Mega Man: The Rules of Love
Chapter 2: A Rock Can Save Your Life
(A/N: Hey, guys! Time for the next chapter! BTW, I should clarify that this is set about 2 months after the events of Mega Man 10.)
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Rock was very shocked that his newest classmate—Jackie Inafune—was actually his half-brother, Proto Man! Of course, he was the only one that knew this. And he especially wanted to keep it a secret, not like that was a problem to begin with, considering this is Proto Man we're talking about here...
Mr. Kazawe immediately began the lesson, Rock's attention at last turned away from Jack.
"Okay, class. Today's lesson is regarding graphing angles." Kazawe began speaking, as he drew a graphical equation on the board. "Now, who can tell me the formula for this line?...Ms. Hart?" He called upon to Chelsea.
(A/N: Yes, I gave Chelsea a last name, since she apparently doesn't have one. And...if I get some math shit wrong, please excuse me, cuz Summer has melted all my knowledge of said Math terms and things.)
Chelsea looked at the board at the equation. She looked at it for almost 30 seconds, and then took a guess at it. "Uhhh...X = -8, Y = +12, A = -96...?"
"Why...that would be correct." said Kazawe, impressed. "Well done, Ms. Hart."
Chelsea sighed in relief. She didn't think she would get the answer right. She looked over to Rock, who winked at her. Chelsea simply blushed in return. Apparently, the extra help she was getting from Rock was paying off. Jack eyed the duo, looking on with a rather disgusted look on his face.
"There's no way machines like Rock and I can forever be humans in such a...bonding like that." he thought to himself.
The class then continued on as is, with a few kids doing well with the work...
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As math class was about to end, Mr. Kazawe began passing out some review sheets, for a very important test to happen tomorrow. "Now make sure you study the material carefully class. This test is an important part of your midterm grade. And Ms. Hart...if you flunk this test tomorrow, I hope you do not use that stupid 'birthday excuse'. Will not work."
"I won't, Mr. Kazawe." said Chelsea. "I promise..."
It was then that Rock gave a silent, but secret look of shock and guilt. He had forgotten that tomorrow would be Chelsea's birthday...and he didn't get her a present or think of anything he could do with her. Not to mention Dr. Light knew Rock couldn't handle the responsibility of money.
As the bell rang for them to go to their next class, Rock became very depressed, awfully quick. Tomorrow was Chelsea's birthday and he was going to let her down.
"No way I'll stand a chance of winning her over now..." he thought sadly.
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Rock, Alan, Chelsea, and Jack (but he wasn't anywhere to be found near the group) dropped their math stuff in their lockers and went to the next class: Gym. Alan, being more into mental educational classes than physical, did not particularly like this class. Rock and Chelsea, however, enjoyed the exercises and games they played, but even a robot like Rock can reach his limits when in Mr. Hardy's class.
(A/N: One of my old gym teachers was also named Mr. Hardy.)
The kids did their usual pre-class warm-ups: first, they ran the track for a couple laps; then they did push-ups, sit-ups, and finally they ran from one end of the gym to the other 5 times. When all of that was done, Hardy set up some red balls around the gym and split the class in two teams. They were about to play dodge ball, one of Rock's favorite gym games.
On Rock's team were of course, Chelsea, Alan, but also Jack as well, along with some good students that he liked. Among the opposition were the Boltz Boys, nephews to Rock's greatest adversary, Dr. Wily. Dix was the big strong one, with purple hair; Dez was a real cunning and merciless one; and Dag was darker skinned and did most of the talking for the three brothers. They were with kids in class that Rock didn't necessarily hate, but they weren't too kind or polite to him either...
Mr. Hardy signaled his whistle for the game to begin. A lot of kids were throwing balls all over the place eliminating a lot. Alan was one of the first to go right off the bat. Rock, Jack, and the Boltz Bros. were doing most of the work. It was Dix that threw a big one right at Chelsea. It not only took her out of the game, but it hit her legs and she was having trouble standing back up.
The Boltz Boys were eliminated one-by-one by Jack. It was first, Dez, then Dag, and finally Dix. However, his shot to Dix bounced off onto several walls before the shot was so strong that it hit and broke one of the basketball hoop's supports before the ball plopped onto a wall.
Everyone looked in awe at the amazing power Jack had for that to happen; even Jack himself was amazed. Rock, however, was more concerned about the other support. It wouldn't be long before it snapped apart. To make matters worse, Chelsea was right beneath it, still having trouble getting up.
"Chelsea, you have to hurry and get up!" shouted Rock, really concerned. He could see the support about to break.
Chelsea was confused as to why Rock was rushing her. She didn't realize that she was standing underneath where the basketball hoop was hanging and bout to fall down. The support was about to break. Rock knew she wouldn't be able to stand up and move out of the way in time.
He ran over to try to help her up, but just then the supports finally snapped, sending the debris of metal supports, glass backboard, rim, and net (among other hazards) crashing down onto them. Putting instinct before mind, Rock reached his arms over him and attempted to lift the heavy debris up for as long as possible.
"Move, Chelsea!" he shouted, starting to struggle. "I dunno how long I can hold this up!"
"Rock..." Chelsea whispered, in fear and worry. She barely had the power to stand up, but she could see Rock about to slip; he was going to get crushed by the heavy equipment!
Just then, in strength not seen before, Rock felt himself grow a bit stronger. He started to lift up higher the destroyed pieces and exceeding his own limitations. Unable to hold it all for long, though, he tossed it all behind him and all of it smashed through the gym walls behind him, leaving nothing but pieces of a fallen basketball hoop and piles of brick in its wake. Rock then felt his entire body electrocuted from the pain and exhaustion of that experienced and passed out.
The entire class was still looking on at the amazing feat that Rock just performed, extremely stunned as well as a bit concerned about him. Mr. Hardy had now officially seen it all.
"Okay class! This game's canceled now!" he said trying to direct attention away from what just happened. "We're now heading outside for Capture the Football! Everyone out!"
He then rushed to check up on Rock and Chelsea as everyone else (except Alan and Jack) rushed to the football field outside. Hardy was tempted to ask Chelsea to help carry Rock to the nurse's office while he called the principal, but knew that she was having troubles with trying to stand up. He turned to Jack.
"Inafune! Get these two to the Nurse's Office and come back as soon as possible; I'm gonna call Ms. Suzuki."
Jack, knowing the seriousness of the situation, nodded and didn't hesitate to try to carry both Rock and Chelsea to the nurse's office. It wasn't going to be easy carrying an unconscious Rock and immobile Chelsea to the nurse, but had to be done. As Mr. Hardy made a call to Principal Suzuki, Alan took a look at his friends, and then the destroyed wall.
"Oh god, when Ms. Suzuki finds out about this, she's gonna flip!' he thought. "Rock, what have you gotten yourself into?"
Alan then rushed off to the football field to join his classmates. Nobody was aware that hidden in gym bleachers, a purple wolf robot was watching and video-taping the entire incident...
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(A/N: Holy shit! For such an amazing chapter, if I do say so myself, that took a while to figure out. Aw well, hope ya liked it! See ya for next chapter!)