AN: Well as promised, the sequel to "For Love and Revenge" is here! So a few things before we begin

Warnings: Shounen-ai, slight OOC, Violence, Swearing, derty jokes, and real-life situations. This ain't a fairy-tale world. XD

Disclaimer: I do not own Rockman.exe or any of the characters… I just wish I do.

The Two Faces of Revenge

Chapter 1: Nightmares, Battles and Band-aids.

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Emerald eyes took in the scenery as a young black haired boy entered into a cozy office. The room was lined with bookshelves with all sorts of novels, plaques, and other items fitted for the office. The teen walked up to his father's desk, seating himself before the wooden desk.

"You called for me, father?" he asked as he sat down.

"Yes yes, I was wondering if I could borrow that navi of yours. Irae. I just need her program for a bit."

Rukku took his PET and gave it to the older man seated behind the desk. "Pardon my asking, but may I inquire as to why you need her?"

"I'm working on a little project to get rid of those pests ruining my company." The older man sighed at the thought of the havoc that had been coursing through his beloved company. He was sure it was his older son, though he couldn't be positive.

"Oh." Rukku nodded, "Then let her be of complete service to you. Return her when you wish."

The pale little navi sighed inwardly, though showed no emotion. As Rukku left the room, she feared worse treatment with the older man than her own net-op. Not that her net-op treated her halfway decent, but that was another story.

"Oh my little pretty, you're going to be part of such sweet revenge." The older man smirked before plugging her into his computer.

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"We can't just leave her there!" a weak, red female navi ran toward Irae, who sat chained to the seat of doom. Literally.

"Go with Rockman!" A green navi pulled her back. "I can handle the locks faster and I'm in a lot better shape." The female nodded then exited with a blue comrade through a hexagonal shape portal.

"Wh…why are you helping me?" Irae asked, surprised.

"We leave no man behind. We may not know you, but that's no reason for you to be deleted!" He took off the locks around her wrists then ankles. The beast behind her was about to explode any minute, and in fact, the whole area seemed as if it would destruct at any moment.

She heard Shuuseki's voice curse at one of the net-ops. "Kuso…Enzan! You'll pay for this!"

"Heh, so you think." The net-op challenged before Irae stepped into the remote gate, along with the green navi.

They arrived back at a network foreign to her senses. By her analysis, it looked to be a net inside of a statue.

"My name's Rockman" the blue navi introduced, reaching out his hand. She looked at it curiously, then shook it lightly.

"and I'm Netto, his net-op." A link screen appeared behind the one called Rockman, showing a brown haired teen, "What's your name?"

"I…" she spoke softly, "Irae."

"I'm Searchman, and my operator is Laika." The green navi who previously saved her introduced himself, along with his net-op—an older teen with light sea-foam colored hair.

She shook his hand and looked at him gratefully, "Thank you…for saving me."

"Nah, Rockman. She seems a lot like Iris, you know?" the one named Netto asked his navi.

"Where's your operator? Where are you from?" Laika asked

She looked down, "I…I don't know. I don't remember."

"Let's go to the official's center. They'll help you find your operator and give you a place to stay until then." Rockman offered.

"…thank you…for your kindness…" she continued to speak quietly, still looking down. These people were so kind to her, for some reason this felt like a foreign feeling. She didn't know what had happened in her past, but she knew that this kindness was certainly new

"Sheesh, you speak like you've never even heard of it before!" the brunette spoke up then began to quarrel with the blue haired net-op.

I know that green outfit…he must be a sharro soldier. What would he be doing here? Unless…no…could it be? Shuuseki did have another son but…are these the three fabled net-saviors?

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"Don't you DARE ever run off like that again!" Pain ran through her body as her operator scolded her with an electric shock "How stupid could you be? Running away and then going to the officials center?! You're just a stupid, idiotic program, you know that Irae?"

Irae fell to her knees, breathing hard with her head hanging down. She was thankful for her long hair, which kept her net-op from seeing her tears. "Go…GOMENASAI!" Running away? Had she done that? She couldn't remember, but she said nothing.

Another shock ran through her body and she wept harder.

"And don't you dare raise your voice at me!"

Suddenly a voice ran through her head, "R…Master…your father seeks conference with you in his office."

Rukku frowned. "I'll be back, and don't you dare go anywhere!"

After her net-op left, Irae pulled her knees close to her body as she hung her head. She let out the tears she had desperately trying to contain and sobbed.

They were so nice… Irae bit her lip. How…Why? The green one…Searchman even rescued me without even knowing who I was…I wonder if I'll ever see them again…

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"Did you punish the little traitor?" Shuuseki asked as he looked out the window.

"Thoroughly, sir." Rukku replied with a smirk. "You have my sincerest apologies. I assure you she won't cause any more trouble."

"Hmph. She better not!" Shuuskei sighed, "Rukku…if I die…you must promise me one thing…"

"Yes father?"

"Promise me you will get revenge."

Rukku frowned, "…I promise."

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Two years had passed since Vengeance had eliminated Shuuseki once and for all. Who, what, when and where all remained a mystery to those not involved, but Rukku was dead certain that Enzan and Sarena were the culprits.

Taking his briefcase and tossing his coat over his shoulder, Rukku walked out of the large building. The large letters of "IPC" perched atop the tower of which the black-haired, 16 year-old exited. The night was approaching and the sun had already set. His father's words echoed through his ears as he remembered one of the lasts conversations he had with his father.

Promise me you will get revenge

Rukku clenched his fist. I promised him…but I have yet to fulfill that promise…

At the same time, another black haired man locked up a bowling center just across the street up ahead.

"Nah, where are we going for dinner?" Rukku heard the brunette who accompanied the black haired man as they crossed the street in front of him.

"That's a surprise." The older and taller one grinned.

Once they had crossed the street and reached the sidewalk, the brunette stood in front of the other and began to walk backwards. Rukku, who had begun to tune out the conversation, looked to the horizon to watch the sunset.

"Netto-kun! Watch out!" The older warned seconds too late.

Netto had succeeded in knocking both himself and Rukku over, in which Rukku's briefcase spilled open.

"Itai…" Netto whined, "Gomen! Gomen!" He immediately began to help clean up the spilled papers. Enzan ran after a few papers that had been carried away by the wind.

As he picked one up, he noticed the company insignia, and upon further inspection, he recognized the name that had been printed numerous times on the letter. Kuso…This is Rukku! Handing the letters to Rukku, who took them quite hastily and aggravated, Enzan spoke up. "Gomen, Ijuuin-san. My boyfriend can be quite a klutz sometimes." He apologized.

Netto's eyes nearly burst out of their sockets at Enzan's first statement. "Uh…oh! Hai! Please forgive my carelessness."

"What a way to ruin the day…" Rukku mumbled to himself, ignoring the apologies, "Get knocked over by a bunch of fags." He rudely pushed past the two, walking away rather quickly.

Netto growled, "Well if you're so homo-phobic, you could at least look a little less gay yourself!"

Enzan couldn't help but laugh at Netto's insult. It was true that Rukku did look a little, well, metro-sexual to say in the least.

Rukku clenched his fists but continued walking away, shaking his head and mumbling.

Enzan shook his head, taking Netto's hand to help calm the younger one down.

"Can you believe that jerk!?" Netto fumed.

"Sadly, I can. He's just like my father." Enzan frowned suddenly, "Which gives me reason to be afraid."

"What can he do?" He doesn't even know you!"

"No, but he's just as rude, heartless and sadistic as my father. Plus he's the president of IPC now."

"I wouldn't worry about it. We've been okay up to this point, haven't we?" Netto reassured.

"Yeah, you're right. I guess I'm just paranoid."

"It's weird though…" Netto mused.

"What is?"

"You two look very similar. If it weren't for the age difference, I'd say you two look identical."

"Please." Enzan scoffed, "I'm way more handsome than that prepubescent punk."

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The resounding shrill of a gunshot pierced through Netto's ear. Time seemed to be in slow motion as he turned to see a bullet easing its way through a man standing innocently on the sidewalk. He saw it all, the small silver shell gliding through the air, the breaking of the man's skin as it entered, and the blood that followed with exit of the bullet. He ran after the man who began to fall, but he could only move so fast in this slow-motion world he was stuck in.

Suddenly, the world began to resume in real-time, and Netto collapsed beside the body. "Enzan! NO! ENZAN!" he cried out, but Enzan would not respond. "Somebody help! He's dying! Enzan's dying!"

"Ijuuin Enzan is already dead!" a passer-by exclaimed, not making any effort to help the brunette.

"He died over a year ago. He's dead." Another person stated calmly.

"Dead…Dead…Dead…" People began to gather around him, chanting monotonously.

"No…NO!" Netto pulled Enzan close to him, crying on his shoulder.

"You lost him again, Netto-kun. This time he's gone for good." Meiru walked out of the crowd, dressed in the same black clothing she had worn while being corrupted by the dark soul.

"You've failed your duty as a lover, Netto-san. You couldn't even protect him." Sarena walked out as well, digging her hands in her coat pockets.

"We should have known he wasn't safe with you. You're too weak." Laika joined her as he walked out of the crowd.

"So disgusting. At least he's finally dead." Another voice called. Not recognizing it, Netto looked up to see Rukku standing there in a green hooded sweatshirt and black pants.

Suddenly the whole crowd began to close in on him, as well as the 'friends' who had walked out. They began to chant again, "Dead…Dead…Dead…"

"No! It can't be!" Netto felt Enzan's pulse…there was none. "NOOOO! ENZAN!"

Netto sat straight up in bed, breathing a sigh of relief as one usually does when waking up from a nightmare. He looked around to see Rockman still sleeping peacefully in his PET, and the small apartment calm and still in the wrap of night's clothes. He got out of bed and quietly tiptoed out to the bathroom and saw his face was covered in tears.

That dream…

Netto hung his head as the tears began to form once again, crying quietly. Once he composed himself, he wiped his face and began to get dressed. He picked up the phone and quietly began to dial.

"Ngh…if this is a solicitor you're FREAKING CRAZY. DO YOU KNOW HOW LATE IT IS?! I-"

"Enzan-kun it's Netto!" Netto whispered as loudly as he could.

"Ergh…Netto-kun?"

"Hai…can I come over?"

Enzan rolled on his back and sighed as he picked up the quiver in his boyfriend's voice, "…yeah…I guess. But do you have any idea how late it is?!" Enzan rolled back on his side to look at the clock, "Three friggen in the morning!"

"Yeah, I know. I just…I just need to talk to you, okay?"

"Hai. See you soon." Enzan mumbled before hanging up.

Netto did not bother waking Rockman up, but took his PET just in case of emergency. On the drive over, Netto couldn't help but slip into fits of tears as he remembered his dream. Finally arriving at Enzan's small, one-bedroom apartment, Netto knocked on the door. Enzan answered, yawning, and running a hand through his messy black hair.

"Sorry for waking you up like this, it's just…"

Enzan immediately spotted the brunette's teary eyes as he allowed him in and shut the door behind. "What's wrong?"

"I'm so glad you're alive." Netto launched a hug on Enzan, who looked at the boy surprised.

"Of course I am…I never died, y'know."

Netto pulled away, rubbing his eyes. "Yeah, I know…I just…I had a dream that you died…and I saw it all happen…but I couldn't do anything to stop it."

They sunk down onto his couch and Enzan sighed, "Y'know, if you come over every time you have a bad dream, I'm afraid I'll get crankier than I already am."

"I know, I know. I just…I just needed to know you're really alive. Reassurance, I guess."

"Does Rockman know you're here?"

"Nah, he's still sleeping." Netto shuddered, "They were all chanting, 'dead…dead…dead'. Sarena-san and Laika-kun were there…so was Meriu-chan and Rukku. But it was the possessed Meiru-chan." He looked down, "It felt so real."

Enzan wrapped his arm around the brunette, ruffling his hair. "You don't have your bandanna for once."

"Yeah, I don't wear it to bed. Guess I forgot to put it on when I got dressed."

"I'm surprised. I thought that thing was glued to your head."

"Hey!"

"Though I think you look …well, I wouldn't say better, but the bandanna isn't exactly flattering." Enzan looked over to see Netto nearly glaring at him, "But if you didn't wear it, and I wasn't expecting you, I probably wouldn't have recognized you."

"But I love my bandanna!" Netto pouted.

"More than me?"

Netto playfully pushed him away. "Well since you wouldn't recognize me without it, yes. More than you." he stuck his tongue out at the older, who chuckled.

"Well you didn't recognize me when I dyed my hair all-black. So maybe I love white hair more than you."

"Hey! That was different! I thought you were dead!" Netto shuddered, thinking of his dream again. "But you're not dead…you're right here…" he looked down.

"That must've been some dream. "

"You have no idea. When you were shot, everything was in slow-mo detail. It was as if I were watching some Discovery channel in-depth special on 'what it looks like when someone is shot!'" Netto mocked, shaking his head.

"Ew." Enzan replied simply. "Well I'm right here." He wrapped his arms around the younger, pulling him closer and letting the brunette rest in his arms. He leaned his head on the back of the couch, unaware of his own consciousness slowly slipping away from him into the world of dreams. Netto noticed this and nestled closer, closing his eyes and letting himself fall into sleep as well.

The next morning Enzan awoke first, of course. He looked down at the brunette who lay sleeping in his arms and smiled, stroking his chocolate hair.

"Ngh…five more minutes, Rockman." Netto mumbled.

"I'm not Rockman, Netto-kun." Enzan chuckled at the younger's response.

"Eh?" Netto looked up and blinked at the older. "Enzan-kun? Oh…that's right. We must've fallen asleep."

"Waking one up at three in the morning would do that." He said, detaching himself from the younger and stretching as he stood up.

Netto sprawled out on the couch, using his arm as a pillow. "Nrgh…I need my beauty sleep. It was restless, y'know?"

"Yeah. I'm going to go take a shower. You take one when I'm done."

Netto, now more awake, grinned. "As opposed to taking one at the same time?"

Enzan tossed a pillow that had fallen on the floor at the brunette. "Get your mind out of the gutter."

Netto caught the pillow and fixed it underneath his head, "Nah, I took a shower last night. I'll just wash my face when- " Netto yanwed, "when I wake up."

"Alright, sleeping beauty." Enzan said as he walked into the bathroom and closed the door.

Never really falling back asleep, Netto simply laid on the couch, now with the dream out of his head. He had other things to think about, such as the upcoming net-battle tourney that had been announced not too long ago. It was a partner tourney, which meant he had to find someone to net-battle with. The only problem with having Enzan be his partner meant that everyone would see Blues, which would raise many questions.

Enzan walked out of the shower with only a towel around his waist. Netto looked up and Enzan caught his gaze. "I know what you're thinking but I just took a shower. I don't want to have to take another one."

"Yeah sure. And you say my mind's in the gutter." Netto grunted before taking the pillow, chucking it at Enzan, and missing by a long shot.

"You have horrible aim."

"Yeah, yeah. Get dressed before I make you take another shower." Netto waved him away sleepily and Enzan snorted as he walked into his bedroom.

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"Thank god it's Saturday." Netto said as he relaxed in the passenger seat of Enzan's small car.

"Don't you have a paper due on Monday, Netto-kun?" Rockman piped up from the PET.

"Hai, but I've already got half of it done. I'll work on it tomorrow."

"Never put off tomorrow what you can do today." The blue navi chimed as he appeared on Netto's shoulder.

"But I can't do anything today." Netto grinned, "Enzan's holding me hostage!"

"Oh sure. Blame me. You're the one that came over, remember?"

"Besides," Netto said, ignoring Enzan's comment, "We're just going out for breakfast."

The two arrived at their favorite morning restaurant and were seated almost immediately by a pretty, bright-eyed red head. "And what can I get for you two love birds?"

"The usual, Meiru-chan." Netto grinned happily.

"I'll start off with a coffee. I've yet to decide what I want." Enzan told her as he looked down at the menu.

"Alright, I'll have that right out for you!" she put away her pad of paper as she walked away.

"Have you heard about the net battle tourney coming up?" Netto asked

"Hai. I was going to ask you the same thing."

"I don't know how we could enter though. Apparently it's a partner tourney all the way till the end. Then the final pair will separate and battle each other. That would mean you and I would battle." Netto explained.

"Just like old days, eh?"

"Hmm…but don't expect me to hold back." Netto smirked.

"Why would I expect that?" Enzan grinned, "You know without a doubt I wouldn't hold back either."

"Heh. Good." Netto crossed his arms, "But the only problem is that Blues would raise a lot of questions."

Enzan shrugged, "We can disguise him."

"Design chips…good idea." Netto thought. "We should go sign up when we're done then."

"I just hope there's no real reason behind this tourney. Like the world is ending again or something."

"That would be a pain. I just want to battle for fun." Netto set his PET on the table, allowing a holographic Rockman to walk about freely. Enzan did likewise with Blues.
"It would be fun to battle alongside you through the prelims and such."

"We'd toast everyone." Enzan smirked as he looked through the menu.

"Of course."

Meiru returned with a cup of tea for Netto and Enzan's coffee. "Are you ready to order?"

"Hai. I'll have the Belgian waffle with strawberries on the side." Enzan ordered.

"Alright, and how would you like your eggs?" She asked as she scribbled down the order

"Scrambled, please." He replied.

"Okay." She finished scribbling then looked up, "And Netto-kun, your breakfast should be done in a few minutes. Do you want me to bring it out right away or wait until his is done?" Meiru asked the brunette.

"Eh, bring it out first, if you could." Netto told her, feeling his stomach growl with hunger.

"Alright, I'll have that out soon, and I'll put your order in right away, Enzan-kun." She told them.

"Arigatou, Meriu-chan." Enzan nodded and the redhead walked away.

Netto watched as she walked over to the counter to help a few customers who were entering. Among the faces, Netto noticed a familiar blonde waiting in the back. After seating the cluster of customers, she walked back to the entrance. The blonde leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.

"Look's like Yosuke-kun's here." Netto told Enzan as he watched Meiru point to their table.

Meiru chan walked back to the kitchen while Yosuke made his way over to their table. "Hope you two don't mind me dropping in like this."

"Not at all." Netto smiled politely scooted closer to Enzan in effort to make room for the third person.

"So how're you guys doing?" Yosuke asked the two as he sat down.

"I'm doing great. How's the team?" Enzan asked.

"We're doing good, but we miss you and Sarena-san." Yosuke smiled, "Although, those positions have been filled."

"Oh really? By who?"

"Well a girl named Hanakoro Aria took Sarena's position, and you're speaking to captain Red."

"Congrats." Enzan nodded in approval.

Yosuke then rubbed his head sheepishly, "Although, Meiru-chan doesn't like it so much. She's afraid I'll get killed."

Netto laughed, "That's her for you. She's fiercely loyal, but a total worrywart. She once beat me up because she was so worried about me."

"I remember that." Enzan smirked.

Do you wish to join them, Enzan-sama? Blues asked as they watched Netto and his friends celebrate their victory over Forte.

"Not my thing." Enzan turned, then sweat dropped as he watched Netto being pounded on by an over-joyed Meiru , "Also…I'm a little afraid to."

"Just carry a few band-aids with you at all times." Netto grinned.

Yosuke raised an eyebrow, "I'll…remember that."

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Muahahahaha my little minions! I have you hooked! And now you'll have to stay with me for the remainder of the story! –laughs manically- I mean…

Hehe, well, seeing as I'm also an artist, I drew mugshots of Enzan and Rukku. You'll have to copy and paste the link into your browser, but they're well worth the look –hint hint- http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9227/scan0002eb3.png

Tis all. Reviews are muchly appreciated!