Netto's Awakening: Road to Adolescence
Disclaimer:
Rockman EXE is owned by Capcom Co. Ltd.
The various guest characters appearing in every arc are owned by their respective owners.
Hello, and welcome to this fic! I know...I already uploaded the previous version years before, but an unexpected situation occurred and I was forced to take it down as I though I should wait and see if and when "the storm would come and pass", and seeing that all is calm, I decided to re-upload it...
But, I thought of adding a few twists here after reading the back-up copy I saved, and decided to give it a different beginning so as to give the story some sense and would fit the overall plot. That way readers would understand it more clearly and be able to relate well.
While most of the chapters from my previous version would remain the same, I'll be adding original plots from the start and in mid-way, so it would feel like a new fic. Hey, Dragon Ball Kai did it, re-airing the existing story but adding new animation and all, so I thought I would try and do the same. It wouldn't hurt though, as long as the story's good.
Well, that's all for now. Time to start this fic and enjoy!
The scene shifts to the city where the final battle involving Netto Hikari and his friends taking on the threat as a three-way battle ensued between the Net Savers, Shade Man and Dr. Regal, though most of the buildings got damaged in the melee despite Netto's timely arrival to stop Shade Man, as Regal made his appearance and revealed his plan, which unveils a tower of Dimensional Area Converters and covers the entire planet, making possible for Regal to Cross Fuse with his Navi, which soon becomes apparent as Shade Man turns his ire on his actual target .
By then, Dr. Regal brought out and uses a Dark Synchro Chip to fuse with his Net-Navi, Laser Man, and there he revealed his Cross Fusion form yet Shade Man wasn't intimidated and challenges him, but the next scene had a different result, which Netto witnessed before his eyes as the Regal/Laser Man Fusion overpowers the Darkloid and then proceeds to rip Shade Man to shreds, deleting him.
"You think I would be intimidated by your worthless Cross Fusion, Regal?"
"Why don't you come and test me to see if your foolishness would prove you right...?"
"You irrelevant life form! I'll kill you and your Navi!"
"..."
"AAAARRRGGGHHH!"
"Who is irrelevant now? Surely, Shade Man...you're nothing but a deletable insect...waiting for you to be deleted."
"N-no...how can this...be...?"
"Never underestimate us humans...now you may die..."
"AAAAAIIIEEE!"
Then, feeling that nothing can stop him, the giant-sized Laser Man begin attacking cities throughout the world, resulting in casualties and the Net Saver couldn't stand by watching this happen and started to make an attempt to him the mad scientist from doing further damage to the city and went after Regal/Laser Man Fusion. At first, when he catches up to the madman/Laser Man fusion, he tries to stop him but is unable to, almost getting hurt in the process.
"Stop, Regal!"
"Out of my way, brat!"
"I'll stop you!"
"Begone!"
"OOOFFF!"
"Now to lay waste in this city..."
"I'll stop you!"
"Then you're welcome to try, boy!"
Seeking another method, Netto uses Double-Soul during Cross Fusion to fight Regal, but it zaps his power. By then, Cross Fusion Blues reappears to help fight, but Regal proceeds to attack the Sci-Labs. However, the pleas of the Net-Navis' souls (powering the Dimensional Area Converters) revives Netto and he achieves Full-Synchro, completely destroying Dr. Regal. With peace restored, everyone watches a night sky of shooting stars. Peace has been restored and everyone had a dinner buffet at the Hikari residence, with Meiru Sakurai wishing that Netto would notice her, while Netto was a bit clueless on what he wish for besides food.
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Elsewhere, news of Regal's defeat came as a relieving news now that peace has been restored, as people are now coming back to their hoes and offices now that the threat has passed and can start their ordinary lives again with no risks of getting in the midst of chaos, and business is starting to get back on track, but there are those who welcomed the news as they too can make their own "names" to try and become the "top man" of the city in terms of power and notoriety, such as Takeo Inukai and Hide Narcy.
As the city basks in the restoration of peace, little did its citizens know that the "calm" wouldn't last long as new threats would come and attempt to disrupt it, but Netto and his friends are there, ready to defend the city from any threat that would come and try to cause terror for everyone and everything else.
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Over the next few weeks, Netto, Meiru and others are resuming their school lives with Mariko Ozono being their teacher and is giving out lectures while reminding them that the final exams are due within the week, which Netto mentally balked as he hasn't been studying given his "commitments" but Meiru is willing to help him out and he is thankful for that.
"WWWAAAHH! I forgot! Final exams are coming! I'm too preoccupied with Dr. Regal and I missed out a lot!"
"Netto..."
"Um...Meiru...I know it's embarrassing but..."
"Want me to help you study...?"
"Will you help me?"
"Sure...you saved the world...and you even saved me...so this is I can repay you..."
"Thanks!"
"Let's start reviewing..."
And a week later, when the finals came, Netto narrowly answered nearly all of the questions, and a week later he got the results and passed them all, and he thanked Meiru for his help. This made them get closer together and within a few months the school year ended, and now Netto is gearing up for the next two years where he will finally be facing his final steps in elementary school, and soon, junior high.
To Be Continued…
Hope you like the opening chapter, where I sort of connected it with the final episode of Rockman EXE Axess episode 50, and then use it as an opening narrative for this fic. This is the best I could think of to cap off Netto's start to enter the road to his upcoming teenage years as he is about to enter puberty, and...the rest is self-explanatory. At least I'm making a new start in re-launching this fic to give it a different approach though the plot would remain the same with a new twist.
My apologies for the rather short opening chapter, as this is all I can come up with, but in the next upcoming chapters it'll improve as they would get longer.
Preview:
Netto spends the final years in elementary and is about to graduate, while the onset of puberty kicks in, where he would get to see first-hand on the changes in his body.