Kodama Town Japan 2209 Midday January 22 The Albert Resistant
Yuudai came back from school tired, throwing his backpack next to the couch and sit on it with a big sighed.
"Having a hard day, dear?" His mother asks, giving him a drink.
"Yea… Luna is planning to make a play about how me and Subaru save her bunny ears from Ox." Yuudai told, drinking his glass empty. "Feel really sorry for Subaru having Luna as his crazy fan girl right now."
"Wonder how Luna react if she know Subaru's real identity as Rockman?" Karen wondered.
"Probably she will rip the pigtails off her head and eat them." Yuudai chuckled, imagine Luna pulling her hair and chew on them.
The doorbell then ring as Karen open the door and Sora, wearing her school uniform entered the house.
"Hello Sora. It's been a while. What brings you here?" Karen asks, closing the door behind her.
"I need a little help with something." Sora told.
"And that is?" Yuudai asks, seeing the orange hair girl point beside her. The silver haired boy looked confused but get the hint as he put on his Visualizer and saw Spä-one waving at him. "The sad romio excuse?! Why is he following you?"
"I was asked to keep an eye on you kids." He answered, diving into the TV as a image of Spä-one appeared on the screen. "And i'm not a sad romio excuse! I have you know i'm a beast with the ladies!"
"Then why are you hitting on girls you cannot properly date?" sighs Biyomon, jumping off from the transfer.
"Yuudai, is this wolf one of the Predators i heard much about?" His mother asks.
"Yep, there may be a couple of nut cases in the group. But they shouldn't be mess with." Yuudai answered.
"That's right! I still don't get why Cat is so crazy for cat pictures." stated the wolf "Or why Sept is after Drikat, if I am the better Alpha animal in the group!" and points at himself before turning to Yuudai's mother "And may I know the name of you, beautiful?"
"Are you ...hitting my mom?" asks Yuudai to Spa-one in disbelieve.
"Your mother?" he asks "Wow! She really kept the looks very well! How about we go to this one new cyber restaurant and you tell me how you did that? So I can be a good looking boy when I hit 300."
A vine pop on Yuudai head and transform into Zero, jump into the TV and whack the wolf on his head. "My mom is still with my dad, you stupid perverted fuzzball!"
"I am a wolf you failure of student!" he growled, showing his claws. "And what is wrong with seeing somebody?"
"But you don't asks someone on a date when you just met! Didn't you programmer teaches you any manner!"
The mother is sweat dropping and muttered in her head. "Why isn't he reprogrammed?"
"Doctor Alicia Fermon told me how to behave when asking somebody to date, programmed me with 10000 rituals of countless cultures and even a simulation program for this! Thought I never use it due the bugs. She was my personality and programmer as we were created! She also made the personality protocols of Cat and Sept!"
"So i bet she is just as nuts as both you and Cat, huh?" Yuudai said.
"Didn't ask her and cannot do it anymore. Humans don't tend to get that old." he stated and crosses his arms. "And I am NOT nuts! In fact in the sanity tests I got made a record score!"
"In the negative zone at your first test run." muttered Cat as she appeared on the nearby video phone "Newsflash Spä! If you are told to keep an eye then at a distance and not hitting the girls! Also not even telling them!"
"Cat! What are you doing here?" Asks Spä and Yuudai at the same time surprised.
"I am here to pick up a data pack for the doctor. As well a few cat pics I were promised." she answered with a shrug "As i found Spä being an idiot again… I wonder why he wasn't getting a reprogramming or is replaced by now. Geez!"
"I could asks the same thing about you!" Spa said. "You're a lazy bum with have a cat addiction!"
"At least I do my job when I have instructions and don't jump at every female I see!" she stated, teleport into the TV "Not to mention you stole again my files regarding females I watched for my partner! You even dared to use one of my active viruses to get pictures of Hikari as she was in different dresses to get ready for the day! Give me a good reason why I shouldn't hack your server and publish your dirty secrets you perverted wolf!"
"He what?!" Yuudai yelled, entering over limit mode from pure anger as he glared at Spa, reading his sword.
"How do you know about that?" asks Spä obvious to the danger.
"Do you keep forgetting that I know my viruses doings and that they make protocols of their actions I can read? Not to mention they are part of my systems, so I know when they get active!" she snarled. "And as I registered activity I quickly checked on them and saw the unauthorized use of yours! I would have even noticed it sooner if I weren't busy to keep a dozen other viruses their instructions during a job!" while sitting on her hind legs, and put the front ones on her hips. "The only positive thing I could see on this that you didn't take any pictures of her being in underwear or less!"
"That it! I'm deleting ya!" Yuudai jumped at the wolf as a large dust cloud appeared from the struggle.
Cat sighs and rubs her head "I have to ask Drikat or Sept to remove his allowance of my viruses and a few other things again." Then she looks at the females outside the TV "Sorry for my idiot partners antics…"
"It's quite alright. It nice that you have someone with much so energy, live would be boring if there are no interesting persons like Spa here." Karen said, giggling.
"We prefer if he would… be able to control himself a little." Then she noticed the bird like Digimon and Cat moans "Great… now I am hungry. Hope I find some bird like viruses or something like that."
Just then the doorbell rang again as Biyomon quickly jump back in Sora's transfer while in the TV, the dust settle down as Yuudai was holding Spa by the collar and pulse out, landing back on the couch before punching the wolf on the face and drop him.
Cat sighs and told "I am off then… Oh! and if it there is a manager of a star outside: I still have no autograph of Misora." Before she teleport out, leaving the house to deliver the data packs.
Sora open the front door as Subaru and girl wearing a pink hoodie, yellow short, blue boots and got a guitar behind her. "Subaru-kun? And who is your friend behind you?" She asks, letting the two in the room.
Yuudai narrowed his eyed, recognizing Subaru's new friend. "Wait a minute…. Isn't that Misora Hibiki?! The kid idol?!"
"What?!" Karen gasped and asked the brown hair boy. "Why is she here, in my house?! And how did you met her?"
"It's… complicated." admits Subaru "Right now we look for a spot where aren't found for a while." then he stumbles and his visualizer falls on his nose and he stared as he saw the bruised body of Spä lying there.
"I don't think Yuudai's home wouldn't be a good place to hide…" Sora tap her finger on her chin, thinking for other place for Misora.
"Then what about Mamoru's lab? I'm sure that a good place to hide since a lot of people come to the museum." Yuudai suggested, getting off the couch.
"That's a great idea!" Karen clap her hands. "Why don't we go with Subaru? It's best to have someone watching their backs."
"Of course! Any friend of Subaru is a friend of mine!" Yuudai said.
"Thank you very much for your help." Misora smiles before blinking, like she just heard something odd.
"Is there something wrong, Misora-chan?" Sora asks.
"Nothing." she stated, shaking her with the rest to Karen's car and leave to the Amachi Laboratory.
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"So you run away from your manager because he want to use your songs to get more money?" Sora asks, after everyone listening to Misora story.
Misora nod and explained. "Ever since my mom dead, he keep demanding for more and force me to do his bidding. That's why i run away from him."
"How horrible…. And you don't have any family members? Where is your dad?" Karen asks.
"I never knew him. Mom told that dad died in iraq during a war long ago. She was the only family i have." Misora look down.
Yuudai who is sitting in front using at the mirror to see Subaru looking at the idol with a sympathies look, knowing how she feel since Subaru lost his dad.
Amachi Laboratory Japan 2209 Midday January 22
Once everyone arrived at Mamoru's lab, Subaru told the owner of the lab why they are here and need his help.
"Well, this is a surprising request for you to make, Subaru… Did something happen at home?"
"Given that Mister Hoshikawa is together with a popular idol right now, I assume she is the reason for the appearance" explained EagSix as he appeared on a monitor "I also assume that the information of her presence falls under the secret sealed data?"
"W-who is that?" Misora asks, surprised by the Eagsix sudden appearance.
"He's EagSix, a Predator that help Mamoru-san with his work." Yuudai told the idol.
"Yuudai, may you stop introduce me as Predator? We have a reason why we never went public. I am Mister Mamoru's A.I. Assistant at this moment." Stated the eagle "Though I have to delay the appearance of an college of mine or she would be extremely bothered to give autographs to a cat. Not to mention I have to watch out for somebody I heavily dislike now, given his tendencies."
"Actually we kinda needed you help with Misora's case." Yuudai told.
"Right now, Misora-chan's manager is forcing her to sing against her will. We would hope that you can do something about it." Sora asks.
"It isn't my specialty, for that I would suggest you to contact SeptSearch. But as far I recall, miss Misora is underage and because of that, she is required to have a legal guardian. Without such, the Manager lacks the rights to even ask anything. Except of course the manager is the guardian, then it goes away from my expertise. I wasn't programmed with legal knowledge regarding children after all. But Sept downloaded it because of… reasons…" explained the Predator, and shakes his head at the thought of his fellow predator.
"Misora's doesn't have a legal guarding, her mother died sometime ago." Karen told.
"Then with your permission I asks SeptSearch to look into her case. With little work, I am sure that it is possible to ensure she has a legal guardian of her trust who will keep her interest. I am rather surprised that the authorities didn't act yet, as her mother's dead must have been registered and thus, revealed her status, thus putting her automatically under the care of said authorities until living relatives can take over or somebody interested in adopting her." explained EagSix. "So I can have Sept and…" he sighed "Cat look for relatives and the legal questions. Thought I am not comfortable to let Cat know she is here. Both can keep secrets but Cat… I don't want to deal with somebody in fan girl mode." His gaze turned to Misora "Of course only with your permission."
Everyone look at the red haired girl until the idol said. "Yes… Thank you for you help."
"I send instantly a message to the two… and I advise you to have either a pen ready or a good way to say no. Cat is one of your digital fans and always wanted an autograph. The only bigger one would be Spä but I would rather rip him apart and delete any backup data than letting him near you." And went to the server to send the message.
"And in the meantime, you can stay here until things get shorted out." Mamoru told and asks. "Well, Subaru. Do you want to stay here too?"
But before he could answered, Yuudai interpret him and said. "Of course he will! As a matter of fact i'll stay here too!"
"W-what?! But I-" Subaru stuttered, caught completely off guard.
"Subaru-kun, we can't leave her alone like that. Mamoru-san still need to work and can't keep watch over her the whole time." Sora told the spiky haired boy.
"And while you're add it, how about you guys from a Brotherband?" Mamoru suggest. "You know Subaru, your dad always said, 'Anything you can't solve on your own, can be overcome with the help of a friend'." But before the conversation could any further, the lights suddenly died out.
"A blackout?!" Subaru gasped.
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SixEag was doing his work, waiting for his fellow Predators as he was forcefully ejected out of the systems as the blackout happened, flying above the powerless complex as the blackout created a dead zone he cannot enter due his digital existence.
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"What happened!? What happened to the emergency backup power?!" Mamoru try to connect his co workers using, but only static came through his Transfer.
"Yo, kid!" Warrock whispered, calling out to Subaru.
"What is it?" asks Subaru in a whisper tone, Yuudai notice it and listening to what the is telling.
"This isn't any ordinary blackout. Put on your Visualizer." Both Subaru and Yuudai do what he said and saw a black orb on the wave road.
"What the heck is that circular ball thing?" Yuudai asks.
"That's the Z wave that old man from yesterday was talking about! That's what it looks like when a buch of Z waves collect and create EM viruses. If we leave it alone, it might call an FM-ain. And it;s not gonna go away by itself."
"We need to get rid of it, fast!" Yuudai said.
"Give it up, Silverlocks. There's a whole bunch of these wave balls all over the lab." Warrock told.
"Then it's a good thing Sora is with us. Biyomon can help us destroying those Z wave." Yuudai said.
"Don't tell me she also one of those Digimons? How many of those things are there anyway!" Rock groan.
"A lot." He answered, tapping on Sora's back and whispered. "Problem in the wave road, need Biyomon's help."
The carrier of Love nod, turning to Mamoru telling. "We'll go check on the people in the building."
"Alright. Make sure you keep out of trouble and contact me if anything goes wrong." Mamoru told, before the three leave the room.
Amachi Laboratory Wave Road Japan 2209 Midday January 22
"This is the last one!" Zero step the final Z Wave orb, destroying it as the power return into the building. He sighed, when he got a call from Sora.
"Good work, Yuudai-kun! The power is back online!" Sora cheered.
"Good thing you and Birdamon came along for the ride. Don't know what would happen if you girls didn't come." Yuudai state.
Just then Birdramon, Biymon's adult form came phasing through the ceilings landing next to Zero.
"So how is your first day on the wave road?" He asks, petting on the peak of the bird digimon.
"It is amazing! No one notice me flying around!" She answered. "I can see why both Tailmon and Agumon talk a lot about this."
"Is the energy restored?" asks EagSix as he flew towards them "Because as long they are off, I cannot move into the lab"
"See for yourself." The young warrior point below at the electronic equipment.
"Good… I need to asks that an upgrade is researched so we are able to move outside of active electronics. Else we run into more trouble with our current enemy set." explains Six.
Rockman then came, surprised when he sees Birdramon. "W-what is that huge bird?!" Rock eyebugged.
"Guys, meet Birdramon. Biyomon's evolved form." Yuudai chuckles from Subaru and Warrock's reaction.
"Evolved? You mean she's the same pink bird that came from Sora-san's transfer?" Subaru asks.
"The very same!" Birdramon reverts back to Biyomon. "I bet you were surprise aren't you?"
"Y-Yes…" admits Subaru
EagSix looks at Biyomon and stated "I am more surprised how drastic you look to that phoenix like form. I was assuming a closer form, given the data Cat brought to us about your lizard friend."
"If you think my Adult form was drastic, you should seeing Tailmon's Perfect level. Her's is a angel type Digimon called Angewomon." Biyomon said.
The Predator was silent for a while and asks "You don't suppose to have a database of known Digimon lying around?"
"My dad have a list of it. You can asks him after we helped Misora." Yuudai pick up the pink bird Digimon and pulse out.
"Okay, where the heck did he get those things?! I doubt that the humans made them." Warrock said, irritated as he questions aren't answered by Yuudai and his friends.
"Don't asks. It's beyond a lot I don't know." Admits Six. "But you need to go back for now, I catch up when i'm done deliver the message to Cat and Sept." and a screen appears in front of him while he writes the message.
"You heard the man, or do you want to go home?" Rock asks.
"No, I've got to go back. I've got to give them an answer…. About being Brothers with Misora…" Subaru answered.
"Thought question, if you look at what you have to tell her as brothers" stated Six and after a few moments he finished writing the message and send it to the mail accounts of Sept and Cat.
"Speaking of her, that Misora's a girl, but she smells like danger… Don't let your guard down." Warrock warned.
"Danger? As in?" Subaru tilt his head in confusion.
"I don't know. But I just have the feeling, kid." The Alien told the human.
Subaru went quiet for a few moment before he said. "Anyway let's get back to the lab. I've gotta give them an answer. I don't think i can deal with a Brother yet…." And pulse out to the real world.
Amachi Laboratory Japan 2209 Midday January 22
After Yuudai and his friends dealt with the Wave balls, Misora asks Subaru to talk privately on the rooftop of the building.
"What do you think Misora want to talk about with Subaru?" Yuudai asked to everyone in the room, leaning on a wall next to Mamoru's computer.
"Probably wanted to thank Subaru-kun for his help." Sora suggest
"That could b-" began Yuudai but suddenly jumps as he heard a loud Miou and a robot cat rushes in… or more exactly a robot cat that is a favorite child toy.
"W-what is that?! A toy cat?" Karen wondered.
"It is a toy cat… A Tango of the CyPet toy line that will be for sale in a few days from now.." sighs SixEag "And I know that because Cat owns somehow one with a custom paint job."
"But whose is it? And why is a Tango here?" Mamuro asks.
"I would have taken my normal one, but as it is too far away and recharging I took a spare one" stated the Tango with a familiar voice.
"It talks!" Yuudai gasped in surprise.
"The Tango line is outfitted with the necessary tools because for the kids to be able to talk with their robot pet." Explains Mamoru.
Six stared at the tango "You are telling me you got more than ONE Tango Cat?"
"Yes! Why?" The robot asks.
"I was still figuring out where you get the money to own a Tango… or have it stored somewhere safe to be recharged and maintained." Stated the Predator.
"Wait, you mean that is one of your friends, Six?" Karen asks, kneeling down as she look at the Tango.
"It's me! QuinCat! I just control this Tango as… well… as Programs which were originally NetNavis we lack quite something to interact with the real world… AND THE GIRL I ALWAYS WANTED TO MEET FACE TO FACE IS HERE!"
"I told you… she is a fan of Misora." Deadpans the bird while holding his head down in defeat.
"So you guys also know Cat?" Mamuro asks the rest of the humans.
"You could say that." Yuudai deadpanned, sight deeply.
"We met recently!" Grins the Tango controlling Predator "So where is she? I want to have her Autograph!" Then three point two seconds later she added "And of course help her with her terrible fate."
"Then what's with the long pause?! You're only focus on Misora's autograph right now aren't you?" Yuudai point to the robot.
"That's the only explanation why she bothered to take a Tango…" deadpans Six.
"Can you wait a little longer? It would be best to give her some time before she can settle with her problems." Sora asked the AI.
"Beside, don't you want to see Misora-chan smile while giving the autograph to you?" Karen add, petting on the robot's head.
Cat purred and mused "You have a point here."
But then a man wearing purple business suit, yellow tie, sunglasses and a pink transfer stormed into the room. "Alright! Where is she?!"
"A pink Transfer? Really?" asks Cat.
Eag was looking at the man "Who are you and who authorized you to enter this section of the facility? Answer before I call security with authorization to be rough with you."
"I don't have time for this!" 'He glared at the door leading to the roof and runs off towards it.
"Hey! Wait a sec! You can't go out there!" Mamuro try to stop him as the man try to open the door only to be locked, growled he pushed the head of the Amachi Laboratory away and locked the door a couple of time before the lock broke and when to the roof..
"This can't be good!" Yuudai quickly rush after the man with Mamuro behind him.
Eag growled and activated the security systems as well calling the police while sending footage for the charges of trespassing, harming the head of the labs, property damage and properly kidnapping.
"Stop you creep!" shouts Cat, running after that guy before stopping "Wait.. this isn't built for combat." and rushes to Yuudai's mother. "Can you look after this body? I need to dig in dirt."
"Just be quick!" She said. Cat nods, jumps into her arms and the body powers down as the AI left.
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"Misora! You've caused me quite a lot of trouble, missy!" The two males heard the man yell as they arrived at the roof. "I had to cancel the concert because of you!"
"Hey! Leave her alone you jerk!" Yuudai yelled at the man, as Subaru stand between Misora and the suited man. "You were the one hiding Misora? Get out of my face, boy!"
"N-no!" He stuttered in fear.
"I told you to get!" The man is about to slap Subaru away, but Yuudai quickly to a roundhouse kick on to the manager's stomach, making him gasp for air while losing his balance. The silver boy then attack the man with his fist hitting the jerk's face.
"No one hurt my friends and get away with it!" Yuudai declared stand in a fighting position, seeing Misora's manager stumbling against the fence.
"Misora-chan! Everyone!" Sora called as she rushes in and everybody turned to her. As everybody was distracted, the man in suit reaches for his jacket and pulled something out. The orange haired girl saw it and quickly warned them. "Watch out! He has a gun!"
Yuudai quickly turn, seeing the man pointing his weapon to him, he was about to pull the trigger, but a loud beeping sound came from his transfer forcing everyone to cover their ears.
"Ah! My ears!" Yuudai groaned, feeling the pain coursing through his ears.
Mamoru look at Misora, grabbing her arm and pushes the idol towards Sora. "Get her out of here! Quick!" The girl nod and tool Misora down stairs.
"No!" Misora manager remove his transfer and runs after the girls.
"What hit us?" asks Subaru while rubbing his ears.
"I'm sorry, but it was the only option i had." Six said from the pink Transfer. "I played a high pitched screech that is hurtful for any sentient being. That guy had the nerve to not only break doors but he also broke our security bots. Police is on the way thought."
"We better go after him! Fast!" Yuudai stormed to the lab, hoping he's not too late.
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Both girls run towards the garden of the lab while Karen carried Cat's toy body. They heard gunshots from inside the building, so Karen brought the young girls behind the bushes, looking out for anybody who could carry that weapon.
The toy body boots up and Cat shock the head telling. "Ok! I got the dirt. A LOOONG list of dirt. I am actually surprised this creep isn't throw in the deepest prison cell of the world with the key molten down and made to a coffin nail and put on the next coffin that gets shoot into the sun."
Then she noticed wondered. "So… what did I miss? Kinda missed a few stuff because I e-mailed myself into here."
"Misora-chan's manager try to shoot Yuudai-kun until his transfer start to make a loud noise." Sora told. "Right now we try to hide and run from him."
"Loud noise? Sounds like Six screech. One of his few defense systems that can interact with every machine." She replied. They saw the manager coming out out, shouting Misora's name, Sora held the idol close to her as Misora whipper in fear of him.
"Cat, watch over the girls." Karen said to the Predator came out of hiding, slowly walk towards the man.
"You!" The manager point his gun at her. "Where is she?! Tell me where you hide Misora!"
The young girls and Predator watch how Karen calming walking towards the hostile man as Misora suddenly hear a voice. "Hee hee… Making you sing so he can get money… And using a weapon to hurt other people… What a terrible adult isn't he?" The idol blinked, looking around to where the voice came from.
Cat, who is oblivious about the nearby owner of the voice wondered loudly. "I wonder if the police will have enough left once she is done… stumbled on something interesting about her."
"Put down the gun and surrender peacefully, the police will be here any moment and there is no place to run." Karen told, standing a meter in front of the manager.
"Shut it! Give me Misora right now!" He pull the trigger of his gun.
The martial art champion doesn't look timorous as she move slightly to the left, dodging the bullet. She then runs at the manager grab twist his arm and force him to the ground in a instead. "Will you give up?" She asks again.
The manager struggles, reaching for his bag and told. "Let me go!" He then spray Karen with pepper spray, forcing her to let go as she rub her eyes. The man got up and grabbed the first random piece he could grab and went to hit her head with it in his rage. Until he saw Misora coming out of the bushes. "There you are! You won't get away from me again. Because now you are in some serious debt."
"Stop!" Sora came out, standing in front of Misora. "I won't let you hurt Misora-chan! What you do is unforgivable, using her for your own gain!"
"Touch her and your charges will raise!" Snarled Cat and jumps in the way.
"Don't get in my way!" The man yelled, heading towards the young girls. "Misora is mine! She will sing when i tell her! Got that? So scram!"
"...No!" Misora scream, suddenly start to glow bright, forcing everyone to close their eyes.
"Shit…" muttered Cat, leaving quickly the body, leaving a virus behind to get the body at some place where she could pick it up later.
Everyone open the eyes and saw Misora wearing a black bodysuit and a pink dress like armor, a pink helmet with a blue visor, a white scarf and a her guitar is turn blue with a face on the head.
"Wh-What is going on?!" The manger gasped in surprise.
"No… Not her." Sora mumbled in disbelief, seeing the young girl taking over by a FM-ain.
"Thank you for listening to me, Misora." The guitar spoke to her. "It makes me very happy. Now let's show this foolish man the power of music!"
"No! Don't listen to her, Misora-chan!" Sora warned, placing her hand on both the young girl's shoulder.
"Move!" Misora push the pre-teen away, pull out her guitar, strums the strings and launch a large music note towards her manager, the note hit the man, knocking him off his feet.
"Hey you!" shouts Cat at Misora. "Let go of Misora, and put your whatever in the air!" while she tried to get a hold on Rock… she really need to hack that Transfer for easy communication. And of course Sept to find out if she got anything to help her. Cat isn't after all a primary front fighter. Her viruses are ready to move upon her command. And this time she took out a few heavy hitters with her, viruses she normally don't deploy, RarePlane2.
"Oh my, never thought Earth would have EM-being of their own." The guitar said. "We would love to stay, but me and my partner here have some unfinished business to take care of."
"I can accept viruses looking like items but now aliens?" Cat asks "That… wow. And I am not letting you go!" while turning her tail into a sniper rifle. At that moment, the boys come just before the cat fight started.
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me! Her too!" Yuudai groaned, as they saw Misora's EM human form.
"What happen to Misora?" Mamuro asks.
"The same happen to Mister Shinsuke, someone is controlling, miss Hibiki!" Six warned.
Misora then strung her instrument again, fires a heart-shaped pulse to them. Yuudai quickly tackle her mother who is still try to remove the spray from her eyes, while Mamuro pushes Subaru away as he, and the viruses get hit by the pulse.
"Mamuro-san!" Subaru called out to the boss of the Amachi Laboratory fall to the ground.
"I figured this would happen, and by the looks of things, i'd say it's Harp…. Damn, i'm no good dealing with… woman." Warrock told.
"That's your biggest concern!?" Yuudai yelled at the FM-ain. Karen finally feel the pain in her eyes go away, she slowly open them and saw Mamuro's unconscious body and Misora new look.
Figuring that the Guitar must be a weak point, Cat took aim and shoots, while sending out some more viruses, some which are quicker on their feet so having an actual chance to avoid attacks. Harp were barely able to avoid the shoot and only because she knew about the presence of the Predator.
"Misora! Wake up! You're being controlled by an alien!" Subaru call out to her.
"Please don't get in our way, cutie-pie." Harp giggled, looking then to Misora. "Harp Note, they trying to stop us, the bad people. Give them a small nap for their bad behavior."
As Harp Note about to attack, Yuudai quickly put his Denpa Henkan chip in the Transfer's slot, transforming unto Zero and Warrock force Subaru to transform into Rockman and took control of his body for a moment, they stand in front of the girls as both boy created a shield to block Harp Note music attack.
"Don't get careless! Harp is an FM-ain who can controls sounds. You can't let your guard down!" Rock warned the boys, giving the control back to Subaru.
"Yea, we notice." Zero deadpanned.
"Misora-chan! Please calm down. We just want to help you."Sora tried reassuring the young girl.
"No! Leave me alone!" Misora yelled, entering into the wave world.
Cat send her next batch of Viruses at her and shoots her Sniper Rifle at a good rate, making it for the controlled girl hard to get through without being hit. But then an explosion suddenly came, deleting all of the viruses, and before she could react a her a energy shot on Cat's back, making her forced her to move, but the explosion made her flew and she barely managed to land on her paws.
"Miou! Where did that came from?" She shouts, looking but then she had to run and avoid getting hit while trying to change locations. Six flew up to engage the enemy but he had to aboard as shock waves were heading his way and he was facing… is that a vulture?
Cat on the other hand were jumping around and leaps down a wall only to find that suddenly a crap like virus raise from the ground and tackles her, forcing her to land at some spot and as she was there, an energy cage erupts around her, followed by a fire wall, trapping her.
"Somebody really hates me here" said the cat while she sat up and prepared her programs to counter the fire wall and the cage…. Both will cost her quite some time thought.
"Guys!" Yuudai called out to them as he and Subaru runs to them. but a energy shot hit in front of their feet, stopping the two at their tracks.
"Sorry, but you have to deal with me first." A voice told the boys, as they saw Vava landing next to Cat.
"Vava!" Zero recognize the purple armored man, drawing his sword and point at him. "We don't have time for you! Let Cat go right now!"
"If you want the reject back, you have to fight me first." He answered, turning his head to Cat. "And don't even think of hacking your cage. Because if you do, you'll trigger a detonation that will make all the electronic go berserk and…. While you get the idea."
"You linked that cage to a freaking EMP?" asks Cat from inside and whispered to herself "Well… time for Plan D25… Hate that plan…"
"Cat! Whatever you do, don't do it! We don't know if he planted anything else!" Zero point out.
"You should listen to him, Mechaniloid. Who know what else i have in my sleeves." Vava chuckled.
"You need a damn dictionary! I am NOT a mechanoid." Cat growled.
"Why are you doing this?" Zero demand. "In case you don't get the big picture, we're kinda busy here."
"Oh i know. You're here try to stop Harp Note. Just like how should be in the original version of this world." Vava said. "Well except that you, the mechanoids and that red haired girl with her pigeon didn't exist on the other side."
"Original version? Other side?" Yuudai mumbled to himself.
"Forget that guy! We have a job to do!" Rock reminded the rest.
"Right!" Yuudai said and ordered his friend. "Subaru! Go after Misora! I'll handle Vava!"
"You sure?" Subaru asks.
"I'm sure! You're the only one who can save her! Now go!" Zero dashed to the armed man, hitting him with his sword. But Vava leap back while uses his hover boots to float toward a wave road as he look down at the silver haired boy.
"Yuudai…" Subaru grip his hand, making a fist and when after Misora.
"There he goes off to save the little songstress, just like how it should be…." Vava said, crossing his arms.
Just them jump on the road where Vava is and demanding. "What do you mean by that?!"
"I'm saying that Misora Hibiki is fated to become Harp Note. Just like Subaru Hoshiga and Warrock are fated to become this era's Rockman! It an unavoidable destiny! " Vava expand his right arm and fire a barrage of energy shoots from his finger tips, forcing Zero to go on the defenses by forming a shield. "Just like your Chosen Children friends! They too are forced to face the worse destiny that is yet to come!"
Yuudai grins his teeth, getting more angrier by Vava's words. He then run to the Irregular while holding up his shield, once Zero get close to Vava. He disabled his shield, dashing to Vava and cut the Irregular's arm off.
"I don't care about fate or destiny!" Yuudai bring his sword to Vava's neck. "We decide what we do with our lives, no one else! And if you or anyone try to get in our way, i'll cut you down with no hesitation!"
Vava simply stare at the boy, as the two heard the sound of fighting from afar. Vava slowly chuckled and then laugh very hard, surprising Zero.
"This is rich!" He said, pointing his cannon shoulder. Yuudai quickly leap backwards just before he fired a laser from his cannon. "You're more tendency, then Zero! I just can't help but laugh!" He launch, while face palming. "This make my revenge much more sweeter when i bring you to despair!"
"You're crazy." Yuudai said, holding his sword tightly.
Just then Cat came, landed next to Yuudai and said. "Yea, this guy goes in my most crazy people list."
"What!? How did you get out without triggering the EMP!?" Vava asks, growling in anger.
"Had help of a perv and a pink bird of course." Cat told then mused "Well… the bird made sure the perv doesn't do anything stupid while helping."
"Oh, right! I forgot about him!" Yuudai admit, looked down seeing his mother, Sora and Mamuro's body is gone.
"Can't blame ya, Spä is easy forgettable." Cat shrugged "The only reason we didn't forget him is that he is so hardwired into our memories that forgetting him means we have to rewrite 54 percent of our memory protocols. So we just ignore his existence whenever we can afford it. That and Drikat needs a chew toy when being frustrated."
"You… actually… use your own teammate… as chewtoy?" Asks Vava. "And I was told I am the insane one." Then Six came crashing down behind Vava. "Looks like the Falseroid just took down your numbers by one." Then a lanky frame vulture with blue/green main color, it has a skeletal traits and got long arms landed on top of the eagle.
"Damm… and we always told him to get weapon systems fitting for single targets" muttered Cat while getting her rifle out and a couple of viruses.
"Don't even think about it!" The 'Falseroid' grab Six neck and hold it in front of them. "One wrong move and i'll snap it's neck!"
"Really?" Coughs Six "How original… got it snapped SIX TIMES by a monster… of Netnavi…"
"Shut it, you misfit!" The vulture yelled at the bird. "Unlike the Megaman from my timeline, your nothing!"
"Oh.. really And your broken wings and guitar?" Smirks the eagle.
"Why you…!" The vulture is about to slam Six to the ground until Vava warned.
"Don't let him play you, Condorrock! He's planning you so that his feline friend can shoot you!" He point with his thumb to Cat, who had her aim trained on them.
"Don't call me that! My name is Vulturon!" Vulturon yelled at Vava.
"You are a Vulture? I would have guessed different." told Eagle. "And I wonder… why taking hostage if you were so powerful?"
"You shut your mouth or i-" But before Vulturon could finished his sentence, he got shot by the head, leaving a huge hole. But it wasn't Cat who shot, it was Vava who use his cannon to delete Vulturon.
"God! I should have done that from the beginning." He mumbled, grabbing Six neck and hold him in front of him. While he extend his other cut off arm to his right as his hand flow back, attaching back to it's original place.
"Why did you kill him! Wasn't he you friend?!" Yuudai asks, as confused, surprised and anger spiral through his mind.
"Don't get the wrong idea, i never wanted to be buddies buddies with him or the rest of his group. My goal is to destroy the Rockman Legacy, and i'll use anyone and everything to achieve it!" Vava told.
"You bastard!" Yuudai growled, as red marks appeared, flashes on his black bodysuit.
"Ohh? You seem anger. I bet THIS will make you furious!" Vava then grab on one of Six's wing, twisting it and tear it as Eagle scream in pain. Cat aimed her gun again, this time shooting at Vava in the first moment he makes a wrong position.
Yuudai however, dashed with pure rage towards Vava while his Overlimit mode activated on it's own.
Vava smirk behind his helmet, aiming his cannon to Yuudai. Seeing what he is doing, Cat re aimed and shoot at the canon.
"Get behind Vava and do a vertical slash!" A voice echoed in Yuudai head, thought surprised he did what the voice told him and in a flash get behind Vava.
"What?!" Vava shout, looking behind him to see Yuudai cut off the whole arm which hold Eagle while cat destroyed the cannon. The Irregular scream in pain hold on his wound as Yuudai swoop in, grab Six and dashed to Cat side.
"Six! Still breathing?" Yuudai asks, placing the bird behind him.
"I never breathed, so dumb question." He stated."Redirecting processor power towards regeneration systems."
"You do know that was a rhetorical question, right?" Cat asks. "Just stay still. We'll handle the douchebag." Before starting shooting at Vava, shooting at him several times. Vava dodges all of her attacks, picking up his arm and teleported away, before Yuudai could strike him down with his sword.
"Wait! Get back here you bastard!" Yuudai yelled to the sky.
"Yuudai! Calm down!" Six told.
"After what just happened!?" Yuudai turn around. "He killed one of his friends in cold blood. And ripped one of your wing off! How am I going to calm down after what Vava did!?"
"After our… little unfortunate meeting with somebody, we are outfitted with backup features." told Six before blinking "Just remembered my last one is half a year old."
"Six… we are supposed to do them on weekly basis, or due the little event recently daily." deadpans Cat. "Not to mention to NEVER tell it to outsiders?"
But before Yuudai could make a comment of how calm the Predators are, he suddenly fell all on his four panting as he overlimit mode ended. "Not… this again…"
"Let's evac the two of you and I check on Subaru." stated Cat in a surprising serious tone while her cat body was returning on the order of her virus "My tangos have several extra storage for additional beings."
"Again… how did you come to own them?" asks Six "With these modifications?"
"It's a girl's s-e-c-r-e-t~" She winked, heading to Subaru and Misora's location.
Six looked at Zero "I really wish I understand girls… especially her." He notice the boy making a fist with both hand as he hear the boy mumble to himself. "Something wrong?"
"It's nothing…" He answered, pulsing back to the real world.
Kodama Town Japan 2209 Night January 22 The Albert Resistant
Later at night in the Albert's house, Yuudai lay on his bed wearing his grey pajama. Starting at the ceiling, remembering the event that happen today. Subaru saved Misora and became Brother, Harp decided to became Misora's partner and is will to tell anything she knows to the Predators. Sora will talk to her mother so the idol can be adopting in her family, also Sept revealed good new for Misora… and her manager was arrested for breaking in, property damage, assault, threatening with a gun, fraud, forcing a child to work, adapted kidnapping and stealing lollies from babies, which was added by Cat.
But there is one thing that still hang around his head, Vava. He reminded, the purple armed maniac to Vamdemon, a Digimon who tried to conquer both the human world and Digital world. A memory of a younger version of him and Hikari with Tailmon seeing a robe wearing digimon taking a blast of Vamdemon, protecting them.
He snarled, lie on his side, seeing his Transfer on the charger.
"Looks like you're in a deep thought." A voice said, surprising the boy when he saw Drikat on his computer monitor.
"Drikat? What you doing here?" Yuudai asks, sitting on the edge of his bed.
"I wanted to personally thank you for saving Six from Vava." He answered. "We may have a few aces in the sleeve, but regarding six, this sleeve is… rather disturbing for us."
"How disturbing?"
"I am not supposed to tell it… ah fuck it! I had too many rules to follow recently!" stated Drikat "We have a backup system. We could be rebuild with everything intact but with memory loss… and the start up procedure is… painful for us as well leaving us for several hours in a zombie like state until everything in our program is booted. One of the additions we received after we survived our greatest failure. Spä-one was the first to… test it out."
"Must be awful, to experience that."Yuudai felt sorry for the wolf.
"That pervert deserved it in a way." stated Drikat "That idiot thought he could impress a police officer by taking down a fraud network. Blowing up a Server is nice and well… but that idiot triggered it while being inside. Planned to get out in the last second."
"Speaking of which, did you also delete the pic of Kari he had?" The silver haired boy asks, still mad for the little stunt Spä-one.
"What picture?"
"He uses one of Cat's viruses to make photo of her while been dressed. Had to give him a couple of manners with my fist and sword." Yuudai told.
"Seriously?" Dri sighed, irritated by the news he heard. "Usually you're not allowed to attack him, but i'll let this slide. In fact I give you and Cat access to his personal files to delete every picture you two not agree him having them. Tell me when you have time and I arrange everything. Perhaps I should make him watch the process… did he make anything M-Rated?"
"I think? How should i know if i didn't see them?" Yuudai shrugged.
"Point taken. Also Six and Cat told me that you acted mad at this Vava character. Does he reminded you to someone?" He asks,
Yuudai sighed stood up, sitting on the chair in from of his computer. "Do you know about Vamdemon's invasion from few years ago?"
"Only what the database is having in store" he admits "No big details."
"Vamdemon was an evil Digimon who want to control both world. He was a merciless dictator who use anyone that followed him as stepping stones. He even went so far to kill Kari after he found out she and Tailmon are the 8th chosen child. I tried to protect her from Vamdemon's attack, but Wizarmon, Tailmon's only friend took the hit and died right in front of us." Yuudai grip the railing of his chair. "And Vava is just like that bastard… Only caring for himself and do whatever he wants."
"Just like Theta and Iota…" muttered Drikat while shaking his head "Just like with them…"
"Who's Theta and Iota?"
"The last two predators created." stated Drikat "They were something akin to twins and the only human like ones, as the head way back believed that mankind are the most dangerous predators. They were the leaders before me. They were the best product of the project… they were… too humanlike. Too far away… from our source. Iota the brain, Theta the brawls. They functioned like a two part system."
"So what happen to them?"
"They betrayed us. They used our mission to build up an underground empire." Explains Drikat "Theta was too loyal towards Iota to question it but as order came to deal with this betrayal… Iota had no issue to activate the Iris Protocol. He absorbed Theta to empower himself. In front of our eyes."
"Wait. You mean you or any of your friend can absorb each other too?" Yuudai asks surprised.
"No… that was only their feature… one could absorb the other. But the cost were the destruction of the absorbed one. Also here was a reason why it was called Iris protocol… they were never meant to become one. But Iota… he thought his modifications could handle it. His server couldn't. It explode."
"That's… I can't believe that happen…." Yuudai is stunned, hearing Drikat's story. "Is that why you are forced to followed those strict rules? To make sure neither you and the others will end up like Iota and Theta?"
"That's why they are so hard coded into us." He explains. "I was only able to tell you this because of exploits of the rules and the programmings."
"I'm sure it is to protect you from ending up like your other friends. Even though some of them are unfair."
"At least it kept me and the rest save." Drikat said. "And what about you? The reason why you choose to become Zero is became of the incident with Vamdemon and the attack of Space Station?"
"Yea…" Yuudai lean back on his chair. "After what happen all those years ago with Kari and the rest fighting against the Dark Masters, Subaru losing his dad i couldn't take it. I didn't have a Digivice and a Digimon of my own. That why i became Zero, so that i can protected everyone that i hold dear to me."
"You have a long way for that!" He stated "Especially to live up the name."
Yuudai looked confused at Drikat and asks. "What do you mean by that? D-did you know the original Zero?"
"Not me… more… our father" Stated the Predator "That is all I can say. Ask your daddy if you want to know more." And with that Drikat leaves, before the silver haired boy could asks.
The Ministry of Science HQ Japan 2209 Night January 22
Regal typed behind his computer, making notes of his research about the FM-ains and the Irregulars Navi until his screen suddenly showed three images of a Pegasus, lion and a Chinese dragon head appeared.
The head researcher stopped typing as he mumbled. "I see... It is time…."