Yay, new story. Enjoy everyone!

Also, many thanks to Firehedgehog. I won't say exactly what she helped me with, but let's just say that if it weren't for her, you wouldn't have seen this story(or any other story) for another week at least.

Under the Influence

Hikari no Namida

Chapter 1- Injuries and Dark Chips

Lan Hikari, grandson of the creator of the first navi, son of the great Yuuichiro Hikari, was known for being a pain in the neck for net terrorists. So, what net terrorist group was Lan being a pain for this time? This time, the lucky (or not-so-lucky, depending on your view of things) net terrorist group was Nebula. Well, Nebula decided to convert one of the netsaviors, Misaki to their side using a dark chip disguised as a regular syncro chip. So now, Misaki was under the influence of a dark chip. But thankfully, Dr Hikari, had discovered that on a human, the dark chip's evil aura would fade off with time. However, a navi that was corrupted was not so lucky.

So now, Lan was crossfused with Megaman and was fighting against CF(crossfused) Prisman. However, having a big heart, Lan was hesitant to fight against his former ally. Lan didn't want to harm Misaki, just get him out of the dark crossfusion he was in. But how to do so?

"Lan!" A voice in Lan's helmet exclaimed. Lan immediately paid attention to the voice he recognized as his father's. Certainly his father would have some idea how to get out of this mess.

"Destroy the emblem on Prisman's chest and the crossfusion should fall apart!" Lan felt a small, hopeful grin appear on his face. Finally, some way to defeat Misaki without hurting him!

Lan summoned a long sword and then charged in at CF Prisman. CF Prisman summoned a pointy staff. A very pointy staff. Lan swung his sword at CF Prisman. CF Prisman easily blocked the sword with his staff. This continued for a little while until finally Lan managed to get his sword around CF Prisman's staff and stabbed CF Prisman's emblem. But at the same time, Lan was unguarded and CF Prisman's staff pierced Lan's chest, narrowly missing his own emblem. Lan's eyes widened in shock and pain. Both fighters stopped moving and time seemed to slow for all people who were watching the fight. Who would fall first?

CF Prisman screamed as the crossfusion fell apart. Misaki continued screaming for a few moments and then passed out. Lan smiled slightly. 'I did it…' Lan thought to himself. But another thought came unbidden. 'But at what price?'

Lan made a soft gasping sound as the pain fully kicked in. He fell to his knees and he placed a hand over his chest, which was bleeding freely. It was then that the dimensional area faded, so his own crossfusion came undone. However, Lan didn't even notice this, all he knew at the moment was pain.

"Lan! Lan!" Megaman's frantic voice called out to him. Megaman reached out slightly towards the screen of the PET. Not even the best writer could describe how much Megaman wished he could be there with his operator and best friend, even if only to hold Lan's hand and say, "You'll be alright". Just then, Megaman noticed something red on his hand.

"Blood…?" Megaman's eyes widened as he realized that there was only one person's blood it could be.

"Lan…" Megaman shivered and quickly tried to wipe the blood off. The sight of blood on him was too much to handle. Especially the blood of his best friend. Megaman looked back up at the screen to find that Chaud was helping Lan up.

"We need to get him to the hospital, now!" Chaud demanded of his limo driver. Chaud then picked up Lan's PET as well.

"Megaman, are you damaged?" Chaud asked. Megaman did a quick scan.

"Nothing critical. The rest can be healed when I go into sleep mode." Chaud nodded and turned his attention to the wounded brunette. He carried Lan to his limo and gently set him on one of the seats and signaled for the limo driver to go.

'Lan…hang in there…'

/A few hours later/

Megaman paced impatiently inside the hospital computer. He kept shooting glances through the monitor where his operator lay still as death. Megaman sighed.

"Lan…please wake up…We need you…" Megaman pleaded. Lan wasn't in a coma, but it was deeper than simple unconsciousness.

"What's the matter? Missing your operator?" Megaman's eyes widened and he spun around. Then his eyes narrowed.

"Dark Protoman…What do you want?" Megaman growled. Dark Protoman smirked and shrugged nonchalantly.

"Who knows? Maybe I want to delete you while you're helpless and without an operator. Or maybe I want to corrupt you with a dark chip…" Then Dark Protoman's smirk grew even more evil and he activated a dark chip. "Or even better! Turn your own operator against you! Say goodbye to your little friend!"

Dark Protoman leaped over Megaman and landed next to the system panel that controlled and measured Lan's stats, such as his heart rate and brain waves. Dark Protoman put his hand on the panel and pushed some of his own dark aura into the system control. The panel started crackling with the energy and spread it through the wires that were hooked to Lan.

On the bed, Lan's eyes shot open and he let out a loud scream that seemed to pierce the souls of anyone who heard it. It was a scream that would forever haunt Megaman's dreams.

So how's that? I hope everyone has enjoyed this! Please make sure to R and R!