Ghost: Hey everyone! Ghost here with a brand new DNE! So what could I possibly be trying to do here with a two part DNE? Well, if some have you have noticed, there is a italics DNE adventure that hasn't been announced yet. As long as all goes well, that story is going to be a full fledged adventure featuring the new generation of Hikaris: Kei and Patch Hikari and their respective navis, Pixel and Stream. This story in correspondence mirrors You're Not Alone since it is a precursor to that DNE. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy the chaos!
INTERRUPTING CONTEST!
Oh right,...totally forgot about that contest ad on my profile. Thanks to AnimeGirl257 for reminding me about that. Anypanel, this is the last contest for the mainstream DN title. I may do another for the DNE I'm planning after this one but let's take things a step at a time.
This time, there is another choice. I didn't think there was going to be one, but heck why not? The two designs in question are Roll's Aika Merge and Megaman's Hub Cross. What I could possibly be doing with these, you'll never know til DN5. Kehehehe(I'm evil sometimes...). But yeah, just to go over some specs.
Aika Merge: Pink Color, No helmet, Angel-like, "Null" Element, Wave Pulse: Confuses all enemies, "Null" Bolt: HP Drain
Hub Cross: Blue Color, No helmet, Hub Style-like, "Null" Element, Static Bomb: Paralyze all enemies, "Null" Shot: Cracks Ground
Yeah, they're not actually "Null" Element navis, but I can't tell you guys what they are yet. It'll spoil everything. And on that mysterious note, let's go to another mystery in the making! Deadline: January 11th, 2015 12:00am
"Calm down, Pixel! We haven't even gotten to the SciLab network yet," Megaman chided as the magenta navi next to him couldn't seem to stop bouncing back and forth between locations. Sometime last year, she had properly mastered her Pixelate move better than even Roll had her own Roll Dance (when she still had it that is). In fact now, the magenta navi could now leave a 'shadow' of herself for a mere few seconds. But it wasn't helping the father that he kept seeing two to three Pixels at a time as they went to the SciLab Area.
The female navi finally stopped and huffed (though to be fair, Megaman had talked to her for like the fifth time by now), "Easy for you to say Dad. You had the whole Net to use your powers on whenever you and Uncle Lan wanted to. I have to go all the way to SciLab just to even see if I can even use mine. Which reminds me why aren't we practicing back at home? Sure Mom and Stream would be there too but we could have split up the network with a red line or something." She grumbled as her excitement was more than getting the better of her.
"Because the last time we tried that idea, your Mom and I left for a few seconds to check on some things and when we got back we found the place almost trashed with you and your brother still trying to fight each other," Megaman laughed nervously remembering his brother's face when he had returned home. The network links had gotten damaged and several other parts had been destroyed. It hadn't taken very long to remake the network, but it was still something that the doctor hadn't been expecting to have happen. Now to be fair, despite their "age", the two navis were now the equivalent of two teenagers. Of course they would've butt heads over something.
The magenta navi crossed her arms as her yellow ribbons on the top of her helmet switched to tinge of red and orange, "...He started it. He knows I hate the cold," She mumbled, more annoyed than angry. When she was around two, her ribbons started to shift colors. Eventually, everyone figured out they changed based on the magenta's navi mood. After a few seconds, they switched over to a more bluish tint, "Speaking of fights, did you and Uncle Lan ever get into any?" She asked. It was rare that any of their arguments ever turned physical, but sometimes the two Hikari navi siblings were a little too passionate about their stances.
Megaman laughed, "When did we not! It was mostly little stuff, him not doing his homework and me, maybe, adding a tad too much input sometimes. Though there was that one time in Netopia where he actually slammed the PET with me in it on the ground and stormed off…" The blue navi mused as he began to recall the events. It had been a long time since they had actually be to that part of the country again. In fact, come to think of it, he hadn't ever seen Thunderman and Rauol ever again since. Whoa...talk about a forgotten memory.
"Ah alright...wait what? He actually got that mad at you?" Pixel's eyes widened. She had rarely ever seen her uncle mad, especially so upset that he would consider dropping her dad on the ground.
Megaman scratched his helmet, "Yeah, it actually sorta surprised me too when it happened. It was the first time Lan had ever traveled abroad and well...let's just say it wasn't the most fun trip out of the country."
"Llliiike?"
"We got our chip packs, passport, and money stolen all the same day. Granted the passport theft happened after he left me in the room without locking the door."
Pixel gave her father a blank stare. When she realized he wasn't kidding, her jaw dropped, "How...how much bad luck do you have?"
"Believe me if I knew I would tell you," He said, waving the comment, "Either way, neither of us were in a particularly good mood and my talking didn't really help matters. So after he lost his last nerve, he threw the PET on the ground, left for some time, and ran into Higsby."
"The guy with that huge hair?"
"The very same one. I don't know what he said to Lan, but it worked. We both apologized for it and later found all our stuff," Megaman summed up.
"So I guess that even really good brothers fight…" Pixel mused as she began to stare up at the space in front of her.
"Fights come with the siblings, Pixel. But, that's what makes your bond with them even better."
Pixel cocked an eyebrow, "How does that work?" She was pretty sure fighting did the opposite of what her dad was saying.
Megaman put a hand on his helmet as he thought for the best way to put this, "Well...when you fight, you battle because you don't fully get understand the other. After the fight is over, you sorta understand the person you battled a bit better."
"But you and Mom understand each other a lot and you guys have only really actually fought like...once, I think," Pixel stated as she tried to remember all the stories she had heard from her parents.
"Well sometimes fights don't always have to be physical," Megaman said and then realized what other events that could actually mean, "But that's for another time."
"Dad, I'm five. I'm daughter of two of the greatest navis ever and as such I'm a navi. Whatever you're trying to hide, I either already know or can find out in two seconds," Pixel said deadpanned.
"Oh look we're here!" Megaman said as he raced forward towards the SciLab Area link.
"HEY! I'm not done with you yet! Dad, get back here!" Pixel yelled; sneaky blue navi.
"Remember Pixel. Handling the power of a Cybeast is pretty difficult. Don't let it sweep your sense of logic away," Megaman instructed. Despite trying to keep his daughter in line on the way there, he too had been pretty excited for otday. After that fight a month back, both Roll and he realized that their kids had took more after them they they had thought.
Stream had inherited his mother's Merge System, which when used by him was the Pulse System. Meanwhile, Pixel had gotten the Beast Out once again taking the form of the Cybeast Gregar. Of course after the two had served their sentences for almost destroying the "house", the two parents had decided to help the two navis control their new powers.
Pixel nodded as she closed her eyes, trying to do as her father said. A small wristband was on her upper arm, much like Megaman's. The navis had decided that they wanted to train both their kids without their operators around, especially since Kei was still just as excitable as Pixel at times. So, Lan had developed these devices to allow for a Beast Out, Merge, or Pulse at half the normal power without the need for an operator to activate them. It was just enough so that the kids could get used to the powers.
The magenta navi breathed slowly as she focused on that extra spirit deep inside her. She barely even acknowledged its exist until a couple weeks ago when she fought Stream. At least, that's when she thought it had first flared. She had never mentioned this because she had always thought in had been in her head, but sometimes when she got more amped than usually she would start to hear something. However, there would always be a conveniently summoned virus next to her when she did this and so she always assumed that the growling she heard in the back of her head was the virus.
Pixel thought back to the fight that she had with her brother. She and him had gotten into a pretty intense battle of over a prank she had pulled on him early in the day. To be fair, she probably deserved the frozen ice blast that she had gotten from him. She really hadn't meant to delete most of that data he had been collecting. But nonetheless, push came to shove and both kids end activating their respective abilities. However, when Pixel had gone Beast Out, she felt like something had...gone wrong?
She couldn't be very sure and after her dad explained a couple of things, she just believed it came with the powers, but she couldn't have helped but feel the intense want to destroy everything in her sight...including her brother. It actually scared her after the fact. She loved Stream, no matter how annoying he was. Even now, underneath all the excitement, she was a little worried about the situation. But that was what Dad was here to do right? Help her control that rage.
Pixel focused harder on that power inside of her. After several seconds, she opened her eyes and huffed, "It's not working, Dad." She sighed as her father laughed. What was he laughing at? This was her first time trying to do this and even so she didn't have an operator to trigger it! Wasn't her fault...
"Well if you call that not working, I'd hate to see what you would call that," Pixel looked down at herself. The magenta bodysuit was now gone and in place was the green-blue color of the Gregar Cybeast, much like her father's own. She smiled; she had done it! However, have face slightly feel. This wasn't anywhere close to the power she felt when she fought Stream. Even now, she also still felt in control. Last time, it had almost been a complete battle for it. Perhaps this was only the first steps and there were more she still had left to do? Before her father could say another thing, she once again tried to focus on her power.
When she opened her eyes again, her father was wearing a puzzled look. She looked behind her and noticed that she now even had a pair of red wings on her back. Yeah, now that she thought about it, they reminded her of the wings of the Cybeast Falzar. But dad had never gotten that ones powers had he? Stream might have an idea. He liked this kind of theory stuff. Pixel gave her wings a flap and soon she found herself in the air. Way too much in the air.
"Dad! I'm doing it! I'm flying!" Pixel said excitedly as she began to get the hang of swooping through the air after a few seconds. It actually wasn't that hard when she thought about it. An adjustment here. An adjustment there. However, as see looked down again, it seemed as if her dad was trying to tell her something (although the wind was in her ears and thus she couldn't hear anything). It was then that she realized that once again, she had fallen somewhat short. Closer, but not that full scaled power. Just what would it take and how much power did dad have to need this much energy for anything? This was actually not only getting frustrating, but somewhat tiring. Still, it would be nice to try full force if even for a second.
She slowed herself and descended back to the ground. But even in her own muddled thoughts, a random question did come to her mind, "Dad! How come you're not flying? It's fun!"
Megaman shook his head, "The Gregar Beast Out can't fly. Only the Falzar Beast Out could, maybe. But that's what I'm concerned about; it's the fact that you have both Beast Outs that's worrying me."
Pixel landed next to her father, "Maybe I'm just lucky or something." Well, now that that was answered, time to move on the the next topic at hand. Though it was a bit more difficult since she had to both listen to her dad, deal with this increasing tiredness, and awakening her true power.
"Lucky is not the way I would put it. One Cybeast alone can rip apart your mind. Having the power of two of them…" Megaman mused for a moment, "Are you feeling alright? You look pretty tired."
"I'm fine, dad" Pixel said, although this was a slight hint in annoyance in her voice. She quickly scanned the area with her eyes. No viruses around her. Actually, did any viruses even appear the last time she had done this. Surge of power, but it hadn't lasted too long. By the time her dad and mom came back, it had faded to the point of the Gregar Beast Out. At least she thought it had.
Megaman didn't seem convinced, "Maybe I should let Lan check on you, just to make sure you're okay."
"DAD! I'm fine! Better than fine! You said we would train today!" Pixel pouted, though one could hardly see it since it was covered by the mouth guard.
"That was before I knew you had the power of both Cybeasts," her dad responded as he let his own Beast Out fade.
"I can handle it! I'm not just a little kid anymore! Just cause you haven't ever had the chance to master both Cybeasts doesn't mean that I can't. Just a few minutes and if I feel any different I'll stop and we'll go see Uncle Lan!" Pixel said, practically getting ready to plead.
'Grrrr...' Wait...there it was. That growling. Once again, she did a double take and saw no viruses around her. So then where was that noise coming from? Her head? 'Not...exactly...' The voice caught Pixel completely off guard. It sounded like...like her. Only a little bit more angry and animal like. Pixel's eyes widened for a moment. There had been one more instance of raw involuntary power her dad and mom talked about in their family. Dark Power.
What if the power she used on Stream wasn't a Beast Out. What if it was her own Dark Soul? That would explain her sudden change in anger levels when she fought Stream. Oh why this power only ever reacted in cases of high emotion wouldn't it? Wait, but wouldn't that but her dad or anyone around her in danger?
"It's not a matter of whether I've mastered a problem or not. It's a matter of your safety," the blue navi said though his voice trailed off as he looked at his daughter's face, "Pixel?" His worried tenfolded when the girl wouldn't talk but and seemed to back away from him fearfully, "Pixel, what's wrong?" He asked urgently. Pixel was the spirited fighter of the two navi children. Most cases, it was hard to make her back down from a fight or argument, especially if she was against the idea already (though Roll somehow always got through to her).
"No! Stay away!" Pixel said panicked. She was an idiot. A very very stupid idiot. She should've just asked her dad or mom or someone about this before she tried out anything. Now she was in danger of jeopardizing her dad. Another dangerous thought hit her. She could've killed Stream...and not have cared. The actual desire of the darkness was hitting her for the first time. No...she couldn't. Not her own family.
'You act like you have a choice in the matter...' 'She' said again.
"NO! STOP IT! STOP IT NOW!" She yelled, gripping her helmet hard as she fell to her knees. She could feel her dark soul taking over. She couldn't stop it. Didn't know how to stop it.
"Pixel!" Megaman said, running over to the navi.
'I wouldn't get to close to her,'Dark Hub said. The dark spirit had woken up a short time ago, but hadn't bothered trying to take over the navi's being seeing as how he was more concerned with the mass amount of Dark Power that the magenta navi was producing.
'Why not? That's my daughter!'
"GRAAAGHHHH!"
'Because of that reason...'
Update: Friday
Ghost: And thus darkness has returned back into the lives of the Hikari navis. But then again, it never really left. It just kinda lingered around waiting to be seen again. So, just what happens to poor Pixel. Well...you'll just have to wait and see. After all, the dark soul of the daughter of Megaman and Roll is unlike any dark soul EVER seen. Ghost501 logging out!
