Ok…honesty, you didn't except Star Lovers 4 to pop up until October, did you? Well I've been bored recently, so I figured I'd give the story a head-start, cause I know some people felt tortured for having to wait, so this situation helps me and you all out at the same time. But regardless, I bring you all the first chapter to what everyone has been waiting for: Star Lovers 4! This series has been in the making since 2007, so it's time to finish this up and prepare for the new version to appear soon, which has also changed, so even though I liked the Final Mix idea I had for the rewrites, I figured the name Shooting Star Lovers would fit it more appropriately. Now let's get things started, shall we?

Star Lovers 4

Ch.1 The roads we choose

"Four years…hard to think time's gone by so much, and I'm finally done with high school." A 19 year old Geo Stelar said as he lay on a hill looking up into the skies; taking a rest after the long graduation ceremony that took place earlier in the day.

"It's been even longer since the day we met. Gotta admit, it's been a bumpy ride since day one." Omega-Xis added.

Geo turned his head to the AM-ian with an eyebrow down. "And just what is that suppose to imply?"

"Ehh…nothing at all." The wave being said.

"Heheh…sure, whatever, Mega." Geo smiled looking back up into the sky.

"But…you do now we can't rest just yet. He's still out there…" Mega replied.

"Xenex…I just can't figure that guy out. First he wants to control everything, and then he vanishes with no trace for four years. You'd think he'd try to off me in my sleep if he wanted me out of the way.

"Hey, didn't you need to go see Ace before you head to that Starlight Dance or whatever it is?" Mega asked.

"Yea…" Geo said getting up and dusting himself off. "I told Sonia to be ready around seven or so.

"That reminds me, you still going to be an astronaut like your old man?" his partner asked.

"It's on my mind…but there's one thing I truly want to do before then." Geo said as he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a small ring with a diamond on it.

"I guess your mind really is set on that, isn't it?"

"Anything I face in life…I want Sonia to be by my side to face it with me…" me said putting it back in his pocket and merged with Mega as they headed toward WAZA.

"Ahh…the breeze feels so good out here today." A now 18 year old Seira said as she places her bags on the ground and sat down on a bench.

"I still don't understand how you can carry all those bags." A girl said as she walked up and sat down next to her.

"Well…I guess I can blame you, Sonia. After all, you got me hooked on shopping in the first place."

"Sure…play the blame game and pin it on me." She laughed as she sat down. Sonia had changed over the years. She had grown into a beautiful woman, and had let her hair grow down to the middle of her back, making her look far more mature than the tomboyish look she held in her younger years.

"So you going to that prom at your school tonight?" Seira asked.

"Yeah. Geo's going to take me…I just hope he likes my dress."

"Heheh…Don't worry, I'm sure he'd like you without it on anyway." Seira said with a pervy grin.

Sonia's face grew bright red at her friend's remark. "A…and just what is that suppose to mean?"

"Easy, I was only joking." She said taking her bottled water out.

"Yeah…sure you were." Sonia said as she looked up to the sky. "Even so…what happens with me and Geo next?"

"I'm not sure what I'll do tonight. I never know where that Solo is; especially since he'll be my husband one day. Guess I just have to strap him down to make sure he doesn't pull a vanishing act like always." Seira sighed.

Sonia couldn't help but giggle at that remark. "Well since he's not around and I'll be gone tonight, you can stay at my apartment if you want."

"That's fine with me. I need a good old night to myself anyway…" Seira said straightening her blue hair.

Sonia just smiled as she felt the cool breeze blow across her face softly.

At WAZA:

"I hope this doesn't take too long. I told Sonia I'd come get her around 6:30." Geo said as he entered the large building.

"What? Can't stand not being around your girl?" Mega laughed.

"Very funny…just remember, if she says yes, Lyra's going to have you on a leash 24/7." Geo rebounded with his remark of Lyra, making Mega shut up instantly and his eyes widen.

"Look out below!" came a voice as Geo looked up and saw a small figure falling down as it landed on him, knocking him down to the floor.

"Ahh…that hurt…" he said looking up to see a small girl with sweatpants and a sundress on sitting atop his chest. "Hai hai, uncle Geo!" she giggled.

"Lexy…you really got to stop doing that, you know…" Geo said getting her on her feet as he stood up.

"Alexis Celestia Eos, what have I told you about jumping from high places, young lady?" came a voice as Geo turned around to see Tia behind.

"I just wanted to say hi to uncle Geo, mommy." She said.

"You could have hurt someone, and even worse, you could have gotten hurt." Tia said looking her daughter over for any injuries. "I swear, you have a stubborn streak just like your father…"

Tia was right. Alexis inherited her father's recklessness; she was practically a younger version of Tia, complete with Ace's hair, and his attitude. Definitely not the young lady she appears to be.

"I hope she didn't hurt you, Geo." Tia said.

"I've been through worse." He replied.

"As for you, young lady, you're staying by my side for the rest of the day. If you wander off, there's no ice cream dessert for you tonight."

"But mommy, I love ice cream." She said with a small frown.

"Then behave and I'll think about it." She said picking her up. "Ace is on the 2nd floor in the control room, Geo."

"Thanks, ma'am." Geo said heading toward the elevator.

Soon Geo came to the second floor as he entered the control room, seeing Ace and Jack over at the monitors.

"Haha…I see my niece decided to use you as a trampoline." Jack joked.

"Very funny, Jack…what, did you write that yourself?"

"Sorry about that. She can be a handful." Ace said scratching his head.

"Only because she can be stubborn like you are." Acid commented.

Ace hadn't really changed over the years. Jack on the other hand, build up his body over the last few years, and no longer had his hair spiked up; preferring it to meet the end of his neck.

"So, what did you need to see me for?" Geo asked.

"Ah, yeah, that's right. Hand me your hunter for a moment." Ace said as Geo handed the device over. "A little installation there…move that file into this folder right here…and we're done." He said handing it back over.

"Hey…I feel funny…" Mega said as he felt his data move around inside him. "What's going on?"

"Just give it a minute…" Ace said.

Light soon enveloped Mega, and within moments, his beast-like body was gone, and a blue human-like figure with green wave-hair took its place.

"What the heck happened to me?"

"Mega…is that really you?" Geo said in astonishment.

"Yeah…it is…and I like it!" he said trying to do a few poses.

"Just what was that program, Ace?" Geo asked him.

"It's a project I've been working on lately. All I did was alter Mega's data, and all I had to do was infuse him with the data that was created years ago to design netnavis."

"But I thought netnavis were almost extinct…"

"Well…it came from you, to be honest. I came across the file of you that we created after you went back in time during that whole ClockMan fiasco. We stored any data we got from you to make sure nothing happened to your body, and I had just found it recently. It seems we didn't go over it well enough to even notice it. And because of you, we're making it an option people can download whenever they upgrade their hunters."

"It must have been when I was with that other MegaMan…" Geo said.

"Well anyway, I left another program in there for you to give to Sonia in case Lyra wants to go through the same thing too. Speaking of which…where is she?"

"Sonia went out shopping with Seira today, and I think she left Lyra with mom to help around the house a bit.

"Which reminds me…" Jack spoke. "We've scanned high and low, and so far we haven't found any trace of Xenex, Geo. It's like the guy's vanished from the face of the universe."

"Thanks Jack." Geo said. "All I know is, he's still alive…and I'll have to be ready for him when he does show up."

"It is almost time…" Xenex said opening his eyes as he sat on the tall throne above a dark void, with the remaining two members perched on theirs as well.

"Good…I was starting to get bored. Going in and out of a deep sleep sure isn't fun." One member said.

"Regardless, the fact is, we need both of them once again. Surely their abilities have matured enough to warrant obtaining them to open the seal." The other replied.

"Shouldn't they be weak? If it was me, I know I wouldn't be in any situation to fight."

"Hence why it is called hidden potential, Zeke." It replied.

"Ok, ok, I get the picture, Lance."

"Lance is right…deep down, their power has grown over the years, and now the time has come for the harvest." Xenex grinned.

"I'm home!" Geo said entering the house as he took his shoes off.

"I was wondering when you'd come home." Hope said as she was busy stirring dinner.

"So Geo, did you ditch the mutt? Cause I don't see him." Lyra said looking around.

"That's what you think, you tuned out harp." Mega grinned as he appeared in front of her.

"I…wha…Omega-Xis!" Lyra said looking at him.

"I like this new body." He grinned.

Geo looked at him just as his dad entered.

"Well, seems like the gang's all here." Kelvin said taking off his AMAKEN hat.

"Oh, that reminds me." Hope said turning the stove down. "Honey, after dinner, you need to pack up a few things. My mother needs me out at her place this weekend. I hope you don't mind staying here alone, Geo." She said.

"What happened to grandma?" He asked.

"Oh, she's just going in for a small surgery. Nothing too bad." Hope replied.

"just what I need…a weekend with the In-law…" Kelvin groaned.

"Come now; my mother isn't that bad."

"Oh, that reminds me. Lyra, I have another copy of the program Mega used. It's on here if you want to use it." Geo said.

"Ok. I'll just wait until we meet up with Sonia. After all, it's not like I'm going to let the mutt be the only one to have a makeover."

"Technically, I'm not a mutt anymore." Mega grinned, but then got struck on the head by Lyra.

"I can still hit you though!"

"Gee…that really hurt this time." He complained.

"Well, I guess I'll go get ready. I told Sonia I'd come get her at 6:30." Geo said heading upstairs.

"So…how do I look?" Sonia said as she entered the living room of her apartment, wearing a beautiful, strapless pink dress that sparked in the lighting of the room.

"Looks nice on you…wonder if I can fit into this thing…" Seira pondered looking the dress over.

"Well if you want, you can have it after tonight."

"Nah, think I'll pass. Pink really isn't my style." Seira responded.

Sonia sat down to put her dress shoes on, and then headed to the bathroom to straighten her hair a bit more.

Seira heard a knock on the door and got up to answer it, seeing Geo in a white suit.

"Well, aren't you dazzling tonight?" Seira joked.

"Say that to my neck. I hate monkey suits like this." Geo said trying to stretch the collar out.

"You look pretty handsome to me." Sonia said as she came back out, blushing as Geo admired her.

"Sonia…you look beautiful…" he was practically at a loss for words.

"Why thank you." She smiled as he handed Sonia her hunter. "By the way, Ace made a new program and he made a copy for Lyra to use if you want her to." He said.

"Program for what?" she asked as Mega appeared on her shoulder.

"To look like this." He grinned as be began to show off.

"What the…?" Sonia said looking at the AM-ian.

"Grr…two can play at that game, show-off!" Lyra said forcing the file to open as it began to merge with her.

Mega laughed, then quickly found himself on the floor with what felt like a kick to his back.

"Hey…what's the big idea?" he said turning his head up to see Lyra standing atop him; her body now more feminine and human-like with a pink tint, as well as long, red hair. "Now you can't call me an out-of-tune harp anymore." She grew an evil smile on her face.

"You two fight like an old married couple." Seira looked at the two beings.

"No we do not!" they both said in defense, blushing madly, leaving only Geo and Sonia to laugh.

"Well, are you ready?" he asked as she placed her arm in the loop his arm made as they walked off. "Well of course." She smiled as they headed out.

"Hey! Wait for us!" Mega and Lyra said heading after them.

Echo Ridge: 20 years in the future:

"Alexis, do we have everything set?" a young man in his twenties asked entering a crumbled room with a few electronical systems.

"Yeah, I do. But you do know the risk of going back, right?" the young woman said in front of a circular portal as she typed on her computer.

"It's risky enough living here in this hell. If this works, everything here won't even occur, and I'm the only one that has a chance to finish this."

"I suppose you're right…" Alexis said as she continued to type.

"I know I'm right…Xenex is already stronger here, if I go back before his power grew, I might have a shot and we can change this future. Until then, keep everyone hidden…I don't want anyone dying. There's been far too many deaths and we've lost so many…"

"I know…" she said as the portal glowed and it opened up. "Did…you tell her?"

"No. Its best she doesn't know. If she did, she'd do anything to stop me." He said as he executed a wave change, appearing in white armor.

"The portal is ready, destination: September 27th, 22XX" she said looking up at him. "Just come back alive, ok?"

"Believe me, I don't plan on dying…and I'll make sure he won't either." He said as he jumped into the portal, enveloping the room in light as he vanished.

Present:

"It looks like Bud found the food table." Geo said as he handed Sonia a glass of punch.

"You know Bud…when he sees food, his mind is set on it." Zack said looking on. He had finally hit a growth spurt, and gotten rid of his glasses for contacts.

"So what do you plan on doing, Zack?" Sonia asked him.

"I'm going to a university on the other side of the world to study there, that was I can create more advanced firewalls to cut down virus activity."

"It'd be a good load off for me." Geo replied.

"What? You intend on turning into a slacker?" Luna said walking up to them.

"I never said that…"

"Well anyhow, I figured I'd say goodbye to you guys for now. I want to be able to take over my parent's business, so I'm going to learn up on everything I know." She said.

"It'll be pretty quiet without all you guys here…" Sonia said, upset a bit.

"I wouldn't worry. We're not leaving for good. We'll all be back eventually." Bud said biting down on the meat from a shish kabob.

"Maybe you're right." Geo said as he stretched out. "You ready to head home?" he asked Sonia.

"Yeah. To be honest, these heels are murder on my feet." She grinned as they headed toward the gym's exit and slowly walked down on the sidewalk.

"Sonia…do you mind coming with me to Vista Point?" he asked as they walked along.

"Sure. I don't mind a little detour." She smiled as they reached the pathway leading up to the lookout.

"I haven't been here in a while…" Geo said looking up into the sky, the stars shining down brightly.

"It's so beautiful out…" Sonia said looking up, then turned to her side to see Geo extend his hand.

"May I have this dance?"

Sonia smiled lightly as she removed her dress shoes placed her hand in his as they danced underneath the star-filled sky, feeling peace within their hearts when together.

"Geo…are you going away too…to be like your dad?" Sonia said.

"Eventually…but there's a few things I want to do before then, but I don't want to do any of it alone." He said moving her hair from her face.

After dancing slowly for a while, all the two could do was look lovingly in the other's eyes

"You know I'm always by your side…ever since day one. You know that."

Geo moved her hand up and kissed it gently, then slowly knelt down before her. "Then…I want you by my side…not as my friend…I want you as my wife, Sonia…" he said pulling the ring out of his pocket, and looked up to see tears forming in Sonia's eyes.

"It's the same ring my dad used for my mom…and now I want to use it for you." He smiled up at her, only for her to wrap her arms around him.

"You idiot…you know you don't have to ask…" she cried in his chest as he straightened her up enough to slide the ring onto her finger.

"I love you so much, Sonia…" he said as they moved their heads in, slowly becoming connected through a passionate kiss.

"Let's go home…" he smiled as he picked her up in his arms and headed down the staircase and onward to his house.

"I think I'm gonna hurl…" Mega said looking down at the two. "I'm going home." He said as Lyra grabbed his arm.

"I don't think so." Lyra said. "They deserve a night alone, so you're – staying – put!" Lyra said jumping on his back repeatedly.

"Owww…! Take it easy!" Mega groaned. "Jeez…I liked it better when she just hit me. Now that she has a body like me…thanks a lot, Ace."

"Sonia…are you sure…this is want you want?" Geo said looking into her eyes as they stood in his room.

"Yes…I'm yours, Geo. I always have been. I want to do this…" she said moving up to kiss him.

Geo said nothing as they intensified their kisses, and slowly landed on his bed.

Xenex: It is time…we'll use the Chaos Devils to unleash devastation and draw them out.

Geo: Xenex…I'm going to do what I should have done a long time ago!

Solo: As much as I hate admitting it…if we want to take him out, we'll need to double-team him.

Sonia: Geo! Please be careful!

Star Lovers 4

Ch.2 The future entity

?: I won't let you lay one hand on him…

Geo: Who…are you?

Boom! Sorry I had to cut that little scene out. At first I planned on writing it in there…but I'm not sure some would have liked that. But again, that's why I have polls, so check out the new one and choose if you want me to make a separate fic containing this scene. Plus I hope this really got everyone hyped up. I was bored later, so I figured, what the hell? Why not? Anyhow, I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter to Star Lovers 4, as I know many have been looking forward to it. Please remember to Review, this is BassDS going out for now.