My First Megaman story so be good to me.
KellyQ

The Clash of Love

Chapter One: State of Shock

By: KellyQ

Chaud looked down at his P.E.T. Protoman. His Net navi was far from winning or finishing the job that he was sent to do, and where was Megaman? He should've arrived quite awhile ago-Chaud felt something was wrong-very wrong.

"Protoman go and see if you can find Megaman! I'm going to see I can get a hold of Lan!" Chaud demanded.

He turned when he saw ambulance going by, but didn't think about it too much.

Protoman looked in the most unlikely spot as he looked for Megaman. Where he knew where Megaman was, was beyond him. But the feeling that something was terribly wrong, was leading him to Lan's Net Navi. Megaman was lying on the ground; looking as though he was just resting...but Protoman could tell that he was far from resting-he had stopped to regain his strength. Protoman looked around to see about twenty virus's coming towards them. Chaud's Net Navi let out a low growl of frustration.

"Get up-we don't have time to take a nap!" He demanded.

Protoman's voice caused Megaman to smile a little, even though he didn't know why."I'm just a little tired."

It was true. Lan's Net Navi was tired; even though he knew that he needed to get up and continue fighting-even though he wasn't sure what the outcome would be. Megaman slowly got up, still feeling shaky-and stumbled.

That's when he noticed that one of the viruses was ready to strike Protoman-who was completely unaware of the attack. Mustering the last of the strength he knew he had left, Megaman ran up to protect Protoman just as the virus was ready to strike. Protoman turned, his eyes widening as he watched in complete horror while Megaman slowly faded and started turning into data.

"Megaman!"

Protoman panicked as Lan's Net Navi turned his head so that he could look at him, with a worried look on his face.

"Lan needs Chaud...he's...hurt...I'm sorry that..." Megaman paused as his expression changed to kindness, "that it couldn't work out between us, Protoman..."

Chaud's Net Navi's body was now shaking in total horror-unable to move as he watched while Megaman changed into pure data-not being able to help him. This was the second time it happened! Protoman's hand balled into a tight fist, as he turned ready to strike anything in his path. He was not going to let the viruses get away from having taken Megaman from him again!

Chaud turned his head when he saw the nearby smoke, and realized that he could smell it as well. This must be something serious, he thought with a frown.

Making up his mind, he ran towards the smoke's direction to see that it was coming from a very familiar looking car. A part of it was smashed into another car that had been going in the opposite direction, and once Chaud got closer, he saw that one of the paramedics was pulling out a limp body. No...It can't be who I think it is! But Chaud's eyes were not tricking him-it was Lan's body they were pulling out-he had been in a car accident.

"Hey kid, you're not supposed to be here!" One of cops hollered at him, getting Chaud's attention and his eyes shifted towards the cops direction-giving him a long, cold stare.

He was not going to leave Lan's side until he knew that he was alright!

"What happened?" He demanded.

"We're-" Before the cop could finish though, another voice interrupted him.

"Chaud!" The voice that had hollered his name happened to be Ms. Mari. The silver haired boy turned to see the rest of Lan's friends running towards them as well. Maylu ran to the gurney where Lan lay, slipping in and out of conscious.

"Lan what happened?"

"You know him?" One of the cops asked.

"Yes. I'm his child hood friend. His name is Lan Hikari!"

Lan slowly opened his eyes and his vision gradually started to become clear.

"M-Maylu-?"

The moment Chaud could hear Lan, he was immediately right next to Maylu, but the brunette had already fallen unconscious. Chaud cursed under his breath, and pulled out his P.E.T.

"Protoman," he ordered and waited for his Net navi to appear on the screen, "Protoman, where are you?"

"Maylu," came a voice from her P.E.T. that happened to be her own Net Navi: Roll. Maylu pulled her P.E.T. out to see a flushed Net Navi.

"Roll, what's wrong?"

"It's Megaman..."

Chaud grabbed the pink P.E.T. from Maylu with what hatred and anger in his expression.

"Where are Megaman and Protoman?"

Nothing but fear could be shown on Roll's face. Seeing how threatening Chaud looked, Maylu snatched her own P.E.T. from Chaud, sending him a cold glare as she clutching the device to her chest.

"Don't you dare-"

"Chaud," came a voice from his own P.E.T. that happened to be Protoman's. The silver haired boy lifted his P.E.T. to see that Protoman looked a little roughed up from a fight.

"Megaman...is gone-"

Everyone gasped, except for Chaud who wore a dark expression. Maylu sensed it, and looked at him from the corner of her eye.

"Protoman, you know I don't tolerate failure, right? So how is it that some virus was able to do that to him and you were not infected?"

"He got in the way before I could do anything Chaud, and I wouldn't be standing here now if it hadn't been for him." Protoman admitted.

Chaud's eyes shifted back to where he thought the gurney was-but it was all ready moving to the back of the ambulance. Cursing lightly, Chaud ran up just as the back doors were going to close.

"I'm coming too!"

"Are you a family member?" The paramedics asked.

"No...I'm...I'm..."

Maylu rolled her eyes.

"He's a friend." She responded for him.

Chaud flinched in utter shock. Friends with Lan? Who did this girl think she was to say that? Snapping out of his thoughts, he turned and gave Maylu a cold stare narrowing his eyes.

"Lan and I have never been friends, and never will!"

"You're wrong, Chaud. Lan does like you...he just doesn't think that you liked him because of the way you and Protoman treated him and Megaman." Maylu informed.

What she told Chaud was part of the truth. Maylu really wanted to tell him more-that Lan had feelings for Chaud-for more then just a friend. Now if she told all of it, she would betray Lan's trust and that was the last thing she wanted to do.

"I'm sorry but if you're not a family member than you'll have to just follow us."

Chaud quickly glanced at Lan before the door closed. He looked awful. He had a big gash on the side of his head, his leg was twisted and some clear speckles of glass could be seen here and there on his body.

Seeing that Chaud tensed up, Maylu put her hand on his tight shoulder.

"Don't worry, Lan will be alright. I know he will."

"Don't touch me." Chaud hissed, as he pulled away from Maylu's touch.

Seeing what happened, Yai also tensed up-causing her long blond braided hair to stick up and a firey look appeared in her eyes.

"Don't talk to my friends like that," she paused quickly when she noticed that Chaud was just walking away, "Hey, don't walk away from me when I'm talking to you!"

"Forget it, Yai. He has his own way of dealing with the problem."

How right you are, Chaud thought with a dark smile as he continued to walk, how right you are.

To Be Continued ...