Where's Roger?
A -Guilty Gear: Strive- Bridget and Roger Fanfiction
Description:
this is a fanfic about bridget from the guilty gear franchise, shes a canonically trans girl who uses a yoyo to bounty hunt, this is set after her story mode, now, her teddy bear friend roger has gone missing, and she has to go find him!
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guilty_gear_strive, bridget, roger, silly, yoyo, action_scene, fight, backstory, oneshot, finished, music, fandom, canon_trans_character, music
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Word Count: 2002 - Character Count: 11040 - Reading Time: 10 ~ 20 Minutes
Last Updated: November 11th, 2024 - Originally Written: September 25th, 2024
Where's Roger?
A -Guilty Gear: Strive- Bridget and Roger Fanfiction
Chapter 1
“Mmmmhhhhhhhh!”, Bridget stretched out, her feet far from poking out of the duvet on her oversized bed. Still half asleep, Bridget turns over to hug Roger, feeling around with her eyes closed, trying to find him… But he’s not there! “Huh?!”, the yoyo-girl is confused by the lack of her weaponised teddy bear companion! “Where’s Roger?”, she asks aloud. Bridget then sits up and looks around her room, maybe Roger is somewhere else in her apartment, “Hm… What could Roger be doing…?”, she ponders, “What if he’s gone to go pee?! Wait… I don’t think he needs to do that… Wait! What if he went to go prepare me a surprise birthday party..! Aww that’s so sweet of him! Wait! It’s not my birthday though… Hm… This is hard. Well, I should probably just get out of bed and look around for him, I’m sure he’s here somewhere!”. The yoyo-girl stands up, feeling her vision go dark, and having to stop herself from fainting for a few seconds, “Ahh! I hate this feeling…”, Bridget complains, having to deal with quite a scary feeling whenever she stands up too fast, it’s not been a small number of times that she definitely has nearly passed out.
Time to go find Roger!
Bridget opens her bedroom door, stepping out into the living room, she looks on the sofa to see if Roger might be catching up on some TV…
But he’s not there! “Well, there’s only so many rooms in my apartment!!” she thinks aloud.
Bridget then checks her Kitchen… If Roger was preparing a surprise birthday party for her, he might be baking a cake… But nope! "Is he… Is he in the oven…?", Bridget knows this is a dumb question… But she still checks the oven, just in case! Luckily, there was no Roger Pie waiting for her in the oven.
She then hops over to the bathroom, knocking on the door three times before opening the door, but there’s no sign of Roger here either! Bridget tries yelling REALLY loudly, "Roger!!!"... but gets no response.
"Where could he be…? Hmmm… Maybe he went to go meet a friend! Or, what if he joined a band!", the yoyo-girl then imagines herself in front of a stage, with Roger shredding a sick riff. On the stage are multiple other teddy bears who all are playing different instruments and they all look very cool, Bridget thinks. "Or maybe, instead of a band… He joined a biker gang!!!", the airheaded girl then starts imagining what that would look like… Roger crosses his arms, wearing his very cool sunglasses, around him are various other tattooed and gruff looking teddy bears, some of them are squatting in front of very cool looking motorbikes, kawasaki’s, probably! Then suddenly a big explosion happens behind them all… A dangerous game of chicken! Oh, the drama!!
Having spent enough time daydreaming, Bridget checks her front door and finds something HORRIFYING… The lock on her door has been bent and it doesn’t work anymore… "Oh.", Bridget feels her heart start to pound in her chest. Someone really strong must have broken into her house while they were both asleep and bearnapped Roger… "Why would someone do that though? What if… Is he okay? What if- They could be hurting him… I… I have to go save him from this villain and bring Roger home!!"
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Chapter 2
Roger tugs a little at the collar of his shirt, his human clothes a little uncomfortable for his teddy bear body, the samurai who dressed him up in these clothes then began to speak to Roger saying, "I am unsure what has happened to you, I suppose you have been turned into a gear? Regardless, Akihiro, I have finally found where you have been hiding for all these years.", It was embarrassing for a great warrior like himself to be found in such a state, wearing baby clothes… He had gotten used to not wearing clothing since his death... Wait, what did he say…!? "I AM NOT A GEAR! DON’T BE A FOOL, IT IS OBVIOUS WHAT I AM… A teddy bear… BUT MY SPIRIT IS POSSESSING THIS BEAR! I am… not what I was. MY NAME IS ROGER! FOOL!", the samurai’s face drops and he gets serious. "You betrayed our clan. You betrayed Slayer and you betrayed me, Akihiro. You abandoned us. For that betrayal, I will-", the samurai begins drawing his blade as he speaks to Roger.
The teddy bear then starts thinking, "That’s not how it was… Their… experiments worked…" Roger responds to the samurai in a softer voice, "You are wrong, Nagoriyuki. I did not betray you or the clan. I gave my life to destroy the Mechanists, and I suppose, I gave my afterlife too, as I now live forever, with my soul trapped in the gears of this robot teddy bear, as that was their final will.", Roger responded, while stroking an invisible beard. Nagoriyuki thought to himself, "He really is no different, even after these years…" It had been a long time since Roger thought back to his time with the clan, recently his years with the yoyo-girl had taken his mind off of his days with Slayer.
There was a lot of honour and glory back in Roger’s hay day, and he had no idea that it was going to all end so soon. In the end, he did die honourably, but Roger wouldn’t have chosen to die there, he was going to do so much good for his friends, and his family…
Where's Roger?
A -Guilty Gear: Strive- Bridget and Roger Fanfiction
Chapter 3
Bridget was dashing along the streets of Illyria, following a trail of Roger coloured fluff, when she noticed the trail turned and went towards a row of shops, and even into some of them, Bridget decides to follow the trail from start to finish, so she walks into the first shop, a clothing store, Clothing For People Under Five Foot… Going up to the counter, Bridget asks, "Hello! Have you seen a little brown teddy bear…? My friend’s gone missing…", the worker responds, "Yes, actually! This really tall guy came in carrying the teddy quite softly! I’ve never seen someone as tall as him…! Though… yeah…", Bridget noticed that all the employees were also under five feet tall, naturally most people must seem big to them. "Oh! Thank you!!", Bridget continued to follow the trail of fluff, which led back outside the store… and into another one, this one was… Clothing For Big Dogs… Bridget decided to just see what the trail leaving the store went to another store, Clothing For Small Dogs, and still yet, left that store and went to another, Clothing For Newborn Babies, then into an… Onigiri store, before continuing down the street… "Did the man who bearnapped Roger buy baby clothes for him? Heheh! He must look so cute!!!", Bridget continued following the fluff where it stopped in a courtyard, Bridget looked around, and saw a big samurai man and Roger!!! Roger was sitting close by on a bench, and the man was standing at the far end of the courtyard, who must be the man that bearnapped Roger!
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Bridget slung a yoyo towards the big man and dashed to grab Roger, "Are you okay Rogie?!", the yoyo-girl asked the teddy bear who responded, "Indeed.", Bridget then threw a magnetic yoyo above the samurai’s head, who felt no need to block it. Bridget then jumps up and magnetises herself towards the yoyo, and while flinging towards the samurai she starts slinging yoyos on the offensive, wrapping one around his leg and then triggers the explosive power of her yoyo to knock him off balance, she then drops down with Roger who slams into the samurai with great force, but then the samurai vanishes and appears a number of feet to the left of where he just was… He sounds a little winded, Bridget then throws a direct magnetic yoyo, which the samurai guards, giving Bridget time to close the distance, using yoyos as roller skates to speed herself up before launching herself up while striking the samurai. Then Roger comes in from the right riding his motorbike, while Bridget spins her yoyo’s all around herself.
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Chapter 4
A few minutes ago… Nagoriyuki says, "I am surprised that you managed to take down the Mechanist Clan by yourself, and at the cost of your life… You are correct, I was a fool. I did not know. For that, I am sorry. Your death was as honourable as any warrior could ever hope to ask for. I admire your sacrifice greatly… But, I must say, this form is quite…", the samurai pauses, trying to not offend his friend, but is interrupted by him, "Strange? Indeed. I do not know what their goal with this body was, but I have had a second chance. I tried to find the clan… When I woke up. But I woke up many years after my death. I even could not find you, Nagoriyuki…".
"Be glad that you did not find me, Aki-... I mean… Roger. I was controlled, as a weapon, used by a Trickster… I was made to fight for him, to help him in his evil. For that, I feel that I must repent for my actions under his influence.", Nagoriyuki explains. Roger responds, "In the years since I awoke after my death, I found this young girl, named Bridget. I have fought alongside her many times and I have seen a fire inside her eyes. I have helped her find herself, and she has helped me find myself. She taught me that what matters is not what happened in the past, but what you do with your future. You cannot undo what has happened, but you can make the future world better.", the idea is novel to Nagoriyuki, but he has his doubts.
Roger stands up and says, "You should fight Bridget. With me alongside her, of course. Go easy on her, focus on her will, you’ll understand her flame then."
Where's Roger?
A -Guilty Gear: Strive- Bridget and Roger Fanfiction
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Bridget launches her yoyos straight toward Nagoriyuki, the strike lands while he guards the hit, but Bridget follows up with another blow, and Roger mocks Nagoriyuki, "Ignorant fool!", the yoyo-girl starts dashing to close the distance and knock him off balance again but stops when the samurai starts speaking
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Chapter 5
"Enough. Thank you for sparring with me, I apologise for deceiving you, Miss Bridget. Akih-... Roger, said that I should see your will. I now understand why Roger has chosen to fight alongside you. I admire your flame.", Nagoriyuki then looks towards Roger and says, "I am glad to see you again, old friend, and I am glad that you are well. Goodbye, Roger.", Nagoriyuki then vanishes, but! An Onigiri starts falling to the ground! Roger then dives towards it, trying to catch it, but during his dive, in what feels like slow motion, he looks towards his left, and sees a yoyo speed past him and pull the onigiri back right into Bridget’s hand. Roger then falls to the floor, quickly standing up and starts stamping his feet like a toddler, "Hey! That was gonna be mine!", but Bridget walks up to Roger and bends over, handing the onigiri to him, "T-thanks…", they then turn to walk home, as Roger nibbles on the corner of the onigiri, the yoyo-girl, having been too focused on the fight before, takes notice of his little clothes and says, "You look sooo cute, Roger! Heheh!".
Far away, Nagoriyuki kneels on a mountain top, meditating about his fight with the yoyo-girl, about what happened to Roger, about the Mechanists and about what Roger said. That girl was not weighed down by the past in the way that he was… The things that he had done under that man’s control, they could not be forgotten, nor forgiven, and Nagoriyuki may mourn them for the rest of eternity… And even if he cannot ever atone for his complicity, he can use his strength for good. And he must get stronger, so that this may never happen again.
The End