Warped Life[Shounen-ai]

[Hikari no Namida]

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Without further ado, the next chapter!

Warped Life
Aki Kochou
Chapter X- Remember thy promise

Kesu walked slowly through the “upper” internet thinking about what had happened a few days ago. Burnerman had gotten quite a lashing from Shademan for his disobediance. Unfortunately, Burnerman was still active. Kesu had asked/forced Burnerman to tell him about the virus. Unfortunately, the virus wouldn’t wear off because all it did was bring out emotions that one already had.

‘I can’t stand it…Who’d have thought my innermost emotion for Megaman was love?’ Kesu sighed, dropping his evil façade and letting his true face show. Truly, Kesu liked to think that he wasn’t as evil as he portrayed himse to be. He followed Shademan because Shademan was his father. Not to mention that most of the people on the “good” side were nothing more than wimps and were quite pathetic. But those on the “dark side” were equally pathetic. Honestly, whoever had thought (and created!) a navi that fought with bubbles really had some mental issues.

While Kesu was lost in his own thoughts, he bumped into someone.

“Kesu!” Kesu blinked in surprise.

“What?” He snapped back quickly, wanted to be immersed in his thoughts again. ‘Oh crap…’ It was his rival.

“Megaman…” Kesu greeted him almost cordially. Why, Kesu had no idea. Megaman blinked in surprise and instantly became suspicious.

“What are you doing here?!” Kesu shrugged nonchalantly.

“I have every right to be here, don’t I? I’m not causing any trouble…” ‘Not YET anyways…’ Kesu added mentally. Megaman, however, raised an eyebrow.

“Oh, you mean besides the fact you’re on the net police’s most wanted list?” Kesu was definitely taken back by the response. However, after a few blinks in surprise, he broke down laughing. Megaman’s eyebrow went higher. Kesu quickly settled back down.

“So, what number am I?” He asked. This time, it was Megaman’s turn to blink in surprise.

“Number five.” He responded after getting over his shock. Kesu snapped his fingers in dissapointment.

“Dang, I was really aiming for number two!” Okay, so he wasn’t really, but was was pretty amusing to see Megaman’s expression flit across his face. Megaman was so easy to read…as he always wore his heart on his sleeve. However, no matter how amusing Megaman was or could be, Kesu knew that he had to do what he had come to the upper internet for.

“Megaman…I came up here for a reason, you know…” Kesu started slowly, feeling a sickening feeling enter his stomach. Was this…dread? Why would HE of all navis feel dread? There was nothing TO dread, really. He was going to say what he intended to say and the leave. It’s not like he actually CARED, right? Of course not. He really didn’t care what Megaman thought of him, this was simply for his own peace of mind. Then…why was Kesu having his doubts? Lost in his thoughts, Kesu didn’t notice megaman looking at him suspiciously and getting on his guard.

“-at’s that?” Kesu finally snapped out of his thought and instinctively smirked, like he did everytime someone snaped him out of his thoughts.

“No need to be so edgy, Megaman…I’m not here to fight, believe it or not…” Megaman raised an eyebrow again. He seemed to be doing a lot of that recently.

“Then why are you here?” Megaman questioned. Kesu looked down. Now was the moment of reckoning. Was he REALLY going to do this? Unfortunately, yes. Megaman blinked as Kesu seemed to space out once again.

“Kesu?” Kesu’s smirk returned before it faded and he sighed.

“I came to…apologize, Megaman,” Kesu finally said, his voice softer and less harsh and abrasive than normal. “I don’t really understand why but, something inside me is prompting me to.” Kesu grudgingly admitted. He still didn’t understand it. Strangely enough, Kesu couldn’t remember many of their encounters. Obviously, he remembered his encounter with Megaman when he was accompanied by Burnerman. That was when he realized that he loved Megaman.

‘No! I do NOT love him! This is simply a side effect of Burnerman’s stupid program!’ Kesu shook his head and some of his silver hair slipped out of his helmet and fell in front of his visor. He never noticed Megaman’s eyes follow his every move as he brushed the hair out of his visor.

“Kesu…what about Burnerman’s program? Is there a way to reverse it?” Megaman asked, sounding desperate for some reason. Kesu scowled at the thought of Burnerman, but then looked up at the other navi, wondering why the other sounded so desperate. ‘That’s right…’ Kesu realized. ‘He had the same reason and me…’ Kesu sighed softly.

“There’s no reversal…None that I know of…” Kesu said. It was so hard being near the blue clad, green eyed netnavi. Damn the program! Damn it! There was no way that he’d be able to follow any of Shademan’s orders if the vampire gave him any.

“So, what is it that the program makes you feel?” It was an innocuous question that Megaman asked, breaking the silence. A question that could have many repercussions depending on how it was answered. Kesu knew that if he told Megaman about his feelings, he would insist that Kesu give ‘them’ a chance. There was no way. There was no ‘them’. There would never be a ‘them’. There was no way that Kesu would get into a relationship with the navi. Megaman stood for everything that Kesu hated. Megaman protected the humans; the treacherous and bastardly humans that they were. Humans tried to control netnavis, when they, the netnavis, were obviously far superior to the humans! Kesu existed for one purpose and one purpose alone: to be their assassinator. To be the one who finally wiped out all humans from existence. Kesu knew this. He couldn’t be with Megaman…he wouldn’t.

“Nothing.” Kesu finally responded, a steel-cold look in his eyes. “I feel absolutely nothing for you.”

It was a downright lie of course. It really was, but it was necessary. Something in Megaman’s eyes seemed to fade a bit.

“I see…”

It started with a sudden pressure in his chest. Kesu simply brushed it off. However, the pressure quickly escalated into an unbearable pain. He clenched his teen and tried to ride it out, thinking, hoping it would get better. But he was wrong. Soon, Kesu found himself kneeling on the ground, gripping the ensign on his chest. His vision swum and faded into black. As he passed out, he vaguely heard Megaman calling his name.
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“Megaman Let’s do this!”

“Right!”
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“Your head is about as empty as the center of this onion ring”

“What? HEY!!”
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“Hang on, $#$# Don’t!”

“CANNONBALL!!...OWWWW!!!! HOT!!!”
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"You know...I was planning of killing you quickly but...I can't help but wonder...how much energy can I extract from a human?" Shademan hissed.

….

Shademan's head slowly heading towards his neck…

Darkness…
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"Megaman told us."

"W-Why...?"

"I heard you talking to yourself about it. I thought it would be good to tell your parents..."
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"Hey guys...What?"

"How dare you talk to us, you freak!

"W-what are you talking about?"

"I heard Megaman tell your parents about your condition

"We don't want anything to do with you, so just get lost!"
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“So now…my dark child…I must ask you…”

“What…?”

“Will you join me and destroy the humans and riffraff like Megaman?”
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Kesu snapped awake, his eyes opening abruptly as he gasped for breath. So he had been right…he WAS a human after all…He remember everything now…everything except for one thing: his name.

‘It won’t be too hard…I’ll just look for human teenagers who vanished on September 31st…someone who was once a friend of Maylu Sakurai…’ He scowled at the thought of the preppy, red haired girl.

‘I don’t care if she was my friend…or if I was the operator of Megaman-‘ Kesu’s trained of thought squealed to a stop right there. ‘I was Megaman’s operator? OH THE HORROR!!! No wonder I ran away!! But if I am…WAS Megaman’s operator…does that mean…I should just accept what happened…? Turn away from what I’m doing…? He IS my netnavi after all…’ Kesu eyes and heart hardened before he could ponder the idea any more. ‘No…some betrayals…are too much to handle…too much to forgive…and this is one of them.’

Kesu finally pulled away from his newly discovered memories and tried to sit up. Note the word, “tried”.

“What in the Cyber World?!!” Kesu was strapped down to a cold metal chair with tight leather bindings.

“Let me go! I don’t know who the hell you are, LET ME GO!” Kesu summoned his sword, but he wasn’t able to twist his wrist enough to cut the bindings on his wrist or legs. Kesu cussed quite loudly and let his sword vanish. How did he get into this predicament in the first place? ‘I was with Megaman when…-‘ He didn’t even need to go any farther.

‘Megaman…’ The thought, for some reason, saddened him. Why though? Kesu hadn’t even done anything wrong this time…

‘No, No, NO! I’m NOT feeling sad because he turned on me! I would have done the same to him!’

‘Would you have? You have been feeling things for him…other than hate…’ Kesu shook off the voice of his conscious. What did it know anyways?

‘More than you, apparently!’

‘Shut up!’

‘No!’

‘Yes!...Okay, this probably isn’t good if I’m arguing with myself…’ Kesu drowned out the voice of his conscious and focused on fighting against the bands holding him down.

Megaman looked up at the screen that showed his creator and sighed softly.

“This just doesn’t feel right, Dr…” Megaman said, a concerned look on his face. The browned haired man couldn’t help but sigh as well.

“I know…the other scientists say that he’s caused too much destruction to stay active…they’re going to delete him…” Dr Hikari remarked, sounding upset. Megaman’s eyes widened in shock.

“What?! No! They can’t!” Dr Hikari blinked in surprise at Megaman’s outburst. Not that he wasn’t having the same thoughts himself…it just seemed odd. Megaman looked ashamed with himself as he realized his outburst.

“Sorry…it’s just…he didn’t even try to hurt me today! He actually…apologized to me…” Dr Hikari looked as shocked as Megaman had felt. Then, Dr Hikari sighed and shook his head.

“Megaman…I can’t do anything to stop them…I’m sorry…” Megaman’s eyes hardened.

“Didn’t you notice? That Kesu showed up not long after Lan disappeared? I think that Kesu might have something to do with it. Or at least, he might know something. I refuse to let him be deleted!” Megaman exclaimed. Of course, he didn’t say the REAL reason he wanted to rescue Kesu. Even though he knew he had feelings for Kesu, Megaman felt that he had known Kesu before this. He had to figure out why. Megaman logged out of Dr Hikari’s server before the Dr could try to hold him back. Once Megaman had logged into the main SciLab server, he ran to the place where he knew Kesu must be held. Once he had arrived there, the sight shocked him. A Sci-Lab deletion navi stood over kesu with a sword posed for deletion.

“Say goodbye!” The deletion navi brought the sword down.

“NO!!!”

There was a snap and a loud clank of metal hitting metal.

‘I’m too late…’ Megaman thought to himself. There was a groan of pain, which Megaman realized, was NOT Kesu. He opened his eyes and saw the deletion navi standing still, a long dark sword protruding from his chest. Slowly, the sword retracted and the deletion navi faded as he himself was deleted. Kesu stood behind where the deletion navi had been just moments ago, his eyes glowing a bright red in anger as his eyes bore into Megaman’s. His words made Megaman’s heart stand still.

“I hate you.” It was amazing how three simple words could have such a profound impact on someone.

Kesu had a dark sword on each hand and it looked like he was trying to summon another one..

‘A program advance!’

“Dark Dream Sword!” A dark, eerie, black light was emitted from the sword above Kesu’s head. As the dark light hit him, Megaman couldn’t help but think that if Sci-Lab hadn’t wanted to delete Kesu before, they certainly would want to now.

Megaman stirred and slowly woke. Darkness glowed all over the ground. Some ground panels were cracked and broken, and some were simply missing. As he looked at the darkness and corruption that had befallen Sci-Lab, he knew his earlier assumptions had been correct.

Sci-Lab was going to be pissed.

[Rei]

Some of it seemed a little rushed, but I still like it, please tell me we're not going to have to have another 6 month wait for an update...?

Netto x Rockman is like my second favorite shounen ai couple, and the amount of fanfiction on it is sooo limited =( Especially dark fanfics like this one.
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[Kitty-Chan]

Ooo, the plot thickens. & I don't have an AIM, but I will still beta.
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Need more Zero/X, Netto/Rock, Rock/Netto, Forte/Netto, & Blues/Netto. PLEASE!
Ano sa...could someone please make me a Zero/X, Blues/Netto, or Forte/Netto avatar/banner? I would greatly appreciate it...
Thanks for the avatar, Mandi!
People! We need more Blues/Netto & Forte/Netto on the net. Come on; help me out here! *gives everyone her Super-Adorable Irrisistable Sad Kitty Eyes(TM)*