Into the Darkness: AU *Stream 40 spoilers* PG-13 A/AA

Neko · Last edited by Neko on Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:23 pm; edited 1 time in total

Okay, this is my take on what I would like to happen with the dark Rockman saga. I'll let you know, I've almost finished this fic and the whole point is for it to be read before the next ep. Therefore I'll post one chapter a day every day until it's done. And these are long chapters too, so be ready.

Also... beware the angst, as I'm still not comfortable with writing it.

Deadly Serenade, this is for you :3 I hope you like it.

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The mission was simple. Go to where Dark Rockman was predicted to strike next and wait. Not too much to follow in any respect, just pray they had good luck and something would happen.

Netto fell out of his crouching position onto his butt and stretched his legs yawning. “This is so boring,” he whispered to Enzan and Laika who were next to him.

Enzan and Laika had been called in as part of a special task unit to capture Dark Rockman and disband Neo WWW once and for all. They were called along with Jasmine, Dingo, Pride, Meiru, Raoul, Charlie and Nenji but the latter weren’t at the post. It was too dangerous because they didn’t have syncro chips and Rush had mysteriously disappeared into a Rush Hole earlier that afternoon with no trace of his whereabouts left.

Laika looked at Netto, his green eyes unforgiving, “Well, you wanted to do this,” he said.

Netto resisted the urge to stick his tongue out at the Sharro solider. “Yeah, yeah,” he muttered.

Rockman gave laugh from his PET. “Well, at least you’re doing something, right?” he pointed out.

Netto smiled, “Yeah, I guess so.”

There was a rumble and crackle of electricity as four Dimensional Areas appeared out of nowhere. “This is it,” Enzan hissed.

Dark Rockman appeared right behind where Netto, Enzan and Laika were hiding. “Oh?” he asked in an amused voice. “What’s this, a trap?”

The three boys jumped and spun around to see the purple navi grinning maliciously. “Did I startle you?” he asked in a mocking voice. “I’m sorry.”

Netto’s eyes narrowed as he pulled out his Syncro Chip. Laika and Enzan did the same and together they slotted the silver chips into their PETs. Dark Rockman watched with amusement as a green, blue and red bubble appeared around them, expanded and disappeared to reveal R-Rockman, R-Blues and R-Searchman in their wake. “Isn’t this fun?” he whispered and launched himself at Enzan.

Enzan barely had enough time to bring up a sword to parry the blow. The sword shattered on impact and Enzan flew backwards a few feet and skidded on the ground. “Weak,” Dark Rockman sneered.

Netto yelled out and brought an Elec Sword down to Dark Rockman. Dark Rockman sidestepped but Netto managed to turn in mid air and clip the dark navi on his shoulder. Dark Rockman jumped back and his red eyes danced with delight. “Very good, Netto-kun,” he cheered.

Laika waited in the back and as Dark Rockman’s attention was diverted he released a beam of red energy at Dark Rockman. Dark Rockman noted it and took a step forward to avoid it. “Impossible,” Laika said in shock.

Dark Rockman smirked, “No, you’re just too slow. This is how you fight!” he yelled and disappeared from his spot. He reappeared in front of Laika and shot him point blank with his buster.

“Laika!” Netto and Enzan yelled. There was dust around where their comrade was and they couldn’t see the damage inflicted on their friend. Dark Rockman flew out of the cloud of dust with a sword and went after Netto. Netto summoned a sword and managed to block the incoming blow, but barely.

“You’re weak, Netto-kun,” Dark Rockman jeered, “you and your navi.”

Netto glared at him and pushed back his blade. “We are not,” he hissed, “Rockman and I are stronger then you’ll ever be.”

“Oh?” Dark Rockman asked, grinning fiendishly. “All right then, how strong are you when you don’t have your navi?” he asked and brought up his buster. Netto blocked the attack with a shield but when he looked up Dark Rockman was gone. “Too slow,” he heard a voice whisper in his ear. Netto felt the blow on his back as he flew forward into the ground. He lay there for a few seconds and then fell out of Cross Fusion.

Enzan had run over to where Laika had been shot. He looked around to see a huge hole blown into the ground and Laika in it. “You aimed your sniper at the ground,” Enzan said in awe, “nice.”

Laika grimaced, “Yeah, but it still hurt.”

The two’s heads snapped over to where the other battle was going on when they heard Netto cry out. They saw their friend land on the ground then fall out of Cross Fusion. “Netto!” they yelled.

His PET lay there and the Syncro Chip fell out of it. “Netto-kun, get up!” Rockman yelled.

Netto brought his arms under him for support and pushed himself up painfully shaking his head to clear it. Dark Rockman walked over and picked up the Syncro Chip, he turned it over once, then crushed it with his hand. “Oops,” he said.

Netto and Rockman watched in horror as they saw the Syncro Chip destroyed. Netto’s expression turned angry and he brought up his fist and swung at Dark Rockman. Before it made impact, Dark Rockman caught his fist. His red eyes locked on Netto’s brown ones and showed no sign of mercy. “That was stupid, Netto-kun,” he said maliciously. He pulled on Netto’s arm to throw him off balance then threw him into the wall of a building across the street.

Dark Rockman looked down at the PET resting at his feet. He picked it up and grinned at his double. “Did that hurt?” he asked Rockman.

Rockman’s green eyes widened in anger, “What are you planning to do?” he yelled.

Dark Rockman frowned, “I asked first,” he said. Before Rockman could answer another Dimensional Converter appeared and the PET glowed a bright blue. Netto sat up just in time to see his PET disappear.

“Rockman!” Netto yelled.

Dark Rockman took a cheeky bow and grinned at the three boys and two remaining navis. “Well, I have what I came for, bye!” he waved and disappeared. The Dimensional Area disappeared and Enzan and Laika were returned to their original state.

Enzan ran over to help Netto to his feet. “Are you okay?” Enzan asked, then winced at his words. ‘Of course he’s not okay,’ he chided himself.

“Rockman,” Netto whispered, his eyes widened in shock.

Enzan and Laika exchanged nervous glances and helped their friend to where Manabe was waiting for their report.

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“Why?” Netto asked, “Why did he do that?”

Enzan sighed, “Well, considering how much he hates Rockman, I’m not surprised.”

“But why kidnap him?” Netto asked. “If he hated Rockman so much, then why not delete him?”

Laika shrugged, “Who knows? Best thing to do now is wait for Dark Rockman to contact us.”

Netto’s fist tightened but he didn’t say anything.

Manabe knocked on the open door and the three boys turned to face her. She smiled weakly and walked in. “Well, Dark Rockman has given us a time a place to meet him, what do you want to do?” he asked.

“Go save Rockman,” Netto hissed.

Enzan and Laika nodded.

Manabe sighed, “I thought that’s what you would say. Well, since you’re agents you can say that but I’m warning you, don’t get in over your head.”

“Don’t worry,” Laika said. “We won’t.”

Manabe nodded and opened a portfolio in her arms. “Well, he said to meet us in a half an hour; I suggest you three get ready. I’m taking most of security and a special force team, we’ll see if we can’t capture Dark Rockman while we’re at it. Maybe we can end all this tonight.” She smiled at them and left the room.

“Wouldn’t that be nice?” Enzan smiles without humor.

“Wishful thinking,” Laika scoffed.

“It can’t hurt to try,” Netto said thickly and walked towards the door.

Laika caught Netto by his arm. “Netto, maybe you should stay here.”

Netto spun around, “What?” he yelled.

Laika locked his green eyes with Netto’s brown ones, “Netto, you can’t crossfuse, you don’t have a navi or PET, and for all we know this can be a trap. You’re defenseless! You should stay here because you can’t fight.”

“I can too fight. I’ll do whatever it takes to get Rockman back,” Netto yelled throwing his arm out of Laika’s grip. “I owe him that much.”

Laika’s eyes softened. “I know you do.”

“Then let me go,” Netto said evenly. “I want to fight, I want Rockman back.”

Laika sighed and Enzan watched the exchange, “Netto, maybe he’s right,” Enzan said.

Netto glared at Enzan. “You too?” he asked.

“Netto, you say you will fight, but how? All you will end up doing in hurting yourself. And you’re already hurt from today’s battle. Maybe you should stay here, just in case we’re walking into a trap,” Enzan said.

Netto glared at both of them, “I don’t care what you say, I can do whatever the hell I want. And I’m going.”

Laika sighed and walked up to Netto. “I’m sorry,” he murmured.

Enzan watched as Netto eyes widened in shock and he looked down to see Laika’s fist buried in his stomach. “Laika!” Enzan gasped.

Netto collapsed into Laika’s arms and Laika cradled Netto’s body. Then he turned to Enzan. “Dark Rockman is planning something, you know it, and I know it. And from what little I’ve seen and heard about this guy he won’t do something like give Rockman back so easily. It’s a trap for Netto and Rockman and we both know it.”

Enzan gave Laika a weak smile, “He is going to kill you.”

Laika looked at the unconscious Netto in his arms. “Oh well,” he said coldly.

“Laika-san, are you sure this is wise?” Searchman asked.

“Yes,” Laika replied, carrying Netto over to the couch in the room they were in and laying him down on it.

“Should we leave Netto-san here without anyone to watch over him?” Searchman asked. “What if this is a two way attack or what if he wakes up?”

Enzan blinked, “He’s right. This could be a two part attack, what if Dark Rockman is trying to get us out of Net Saviors HQ to get something? The security here was cut in half to go get Dark Rockman.”

Laika nodded, “Maybe one of us should stay here. Just in case.”

Enzan looked at Netto and sighed. “I think I should, because if he wakes up when you’re here you might have to worry more about Netto then Dark Rockman.”

Laika glanced at Netto and gave Enzan and half grin. “All right, I’ll see you when we get back then.”

“Good luck,” Enzan said, holding out his hand.

Laika looked at it and then gave Enzan a genuine smile, “You too,” he said and took it in a firm shake.

Laika walked out of the room and down the hall where Manabe was waiting for him. She gave him a puzzled look, “Where’s Netto-kun and Enzan-kun?” she asked.

“Netto fell asleep and Enzan is going to wait for him to wake up,” Laika said simply and walked past Manabe to the car that was waiting for them.

Manabe sighed and followed Laika. It was probably for the best anyways.

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Laika was at the front of the task force team and Manabe was in the back giving orders. “I want everything air tight here. Nothing can go in or out with out our knowing, understand?” she yelled.

People ran around trying to set up the defenses and traps on time. Laika glanced nervously at his PET. “Searchman?” he asked.

“Yes, Laika-san?” Searchman replied.

“Do you think this can all end tonight, all neat and clean like Manabe-san wants it?” Laika asked.

“Do you think so?” Searchman countered.

Laika looked at the ground and sighed, “No, I don’t.”

“Do you want to believe it can?” Searchman asked.

Laika nodded.

“Then the most you can do is try your hardest to make that happen,” Searchman replied.

Laika looked up with a resolute glint in his eyes, “Thank you, Searchman.”

“You’re welcome, Laika-san.”

There was a hiss and four Dimension Converters appeared out of nowhere. “Get ready!” Manabe yelled. The Dimensional Area came up and covered the area they were in.

Laika pulled out his Syncro Chip and slotted it into his PET. “Cross Fusion!” they yelled in unison and the tell tale green glow told the other people on the field that Laika and Searchman were ready.

Dark Rockman appeared in a shower of purple with the small blue PET in his hands. “Good Evening,” he said. “Glad to see all of you here.”

Laika brought up his gun and pointed it at Dark Rockman.

Dark Rockman looked at Laika with a mocking pity in his eyes. “I never break my promises so here,” he tossed the PET to Laika who barely managed to catch it he was so surprised. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got other things to do, bye!” he waved and disappeared. The Dimensional Area vanished and Laika returned to his normal form catching his own PET in mid air.

Manabe walked over and took Rockman’s PET out of Laika’s hands. She turned it on and Rockman’s face appeared on the screen. “Where’s Netto-kun?” he asked.

“Back and Net Saviors HQ,” Laika said.

Just then the task unit turned to see another Dimensional Area appear in the far distance, right over… “The Head Quarters,” Manabe gasped.

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Enzan looked over at Netto who was sprawled on the couch in a more natural sleep. “I don’t want… homework…” he said in his sleep.

Enzan shook his head amusedly and continued to read a book he picked up. “Enzan-sama?” Blues asked.

“Yes, what is it, Blues?”

“Laika, Searchman and the others should have been back by now, do you think…” Blues paused.

Enzan glanced at the clock, “Give them ten more minutes and if they don’t contact us send them and E-mail.”

“Yes, Enzan-sama.”

Five minutes had passed when a loud rumble shook the building. Enzan looked around and saw a Dimensional Converter appear outside.

Netto groaned and flipped over in his sleep. Enzan shook Netto’s shoulder, “Netto, wake up!” he yelled.

“What?” Netto asked groggily.

The Dimensional Area appeared around the building.

“Netto!” Enzan yelled.

Netto sat up, “What? What happened?” He looked around and remembered what had happened. “You…” he started.

“Yell at me later, we have a problem,” Enzan said and pulled out his Syncro Chip.

Netto watched as Enzan crossfused with Blues and then looked around at the room they were in as if expecting a ghost to pop out of the shadows at any time.

Dark Rockman appeared behind the two of them and laughed. Netto and Enzan jumped and spun around. “So you stayed here, Netto-kun. That was smart,” he smirked.

Enzan stepped in front of Netto. “What do you want?” he yelled.

“That is for me to know and you to find out,” Dark Rockman jeered and launched himself at Enzan with a charged buster.

Enzan used area steal to get away but the shot that was fired went into the floor creating a large explosion that rocked the building to its foundation. “Enzan!” Netto yelled and ran over to where his friend was.

“Netto, get out of here,” Enzan hissed.

“But…” Netto started.

“NOW!” Enzan yelled as loudly as he could.

Dark Rockman smirked and held up his buster. “Let’s try that again shall we?” he asked.

Netto glared at the navi and ran towards him in an effort to keep him from firing. He did fire but Netto managed to knock the buster off balance enough so that it didn’t hit Enzan. Dark Rockman smirked and knocked Netto into the far wall for the second time that day.

Enzan brought up his sword and slashed at Dark Rockman forcing the navi to temporarily go on the defensive. Enzan took the opening he created and thrust his sword into Dark Rockman’s arm. Dark Rockman smiled and snapped the sword in two. He looked at Enzan and took the piece of the sword that was in his arm out and snapped that in half as well. “Is that all you have?” he asked.

Netto threw the book Enzan was reading at Dark Rockman’s head. “You leave him alone!” Netto yelled.

Dark Rockman sighed almost comically. “You’re getting annoying, Netto-kun,” he said and a Dimensional Converter appeared next to Netto. A light appeared around him and Netto’s eyes widened in fear as he started to disappear.

“Netto!” Enzan yelled and ran over to where Netto was. He reached out to see if he could pull Netto out of the light but right before Enzan’s fingers reached Netto’s hand he disappeared.

Dark Rockman crossed his arms and smirked. “Well that was just too easy.” He reached over and picked up a case Enzan didn’t see him with before. “Well, I have what I need, see you!” he said and disappeared. The Dimensional Area disappeared and Enzan heard the dull clatter as his PET hit the floor.

“Netto…”

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>.> <.<.... god I know someone is going to kill me for this ^^;
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HubHikari · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:19 pm Post subject:

I give this Chapter 10 out of 10 there was only one spelling error in your post and it wasn't even in the fic, it was before it in the line Therfore I'll post one chapter... it should be Therefore I'll post one chapter... and as far as grammer goes I suck at that so it looks fine to me XD and the fic itself always kept my attention so I look forward to reading this fic and finding out what DarkRockman is up to Excelent Job Neko!

Yue-chan · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:25 pm Post subject:

oooh, awsome first chapter, Neko! I can't wait to read more of this.
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Midnight · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:05 pm Post subject:

*jawdrop*

Good god, another fabulous job. Although I have not watched Stream 40 yet, I have enough of a semblance fo the plot so that this will make sense.

You have Dark MegaMan's personality down to a tee--very simplistic, and yet he has a depth to his evil. Although the battles seemed to be a tad linear, you employed some clever tactics in the battle scenes, and I applaud you for that.

I'm telling you, it's not often that we see good dark fics--and this is one of the best I've read yet. I highly doubt that people will collect to kill you. In fact, I can definitely see a mob coming after you...of loyal readers who enjoy your work.
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Lido Azn Girl · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:54 pm Post subject:

Wow! This is really good, Neko! I don't know what you mean by someone is going to kill you, but I won't!

I noticed that in one of the beginning paragraphs, you wrote:

Neko · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:58 pm Post subject:

Nope, just angst.

No shounen ai, though the final battle I'm pleased to say is pretty intense :3
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Shinnite · Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 5

Ah, yes, everyone's favorite villain. XD Or mine, anyway. >_>

As always, the fic is off to an excellent start, and I can't wait to see extended interaction between Netto and DarkRock. It was an interesting twist to have Netto kidnapped instead of Rockman, but all things considered losing Netto would hurt Rockman the most.

Not to mention that D.Rock seems to think Netto + Mind Games = Much fun.

I'm definitely going to enjoy reading this fic, and a big "yay!" on the daily update.

Nazne · Shukei - Hakuteiken Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 1133

I swear, I'm not reading another fanfic ever again unless it's fully finished <__<;; I hate cliffhangers, especially when they're at the end of a good chapter.

You have an interesting idea going, but I'd suggest work on the action scenes a bit more. Try and separate different 'actions' into different paragraphs, and go into each action with a bit more detail from whoever's viewpoint the reader is seeing things through. For that matter, you might want to go deeper into the thoughts of the characters as well.

Now...

Dark Netto amirite :)

-BMA

I blame Saito :(

Neko · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:58 am Post subject:

Netto appeared in a large room that he instantly recognized from all of the video feeds they had received from Tesla. However the walls and floor glowed with the multi-color hue of a room that was in a Dimensional Area. He saw the leader of Neo WWW unconscious in her chair and the first thing he did was run over to see if she was okay. “Tesla?” he asked uncertainly.

There was a flash behind him and Dark Rockman appeared looking very pleased with himself. “Well, that went smoothly,” he said. “Glad to know all the pawns played the part they were supposed to. Too bad though, I was hoping for more action.”

Netto growled and glared at the purple navi. “You…” Netto hissed.

“You’re not going to try and fight me again are you? Because it’s starting to get kind of old, Netto-kun,” Dark Rockman said mockingly. “I didn’t bring you here to fight.”

“What do you want with me?” Netto asked.

“I want Rockman to suffer,” Dark Rockman said with a quiet laugh that made Netto shiver. “And you’re just the pawn I need to do that Netto-kun.”

Netto glared at him and resisted the urge to run at him again. He needed to think things through and plan out something.

Dark Rockman walked up to Netto and let his red eyes glow maliciously. Netto noted that they were the exact same height, even though he had no idea why he noted that. “Well, Netto-kun, you fell into that trap easily.”

“What did you do with Rockman?” Netto asked. He shut his eyes and shook his head; Dark Rockman continued to glare at him.

“I gave him back to the Net Saviors, just as I promised, your navi is fine, for now,” Dark Rockman gave him a grin that told many promises and none of them were good.

“What do you want?” Netto hissed, trying to keep his mind from going blank.

“Well, I’d tell you, but I don’t think you would understand Netto-kun,” Dark Rockman said simply.

“What are you doing?” Netto asked, his eyes half closed.

“You’ll see,” Dark Rockman said. The voice sounded like it was coming from the end of a tunnel. Netto’s eyes misted over and became blank. “All humans are the same,” Dark Rockman jeered.

“Dark Rockman-sama, the preparations are complete,” Swallowman said from the doorway.

“Excellent,” Dark Rockman replied. He slung an arm over Netto’s shoulders. “Human minds are so easy to manipulate, though he did put up quite a fight. I think this will be most enjoyable, don’t you agree?”

“Yes, Dark Rockman-sama,” Swallowman said.

“You’re dismissed,” Dark Rockman said carelessly. Swallowman bowed and left the room. Dark Rockman looked at Netto’s blank eyes and smirked. “I wonder how Rockman will react to you,” he asked himself in and amused voice.

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“Damnit!” Rockman yelled and punched the ground.

“Rockman, that’s not going to help,” Roll said quietly.

“But, I should have done something, anything! I knew Dark Rockman was planning something, but I never thought…” Rockman said in a lost voice.

“I think this took all of us by surprise,” Enzan admitted. “But for now, we’re going to have to wait.”

“But…” Rockman started.

Blues put a hand on Rockman’s shoulder, “Don’t worry. I have the feeling that Dark Rockman couldn’t personally hurt Netto-san any more then you could.”

“He tried to kill Netto-kun before though,” Rockman pointed out.

Blues sighed, “Well, I don’t think that’s what he has in mind.”

Rockman shook his head and shivered. Roll looked at him at a loss of what to say.

“There is a virus attack on the Net Saviors data information building,” Manabe said from the door way. “I’m sorry to break this up, but we have a job to do, people.”

Enzan and Laika nodded and picked up their PETs.

“Take my PET too,” Rockman said.

Laika looked at Rockman and nodded. Rockman smiled and linked himself back into his PET. Meiru picked it up. “I’m going too,” she said.

Manabe smiled, “All right, but be careful.”

“Yes, ma’am,” Meiru said and followed the others out the door.

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When they reached where the breach signal came from they saw Netto standing in front of the building, gazing up at where the viruses were doing there work. Meiru was overjoyed, “Netto!” she cried out happily and ran towards him but Laika grabbed her arm and stopped her. “Laika,” she whined, “let me go.”

“Something is wrong,” he hissed.

Netto heard his name called and he turned to see Manabe, Meiru, Laika and Enzan standing there. “Hey,” he said cheerfully.

“Where have you been?” Laika asked cautiously.

“Out,” Netto replied simply.

Enzan took a closer look at his friend. He noted that his eyes were uncharacteristically cold and blank. “Laika’s right,” he murmured, “something is wrong.”

“Netto-kun…” Rockman said softly from his PET.

Laika was the first to note the purple PET strapped around Netto’s waist. “What is that?” he asked.

Netto flashed Laika a cold grin that for all the world made him looked like Dark Rockman. “A friend gave it to me, like it?” he smirked.

Meiru glared at Netto. “Netto, snap out of it!” she yelled at him.

“Snap out of what, may I ask?”

Manabe silently called for back up. She knew this couldn’t end well.

“Netto, get a grip!” Enzan yelled.

They heard Dark Rockman’s laugh from inside the purple PET. “Forget it humans, Netto-kun is mine.”

“Dark Rockman!” Rockman yelled out. If he could he would go into that PET and rip him apart by himself.

There was a small tremor and four Dimensional Converters came out of the ground. A Dimensional Area appeared from Dark Rockman’s call for the fourth time in two days. “Well?” Netto asked.

“Don’t be stupid, you don’t have a Syncro Chip and you can’t crossfuse, now get a grip Netto!” Enzan yelled at his friend.

“I don’t have a Syncro Chip?” Netto asked. “Says who?” he smiled and held up a brand new Syncro Chip in between two of his fingers.

Enzan and Laika pulled out their own Syncro Chips and immediately crossfused in an attempt to keep Netto from doing what he was about to do.

“No,” Meiru whispered and Rockman didn’t say anything but watched in sheer horror.

“Too slow!” Netto said cheerfully and pushed the chip into his PET.

Everyone watched as a small purple sphere edged in black appeared and grew. When it disappeared Dark R-Rockman was left in its wake. It was certainly Netto all right, with his brown hair and eyes, but instead of his blue suit with green gems he was now wearing a purple suit with black gems. His eyes glittered with malice and he summoned a sword and launched an attack on Laika.

Laika caught the attack with his gun in an effort to slow down Netto. “Don’t do this,” he pleaded.

“Do what?” Netto asked. “This?” He summoned another sword on his left hand and brought it down on the gun as well; the combined pressure of both attacks cleanly cut through the gun and caused an explosion.

Laika barely managed to dodge the double sword attack but his gun wasn’t so lucky. It was completely destroyed as Netto cut clean through it. Netto straightened up and let one sword disappear. “Now,” he said launching himself forward, “Let’s see how you are at hand to hand!”

Laika brought up a shield but it didn’t do him any good. Netto cut through it on his second try and went after Laika. Laika jumped back and summoned a sword for all the good it might do him. Netto smirked and brought his sword crashing down on Laika’s. The impact made Laika’s arm go slightly numb and his sword was shaking with the pressure that Netto was applying to it. “Does it hurt,” Netto asked in a soft voice.

Laika’s eyes narrowed and he summoned all his strength to push Netto back. He pulled back his sword and aimed at Netto side. Netto blocked it and pushed Laika back. He began on the offensive, pushing Laika back, step by step with each blow he delivered. “What’s wrong, aren’t you supposed to be a champion fencer? Where is that skill?” Netto taunted.

Laika glared at Netto and wanted nothing more then to fight back with all his strength but he knew, and Searchman knew that it was impossible. “Netto, why are you doing this?” he asked, blocking a blow to his chest.

Netto stepped forward and applied pressure on the strike slowly pushing until he had forced the taller boy to his knees. “Why not?” Netto gave him a grin. “It’s fun.”

Laika’s eyes widened and he struggled to push back the sword but Netto was too strong. It was all he could do to make sure the weapon didn’t cut through his armor. Netto looked at him with a mixture of pity and amusement, “You’re weak,” he said.

Laika glared at him and tried to push back but it was useless. Netto smirked and turned his sword a fraction of an inch so that it cut cleanly through Laika’s. Laika fell back from the lack of pressure and Netto held his sword at Laika’s throat, “Now then,” he said.

“Oh no you don’t!” Enzan yelled and ran over to where Netto and Laika were.

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Charlie led the group of helpers to where Manabe was standing in shock. “What happened?” he asked in response to Manabe’s horrified look.

She pointed at the Dimensional Area where the massive battle was taking place. Enzan and Netto were now fighting with swords, and Laika was sitting on the ground in some kind of shock.

“Is that…” Jasmine’s voice trailed off.

“No way…” Dingo said in shock.

“Netto?” Pride whispered.

“Netto, come on! I know you can hear me!” Enzan yelled while blocking an attack aimed at his arm.

“Oh, I hear you perfectly fine, Enzan,” Netto jeered.

“You’re not Netto,” Enzan hissed.

They broke apart and landed on opposite sides of the Dimensional Area. “What makes you say that?” Netto asked mockingly. “How well did you know me anyways?”

Enzan flew back at Netto and brought the blade by his head. “I knew you well enough to know you would never do this,” he hissed as they broke apart.

Netto laughed at Enzan and jumped back into the air forcing Enzan to oblige. “Fair enough,” Netto muttered as they met once again. The next time they landed Enzan went for a ground attack and aimed for Netto’s leg. Netto brought his weapon down to parry Enzan’s and kicked him in the side. Enzan flew over a few feet of ground before landing in the dirt. He pushed himself up shaking his head dazedly and looked up to see Netto over him with the sword pointed down. Enzan only had a split second to jump out of the way before Netto landed where he once was with the sword point buried in the ground.

“H-he’s trying to kill me,” Enzan said in disbelief.

“Enzan-sama…” Blues wasn’t quite sure what to say to that.

“Bingo,” Netto said cheerfully as he pulled his sword that was hilt deep out of the ground. He opened his eyes and they glittered dangerously, “However, too little too late, Enzan!” he yelled and ran at Enzan with his sword raised.

Enzan blocked the first blow purely on reflex. The second blow he managed to block because Blues was yelling at him. He couldn’t believe it, there was no way Netto would ever…

“What’s wrong,” Netto jeered, “You’re loosing your touch.”

Enzan glared at Netto and pulled back his sword and tried to cut through Netto’s, maybe if he didn’t have a weapon he could talk some sense into him.

They came together again, hilt to hilt and Netto tried to push Enzan down like he did with Laika but Enzan was ready for it. He weakened his push and let Netto fall forward from lack of balance. Then he swung his sword up and around in an attempt to get Netto to parry with the edge of his blade. Netto saw through it and smirked, half turning his sword so Enzan hit the flat of it. “Nice try,” he said and they broke apart, jumping to opposite sides of the Dimensional Area.

Enzan glared at Netto and ran at him with his sword raised. Netto smirked and followed suit. “Pathetic,” he said to Enzan and sent him flying face down into the dirt.

Enzan groaned and turned over. “Enzan-sama?” Blues asked.

“He’s too strong,” Enzan said. “What the hell did Dark Rockman do to him?”

Netto came down and landed over Enzan with his sword pointed at his throat. “Give me one good reason, and I swear I will,” Netto said in a deadly whisper.

Enzan took one glance into Netto’s eyes and he knew he was telling the truth. “Netto, don’t do this,” he pleaded.

Netto gave him an insane grin and raised his sword. “Too bad,” he jeered and brought it down. Enzan shut his eyes and felt the sword graze the side of his arm. He looked up to see for a split second Netto looking at him with a horrified expression on his face. “Enzan…” he said softly.

Enzan looked to see that Netto had driven the sword through the side of his arm. Blood was coming out and it hurt like hell but something had changed his mind at the last second. “Netto?” he asked.

Netto’s eyes returned to their blank state. “Consider that a warning,” he said darkly and the sword disappeared. He jumped back to the far end of the dimensional area and Swallowman came running out of the building.

“We’ve done as you asked, Dark Rockman-sama,” he said.

“Excellent,” Netto grinned and the dimensional area disappeared. Everyone returned to their normal forms and Enzan’s pain increased tenfold.

Netto smirked at him and caught his PET before it hit the ground. “Well, that’s all for today, see ya!” he winked as another dimensional converter appeared and everyone watched as he disappeared with it.

Meiru collapsed on the ground in apparent shock. “No way,” she breathed.

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“That was not Netto-kun,” Rockman said. “He would never…”

“What happened?” Jasmine asked. “I knew Netto was kidnapped but…”

Manabe sighed and finished bandaging Enzan’s arm. “I hate to say this, but for a navi as strong as Dark Rockman, brainwashing a human wouldn’t be difficult.”

“Then why isn’t Netto-kun just a puppet or something!” Rockman cried. “Why did he say those things!”

“Rockman…” Roll said softly.

Rockman looked at the ground silently willing the tears away. “Why would he do such a thing?”

Enzan sighed, “I don’t know. But I can say this much, when Netto had the chance to finish me off, he had every intention of doing it.” Everyone let the information sink in. “But… he didn’t. At the last second he changed his mind and somehow, I think that means that Netto is still in there. Rockman’s right, that isn’t Netto,” Enzan said darkly.

Manabe patted Enzan’s arm lightly. “Well, I can say you are lucky you only got away with that much damage. I’d like to believe you but for now, we’re treating Netto as an enemy, understand?”

Everyone nodded numbly.

“I can’t believe the kid would do something like this,” Nenji said in a soft voice.

Charlie patted his arm, “It’s because he wouldn’t.”

Rockman nodded and stood up. “I’m going to my PET,” he said and he logged out.

“Poor Rockman,” Meiru said softly.

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This action scene was *so* hard to write, you have no idea @_@

So, evil enough for ya XDDDD So OOC yet somehow still a tad IC. At least I think so X3 Anywho, sorry if the battle is lacking at all. It was kinda hard to make them fight like that ^^; I know it sounds weird but visualizing this in my head is somewhat difficult because I'm so used to writing about Netto, Enzan and Laika being friends and well.... it just goes to show you that angst isn't exactly my forte. (giggle)
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Nazne · Shukei - Hakuteiken Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 1133

Angsty, neh. <<

It was to be expected that those two would be shocked by Hikari Netto turning on them, but I think you somewhat overdid Laika's reaction. The man's a soldier-he should be used to betrayals and the effects of Darkness by now, what with the Iriya and Yamatoman thing. And Enzan also appeared a bit weaker than usual, character-wise. Otherwise, good development. I'm not sure why you threw in the rest of the human cast, though. XD Meiru just seemed...unnecessary.

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Neko · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:00 am Post subject:

I said I'm not good at angst XDDDD

I have everyone there because I plan to use them and their navis. Also, this is a continuation of Stream, where they *would* have all the charachters, right?

And... keeping Laika IC is the bane of my existance in fanficcing >.< I have no idea how the hell I should write him because A. He has very few subbed eps and B. The non subbed stuff I see him in he's nice one second and then cold a hearless the next. I *really* need to learn japanese.
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Nazne · Shukei - Hakuteiken Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 1133

I know, but seeing dialogue suddenly from loads of random characters in the middle of a battle...kinda gets confusing XD If anything, I'd have waited until nearly the end, when Netto was about to kill Enzan, for them to all speak up and sorta bring Netto to his senses through the pow3r of fri3ndship. Just my preference, though. >>

And Laika...I just treat him like the EXE Enzan. Nice in a sort of get-the-hell-away-from-me way. <<

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Neko · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:08 am Post subject:

Hopefully I'll get better at this as I go. It's really hard writing this cause I'm *used* to pointless fluff when I can have anyone talk whenever I want. I'm contantly rewriting this too XD Maybe I'll get it to the point where it's not as confusing.
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Nazne · Shukei - Hakuteiken Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 1133

Eh, you're doing fine so far. Just keep in mind different...er...'genres', dare I say, require different techniques. And I'm lousy at them too. >>; I just realized that the beginning of my 'Comet' fic gave away the entire story before I'd even written it. So rewriting is in order X_o

But who am I to shamelessly plug my stories in others' threads <_<;; Inyhoo, keep this up. I do like the idea.

EDIT: 666 posts. Wh00t. >_>

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RollSoul · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:32 pm Post subject: ...

Stupid cliffhangers... :grr: :grr: :grr:
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**Mari** · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:51 pm Post subject:

If you don't like them, keep it to yourself, RollSoul. Those comments hardly help Neko, at all.
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Midnight · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject:

It may have been hard to write, but goddamn it was worth it. It's not often that you have this kind of action.

Hmmm....you again dabble in the reaches of darkness. I must say that Dark Rockman's character is further exemplified here--and it is done quite well.

I can vaguely see the idea for Meiru, but for the most part, she was extraneous and could have been left out. Most of the characters are developed well, nevertheless, and it was a joy to read. Somehow, though, I found it to be somewhat lacking...perhaps because there's another branching-off point for a serious fic *hint hint*...
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Neko · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:21 pm Post subject:

Sweetie, I'm giving you this fic as a parting gift while I play MMBN5.

Even fanfic authors deserve a break.

I've finished this fic, so this is what you get Razz

Also, Meiru is there because I need Roll. And Roll has a very important part at the end.
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SonicNigma212 · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject: This is a good fic!

This is a good fiction that you've put up and I've got to say that it wasn't what I expected. Dark Rockman possessing Netto's body? Now that's a plot twist. I can image how Roll and Meiru must be feeling about the situation. Let's not forget Rockman. He's the one effected the most by this. What do you think that Dark Rockman plans to do with Netto? I hope that it leads to something extreme. Well, keep up the good work man. It's starting to become interesting. It even gave me the motivation to go on with my stories. Later!

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