Author's Note: YO! It's teengens! Just so you know...THIS IS MY FIRST FANFICTION!!!! YAY! I am so excited. I hope that those who read my story will comment as well as like it. Read and hopefully enjoy.
Also, does not belong to me and neither do the characters used in the story. The story will be based off of Stream, but not completely, which most of you will realize as you read.
Project Ryuu
Chapter 1
It was a sunny and bright day in Akihara. People were roaming the streets, children were playing, most were net battling, and you would think that everything is fine. Inside Scilabs, men and women in lab coats were frantically running around, trying to get as much work done as possible. They had no time to slow down; Rockman knew that better than anyone. He wanted to help them in any way possible, but what could he do? He could search the net for some answers, some small clue, but he doubted that he would get much. The person they were chasing was the master of hiding and there was no way that they were going to find him that easily. That was certain at least.
At the moment, Rockman was in the Scilabs network, watching Yuuichiro type away at the keyboard. Like Rockman, Hikari Hakase was more determined than anyone to complete this task. There was no way he was going to let that criminal get away with what he had done. He would find Regal. And he WOULD find Netto.
That's right thinks Rockman. We'll find him no matter what...I hope.
"Papa…I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have let this happen…"
"It wasn't your fault Rockman. Don't worry about it. We'll find him. I'll make sure of that."
"But-"
"No buts. We'll definitely find him"
Rockman sighed. He knew that it was meant for comfort, but it didn't really help him. He still felt like it was his fault. He was there when it happened. If only he could come into the real world. If he could do that, Netto wouldn't have to cross fuse with him and he would not be in danger all of the time. Of course he enjoyed Cross Fusing with Netto, but the fact was that every time they did, they were in a bad and definitely life threatening situation. This just proved that he was right.
It was only yesterday that Netto disappeared, taken right in front of him and he just kept feeling worse. It was suppose to be a normal day where he and Netto met up with Meiru and the others. It was hard to forget…
Yesterday
It was a typical day for Rockman. He was fully charged and had just turned on to start off the day right. Today Netto was supposed to meet Meiru and Chisao at the arcade. They had this new net battling stadium that made Navi's life-sized projections when they fought and when Netto had heard about this, there was no way he was going to pass up this opportunity to try it out. So he and Meiru planned to go and check it out this Saturday. Chisao was invited along for the ride since Dekao was so busy all of the time.
And as always, it was time for Rockman to do his daily and stressful job: Wake up Netto-kun.
"Netto-kun. It's time to get up." Rockman said. Netto at the moment was in bed having a great dream while hiding under the covers. There was no movement from the lump of covers that was Netto. Of course Rockman anticipated this reaction. He was hoping though that he wouldn't have to do this every time.
So he breathed in deep and then…"NETTO-KUUUUUN!!!"
"WAH!" There was a loud crash next. Netto ended up falling out of his bed with his blankets…hard. He finally pulled himself together after a minute.
"Rockman! I hate when you do that! Why do you yell at me every day?!?"
"Because if I didn't you would be late. You have to meet up with Meiru-chan and Chisao today, remember?"
Netto being Netto just sat there for a minute, looking at Rockman with a blank stare. Then suddenly, there was a blur of brown hair running around the room trying to get ready.
"Kuso! I'm late! Meiru-chan's going to kill me! Rockman! Why didn't you wake me up earlier?!"
"You would've just ignored me."
"You could've tried anyway!"
Rockman sighed. This happened every morning, but at least it was never boring. When Netto finally got it together he grabbed his PET and ran downstairs through the kitchen. Haruka was there getting breakfast ready until her son ran through the room and grabbed a piece of toast.
"No time for breakfast Netto?"
"Gomen, Mama. I'm meeting up with Meiru-chan and Chisao right now. I'll see you later".
"Alright Netto. Be careful on your way there. You too Rockman."
"We will Mama!"
With that Netto ran to the door, grabbed his skates, and made his way onto the streets. Rockman knew Netto was excited about this event, he was too. With the life sized holographs of the Navi's, battles would be much more exciting and he couldn't wait to get some practice in. They haven't received any calls from Net Saver Headquarters lately and Netto was feeling bored. Rockman, on the other hand, was ok with the situation. He didn't enjoy being in harms way as much as Netto did.
"Rockman, when does the grand opening start?"
"You've got 5 minutes, Netto-kun."
"Better step it up then." With that Netto increased his speed and took a short cut down an alleyway. Soon after, Netto ended up in front of the building with a minute to spare. Meiru and Chisao were there in the line when they saw Netto and waved him over.
"Netto!" yelled Meiru along with Chisao. Netto finally stopped in front of them a little out of breath. "Made it!" said Netto.
"Well, I'm glad you're on time for once. Now if you can only be on time for school."
"I'm glad you could make it-chuu. This is going to be so fun-chuu!"
"I know! I can't wait to go in!" Netto exclaimed with much anticipation. Rockman just smiled at his enthusiasm. It was going to be fun. He just hoped nothing would ruin this day.
A man soon came out of the building to announce the opening of the arcade and introduce the new technology, but then an explosion came from another building nearby. People either ran towards the explosion or ran the opposite direction. Most were doing the latter.
"What was that?" Netto was surprised. That explosion shook the entire area.
"Netto-kun. Do you think we should check it out?"
"Yeah, we should. Stay here guys, I'll be back!" Netto ran towards the explosion only to end up in front of a building on fire. Firemen on the scene were trying to put out the fire, but it just kept getting bigger and bigger. Netto decided to ask a fireman nearby what was going on.
"Excuse me! I'm a Net Saver. What happened here?" Netto shows the symbol from his PET as proof.
"We're not sure. People from the building have said that the explosion happened from electrical wires overheating. We suspect that viruses caused this." Right then a yell was heard from the building. Someone was still inside. As another fireman prepared to go in another explosion happened, this time, pushing back people with force.
The man near Netto exclaimed, "Shit! There's no way we can go in there now!"
"We can't just leave them in there!" yelled Netto.
"Netto-kun." Netto, just stood there watching the fire get worse, but then he pulled out his PET. Rockman just looked at Netto with an expectant look. "Rockman. We should Crossfuse."
"Are you sure Netto-kun? It's very dangerous."
"I'm sure. We're a lot more durable with Crossfusion than they are. We have to try. Meijin-san!"
"San wa iranai!" The next thing you knew the dimensional area formed and Rockman and Netto yelled, "Crossfusion!"
With that CF Rockman formed his mask and ran into the burning building. The first floor was empty from what he was told from the firemen, so he went straight to the second. "Hey! Where are you?" He was just met with silence. "Yell if you hear me or bang or something!" CF Rockman said as he frantically searched the second floor. Things were getting seriously dangerous, even for him. He didn't know how much heat he could take.
"Netto-kun! We have to find them fast! It's getting too dangerous for you!"
"I know! But I it's getting harder to find them...wait!" There was a bang coming from the floor above. As soon as he heard that CF Rockman jumped through the hole formed on the ceiling. "Do it again!" The bang came shortly after and CF Rockman broke down a burning door nearest him with a kick.
Everything was on fire and it was getting much harder to see and breathe for Netto. He had to work quickly, or else he might end up in a bad situation. Rockman didn't want to think about what the consequences would be. "Netto-kun! Did you hear that?" He did. A cry came from a closet nearby and when he went to look, they found that it was where a little brown haired boy was hiding. He was covered in ash and was shaking. He kept his eyes closed even when Netto opened the door. "Hey kid. Are you ok?" Netto said in a calm voice. He didn't want to scare him even further.
"Netto-kun. You have to go now!" yelled Rockman. "The building is ready to collapse!"
"OK! Come on kid. We need to go." With that CF Rockman picked up the shaking boy and readied to leave, but all pathways were blocked by fire. He couldn't jump through it, especially not with the little boy in his hands.
"There's no use. Rockman! I'm gonna use the Rock Buster to blow the wall. Will the building hold up?"
"The building isn't stable enough, but at this rate you don't have a choice. Be careful."
"Right! Rock Buster!" With that his buster formed and he blew the wall apart. He held the boy tightly and immediately jumped through. The little boy was too traumatized to even scream, even as the building behind them started tumbling down. When CF Rockman landed, medics rushed in to help the boy and he finally opened his eyes to reveal blue. "Thank you." he said, still shaken, but obviously thankful. Netto just smiled back at him as the firemen rushed to help.
Netto stood there for a moment. Then came a huge sigh. "Are you alright, Netto-kun?" Rockman heard the sigh and it kind of worried him only to be alleviated by Netto's response, "Of course I am! I'm much tougher than that Rockman!" Rockman just giggled. All seemed alright for a while, but something was strange. Rockman knew that at least. He just couldn't put his finger on it. It was confirmed when Meijin's voice came through CF Rockman's helmet.
"Netto-kun! The Dimensional Area won't disperse!"
"Nani?" both Netto and Rockman said. Netto looked up with a confused expression only to realize that Meijin was right, but why? Why didn't the dimensional area go away?
"Meijin-san! Why is it still here?" Rockman said while Netto was looking at the sky.
"That would be my fault"
CF Rockman turned around to look at one of the buildings only to see…
"Dark Rockman!" Both cried in unison.
"Ohayo, Rockman. Netto-kun." Dark Rockman just stood at the top of the building with an amused, evil smirk on his face. This was not good, Rockman realized, for either of them. Netto wasn't up for a fight after just coming out of a burning building, even if he said he was. He needed to go be treated by medics. Who knows how much the fire actually affected Netto.
While thinking that, Netto had yelled, "What do you want Dark Rockman?!" When Dark Rockman heard that his smile actually got wider. This made Netto wince. Dark Rockman always creeped him out. Even if he looked like Rockman, Netto knew for sure that he wasn't, but to see his best friend, or a form of his best friend, look like that? It twisted his heart just to see it.
Dark Rockman had decided then to come down from the building and as soon as his foot hit the ground, he was suddenly in front of Netto and whispered with humor, "…you."
Netto immediately leapt back and pulled out a Variable Sword after hearing that. Dark Rockman just mimicked his attack and soon enough, swords were clashing. Back and forth, both were dodging and attacking each other with their sword. This went on for a while until Dark Rockman appeared behind Netto and went for the kill. "Netto-kun!" "Got it! Arial Steel!". CR Rockman soon ended up at least 20 feet away. Dark Rockman just stood there as Netto tried to catch his breath. Rockman noticed that Netto was breathing heavily, which was extremely unusual. Netto never got tired this easily. Rockman could only say that maybe the fire had to do with it.
"Netto-kun. Are you ok?" Rockman said, his words laced with worry.
"Not really. I'm tiring out way too easily. The fire must have done more than I thought it did. What should we do?"
"…I don't know. Dark Rockman will stay in the real world unless the Dimensional Area dissipates or is destroyed, but there aren't any Dimensional Converters. We'll have to keep fighting. Are you up to it?"
"As long as I have to be. I'm not giving up without a fight!"
"Well, now that this conversation is over with…" Dark Rockman said from behind CF Rockman. CF Rockman turned as Dark Rockman brought down his sword and blocked it just in time. Each held their position, trying to push each other back to get the upper hand. CF Rockman soon noticed that something was different about Dark Rockman. He was much stronger than he was when they last fought. It was getting harder for Netto to keep Dark Rockman off of him and it seemed that Dark Rockman knew that he had the advantage.
Dark Rockman smirked and said "Do you want to know why, Netto-kun? Why I'm stronger?" With that he pushed CF Rockman and punched him in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Netto doubled over in pain, arms grabbing his stomach, trying to keep himself conscious.
"It's because I went through a little upgrade, and also…"
"Netto-kun! Keep it together! We have to do something or else he'll destroy you!" yelled Rockman. This was bad and getting worse by the second. Dark Rockman was getting agonizingly closer.
"I know…Rockman…*cough*…But what do I…"
Dark Rockman appeared in front of Netto suddenly and looked down upon him menacingly. He kneeled down so that he was face to face with Netto and whispered, "…because I don't need a human like you, Rockman".
A sharp pain in his chest came next, and then a heart-wrenching scream followed. Dark Rockman had stabbed the symbol on CF Rockman's chest with an Electric Sword. The pain was much more than either of them expected. It was ridiculously painful.
Soon enough the Cross Fusion came apart and Netto fell over, unconscious. The PET just landed on the ground with a loud thud. Dark Rockman just stood over both of them with an evil smirk. Then he bent over and picked up Rockman's PET. He didn't worry about Netto, it seemed. He was out for the count.
"Dark Rockman! Don't you dare hurt Netto-kun."
"Not to worry, mou hitori no boku. I have orders to bring back Netto-kun alive and he might as well stay unharmed, right? At least for a little while."
Rockman just glared at him. He wasn't very violent with others, but right now he wished that he could come out of the PET and pummel his other self. And he hated that he couldn't. Where was help when you needed it?
"What do you want with him? Why did you do this to us?"
"Look. I'm just following orders. I have no reason to want Netto-kun. But I must say I did have fun, especially starting that fire."
Rockman gasped. He had suspicion that it was a trap, but to put innocent people in harms way…Horrible…just horrible.
Rockman just glared harder at Dark Rockman's amused face. He was on the verge of tears. "You put all those people in danger! HOW COULD YOU!"
"Very easily. Now, it's time to say your goodbyes Rockman. Be glad I'm not destroying you." That was Dark Rockman's cue to drop Rockman's PET and pick up Netto.
Rockman saw this and flew into a rage. "No!! Leave him alone!" Dark Rockman just ignored him and casually threw Netto across his shoulder. A bright light soon appeared beneath Dark Rockman and his feet began to disappear moving upwards.
"Netto-kun!! Wake up! WAKE UP!!!" But Rockman's cries were unheard by Netto as he stayed unconscious. Rockman was in hysterics by now. Netto was going to get kidnapped, and he couldn't do anything about it. PLEASE! Someone! Save Netto-kun!!!!
Dark Rockman smiled and mockingly whispered, "Sayonara, Rockman. Hahaha!" As he and Netto disappeared, so did the Dimensional Area and soon enough, they were gone. Rockman just stared at the spot they were at for several moments. Then, a yell…
"NETTO-KUUUUUNNN!!!!!"
I had no idea how to end this story and hopefully over time I will learn, but for now, I hope you enjoyed. It came out way shorter than it looked when I typed it, but yeah. I can't really help that. Anyway, review! Please? Maybe?...whatever.
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