Disclaimer: I don't own any characters of the anime or videogame version. They belongs to Capcom except Rumiko, Angie and the other characters designed by me.

Author's note: Hi there, I've been back with the second chapter:) Thanks for you've been so appreciative especially for Bloxham. I promise this chapter will be the last 'character-description' and from the next the real story going to begin! Ok, I finish the yack-yack and let you reading.

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Chapter 2 - The beginning of a friendship

Sunny Saturday morning greeted DenTech city's inhabitants. It has been already passed 11 a.m. and everybody made his daily tasks. But in a house's upstairs room calm silence reigned yet. Lan Hikari ,to exploit the chance was given by the summer, was sacked out cheerful and ,if it would have been up on him, a whole day would have enjoyed this blessed situation. But he didn't count on a factor: with the computer standing on his table and his navi in it, Megaman, who slept deeply likewise, 'cause the net fights, fought with their friends, reached into night previous day.

"Lan! Wake up! We should be there for a long time!" the navi called out when he woke up and noticed the time. The boy grunted simply and turned onto his other side.

"Lan! LAN! WAKE UP! This won't be good… I have to find somethin' out… I got it! This always works! Hey LAN! IT'S LUNCH-TIME!"

"LUNCH? Where?" the boy sat up suddenly. "What's up Megaman?" he asked it seeing his navi's face.

"Maylu and the others…"

"Oh, man! I've overslept!" Lan hopped out from his bed promptly. "It would be late if I would get there now! Why didn't you wake me up?"

"I've tried!"

"Ah! Whatever!" he got dressed within record time, loaded Megaman into his PET and hurried along downwards onto the street.

"Lan, wait!" his mother called him. "Where are you going? You haven't had breakfast yet…"

"I'll meet my friends but I was late very much already! I'm gonna eat somethin' on the way then…"

"At least bring this with you!" the woman pressed some cakes into Lan's hand.

"Thanks mum!" with it the boy stormed out on the entrance. Buckled on his roller skate front of the house and run toward.

"Hey Lan! Not is acquaintance the situation?"

"Why? I'm always late from everywhere."

"I know. But…"

"Thanks!"

"Do you remember how we met the girls?"

"Yeah, you thought of it? Of course that I remember!"


"Man! Higsby will kill us!"

"Lan if we discussed it yesterday I would have understood it. But…"

"I forgot it exactly for this!"

"Yaaaah…" Megaman snatched at his head. "It was hard!"

"All right may I'm not be so late then…"

"You've already been late 10 minutes!"

"It's OK, Higsby is sympathetic. I'm hopeful about this... We've just arrived. Hello Mr. Higsby!" the boy entered into a little chip-shop.

"Hello Lan!" the man greeted him. "You've arrived in time. Let me introduce somebody to you!" he pointed at a girl with black hair who ,heard the words, stopped the selection of battlechips and turned to the little company.

"Hi Lan! I'm Rumiko. But call me Rumi." the girl gave her hand. "I've already heard much about you!"

"Hi. So you are the person Higsby told about."

"Yeah, that's her." the man continued. "We talked much last week and according to me you hi it off with them…

"But how you've met each other?" Lan asked.

"It's simple: I've came into the shop we started talking and now I'm here."

"But I haven't called you because of this here. How is Megaman?" Higsby turned to the boy. "Did you observe what I've said?"

"Eeeerrr…" the Lan-Megaman twin scratched their head with a nervous smile.

"But I was totally well to yesterday!" the navi added.

"I've counted on this somehow…" the man sighed. "How do you feel yourself now?"

"I'm fine. As if I would be giddy but it's not serious…" Megaman suddenly collapsed onto his knees.

"MEGAMAN! Mr. Higsby! What's happened?" Lan waited for the answers desperately. "Didn't happen anything like this till now!"

"C'mon load up Megaman onto the computer! Rumi, do the same with Angie!"

Both of them nodded. The two navis appeared on the monitor immediately.

"Angie! Come on you know what you have to do!" the girl told her navi. Angie nodded, and kneeled next to Megaman who could only lay right that time.

"Just be calm. You'll be well in no time!" she said.

After it she closed her eyes and took her palms above the navi's body. Light started streaming from his hands which covered Megaman.

"What are you doin'?" Lan asked apprehensively.

"Angie has the ability of she can heal the others that way she hands over from her own energy." Higsby answered.

"But it doesn't causes trouble for her?"

"It is not necessary to be worried, she won't feel it at all." Rumiko answered smiling. "Since she has also regeneratin ability won't be deficiency in her energy level. This isn't a bad thing during the battles…"

"OK, I'm ready." Angie stood up. "He's better than he was before his programming!"

"Er… what's happened?" Megaman weakened from his half-dead state.

"I also could ask it!" Rumiko said. "Mr. Higsby only said that we would have to heal a wounded navi. It's strange a bit to Megaman got into a situation like this…" seriousness emanated from the girl's voice.

"Lan encountered with somebody on the last week." Higsby said.

"Next Generation or like this was the name of the company which was mentioned by the navi whom I fought. He was very strange: first he just attacked but then just defended himself and then escaped." Megaman continued the story.

"And why did you have to fight?"

"The bloke's broke into the hospital's system and he threatened with that the electric network would be ruined if they didn't accomplish their assertions." Lan was the next to speak. "Moreover it wasn' a simple bluff 'cause an hour was passed and (in a section which was graded 'less important' by him) it was done.

"Oh my God! This is terrible! Really… Yes, I remember, it was in the news…"

"And about Megaman," the man spoke again. "they useda strange kind of virus which evolves its effects in direct ratio with the efficiency. Rumiko, Angie: this was the reason whereat you were needed. After all a big quantum of fortune had a share in it."

"But why was it necessary to wait for a full week?" Lan asked.

"Because I needed this time to successfully write the program which used by Angie. She's strong but the virus was stronger so she has had to get some help. And next time if tell you something resolve it!

"I promise! And sorry!"

"So we're leave." Rumi stepped to the computer.

"Thanks for the help!"

"Not at all!"


"So what do you think?"

"I dunno…"

"Higsby said that the virus hadn't left any traces in you!"

"OK Lan. But only one round!"

"Yeah, sure… I'll believe it if I see it!" the boy thought. At this time some familiar voice was recognized.

„Angie be listening, I send it! Here it is: Long sword! Battlechip in and… upload!"

"Thanks Rumi, in time as always!"

"Netnavi logged out." a machine sound announced it.

"Yeah! It was beautiful, little girl!" Angie giggled with satisfaction.

"Hi girls!" Lan and Megaman said hello.

"Hello!" Rumi returned the greeting with a smile.

"How d' you feel Megaman?" Angie enquired.

"Thanks, well!" the navi answered cheerful.

"The way of your previous winning was cool! What would you say to a newer challenge?"

"We're in it!"

"Angie, Megaman! Plug in… EXECUTE!"

"Girls have the priority!" Megaman spoke with an accomplice smile.

"As you wish!" Angie swang into attack.

The girl ran up and jumped into the high few steps from Megaman, made a turn and at the moment when she landed sent an energy disk into his opponent's direction. The boy wasn't lazy though, he shot it to pieces with his laser instantly.

"Wide sword! Battlechip uploaded!"

"Just not so ardent!" Rumiko responded. "Mini bomb, Area grab! Battlechps uploaded!"

'It's done and dusted!' Angie thought.

The smoke caused by the bomb and the Area grab chip seemed to a rather good solution. But Angie wasn't enough fast after the teleport, and Megaman's sword caused a serious wound to her. But the girl didn't care about it not by a long way, indeed swung into a counterattack immediately.

"Paralyzing-ray!" she shouted.

At this time she put her palms before her body. Her palms were in front of each other. A shiny energy ball appeared between her hands and after moments a ray, as thick as the arm, broke out from the ball. Megaman could jump away in time but the shooting hit his right arm.

"Damn! I cannot move it!"

"Angie! Are you okay?" Rumiko asked.

"Yeah, I already start getting well. Don't be worried, just send some good chips!"

"I'm on it! It's going: Light sword! Battlechip uploaded!"

'Her injures totally disappeared… of course, the regeneration! Lan mentioned it! I can just play for time with the smaller attacks then. I have to put her at a disadvantage from which she's not able to snap out herself!' Megaman thought.

Both of them fought brave but finally the boy got the victory: to made use of the occasion that Angie didn't pay attention for a moment he threw her off balance and before Angie could make any move he trained his sword to her neck. There was no chance for her. She closed her eyes and broke into a smile.

"You won. Congratulations."

"But you were not bad either!" Megaman helped for Angie to stand up.

"Thanks! Your arm gets better after some minutes. Maybe it will be numb a bit but don't care about it. Just an hour and you'll be perfect!"

"You were good!" Lan said.

"Thank you!"

Both of them logged out and went out to the street.

"Lemme ask somethin'!" Lan spoke. "What was this 'Paralyzing-ray'?

"You know, Angie is able to hand over from her energy…"

The boy nodded.

"This is like than the medicine: helps if you use it in time. Or it can be also a weapon: if there's too much energy, the person gets paralyzed simply."

"Or in this way I can delete…"

"What?!" the two boys were staggered.

"Don't be worried, it wasn't in my plans for the future at all! Not only 'cause I don't do things like this but 'cause I would loose by it. The Paralyzing-ray is used only serious battles and I keep an eye on the energy quantity then."

"And do you have some other kind of basic weapon except this?" Megaman changed the subject.

"Yes. Although you have already seen it."

"And what?" Lan smartened.

"We do not tell it!" Rumi answered him and winked to her navi meaningful. "You'll notice it on the rematch!"

"I can't wait for it!"

"However, as I see, my bus has just arrived. I have to go unfortunately. I am glad that we met!"

"Rumi! You could come to us tomorrow afternoon if you would like! You could meet the others!"

"Eeerrrr… All right! 90, that I'll be there! The residual 10 depends on the fate's will. Thanks for the invitation! Bye!"


"When will be the girl arrived whom you talked about?" a low, blond haired girl asked.

"We spoke yesterday evening and I said 5 p.m. so she has 10 minutes left." Lan answered.

The bell began to ring and Rumiko . appeared in Mrs. Hikari's company after some moments.

"I leave you for yourselves!" the woman said smiling and went out of his son's room.

"Hello…" Rum felt her heart is going to jump out her chest immediately, she was very embarrassed and it's showed on her.

"Hi!" Lan said hello cheerful. "Rumi, Angie, they are the others: Maylu, Dex, Tory and Yai. They though Roll, Gutsman, Iceman and Glyde." finished his friends' presentation.

"How old are you?" initiated Maylu.

"17."

"And where you live?" the girl asked again.

"I live in the suburbs of DenTech city but I go to school in the city."

"Wow, so you get up really early!" wondered Dex.

"It is not necessary to be worried, I don't get up much earlier because of that. Otherwise I got already used to it!" the answer sounded.

While the operators got to know the girl, the navis made the acquaintance of the newcomer too. Markedly Angie was better at the contacting than her operator.

"Yeah, I like to fight very much! We got accustomed to much with the pals at home!" the navi answered to Iceman's question.

"And have you attended any competition yet?" Glyde enquired.

"Nope… although we planned it but something has always come up. Perhaps just a big decision would be needed…"

"Though it would be worthy to try!" Megaman told.

"Really?" the girl fell her eyes.

She felt she blushed a little bit. But her cheerfulness was fading when she looked up: Roll, who was so taciturn till, would be irritated pretty much.

'What's with that girl? She didn't speak any word whole time, and now… Wait a minute! She has would been like this when Mega… Whoo! I've already understand everything! Calm down sweetie, I don't wanna steal your boy!' Angie smiled wanly. " D' you like to fight?" she turned to Roll.

"Well… Yes." the girl answered indecisively.

"Roll! Are you okay?" Megaman asked it with a worried face. "Does your head ache or…"

"I'm OK. Everything's all right."

His question may had magic power, because from this time Roll's icicle-style eased gradually and after some minutes the two girls were such as if they would have been known each other in their whole life.


"This was one of my best gatherings in my life!" Lan said while he tried to get to the agreed place as quick as he can.

"Yes!" Megaman nodded. "I agree totally!"

"According to you will they be very furious?"

"Eeerrr… I dunno but don't count on anything good!"

"Finally! Here we are."

He opened the restaurant's door and found himself in the crossfire of his friends' accordant disapproval at that moment:

-LAN! YOU WERE LATE AGAIN!

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