glowing and his hair shone a light-yellow color.

"The universe's cosmic energies pulse through me; ready to unleash it's power and banish the darkness that plagues the many planets, calling out for my aid to protect it." he said as he looked up towards Xhronos.

"Geo..." Harp Note looked up at him with tears still in her eyes.

"Transcode 003-X: Cosmic Burst Mega Man!"

_Act I: End_

"I'm done sitting by and letting you have your way." Mega Man said as he stared Xhronos down.

"What even gives you the idea that you're a match for me now?"

"This..." Mega Man said as he vanished and appeared before Xhronos as he slammed his fist right into his face, hurdling Xhronos to the floor.

"How...how is this possible..." Rogue thought as he looked on. He looked down for a moment and smirked. "Oh well...It'll just add to the challenge when we reach our destined duel."

"Fool..." Xhronos rose to his feet as the guardian appeared behind him again. "You will not vanquish me!" he said as the guardian swung both of its blades.

"Guess again..." Mega Man jumped and kicked the blades hard enough to make them crack and slowly break apart until the hilts were left.

"Reversal!" Xhronos called out as pulses of energy shook the dimension and the blades were restored to their original state.

"Gotta admit. That's a nice little hat trick." Mega said.

"I've got a trick of my own..."Mega Man said as he held his hand out as he materialized a copy of his star insignia as waves of light and energy surrounded it, forming a completely see-through sword with the Star Force insignia floating in the middle of it. "Say hello to Star Breaker."

"Think I can get a hand?" he spoke to Rogue.

Rogue looked over at him, only to smirk. "You're lucky I want a piece of him myself, otherwise I wouldn't even be doing this." he said as he readied himself.

"Do you not comprehend the situation? I am time itself; any damage you deal to me, I can simply rewind time to heal myself.

"Sorry, but I'm not in the mood for a lecture." Mega Man said as he and Rogue jumped forth to combat the guardian's blades

"Cosmic Surge!"

"Mu Punishment!"

They fed their energies to dispel the aura surrounding the blades and began to attack the guardian itself.

"No you don't!" Xhronos cried as he released a shock wave that sent them back.

"Geo, I think we need a new plan." Mega said as he looked on.

"I've had enough of this child's play..." Xhronos said as he absorbed the guardian into his body and stared the two down as he channeled the guardian's strength to create a new sword made of aura as it pulsed a white glow as he held it. "It is time for your erasures!" he charged at the two.

"I will make you pay for what you've done to me and Seira!" Rogue stood up as he clashed Laplace with Xhronos' sword.

"I must admit...without her, I probably wouldn't have gotten this far. You were a useful piece to this game as well." he chuckled.

"You...!" Rogue clenched his wave fist and aimed for Xhronos' head, only to be caught by his free hand.

"Geo, now!" Mega called out as Mega Man enveloped himself in a flash of light and struck a serious blow to Xhronos, heavily damaging him, allowing Rogue to gain the upper hand and add another strike to the spot Mega Man had hit, causing Xhronos to recoil violently as he staggered away from them.

"Gahh...ahhhh!"

"It end here! Cosmic Flux!" Mega Man poured his power into Star Breaker and unleashed a powerful slash that directly went through Xhronos' chest.

"Gah...haha..haha..ugh.." Xhronos groaned as he looked up.

"Game. Set. And match. You lose, Xhronos." Mega Man said as he looked down at him.

"Have you forgotten...what I am? REVERSAL!" Pulses of energy shook the dimension once again as all of the damage Xhronos suffered vanished. "I am time itself! I can change anything!"

"Well that worked out well..." Rogue said.

"No...what are we going to do..." Sonia looked on as Lyra remained speechless.

"We'll find a way...we always do!" Mega Man said.

"Wrong...that was your last chance..." he grinned with malice as he stood up. "Time Stop!"

No sooner than those words left his mouth, everyone was frozen, locked in time.

He looked and walked over, swiftly kicking Rogue out of the way as his eyes centered on Mega Man.

"Too bad you won't have any time to regret crossing my path...and I mean that quite literally..." he calmly said, then began to slash in rage as he struck Mega Man repeatedly with his sword, the Time Stop making him completely defenseless.

"Fall into erasure, Mega Man..." he said as he struck him one more time and walked away from him a bit as time was restored.

"AAAAHHHHH!" Both Geo and Mega cried as they felt the destructive blows slowly overtake him as they came to.

"Ngh...what the? How did I get..." Rogue turned around to see Mega Man heavily damaged.

Sonia soon came to as she regained her sighting and looked up to see Geo in pain as he fell to the floor.

"No...no...Geo! GEO!" he got up and ran over to her as she grabbed him in her arms.

"Mega..." Lyra silently spoke to herself as she looked down and saw Mega within Geo.

"Sonia...ugh..."

"Don't talk..save your strength..." Sonia spoke to him.

"Looks like it's just you and me...!" Rogue said as he got up and charged at Xhronos.

"Nice try..." Xhronos said as he struck Rogue several times with his blade, then kicked him back away from him.

"Damn it...guh..." Rogue said as he tried to move.

"No..." Sonia looked over as Rogue became immobile.

"Sonia...you've got to get out of here..." Mega Man said as he coughed blood up.

"No! I'm not going to leave you! There's no where to go as long as he's around." she cried.

"Kid..." Mega groaned as he felt Geo's pain.

"I know..." he said as he gripped Sonia's hand.

"No..Geo..."

"I'll always love you, Sonia...never, ever forget that...I've enjoyed the time I've spent with you..."

"You can't...no Geo...!" Sonia cried uncontrollably.

"I love you, Sonia...al..always..." he smiled gently up to her as his eyes slowly closed.

Mega found himself defused from Geo as he felt parts of his data become damaged and corrupted.

"Mega!" Lyra said as she moved over and held him close.

"Damn kid...he took most of the blows for me..." Mega said as he looked over.

"Geo! Stay with me!" Sonia cried as she felt his hand go limp in hers as it slid out.

"No! It can't be!" Rogue said as he eyes widened at the scene before him.

"And so, erasure can truly begin..." Xhronos said as he looked on.

"Geo! No! Don't do this!" Sonia cried her heart out. "You can't... DON'T YOU DIE ON ME!" he struck his chest as tears ran down her face and onto Geo's body.

Earth:

"Mommy, I'm scared!" Alexis cried as Tia held onto her tightly.

"Ace, what is going on!" Tia asked her husband as he, Jack and Dr. Goodall looked outside to see the mountains vanish, and with them gone, the city nearby slowly began to dissolve as time ate away at it.

"It's not good, let me tell you that." Dr. Goodall said.

"Time itself is collapsing. Soon everything will be gone..." he looked over to his wife, and saw how frightened his daughter was. "But daddy's gonna protect you and mommy. Don't worry..." he smiled as he helped cheer his daughter up.

Jack looked away and keep his eye on the screen as the city continued to vanish.

"Solo..." Seira looked on outside helplessly.

"Geo, what is happening with you guys? Wherever you are, it's not going well for us on the receiving end..."

Echo Ridge:

"Kelvin..." Hope held onto her husband as they made their way to Vista Point with the rest of the town as they watched it slowly vanish before their eyes.

"Why is this happening?" Luna said as she, Bud and Zack also had their eye on the sight.

"Do you think Geo is okay?"

"And Sonia..." Bud spoke.

"I get the feeling they're both stuck right in the middle of this." Aaron said.

"You may be right..." Kelvin replied. "But we have to believe they can resolve this. Never give up believing, and hope for the best and that they can pull through." he said as he looked down to his wife's worried face and consoled her.

The White Space:

"Sonia..." Lyra said.

"No...this can't be happening!" she cried over Geo's body.

"It had to happen. Any threats to erasure must be erased as well. He was an obstacle that had to be dealt with.

"You...you monster!" Sonia cried as she stood up and turned at Xhronos. "He's gone now because of you...Geo...and Sono...you've taken both of them from me!" she said as she placed a hand to her stomach.

"Then I'll gladly send you to join them." he said as he began to inch over to her.

"You're mine!" Rogue managed to struggle to his feet and charged over at Xhronos,

"Very well." he said as they clashed blades.

"If anyone takes you down, it's going to be me!" Rogue said as he rammed his wave fist into Xhronos' abdomen and managed to push him back, allowing him to deal several strikes with Laplace.

"Such a noise..." Xhronos laughed as he caught Rogue by his neck and threw him out of his path.

"Guh..." Rogue groaned as his visor shattered and he laid on the floor as blood trickled from his mouth, managing to look up at him. "Seira...sorry. He's too strong..." Rogue said to himself, the words leaving his mouth made him sick to his stomach.

"Now then...only one stands..." Xhronos said as he trained his eyes toward Sonia.

"Sonia...we don't stand a chance against him..." Lyra said as she tended to Mega.

"But what can we do..." she closed her eyes tightly as the star pendant Sono had given her began to glow.

Xhronos finally stood before her as he raised his sword over her head. "Farewell."

Before he could land the blow, the pendant blinded him as Sonia became engulfed in its light.

"Where...am I?" Sonia said as she looked around, still finding herself within the White World, but not exactly the same one.

"To be honest, I'm not exactly sure myself." came a voice that sounded vaguely familiar to Sonia.

Sonia turned to see a woman in her late 30's, wearing a black bodysuit and had her long pink hair smoothed neatly; the woman's green eyes meeting Sonia's.

"You're..."

"Bingo, girl." she said as she looked at Sonia. "Can't believe how youthful I was at 20..."

"Why are you here?"

"I'm fading away, just as my future is. But Sonia, you can prevent all this. I know you can."

"I can't...how can I when I let Geo and Sono die!" she cried but then received a hard slap to the side of her face.

"I don't want to hear that. I know you can do this...because I'm you."

"But Sono...and Geo." Sonia said as she looked at her future self.

"Sonia...my future is fading. I'm fading...it's happening because the future is not written in stone; this one fight can shape everyone's future into a bright one. You just have to believe in yourself." she turned away from her younger version. "When Geo died, he told me to believe in myself and never give up...and after I saw Sono's face after I gave birth to him, I realized what he meant. Never give up no matter what, even if the odds are against you. Fight not only for your own future, but for others as well."

"He said that...?" Sonia said looking up.

"I'll never give up, ad if I say that, you can't ever give up." she smiled at her.

Sonia looked to meet her future self in the eyes deeply.

"Claim your future, Sonia. Claim your happy future and don't let anyone else steal that away from you." Future Sonia said as she began to vanish.

"Don't go!" Sonia reached out to her hand.

"I'm always a part of you. I can never leave, even if time erases me." she smiled.

Sonia looked down at the star pendant as a silver heart surrounded it and two additional sides that were exactly like the sides on the star pendant appeared on the sides of the silver heart.

"Because we are one and the same. And we'll never give up!" Future Sonia's voice rang as Sonia vanished.

Sonia came to as she looked up to see Xhronos swing his sword at her; Sonia retaliated as the Star Heart in her hand glowed as she used the power it gave her to knocked him back violently.

"What!"

"You've messed with the wrong person, Xhronos!" Sonia said as she stared him down.

"Sonia?" Lyra looked up at her partner.

"He's caused too much pain. He needs to be stopped...you ready for this, Lyra?" Sonia said.

"You bet, girl!" Lyra replied as she entered Sonia's hunter.

Sonia placed the Star Heart around her neck and became Harp Note.

"You will regret this..." Xhronos said as he regained composure.

"Wrong! You'll be the one to regret it!" Harp Note said as she touched the Star Heart and became enveloped in a bright light.

Xhronos shielded his eyes, and looked as soon as the light died down, feeling a strong power coming from Sonia.

Her eyes opened up as a visor similar to Cosmic Burst Mega Man's covered her eyes, her shoulders and arms bare as she had a golden bracelet on each wrist, the usual heart chest plate covering her chest was adorned with the Star Heart and was connected to a pink and white bodysuit that ran down and covered her feet, the ankles also baring the gold bracelets; her long pink hair flowing down her back as she looked him down.

"What is this!" Xhronos said as he felt the power she let flow off of her.

"Transcode 004-X: Harp Angelic!"

"Whoa...not too shabby..." Mega said amazed.

"Her hidden power has revealed itself...no matter, you will meet erasure all the same."

"You want to bet?" she said as six clear pink angel wings erupted from the back of her bodysuit as she flew at him.

"Fool!" he swung his sword but Harp Angelic blocked it with her gold bracelets as she rebounded the strike and kicked him in his chest.

"Now who's the fool!" she said as all four of her bracelets glowed brightly. "Heavenly Blessing!" She flung the energy that formed on her wrist bracelets, then jumped to release the ones on her ankles as they all struck him and destroyed his sword.

"You will regret this...Time St..." but before he could finish, Harp Angelic had appeared before him and her bracelets created wings of power as she used them as if they were wrist blades.

"Ahhhghhh!" he groaned as he was thrown back.

"Sonia...this is incredible." Lyra spoke up.

"Save it for later, Lyra. We've got work to do." she replied.

"You can't harm me...it's useless!" "Reversal!" he said as time began to shift.

"Not this time!" she said as she raced toward him, and through his power, entered his body.

"No...what are you doing!" he grunted as the reversal's aftershock damaged him and Harp Angelic reappeared.

"That was just what I was waiting for!" she said.

"What!"

She smiled as she held a small orb within her hand. "Time to undo the damage you've done! Reversal!" she said as the orb lite the area up.

The light died down, and Harp Angelic looked behind her as the light cleared, revealing Geo as he looked around.

"What is going on...?" he said.

"Geo!" Harp Angelic raced toward him and hugged him tightly.

"Oww..easy Sonia, I'm bruised there..." he said as she looked up to him. 'What happened to you?" he asked as he looked her over.

"Later, right now we have some unfinished business to take care of first." she said as she batted her eyes at Xhronos.

"No...! I killed you!" Xhronos said in anger.

"You did...but as you said, you're time itself...well, at least you were." she smiled as she held the orb in her hand. "I just used your own power to my advantage." she said as she threw the orb to the floor and it shattered. "You've got no way to heal yourself now! Time is no longer a weapon for you to use!"

"How did you even think to do that..." he grunted.

"You had time at your disposal, so I knew that while you were using its power, it left you wide open. It gave me the chance to find your source of power, and I used that to my advantage." she said.

"Dunno about you, but I feel fresh as a new battle card!" Mega said as he found his wounds healed.

"Let's finish this. Transcode 003-X Cosmic Burst Mega Man!" Geo said as he and Mega merged once again as Harp Angelic handed him the Star Breaker.

"I will not be defeated!" Xhronos said, only for Rogue to appear before him as he dealt a serious blow to him.

"Forget me?" he smirked as he drew Laplace back, then swung again to deal more damage.

"No..."

"It's time we end this! Angelic Hold!" Harp Angelic cried out as two gold rings of power formed a helix around Xhronos and prevented him from moving.

"It's time to end this nightmare..." Mega Man said as he looked at Harp Angelic.

She nodded, and found Mega Man moving behind her as he placed the Star Breaker in her hands, and he held onto her hands from behind.

"For all the pain you've caused..." she said.

"And for those you've destroyed in your quest for power..." he added.

"THIS IS FOR THEM!" they cried as the Star Pendant within Star Breaker took the shape of the Star Heart.

"No...this is..."

"COSMIC...HARMONY...FLUX!" they cried as they jumped up and the power they fed into the Star Breaker caused it to grow a blade of aura as they sliced right down the middle of Xhronos' body.

"Impossible..." he said as his body was enveloped in a bright light and ceased to exist.

"We...we did it!" Harp Angelic cried as the small bits of energy that was left from Xhronos' destruction began to become one with the White World once again, restoring time to it's original place of power.

"Time is being restored to normal so that it can flow of it's own accord." Lyra said as they looked on.

"Like I care...now we need to find a way out of here." Rogue said as he canceled his wave change and became Solo again, Mega Man and Harp Angelic following.

"I'd say that's our ticket out of here." Mega said as a small portal opened up before them all.

"Once we're 100%, our duel continues, Stelar." Solo said as he walked through.

"He'll never change, will he?" Sonia asked.

"Seira will keep him in line. I know she will." Geo smiled as he turned to Sonia and took her hand in his. "Let's go home...we have a future to experience."

"One that we'll share together..." she smiled back as they walked through and the portal closed, leaving the realm of all time undisturbed; as it should be.

Echo Ridge:

A portal in the sky opened up as it dropped all of them on Vista Point before closing up and they rose to their feet.

"Well that was bumpy." Mega said.

"At least everything is in one piece." Geo said as they heard voices from down the hill and saw his parents and everyone else charging up to greet them.

"Oh my baby boy! I was so worried!" Hope said as she latched onto Geo.

"Mom...not in front of everyone..." Geo gulped.

"You've got tell us what happened! I want to know every detail!" Zack spoke up.

"Me too! I wanna hear everything!" Bud replied as Luna smacked both of them on the head.

"Will you settle down for a change?" she scolded them.

"You did good, son." Kelvin said as he placed a hand on Geo's shoulder.

"You've done it again. Good job." Aaron said as he commended him.

"I can't take all the praise. I had a little help..." he said.

"Make way!" called a voice as they looked up and saw Acid Ace leap down to the ground with Tia and Alexis in his arms.

"Ace!"

"And once again, you've averted the apocalypse. But then again, I have to expect that from you." he joked as he canceled his wave form.

Solo just looked on as he heard a voice call his name.

"SOLO!" Seira cried as she ran up the stairs to the lookout and tackled him to the floor.

"Se...Seira, not in front of them..." he blushed as she continued to show her affection to him, knowing he was safe.

"You did good man...I just wish I could have been a part of things." Jack said as he came up to join them all as well.

"Trust me, you wouldn't have wanted to be there." Geo laughed.

"I'd say this calls for a celebration! Barbeque back at HQ!" Ace cried out, with everyone else agreeing.

"I'll make the cake!" Hope smiled as her words earned a deathly look on Kelvin and Aaron's faces.

"Anything but that..." Kelvin muttered to himself.

"What was that?" Hope said as she batted an eye to her husband.

"Nothing dear! I was just thinking about how good you make your cakes." Kelvin said, trying to weasel his way out the situation.

Geo could only laugh as he turned to look at the horizon in the sky as everyone began to leave and prepare everything.

"Come. Let's leave them alone." Seira said as she tugged Solo's hand into hers.

Solo and Geo's eyes met as they stared at one another until Solo closed his and formed a small smile.

(Remember people: Solo smiling equals a dead puppy. Keep in mind the same equation also applies to Seto Kaiba.)

Geo looked on out as Sonia came up beside him.

"It's really over...isn't it?" she spoke quietly.

"Yeah...but for all we know, there can be just an even greater evil than Xenex out there." he said as Sonia turned to him.

He just smiled and took her hand in his.

"But no matter what comes out way, we'll deal with it together." he spoke to her.

"I'm always with you...we both are..." she smiled as she placed her hand to her stomach.

"Come on...let's go carve our own future..." he smiled back as they both turned and walked down from the lookout hand in hand.

8 months later:

"AHHHHH! Geo! I'm going to kill you for this!" Sonia screamed in pain as she laid on the hospital bed with her doctor and the nurses working her through the childbirth.

"Just let it all out..." he said as she nearly crushed his hand.

"Once I get out of this bed, you're going to regret this...I'll chop...AHHHHH!"

"Almost there, Mrs. Stelar. Keep pushing!" her doctor ordered.

"I'm pushing as hard as I...GAHHH!" she cried out as she gripped Geo's hand so much that the pain he felt made him fall to the floor on his knees.

"Sonia! My hand!"

"I don't give a damn about your hand!"

Kelvin looked on as he began to sweat bullets down his face.

"Remind you of anything?" Hope smiled, despite the blood-curling screams in the room.

"I'd rather not remember..." he said holding onto his hand.

"One more push!" The doctor spoke as the nurses wiped the sweat off of Sonia's forehead.

"GGGAAAAHHHH!" Sonia screamed at the top of her lungs, and by the time it died down, the room filled with another cry.

Geo managed to get back up on his feet as he saw the nurses take the baby and clean the blood off of him.

"Sonia...look..." Geo said as he nudged her out of her labor pain daze.

"My..my baby..."

"And a healthy one at that." one of the nurses said as the baby was wrapped in a blanket and handed to Sonia.

"Hey there, little guy..." Geo said as the baby's cries died down once he was safe within his mother's arms.

"My little Sono..." she cried silently as she held him.

"Hand ok?" Kelvin said as he came up behind Geo.

"It'll be fine..." he shook it to get the pain out.

"Aww...he's like a mini Geo...oh Kelvin~" Hope chimed.

"Nuh-uh, no way..." he said as he moved his hand behind his back.

Geo smiled, then turned his attention back to Sonia and their son.

"Hey there, little guy...I'm your daddy..." he moved his finger over to him as Sono shook his arms around and slowly peeked out with his eyes before closing them again.

"He's so beautiful..." Sonia said as she looked and held her child close to her, not wanting to let go.

"Our lives really start, now." Geo said as he turned to her.

"I wouldn't want it any other way..." she replied as they gently kissed.

"You really didn't mean all that stuff...did you?" Geo said as they broke away.

"What if I did?" Sonia weakly smirked. "I could never hurt you."

Near the ceiling, Mega and Lyra looked down at the scene before them.

"I gotta admit, kid looks cute." Mega added.

"Looks like our little guy has him a playmate now." Lyra smiled as she looked to see a small grey-colored EM being resting atop Mega's head.

"Just you wait, Zeno; I'll make you a fighter yet." he grinned as he patted his son on the head as he slept atop his dad.

"Oi vey..." Lyra said covering her face with her hand.

Geo's POV:

I can't believe after so long...my baby son is finally here.

Sonia insisted we get married before she would get too fat to fit into a wedding dress. So a month later, we did. I really didn't expect the turn out of people to come. Course then again, when you're Mega Man, you tend to attract a crowd.

Seira found out she was two months along shortly after our wedding. I look forward to seeing how Solo hands being a father. That should be amusing.

Ace moved on up in the ranks and he now has full command of WAXA's national division. Despite that, he, Tia and Alexis remain at the original base. Guess they got too attached to it and only wanted to call it their 'home'.

Luna became a politician and is now running to be elected into the world council. Seeing her there kinda give me some scary thoughts. No doubt she'll drive the other politicians crazy.

Zack is currently a professor's aid at the local university, that way he can learn all he can so that he can strive to be one himself.

Bud actually started his own burger business...with a little help from Amy Gelande's father, seeing as how he and Amy are engaged now. Who knew Bud actually had a knack for cooking, but then again, he knows his way with food.

All I can do now is look back on all the adventure we had together. Now all that's on my mind is making sure Sono is provided for and always try to be there when he needs me. It'll be a rough road, but I know I can take it.

Me, Sonia and everyone else will determine the future we speed towards, and when the time comes for us to move on, I'm certain my son, and everyone in his generation will make their way towards that same future.

...A peaceful one...

Star Lovers 4

The Star Lovers Saga

...THE END

Well, this brings everything I've worked on for the past 4 years to a close. I hope this was an acceptable ending for you all. Sorry for the less than frequent updates, but you know how life is, especially when you have to earn your keep. It kinda saddens me that it's come to an end...

But now we get to experience it all OVER AGAIN!

I can tell you all this though, Shooting Star Lovers won't be a jumbled up mess with glancing errors like everything the original turned out to be. Yes, there was some things I forgot about, and crazy stuff added in last minute, but if any good came out of this hiatus, it's been planning everything out carfully. So I hope you all enjoyed Star Lovers 4, and I'll see you all next time. Which reminds me...

*runs off to write chapter 2 of SSL

We'll meet again, everyone!

Also, feel free to pop in to the new poll to rank on how SL4 ended. ^w^