In honor of Rockman's birthday (21 years! XD), I'm posting two chapters. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROCKMAN!

Disclaimer: I do not own Rockman.

Chapter 34: An Unbreakable Bond

"Come to join the party, have we?" Myst said. "To bad neither you nor your friends will be going home after this one …Forte."

The cloaked navi spat in his distaste for Myst. "I doubt it," Forte said. "Hell's Rolling!"

The dark wheels of energy spiraled toward Myst, who gracefully jumped out of the way. Rockman and Lightman, in the meantime, looked at each other and nodded. They too then jumped in the air, summoning their busters as they did. The room became full of dark wheels and glowing magenta balls as Rockman, Lightman, and Forte all attempted to hit their opponent, who jumped from spot to spot at a high speed. It did not take long for them to become frustrated with their inability to hit the agile Myst, but it was Forte who first ceased his attempts through his current method and tried a more direct approach.

"Darkness Blade!" Forte cried as he speed toward his opponent, both arms transformed into dark purple swords.

Myst grinned as he greeted the blades with his own sword. The two danced together in a complex dance as the swords provided the tune with their clashing.

"Let's get in there," Rockman said.

Lightman grinned. "I was thinking just the same thing," Lightman said, already summoning a long sword. The two brothers dashed in, only to be thrown back by a barrage of chains.

"It's time I turned the tide to this battle," Myst said angrily. His sword then began to glow. He swiped it at Forte, who grunted as a wave of energy hit him, forcing him to fly back into the wall.

"Forte!" Rockman cried out in alarm. He broke through the chains that blocked his way and rushed to his hurt ally, despite Lightman's demands to stay away.

"Are you okay?" Rockman asked as the reached Forte's side.

"Don't insult me," Forte said angrily as he struggled to get up. "And stay away from me," he said as Rockman went to try and support him. "We may have a truce, but I still do not need your pitiful help."

"Oh, how sweet," Myst mocked. "Two rivals helping one another."

"Rockman! Stay away from him!" Lightman yelled, still worried that Forte may try to pull something against his darker blue companion.

"Forte, we need to win this," Rockman said softly. "You have a lot of power, but alone it may not be enough."

"Don't preach to me your weak beliefs," Forte spat.

"Fine then," Rockman said, continuing to be calm. "I don't have enough power. Will you lend me yours?" Forte looked up at Rockman as the blue navi offered his hand.

Lightman's stomach sank. "Don't do it, Rockman!"

Rockman looked at his brother. "It may be the only way," he said. He turned back to Forte. "Please, will you help me?"

"ROCKMAN!" Lightman screamed.

Myst simply smirked as he watched the drama unfold.

Forte lifted his hand up to the one offering. "Fine," he spat.

The crests of the two navis began to glow. Lightman's eyes widened as he watched the light beginning to grow between the two navis. This could not be happening! He almost lost his brother the last time this happened—would he loose him this time!

Lightman screamed out his brother's name, but it was too late—the light had already consumed Rockman and Forte, sending out a whirlwind of energy in the space around them.

The light died away to reveal the fused navis.

"So this is the Forte-cross Rockman, is it?" Myst said, closely studying the black, purple, and silver navi. "Interesting."

"Hell's Rolling!" Forte-cross Rockman yelled as he released the two dark spirals of energy. Being faster, bigger, and stronger than the previous Hell's Rolling attacks, Myst had a harder time dodging the attack, but nevertheless he succeeded. Forte-cross Rockman continued to unleash the attacks, occasionally throwing in a Darkness Overload or Earthbreaker. It was a game of cat and mouse, as the fused navi's chased the terrorist navis around, neither gaining the upperhand, mostly because Rockman was scared too big of an attack would harm Lightman.

But then Myst was cornered.

However, Myst did not seem at all concerned about his current predicament. In fact, he even began to chuckle, which soon became a full-blown laugh.

"He…he's gone nuts," Lightman whispered to himself.

Myst then stopped laughing and smirked. "Now it's time for the counterattack," he said in a low voice.

"Look out!" Lightman yelled as the ground began to shake.

"It's too late!" Myst screamed with glee. "BREAKING CHAINS!"

The long band of links shot out of the ground toward Forte-cross Rockman with frightening speed. Forte-cross Rockman blasted and swiped at the hundreds of chains around him, but as soon as one disappeared, two more showed up to take his place. Before long, Myst's chains had firmly grasped the fused navi within its grip. Both navis in the fusion screamed as the chains began to literally tear them apart.

"ROCKMAN!" Lightman yelled as he started to run toward his now un-fused twin.

Myst laughed. "You should have known better!" Myst said over the loud sound of screams and hard metal rubbing against itself. "Fuse something together! It serves no point when I am meant to break things apart!"

Lightman pointed his buster at Myst. "Let him go!" he demanded.

"You didn't say please," Myst said as he raised his hand. "But don't think I've forgotten you." He snapped. "Here's your presesnt." Chains exploded from the ground beneath Lightman

"Li…Light…man!" the fragmented Rockman called out, weakly reaching for his brother.

"Nii…san…" Lightman cried back.

"At least you'll all be together in death," Myst said, "Twins of Legend, Forte…it's been fun." Myst then turned to leave, letting his chains to finish his work.

"Com…Come back, you!" Lightman snarled weakly. "We're not done!"

Myst looked back over his shoulder. "I think otherwise."

Lightman shook his head. "No! We've never lost! I're not going to leave everyone I care about! Not again!"

"I'd say you don't have a choice," Myst sneered.

"There's always a choice!" Lightman said. He turned back to his brother. "Rockman!"

"Lightman," Rockman called back.

"I promised I wouldn't leave you," he cried. "Promise you won't leave me either."

"I…I promise," Rockman said, trying harder to reach his brother.

"This truly is sickening," Myst said. "Your sentimental jabberin…"

"FULL-SYNCRO!"

For a second time, a light exploded in the room.

"What is this!" Myst screeched as he was blown back by the whirlwind emitting from the light.

"This is our promise," a echoing voice responded from the light. The light then dissipated in a great display, but the twins were gone and Myst could only watch as an unconscious Forte fell to the ground, heavily fragmented.

Myst looked around him franticly as he stood up. "Where are you!" he demanded of the brothers.

"Right here," the same echoing voice said from behind. Myst did not have any time to turn around much less defend before he was hit by a powerful punch that sent him flying into the wall behind him.

Myst looked up. Walking toward him was Rockman, but this time different. He was a dark sea-green with light stripes that glittered and sparkled. Lightman was no where to be seen.

"What trick is this?" Myst said, as he stood up.

"Our bond," Rockman's voice came, echoing itself. "We have fused together, becoming one. This is Saito-style."

Myst smirked. "Have you forgotten? I break bonds apart! Even the most powerful ones known to man—just like Forte-cross Rockman! BREAKING CHAINS!"

The chains once more erupted from the ground and wrapped around Saito-style, who made no effort to dodge.

"Stupid navis," Myst said, a smile of victory crossing his face. But then his face fell as light began to explode from the ball the chains had formed. Myst covered his face as the whole bundle was consumed in light and exploded. When Myst lowered his arms, there stood Saito-style, unscathed.

"How!" Myst screeched.

"Our bond can't be broken," the echoing voice of Saito-style said.

Myst shook his head. "No!" he yelled. "I won't loose! DARK DISMAL!"

The dark rays of the attack began to shoot down again. Saito-style jumped out of the way and disappeared from Myst's sight.

"You can't run away!" Myst screeched.

Saito-style reappeared and landed gracefully a few feet behind where he had been before. He raised his arms above his head and then lowered them so that they were stretched out on either side of him. "We're not running away," the fused voices of Rockman and Lightman said. "We're ending this war once and for all."

And with that, Saito-style began to glow. The light continued to grow and soon spread throughout the entire room, canceling out the dark rays of the dark dismal attack.

Myst screamed as he was consumed in the bright light.

And then he was no more.

The light died and Saito-style stood alone. He lowered his arms and sighed.

"We did it," he said. Saito-style then closed his eyes and Lightman and Rockman separated from each other.

They promptly collapsed, torn and exhausted.