Rockman.EXE – Advent
By Yami Jay
Note: The story is a new arc of the Rockman.EXE adventure. Since I haven't seen every episode of the show, I might do some mistake. I will use the Japanese names in this story. Also, I'm putting the adventure in the Stream time-line. As for the BattleChips, I will use the English BattleChips names since I don't know the Japanese names.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rockman.EXE, neither that Zero. I only own Zero's net op; Hikari Jayna.
Episode 1: Mission Report
Everything was calmed at the Hikari residence; Haruka was doing the chores in the house, waiting for her two men to come back home. Everything was clean and now she was preparing to make dinner. She was humming for herself when she heard the doorbell rang. She stopped and went to the door and opened. She smiled at the new comer.
"It's been quite awhile" she said, looking at the visitor.
"You can say that again…" said the visitor, with a smirk.
Park
The usual group of friends was all talking and planning the next weekend; they were planning to go to the amusement park together. They had actually convinced Enzan to come with them; thanks to Anetta and Yaito's effort, not to mention his best friend Netto. They were about to talk about the day planning when two PET biped. Netto and Enzan both took the PET and saw Eguchi Meijin's face on the screen.
"What's going on Eguchi-san?" asked Netto, a little peeved.
"There's trouble at the technological museum" he said, with his normal ton. "Viruses have corrupted the system there and all the expositions are not functioning. You have to go there immediately."
"We are on our way" said Enzan, getting up.
Both of the net saviors started to run (or roll in Netto's case) to the say museum. When they arrived, most of the employees were out, all shocked with what was happening. They looked at each other and nodded; time to take action. They both ran into the museum and tried to find the main computer room.
"Rockman, I'll log you in and go directly to the main computer!" said Netto, getting his PET out.
"Got it!" said the blue net navi.
"Alright! Plug in, Rockman.EXE! Transmission!" he said out loud, while sending his net navi in the system.
"Your turn Blues" said Enzan. "Plug in, Blues.EXE! Transmission!"
Both of the net navi were logged in the system; they looked everywhere and could see viruses everywhere. They both started to make their way to the main computer system, not without problems. There was so many of them and so little time.
In the real world, the two net saviors had problems on their own; some of the exhibits parts were actually trying to stop them. After a few minutes, they had reached only to be locked outside the main computer room. That really pissed the genki net savior. On the other hand, Enzan pulled his PET and checked on his net navi. It wasn't pretty for them either.
"Blues, we can't reach the main computer room" said Enzan. "The lock is closed from the inside. How long will it take you and Rockman to be in the main system and unlock the room?"
"A few minutes at least Enzan-sama" said Blues, slashing in two a fire virus. "We'll be there when we'll finish with those viruses."
Somewhere else
A teenager was watching on a screen what was going on. A smirk graced her face while she was watching; this was actually amusing her. She had a small clue that was making the two net saviors sweat, but she wasn't going to make a move. Not yet at least.
"You know, giving them a little help wouldn't hurt you" said her net navi.
"I know, but I haven't got the order to do so" she replied with a smile.
Her PET biped and she took it; it was an email from one of her superiors. She smirked again. She closed the computer before heading out again.
Museum
After what seemed like an eternity, both of the net saviors managed to enter the computer room only to see the computers with multi-colored screens. Both of the boys were just cursing their luck. Enzan tried to search for the main computer with Netto.
"Might as well reboot the system" said Netto, getting annoyed.
"Not while our navis are dealing with viruses" replied Enzan. "Beside, I think we might find a solution without doing so."
"But still…" added Netto. "It could help."
"I know…" he said.
They found the main computer and tried to just find the main problem. Netto took his PET to check on Rockman. Seemed like the net navi was having problem. In the net, the two navis were pretty busy with all the viruses; Blues was cutting most of them in half while Rockman was shooting them down.
"There's too many of them!" said Rockman, exhausted.
"I know" said Blues. "But keep going. We need to be in the main computer system."
Rockman nodded and start to shoot again with his Rock Buster. He was getting really exhausted until he received a Spreader Battle Chip. That managed to get more in one shot.
"You okay Rockman?" asked Netto, on the pop-up screen.
"I could be better, but thanks for the Battle Chip!" he said.
Netto smiled and kept an eye on the battle in the Net, while Enzan was working on the computer. Minutes passed and nothing changed; it got worst. Netto still had to give Rockman battle chips and Enzan had found the problem, but it was complex.
Outside the main computer room
The teenager was looking at the door and just smirked as she took her PET out of its holder. She looked at her NetNavi.
"Ready to go?" she asked.
"Ready as always" he replied.
She logged him in without saying a word, watching her screen a few seconds, waiting to see if she was needed inside the room or not. She knew that her NetNavi would be able to handle the virus problem. She wouldn't be surprised if they other couldn't handle it, but a little help wouldn't hurt, like her NetNavi said. She lay on the wall, still looking at her screen, watching the battle very carefully.
In the main computer room, the two boys were very busy; the computer was not budging and it was very frustrating for them since the viruses had doubled in number. Netto had to give a few more BattleChips to Rockman. Enzan had to give some also, before returning to the computer.
Suddenly, in the net, half of the viruses were deleted. Both of the NetNavis were surprised. Standing, where the viruses were, was a red, white and black NetNavi with blond hair and green eyes. He was holding a sword in his hand and smirking.
Both Rockman and Blues were really surprised and didn't know how to react to the new comer. But they shook their head; no time to be surprised, they had work to do. On the other side, Netto and Enzan were also surprised; but was this NetNavi a solo? They weren't sure.
It took a few minutes to the three NetNavis had finished of the viruses, but more were going in the third wave.
"Blues! Go to the main computer system and help Enzan-san to stop this mess!" said Rockman. "I'll be able to handle this."
"Alright" he said, before disappearing to the main system.
That left Rockman and the other NetNavi; both of them readied their weapon of choice; the Rock buster for Rockman and a saber for the red navi. "Hope you ready kid" said the red navi. "Because this wave is bigger than the other one."
Outside the room, the teenager was just smirking; it was just amusing how her navi called Rockman; she couldn't help to snicker a little. She got one BattleShip out of her holder and waited to see; her navi was a sword specialist after all.
"I guess it's time… Battle Chip, Cyber Sword! Slot in!" she whispered, not wanting to be noticed to early. She hoped it was going to help her navi.
In the Net, it didn't take long for the red navi to put to good use the chip that his operator gave him, while Rockman deleted most of them with his buster. A few minutes later, all the viruses had disappeared suddenly; a sign that Enzan and Blues had succeeded in repairing the main computer. The say navi returned next to Rockman, looking at the other NetNavi.
Rockman was about to thank the red navi when he logged out, without saying good bye. That surprised the two other navis a bit.
Outside, she had jacked out her navi with a small smirk and left the building quickly, not wanting to meet the two other Net Saviors.
Later
Netto had left HQ after giving their report; without forgetting to mention the red navi that helped them. Kifune-san had a small smiled about it; it was like he knew who was behind the say NetNavi.
He entered the house to hear laughters coming from the kitchen; one from his mother and the other one from someone he hadn't seen for a year or so. He smiled while pulling his shoes and ran to the kitchen; his cousin was there, helping with the dinner and laughing.
"Jayna-nee-san!" said Netto out loud.
Jayna turned around and smiled at Netto. "It's been awhile Netto-nii-san!" she said.
He hugged his cousin; he was really happy to see her. Jayna was one of the few cousins that he had around his age; she was taller than him, more around Enzan's height, and often wearing pair of jeans with a black shirt and a red t-shirt with a yellow and green "Z" on her left sleeve. She had her purple and red hair pulled in a pony tail. She has three silver earrings on the right ear and two on the left and was wearing a few rings on her right hand. Despise from the fact that Jayna's family were traveling all the time due to Mamoru's, Jayna's father, job, the two cousins are close.
While the two teens talked, Haruka looked at the two; she was happy that Jayna's father had finally given a traveling break to the young lady; Jayna needed it after all. A few minutes of chattering wouldn't hurt the two.
A few minutes later, the two teens started to help Haruka in the kitchen; more likely to set the table, while still talking. At the mention of Jayna staying for a few months, Netto was ecstatic; he was not going to be the only teen in the house. And he was pretty sure that Jayna was also an avid Net Op, considering that her father was working for an important company in the domain. Dinner was almost ready…
Later
Jayna had left Netto to prepare for the next day; she had to refuse the invitation because she had to meet her superior the next day and visit the facility. She had to report the incident that had occurred in the museum, even if she knew that Netto and his partner had already done it. She plugged her PET on his charger and Zero appeared.
"You know, you are allowed to take a break once in awhile" he said. Zero was worried for his Net Op sometimes.
"I know, but if I decide to put this meeting to another day, it would be a bother" she said, pulling her hair loose. "Beside, the only one I know in the group is Netto… And I don't want to intrude because of that."
"Can't argue with that" said Zero with a frown. "But think of it this way, the sooner you meet Netto's friend, the sooner you'll know if you can be friends with them. Not to mention that his partner is one of them."
"You mean Ijuin-san?" she said. "I did hear a great deal about him from other Net Saviors… A lot of good things too. Do you think he could be a good match for us?"
Zero seemed to think a little about the possibilities before answering. "Considering that he is a pretty good strategist and that his navi also a sword specialist… Could be an interesting match" he said with a smirk. "Eager to challenge him?"
"Maybe, but it will have to wait a little" she said, stretching her arms. "Business as a Net Savior has to past first."
Zero sighed; his Net Op would never change; ever since she became a Net Savior, she didn't take the time to relax. And the moving around was worst. "I'll go on sleep mode. We do have a long day tomorrow" he said before going to the say mode.
She nodded and said good night before doing the same. She was tired after all.
To be continued…