"LET ME GO!" screamed a female voice.

"Shut up! *SLAP*"

"AH!"

"Hey! Leave her alone!"

"SLIENCE! *gunshot*"

Suddenly the elevator doors burst open at the Shadow of the Stars tournament grounds. The elevator had been taken up to the Directors office, and the Director was standing in front of his desk with a dark smile.

Two guards walked out of the elevator and threw a man in a brown and orange sweater down onto the ground. The man was bleeding, badly, and moaned as he pulled himself up.

"Ah, Dr. Hikari, welcome. I have been expecting you."

"W-Who are you…….and….what d-do you want…?" Dr. Hikari panted as he pulled himself off the floor and into a standing position. His left arm was holding his right, he had been shot and the blood had soaked his sleeve.

"I, Dr. Hikari, am the Director of the tournament that your son is a part of. My name is Abbadon, and as for what I want, it's quite simple. You know a very complex security code, and I want it! If you give it to me I will let you go, if not….than I will have my friends shoot you again."

Dr. Hikari cursed. "Even if I gave you the code, what would you do with it?"

"Simple…all I need is the Ruby Crystal…and you WILL give it to me!"

"W-What! I'll do no such thing!"

Abbadon snapped his fingers and the screen behind him came to life. On it was Iblis, and Roll. Iblis was holding Roll by her left arm and she was in pain. Iblis had a very sharp sword pointed to her neck.

"Now Dr. Hikari, I know that this navi may not be that important to you. But she IS to the two people I am waiting for."

"Lan and Megaman." Dr. Hikari whispered.

"Yes. Lan is good friends with Maylu, and I believe that this navi is hers, is it not? Also this navi and Megaman are quite good friends….it would be a shame if anything happened to her…"

Dr. Hikari lunged forward toward Abbadon; Abbadon stepped to the side and stuck out his foot. Dr. Hikari tripped and fell to the floor. Abbadon then turned to him and kicked him repeatedly.

"Bad move doctor…."

Suddenly there was a loud siren from the intercom and Reaino's voice came over the intercom.

"Director, Lan Hikari and Megaman have just arrived via the metro line!"

Abbadon chuckled. "Good…send Lucia and Tyrell to deal with them."

"No sir." Iblis cut in.

"What!?" Abbadon yelled as he turned to his navi.

"Allow me…."

Lan and Megaman had rushed into town after getting off the metro line and asked people if they had seen a dark car speeding through town, or heard about a pink navi or the doctor. After asking around for almost an hour they finally found a man who had said he saw the car. He told them the car had been speeding through town, and went straight to the tournament grounds.

After hearing the information Lan and Megaman hopped on the metro line and now stood outside the tournament grounds. Guards where everywhere, they all wore the same uniform as the tournament officials, only they now had a red DA written over the symbol.

Lan was hiding behind a tree in the courtyard as two guards walked by.

"So Abbadon wants us to look for that Hikari kid? I don't understand it. If he wants the Ruby Crystal why doesn't he just hack into SciLabs?"

"He doesn't want to get any attention drawn to himself. If no one knows what's going on, then he can steal the Crystals easily."

Lan had heard two of the guards talking. "Ruby Crystal?" he whispered. The coast was clear so Lan ran toward a small statue to hide behind as the guards began to walk back his way.

"Megaman…there's a jack in port here on the statue. I'll jack you in! Try and find out what's going on!"

Lan removed the PET from its case and jacked Megaman into the statue. Megaman was now standing in a large net area. The floor was a dark grey color, and at the other end of the room was a large portal. Megaman ran forward and stepped into it, bursting into light.

The light faded down and Megaman found himself in a very familiar area, Star Hill. The sky was dark, and all the lights there seemed to be slowly diming. Far in the distance Megaman was a large arena like building, the tournament arena!

Megaman ran forward to the building and entered another area of Star Hill. This area was darker than the last. The floor was a black-and-white checkered tile. In the center of the room was the same symbol that Megaman had seen all through the tournament, the silver star with the green streak trailing behind it, but this one had DA written in red in the center of it.

"What's going on here? This is the battle field!"

"Yes, and it is also your grave my boy." Said a dark voice that echoed all through the area. Megaman searched for the voice, but remained on guard.

"Did you really think that the guards hadn't seen you?"

Suddenly Megaman heard Lan yell.

"HEY! LET ME GO!"

Two guards in grey uniforms where holding Lan's arms and taking him inside the building, they left Megaman jacked into the statue.

"WHERE ARE YOU!?" Megaman yelled as he fired a few shots into the darkness. A dark voice let out a laugh and Megaman could hear the figure moving in the darkness.

"Megaman…I've heard much about you…I pictured you…older."

"Why don't you show yourself you coward!"

"Coward? Moi?" said the man in the darkness. "You're the one who's scared."

"I'm not scared of you!"

"Oh no? But you are scared for Dr. Hikari, and Lan. Oh, and Roll as well."

"R-Roll! What have you done to her!?"

"Hmhmhmhm….don't worry, she's alive….for now…."

Suddenly the lights all flashed on. Megaman could finally see his opponent, and the first thing he saw were the two blood red eyes glaring at him with spite.

The navi was tall, only a few inches taller than Megaman. He had a black bodysuit that was seen under a plate of dark grey armor. His hands where bright, blood red, and had two spikes on each hand. His helmet was much like Megaman's only it held two blades on it. The helmet was grey, and the blades where bright red. He had large shoulder pads that extended out into blade-like points, and they held in place a long black cape which. The inside of the cape was red, while the outside was black, and it extended down to the floor and engulfed him entirely. In the center of his chest was his symbol. A red background with two white gloved hands cupped outward. The last thing that Megaman noticed about him was his face, he had perfect teeth but his canine teeth where pointed, and a very dark scar fell from the side of his face down his cheek. He also had a perfect tanned tone, and was much more muscular than Megaman.

The navi bowed to Megaman and tugged on his cape, it engulfed all of his body so all that was seen was his neck and upward.

"My name is Iblis….Welcome to the Dark Aero headquarters." With that Iblis snapped his fingers, suddenly hundreds of navis had jacked into the room and all of them had corned Megaman.

"MEGA!" cried a voice. It was Roll!

Megaman could now see that behind Iblis was a large electric cage, and in it was Roll!

"Roll! Are you alright!?"

"I'm fine Megaman….you have to get out of here!"

"Not without you, Lan, and Dad!"

Iblis cackled into laughter. "…Oh, how sweet. You don't want to leave without your family and friends. HAHAHAHAHA! WHAT A PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A NAVI!"

"W-What did you say!?" Megaman growled.

"You obviously care about these people, that is why you are weak! Affection can cloud your judgment in difficult times, if you love someone, then when the time comes you can't let them go. In fact, I'd bet that if I shot her right now you would probably try and kill me. And if you tried to all my guards would have you blasted to bits before you even moved an inch."

"…….No….I wouldn't…."

"Oh really?" with that Iblis turned to Roll and fired. Suddenly hell broke loose. Megaman screamed and lunged toward Iblis, plowing through the guards. Iblis burst into another cackle of laughter, and all the guards in the room tackled Megaman to the ground and proceeded to hit, kick, and shoot him.

Roll wasn't hit; in fact Iblis hadn't even fired a full blast at her. She was screaming Megaman's name as loud as she could, hoping that he was still alive after the waves of attacks that just hit him.

Iblis turned to Roll and walked toward her cage. He lifted a hand through the bars and touched it to her check.

"You know….you are quite a beautiful girl."

Roll slapped the hand away and spit at Iblis. Iblis grunted and wiped the spit away, he then glared at her.

"You'll pay for that you little…."

"Master Iblis!" Called one of the guards. Megaman was now barely conscious, his face had been hit pretty hard and he had a black eye, he was being held up by two guards.

"Ah, yes, take him away!" Iblis ordered as he turned back to Roll. "You will be staying with me my dear…"