//------------------------------// // Shattered // Story: Champion of the Sun // by Onomonopia //------------------------------// Bystanders screamed in horror as a teen in a pink outfit was sent hurtling through the side of a building, spraying them with material before she burst out of the other side and skidded across the ground. Harp Note growled in pain before she forced herself back up, glaring to her side to see Luna helping Celestia back up to her hooves. "Sonia! He's coming!" Harp Note glanced up in time to see Rogue lunging towards her with blade held over his head. Harp Note threw herself to the side and just narrowly avoided the blade, which plunged itself into where she had been standing a moment before and decimated the ground beneath Rogue's feet. People were hurled off their feet by the force of the impact, but Rogue paid them no mind as he slowly turned to glare at Harp Note. "Is all you can do run? Or do you know that you are too weak to fight me?" Rogue asked as he lifted his shattered hand and aimed it at Harp Note. A torrent of shattered magic erupted from his hand and tore through the air towards Harp Note, who barely had time to strum her guitar and create a shield of sound in front of her. She gritted her teeth as she leaned into the shield, her feet slowly skidding backwards as the force of the energy pushed her back. "You'll have to do better than that!" Harp Note roared as she the shattered magic finally ceased, allowing her to strum her guitar once more to create three musical notes that lunged towards Rouge. His face didn't change in the slightest as he sliced through her attacks with ease, before his form flickered and he vanished from sight. Harp Note's eyes widened as she began to look around for him, only for her soul to go cold when she felt him appear behind her. "Die," he snarled as he swung his sword at the base of her neck. Harp Note spun around and lifted her guitar to deflect the blow, but the raw power of Rogue nearly broke through her defense as she tried to keep the blade from getting any closer to her. With both of her arms being used to push the blade back, Harp Note was unable to defend herself from the shattered fist that slammed itself into her stomach, doubling Harp Note over before Rogue slammed a foot into the side of her head and sent her tumbling across the ground. "Sonia! You need to get up!" Lyra roared from within the guitar while Harp Note clutched at her stomach in pain. She glanced up to see Rogue descending upon her, eyes as cold as the grave as the blade was aimed at her heart. Right before the blow could cleave through her, Harp Note flickered her form and the blade passed through her without leaving a scratch. "No you don't," Rogue said as he flickered his form and grabbed Harp Note by the leg as she tried to escape, whipping her over his head and slamming her back first into the ground. She cried out in pain before Rogue swung her to the side and drove her into the side of a building. Harp Note coughed out a bit of blood before Rogue slammed his fist into her stomach, the blow hurtling her through the side of the building and clean through the other side. Rogue appeared on the other side and grabbed her by the back of the head as she sailed passed him, before driving her face first into the ground. "Sonia!" Lyra screamed as Harp Note lay on the ground motionless, unable to move as Rogue lifted his blade once more and aimed for her heart. "Time to die." "SONIA!" Rogue snapped his head to the sky to see Megaman rocketing towards them, absolute wrath blazing in his eyes and his Mega Buster charged beyond what it should have been capable of. Rogue snarled before he channeled his left fist with shattered magic, making the very earth beneath him shake. He then drove his fist into the ground, summoning a shockwave of shattered magic that formed a barrier around the area that they were fighting. Megaman bellowed with fury as he unleashed his charged shot into the barrier, roaring when the blast didn't scratch the surface. "You won't interfere this time," Rogue said to Megaman, who could hardly hear him over his own roaring at the shots that he was unleashing into the barriers. "I will deal with you once I am done with her," Rogue promised Megaman before he spun and swung his blade towards the motionless singer. "GRAH!" Rogue roared as a combined blast of solar and lunar magic tore into his chest, rocketing him backwards across a small café before he slammed into the side of his own barrier. Rogue roared as he fell to his knees, slamming a fist into the ground to keep from falling over. He glared up with rage filled eyes to see the Princess of the Sun and the Princess of the Moon both standing between him and Harp Note. "Has no one taught you any manners, boy?" Celestia spat while her horn glowed like a solar flare. "It is rude to keep royalty waiting." "I think he's just dumb, sister," Luna said with a laugh while her horn glowed like the dark side of the moon. "He's already taken candy from a stranger, so it's clear that he has little intelligence whatsoever. But perhaps we can learn. Let us see." "Fine. You two want to die first. So be it," Rogue snarled before he kicked off the ground and propelled himself to the princesses, reaching them in a heartbeat and slicing at Celestia's head. His blade was blocked by a blade of lunar magic, turning Rogue's head towards Luna who was smirking at him. The second he took his eyes off of Celestia, the Princess of the Sun she unleashed a torrent of fire into the chest of Rogue. He snarled in pain before he changed his form to EM so avoid her attack. The two sisters went back to back and created an eclipse barrier around themselves, forcing Rogue back. "If it came down to our lives or hers, then yes, we would prefer to be the first to die," Celestia agreed with Rogue before her eyes were consumed with fire and she smiled darkly at Rogue. "But if it came down to our lives or yours...well, I'm sure you can figure out the rest." Rogue said nothing in reply, but instead plunged his hand with the shattered magic into a vortex. He grabbed hold of something and pulled out a broadsword with a red hilt from the shattered energy, which he then whipped around before resting it upon his shoulder. "I don't think he agrees with you, sister," Luna said. Celestia nodded before Rogue vanished from before their eyes. The two had just enough time to widen their eyes before Rogue appeared between the both of them, lashing out with both blades at the two princesses. Celestia was fast enough to create a barrier of magic around herself, but Luna tried to leap away and took a glancing shot to the side of her chest. She snarled with pain as she shot lunar magic towards Rogue, but his form flickered and he vanished once more. "Are you alright?" Celestia asked her sister before glaring at the surrounding area, looking for the rogue warrior. "It's a glancing blow. Little punk got lucky," Luna growled as she held a hoof to her sliced chest. "This EM form is really starting to tick me off. Not only can we not hit it, but it also makes him invisible! Where is the fairness in that?" "He doesn't play fair. Rogue just wants to kill all of us," Celestia replied as she kept her back to her sister. "So if I were him, how would I deal with us? What would me...no!" As the words left her mouth Rogue appeared over Harp Note, blade already raised as he plunged it down to where she was still laying. Celestia and Luna spun around to face him while Megaman roared in fear, but none of them could react in time to stop the blade from plunging into the girl. "Battle Card: Barrier!" Rogue's blade came to a stop as it struck a blue barrier, which withstood his attack and prevented his blade from killing Harp Note. He slowly turned his head to the side to see a terrified teen standing across from him, hand on her Hunter VG and a barrier card in her right hand. Rogue slowly stood up and walked towards the girl that had interfered, dragging his blade along the ground with malice blazing in his eyes. "Out of all of your little friends, you were the only one I thought was smart enough to stay out of my path," Rogue said in a menacing voice as he walked up to her, his overpowering aura making Luna seem even smaller in his presence. "But just like the rest of them, it seems that you need to learn your place." Luna said nothing as Rogue stood before her, too scared to run from him and knowing that she wasn't strong enough to fight back. Rogue glared into her eyes for a moment before he whipped his blade back. A roar of fury ceased his attack and a moment later a pair of arms wrapped themselves around his waist. He looked down with shock before he was suplexed head over heels and slammed onto the back of his head. He roared before his head shot up, just in time to take a guitar to the mouth that snapped his head to the side. "Lesson in being classy, Rogue. Never try to dance with another girl when you haven't finished your dance with the first one!" Harp Note roared before she slashed her fingers across her guitar. A screech of music erupted from her guitar and overwhelmed Rogue with the noise. He roared as he clamped his hands over his ears, leaving him open for Harp Note to fire guitar strings that wrapped around his body. "Time for a royal beating." The moment Harp Note spoke, twin beams of solar and lunar magic blasted Rogue in the back. He growled with pain as he was hurled across the ground, his back smoking while he strained against the strings that held his arms to his side. He glanced over his shoulder to see Celestia, Luna and Harp Note all standing together, while the teenage Luna stood behind them with a far more confident look. "That's how it's going to be, huh?" Rogue asked before he flexed and snapped the strings holding him, before he rose up once more and cracked his neck. "Then I guess I should stop holding back." The group had just enough time to take those words in before shattered magic erupted from Rogue's body. Cracks formed in his body as the magic poured through him, changing his visor from blue to a gray silver that had cracks forming along it. He then glared at the group before in the blink of an eye he appeared next to all of them. He slashed Celestia in the chest and sent her flying backwards with a roar of pain. He twirled towards Luna and struck her in her wounded side with a kick, one that drew blood while also sending her tumbling into the ground. She seethed with pain, leaving herself completely open to a sword slice that was aimed at her other wing. A hand grabbed Rogue's arm and stopped his attack, before a blast of sound staggered him slightly while also giving him a new target. "Didn't you hear me before?" Harp Note asked in a far more concerned voice as she crouched down, steeling her nerves as Rogue turned to look at her. "We're not done dancing yet." "Sonia...Luna...run!" Princess Luna roared as she slammed herself into the side of Rogue, staggering him while pushing him away from the girls. "He's too powerful for the both of you! Get out of here!" "Die," Rogue said as he slashed at Luna once more, but again a guitar blocked his blade. Rogue slammed his knee into the gut of Luna before a backhand sent her flying backwards. He then spun and lunged towards Harp Note, lunging towards her and driving a fist into her stomach. Harp Note cried out with pain as she was sent tumbling backwards, but she rolled to her feet and kicked herself right back at Rogue. She swung her guitar towards his head, only to watch as he spun around behind her and drove an elbow into the back of her head. "You are annoying, aren't you?" Rogue asked before he stabbed at her with his blade, only for her to deflect it once more. He followed up with an overhead strike with his other blade, only to snarl when Harp Note weaved to the side to avoid the blow. He went low and swept her feet out from under her, making her go horizontal before he slammed his knee into her back with a sickening crunch. Harp Note let out a scream that terrified the others before she fell to the ground with a thud. "SONIA!" Megaman roared from the other side of the barrier, getting Rogue to turn towards him with a smirk upon his face. Making sure that Megaman was watching, Rogue lifted his blade over Harp Note slowly, making sure that Megaman was suffering through every second. With a bellow that could rend the heavens Megaman slammed a fist into the barrier, his hand cracking from the blow. All the impact did was put a small crack in the barrier, but for the Princess of the Sun that had been watching that crack was enough. "Megaman!" she roared before her horn glowed and she vanished in a flash of light. A moment later she appeared beside Megaman, who looked at her with surprise. "The Solar Knight! Hurry!" A flash of light erupted between the two and a second later the Solar Knight drove himself through the barrier, roaring with fury as he slammed into Rogue and sent the both of them tumbling. "You will not touch her!" Megaman roared as he grabbed the solar blade out of the air and slashed through Rogue's chest. Rogue snarled as EM energy sprayed from the wound and he leapt back out of Megaman's range with a hand to his chest. He narrowed his eyes as he glared at the Solar Knight, before his blades vanished and a second later he did as well. "Get back here you coward!" Megaman roared with such fury that the sun above blazed even brighter. He roared at the sky for a moment more before Luna yelled at him. "Forget about him, Geo! Sonia needs us!" All of the rage left Megaman's body as he spun around to where Sonia was laying. Both of the pLuna's along with Lyra were standing over her, looks of concern on their face. Megaman raced over to her, knocking Princess Luna out of the way, and with horror picked her up into his arms. "Hey...Geo..." she said weakly with a smirk upon her face. "Guess we...scared him off, huh?" "Sonia! Are you alright?!" he asked her with fear tearing at his voice. "Yeah...can't feel anything...is that normal?" she asked weakly before she began to cough weakly. Without another word the Solar Knight hurled himself into the sky, launching the three of them towards the WAZA headquarters with such intensity that it left a sonic boom that was as bright as the sun behind him.