Just to clear something up for those of you that have been watching Stream. I haven't been able to watch any of Stream except for episode 1. So this is AU.
(Chapter 7)
"Pyra! What's she doing here?" Netto questioned.
"No clue, but I'm going after her" Rockman replied as he leapt up to where Pyra was stood. When she saw him, she smirked.
"So you saw me. Heh heh, I think it's time for a first hand experience of my new abilities" Pyra said, still smirking. She quickly charged over to Rockman and stopped right in front of him. He didn't have the time to react before she placed a hand on his helmet. Images started to flash in Pyra's head as she searched through his memory. His body was completely frozen.
"What--'re... you.. doing to... me?" Rockman managed to choke out.
Pyra didn't answer him, as she continued to search his memory. "Oh! So you're a Soul Navi. Never expected that, one of the most famed Navis used to be human, and hardly anyone knows. Oh, that could be useful. Must get a program for that" she said, then smirked. "I won't do anything much to you now, but here's something to remember me by" she told him, images began to flood into Rockman's head, he tried to struggle, but he couldn't get Pyra to remove her hand. The images were off his friends and family, human and Navi alike, being hurt, by Pyra.
"Netto...-kun...Roll-chan...Neta...Unity...Mama...Papa..." Rockman muttered.
"These are only images, but I can easily change that. Tell your friend 'Unity', she won't be getting this body away from me" Pyra told him, before letting go of his head, and disappearing. Rockman dropped to the floor, panting.
"----man! Rockman! Are you okay!" Netto called over the PET link, it had been shut off and blocked by Pyra. When he noticed he was down, he logged Rockman out.
(Elsewhere...)
"You might find this interesting Regal-sama, I looked through Rockman's memory file, and I found out he's a Soul Navi-" Pyra said over the transmission.
"I know that Pyra, it was the same technology that I used to fuse one of my old operatives with her Navi" Regal told her.
"I remember about that Regal-sama, but it looks like Hikari used an Evolution System on both him and Neta. With the right kind of program, I might be able to lock the evolution, and revert both of them to their lesser forms, which from what I saw, are nowhere near as strong as their forms now" Pyra replied.
"I will get you to use the program once I design it. You still have work to do" Regal said, she nodded. She then ended the transmission.
"A valuble weakness in their program. Then with Rockman and Neta out of the way, moving onto the next server shouldn't be any problem" a voice called out.
"How has your end of the mission gone?" Regal questioned.
"Very well, there's so far been no interferance from the Net Saviors, I think because they're scared of losing their Navis to my program. No Navi has been able to resist my program's effect yet" the voice replied.
"Good, if one does, delete it. I don't want any resistance" Regal told him, he nodded.
(Gabcom Game Server...)
"So many games, I didn't think they did so many online games too" Unity commented as she and Neta looked around the server.
"They do a lot, so that Navis can play games too. Before Yuuichiro sent me to be your Navi, I was here a lot, playing RPGs" Neta smiled.
"Do you think they still have the games you used to play back then?" Unity asked.
"Probably somewhere, but they'll be pretty hard to find with how old they are. I liked the RPG games, mainly because I could shed my Navi armor, and play as someone else. More than often, someone human. I'll have to bring everyone here to play on one of the games I used to play. I'll probably go looking sometime after we take care of Nebula" Neta replied.
"Wouldn't Yaito know? I mean, her Dad does own Gabcom" Unity questioned.
"You make a good point. I'll have to drop her an email sometime" Neta answered.
"Wait, speaking of Yaito, isn't that Glyde over there?" Unity asked, pointing over to the familiar Navi.
"It is, wonder what he's doing here? Normally he's running errands for Yaito" Neta replied as the walked over to him.
"Oh, hello Neta. What brings you here?" Glyde asked as he noticed the two walk up.
"Just looking around really. This is Unity by the way" Neta replied, Glyde shook Unity's hand.
"A pleasure to meet you Unity. Is there a game that you two are looking for? I could direct you to it if you wish" Glyde questioned.
"Actually there is. When I used to come on here years ago, I heard Gabcom were trying to do a deal to make their own version of an online Yu-Gi-Oh RPG?" Neta asked.
"You must've stopped coming at a bad time Neta. From what I can see on the database, you stopped coming a mere few weeks before it was going to be released onto the server" Glyde answered.
"Is it still going?" Neta asked.
"I'm sorry to say, it isn't. People stopped using it and the server's admins saw it as a waste of space. I'm sure the game they released for home gaming systems is just as good" Glyde replied.
"Damnit, I get some free time, and one of the games I wanted to play isn't going anymore. Well, I guess it can't be helped" Neta said, then looked around the server. One of the many windows that was open caught her eye. "What's this?" she questioned as she walked closer to get a better look, Glyde and Unity followed. "I can't believe they managed to do another game of this. I guess I might've missed a few. C'mon Unity" she added as she grabbed Unity's arm, then they disappeared as Neta touched the screen.
(Hikari home...)
"The only ones who know Rockman's programming well enough are Papa and Neta, I don't know what to do" Netto said.
"What did Pyra do to him?" Meiru asked.
"I've no idea, she blocked my PET link while she did whatever she did to him" Netto answered.
"Netto!" Roll called out from the computer "He's waking up!" she added, everyone ran over to his computer.
"What happened?" Rockman asked, holding his head.
"Pyra blocked the PET link, I don't know" Netto replied.
"All I can remember is Pyra looking through my memory file, I don't know what she wanted" Rockman said.
"At least you're alright" Roll told him, then hugged him.
Rockman blushed. When Roll broke the hug, she helped him to his feet.
Umi then logged in. A link to Kurisutaru's PET formed beside her. "Hi everyone!" she called out, getting everyone's attention.
"Kuri-chan, what happened?" Erumeru asked.
"The Cross Fusion test, I can't fuse with Umi" Kurisutaru answered, hanging her head. Everyone else understood, but Erumeru and Branchman had no clue what she was talking about. Kurisutaru then realised what she just said. "Oh! I'm sorry Erumeru-kun, you don't know what Cross Fusion is. It's a technique that we can use to fuse with our Navis in a Dimensional Area by using a Synchro Chip. Our Navis abilities are increased, and we can fight Navis that break into our world" she explained.
"Navis in the real world? How come I never heard about anything like this?" Erumeru asked.
"The government is trying to keep things quiet, but it's kinda hard, when stuff like Regal forming a Dimension Area over the whole planet happens" Netto answered.
"It's kinda complicated from there on Erumeru, but if you just stick around us long enough, you'll learn" Rockman told him.
An alert went off on one of the PETs. Dragoman turned to his operator. "Ademu, it's an emergency call from Creamland!" he called, Ademu opened up the call.
"All Creamland Net Saviors! Something has infiltrated the Creamland server! Viruses are spreading! Navis are starting to run wild!" the person on the call said.
"In the server? How'd they get past the firewall?" Ademu questioned.
"Unknown, but all of Creamland's Net Saviors must return to help!" the person answered.
"We won't get back in time..." Kurisutaru said sadly.
"Don't worry, Yaito-chan can get you home in no time" Netto replied.
The call on Ademu's PET began to break up. "That's not all, a Dimensional Area has just formed, and the Princess is still in the Palace!" the person exclaimed as the call was cut off.
"That does it, I'm coming too" Netto said.
(Yaito's private jet, later...)
"Someone hacked into the server?" Yaito asked. Ademu nodded.
"The only time it's been penetrated before was when Napalmman got inside and disabled the firewall from within. The firewall has been improved since then, and someone with a lot of hacking skill must've broken in this time" Dragoman spoke up.
"Could it be the Navi that formed the Dimensional Area? That would give him a reason to break in" Meiru asked.
"True, but we have to get the Princess out at all costs. Darkland would take this as a prime oppotunity to take us over if we lose the princess" Kurisutaru replied.
"I thought only Poipu knew about that..." Netto said.
"We learned everything when we became Net Saviors, it's part of our duty to make sure Darkland don't take us over" Umi answered.
"But defenses are weak due to the Nebula problem, with all, or at least most of Creamland's Net Saviors away helping other nations" Neta's voice spoke up from Kurisutaru's pocket, Ademu and Kurisutaru nodded.
"Why're you here Neta? Don't you still have to train Unity?" Ademu questioned.
"Unity is far enough in her training for Yuuichiro to just instruct her without me having to demonstrate. Besides, I'm from Creamland too, I'm worried about what's going on" Neta answered.
"How is she Mama? I was hoping I'd get to see her again soon" Kurisutaru asked as she got Neta's PET out.
"She's doing fine. I'll probably call Yuuichiro to see how she's doing when I get the chance" Neta replied.
"Yaito-sama, we'll be landing in Creamland soon. You and your passengers had best buckle up" the pilot called back, everyone nodded as they returned to their seats, and put on their seatbelts, then turned off their PETs.
(Elsewhere...)
"Princess, are you sure that's wise?" Knightman asked his operator. She nodded. She was holding her Synchro Chip.
"I'm sure Knightman, whoever broke in is looking for me, and I'm not going anywhere without a fight" Pride answered as she slotted the chip into her PET.
"Cross Fusion!" the two called as the light formed over them, as it dimmed, they emerged as R-Knightman.
(Outside the palace...)
Everyone had got into the Dimensional Area in their fused forms without trouble. "Okay, Ademu, head onto the server to see what you can do about the firewall. If you can, get it back online" Netto told him, R-Dragoman nodded as he disappeared.
"Then the rest of us are going after this Navi?" Kurisutaru's side of R-Neta asked. Her head nodded.
'It's going to take the three of us to take down this Navi, if he broke in through the net, he must be a powerful Navi' Neta answered. The three of them then entered the palace.
(Inside...)
"So they arrive... Heh heh heh" A Navi laughed, as he watched over a screen link to one of the secruity cameras. He then closed it and opened a transmission. "Pyra, what's your status?" he asked. He was a black bodied and skinned Navi, with dark blue designs in places on his armor. He had a faceguard covering his face, and two completely black eyes.
"Haven't found the target yet. How's things going in Creamland?" Pyra asked him.
"I passed through the firewall without any trouble, Regal-sama's chip worked like a charm. I haven't been able to find the princess yet though" he answered. "But I might've tripped a few alarms when I passed through though" he added.
"She'll be there, I'm sure of it. Just be careful Chaos, she can Cross Fuse with her Navi" Pyra replied.
"I know, looks like she did already. I know what kind of power her Navi can pack, but I'm not sure what they can do combined. Hikari and his comrades just got here too" Chaos said.
"Leave them, remember you're there for the princess" Pyra told him, he nodded and then closed the transmission.
'I know Regal-sama wants everyone who can Cross Fuse taken out, but why did I have to get stuck with Princess Pride? Her Navi is strong, but I could still delete him in a heartbeat, even if he's fused with her' Chaos thought to himself. He began to search around the castle again. Minutes later, he heard something.
"Are you sure?" a woman's voice asked. Chaos smirked under his faceguard. He rushed into one of the nearby rooms, and R-Knightman was there.
"Royal Wrecking Ball!" R-Knightman called as they formed the iron ball, and threw it Chaos' direction. He dodged easily, then caught the chain, and pulled R-Knightman towards him. They both tried to resist, and they were able to hold their ground.
"Your fusion's strength is amidirible, but you need more than that to be any match for me" Chaos said, then began to concentrate. A purple energy began to appear around his hands. The energy passed along the chain, and then struck R-Knightman. The fusion broke, and Knightman formed beside his operator, holding his head in pain.
"Knightman!" Pride called out, but got no answer from her Navi. His eyes began to darken, and Chaos laughed out.
"My program has tainted his soul. He can try to resist as much as he wants, but the Dark Soul I just planted in him will win and take over" Chaos laughed.
"Dark Soul! What do you plan to do with Knightman?" Pride demanded.
"For one thing, I'm not going to be to one to kill you, he is. Then, Regal-sama will do whatever he wishes with him" Chaos answered.
At that moment, two shots of energy fired and struck Chaos in the side, knocking him into a nearby wall. Knightman raised his iron ball at Pride, but R-Rockman ran into the room and caught the ball. He was struggling under Knightman's immense strength.
"Poipu! Get out of here!" Netto called back to her. R-Roll and R-Neta ran into the room, with their weapons active. Poipu nodded as she ran out, R-Roll followed after her.
'Style Change! Elec Neko!' Neta called. Kurisutaru's armor changed to resemble Neta's Elec Neko Style. She switched AIs, so that Neta could control the fusion. She slashed at Chaos after he had got to his feet.
Chaos' arm formed into a large barreled cannon. He fired a shot, but R-Neta was able to dodge. It hit the ground behind her and exploded. She took some damage to the back.
"Kuri-chan, are you okay-nya?" Neta questioned as she winced in pain from the attack.
'I'm fine Mama, your armor took most of the blow for me. Thanks' Kurisutaru answered.
R-Rockman had been fighting with Knightman. When R-Neta looked back, Knightman had his arm cocked back and R-Rockman was panting.
"Iron Hammer!" Knightman shouted as he threw his iron ball at R-Rockman. It collided with him and knocked him out the window.
"Netto-nya! Rockman-nya!" Neta yelled in shock.
'Mama, can we save them?' Kurisutaru asked.
"We've got one shot-nya. Style Change! Heat Angel!" Neta called as her armor changed to a crimson design. Six wings formed from her back, her hair also changed to a crimson color. R-Neta leapt out the window and sped towards R-Rockman. R-Neta was able to catch up to him and catch him.
"Kuri-chan, Neta, you saved my life..." Netto said as he looked down over the courtyard, safely in R-Neta's arms. She floated down to the ground, then collapsed. R-Rockman caught her, and watched as the Heat Angel style broke, reverting her back to her Normal Style. She also switched AIs back with Kurisutaru.
'Kuri-chan is tired, she's not used to Cross Fusion as much as you are Netto' Neta told him.
"What can we do? If I'm too tired to maintain the Cross Fusion, we won't be able to stop Knightman and that Navi" Kurisutaru replied weakly. Chaos and Knightman then jumped down.A yellow glow formed over Neta's icon. A blue one formed over Rockman's. "W-what's this?" she questioned.
'My Soul has linked with Neta's, she can lend her power to me temporarily' Rockman answered. Neta smiled inside of their fusion.
'Rest Kuri-chan, we can handle them' Neta told her, she nodded. The glow on both icons shone brighter, and R-Neta's form broke, turned into data, then went inside R-Rockman's icon. A yellow/orange design replaced his usual blue. "Soul Unison! Neta Soul!" Both Netto and Rockman called out. Kurisutaru then fell to one knee.
"We'll be back for you after we've taken care of them Kuri-chan, try to get someplace safe" Netto told her, she nodded as she struggled to her feet.
'Netto you baka! She's too tired. She doesn't have the strength to really move. Kuri-chan, have Umi watch over you until we get back' Neta replied. Umi appeared beside Kurisutaru. She nodded, then R-Rockman ran ahead to face Chaos and Knightman.
(End of Chapter)
