Moonlit Destiny

Author's Note: This story contains boy/boy romance, so if you don't like that kind of stuff, don't read. Otherwise, enjoy the story and R&R.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Rockman Exe. Series.

Japanese Terms: Mudata- It's useless, Nani?- What?, Onore- You (Informal), Yamero- Stop, Yami no Chikara- Power of darkness

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Chapter 10: Showdown with Shademan

"Shademan!" Netto and Enzan shouted in unison.

"Hehe…I cannot allow you to pass!" The vampire-type Navi grinned, showing his pointed fangs.

"Just try and stop us!" Netto sneered, slotting chips into his PET.

"Let's see what you've got!" Enzan added, slotting chips into his own PET as well.

"Synchro Chip, Slot In!"

Fragments of data began forming around the two boys, coming together and completing armour. They were now equipped and ready to battle Shademan. Dropping out of Cross Fusion with stunning poses, they made their way towards the Darkloid commander.

Shademan chuckled, lifting his left arm and extending a wing.

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"Tohru-kun, the light is pointing to the left!" Iceman yelled as his operator came to two different paths.

"Got it!" Tohru didn't stop running. "Netto-kun, please be safe!"

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"Battle Chip! Spread Gun!" Netto opened fire.

"Useless!" Shademan disappeared into the shadows, undamaged by the attack.

"Battle Chip! Heavy Gauge! Custom Sword!" Enzan ran forward, taking a wide slash at Shademan as he reappeared.

"Yami no Chikara!" Shademan disappeared again, leaving a black hole.

"Black Wing!" Shademan reappeared, bringing his wing down. The black hole exploded, releasing several bat viruses.

"Battle Chip! Volcano Cannon!" the viruses were turned to ashes by the heat of the blast.

"Data Drain!" with both wings outstretched, Shademan flew straight into Netto, taking away hit points and adding them to his own.

"Netto!"

Before Enzan could react, Shademan had disappeared again, leaving another black hole.

"Black Wing!" the hole released more bat viruses. They latched onto Enzan, their fangs digging into his armour.

"Delta Ray Edge!" Enzan made a triangular formation around the viruses, cutting them to pieces in a single movement.

"Nani?!" Shademan felt Enzan's sword plunge into his chest, "Such a foolish manoeuvre."

The Darkloid commander pulled the sword out of his chest, cracking it in half and throwing Enzan off into the corner.

"Enzan!" Yaito screamed as Shademan approached.

"Battle Chip! Long Sword!" Netto intervened, bring his sword down on Shademan's wing.

"Mudata!" Shademan spun around, "Element Dark!"

Black waves emerged from the floor, forming a hurricane of dark energy. It blew Netto back into the wall, knocking him out of Cross Fusion.

"Hehehe…" Shademan laughed as he prepared to finish the boy off. "Crush Noise!"

The Darkloid commander opened his left wing, setting off an ultrasonic wave that slowly neared the fallen boy.

"Netto!" everyone screamed.

"Yamero!"

Netto lost sight of everything at that moment. He felt as if he was floating in midair. He heard the sound of something splattering on the ground, as well as a sharp pain that filled his right arm.

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Netto didn't want to open his eyes. He was afraid of what he would see next. His arm felt as though it had been torn off, and a warm feeling had enveloped his entire body. 

Although faint, he could hear the screams of his friends, "Did I get hit? Am I dead yet?"

Netto forced himself to look at the awful horror that awaited him.

"Tohru-kun…" Netto shifted under the other boy's weight, lying in a pool of blood, "So I was hit…but Tohru saved me," he took hold of his bleeding arm, "Itai…"

Tohru moved Netto's hand out of the way, examining the wound.

"Tohru-kun, you're okay!" Netto was relieved.

"Yeah…it's nothing," Tohru winced, "We need something to wrap around your wound."

"Forget that! What about yours?"

Tears came from his eyes as he gazed upon the deep and bloody laceration on his boyfriend's back.

Shademan was shocked as well. He was frozen in place, refusing to believe that his attack had been obstructed in such a way.

"Hayabusagiri!" Enzan took the chance to cut Shademan's right wing apart.

"Onore!" Shademan backed away, data particles leaking from his shoulder.

"Battle Chip! Gun del Sol EX!" Enzan produced a solar sensor in front of himself. In a blaze of sunlight, Shademan became paralyzed.

"O-Onore!" Shademan's angered voice boomed, as his frame shattered.

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"I'll be all right…don't worry about it," Tohru removed Netto's bandana from his forehead, "We'll get everything patched up after this, I promise!" He tied the bandana tightly around Netto's wound.

"Tohru-kun…" Netto buried himself in the other boy's chest.

"Don't cry. I'm fine," Tohru sat up, disregarding the pain from the cut in his back. "Just relax!" he brushed Netto's brown hair aside.

Netto continued to cry, his tears soaking Tohru's shirt.

"Just relax…"

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"Shademan has been deleted!" Yuriko gasped, looking up at the computer screen.

"Enough of this! I'll finish them myself!" Regal was getting very angry. "Plug In! Laserman, Transmission!"

The room lit up as Regal plugged his Navi into the network. Multicoloured rays bounced around the room, only to dissipate into the darkness moments later.