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(Chapter 10)
Days had passed, and Meddy was just about used to being human. Thanks to the reports that Yuuichiro had asked Denierure to do, it had been revealed that when out of the net using the Armor Removal Program, it was possible for the Navis to eat food for energy.
While Meddy had eaten over the last few days, she hadn't said too much. No one bothered her about it, as they knew she was worried about her operator. Jasmine had been in contact, and said she would come straight to Japan as soon as she was released from hospital. Even though she had heard from Jasmine, Meddy was stil worried about her.
What Yuuichiro had said was true. Her new outfit resembled her Navi armor quite a lot. The only main differences that she had from her Navi form were that she had lost her visor and helmet, and her hair had taken a softer look to it.
Meddy was out of the net, as she had been advised to so that Nebula wouldn't guess where she was. She was watching Rockman as he did some errands for her on the net. He had already been to see Jasmine so that she could talk to her. She watched as Rockman returned to his PET. "How did you get used to this Rockman?" Meddy asked.
"I'm just as new to this as you are Meddy. I haven't been off the net since I was a baby" Rockman answered.
Meddy picked up the PET and plugged him into the Dimensional Core unit. "So there's two Soul Navis, you and Neta, right?" Meddy questioned. He nodded as he formed himself in the room. He then quickly got himself dressed.
"We're the only two as far as we know. I think both of us want to keep it that way. In a way, Unity is a Soul Navi, but she doesn't have the power that we do" Saito replied.
"I can't imagine what that'd be like, just being forced into being a Navi" Meddy said.
"Saratu is used to it by now, but I think she still needs some more time to adjust to living at home again, with her working for Regal for the last two years" Saito told her.
"She worked for Regal? How do we know we can trust her Rockman?" Meddy asked.
"I don't think she'd want to go back to Regal since it was because of the Navi that he created for Saratu, that Saratu ended up a Navi herself" Saito answered.
(Over in Creamland...)
Kurisutaru was at her computer. She had Umi plugged in. Unity and Neta were with her.
"I just don't know what we're going to do about that Navi. Ever since I gave my report in about what happened, my higher ups have been thinking that Navi is the one causing all the Dark Soul problems here and overseas" Kurisutaru said.
"Relax Kuri-chan. It is true that Navi is causing a lot of trouble, but we can't just keep worrying about it. I'm sure we'll figure something out" Neta replied. "Saratu, did you ever know about that Navi?" she questioned.
"I heard some stuff around the Nebula server about him, but nothing that I'm positive is true. From the information I have, his name is Chaos" Unity answered.
(Nearby...)
"Laika-san, I'm positive that Navi down there is Neta" Searchman told his operator.
"Leave her Searchman. She was giving us information not too long ago, she has become a worthy ally. Looks like her operator doesn't have any charges against her anymore either" Laika replied as he checked their records on his computer.
"I scanned over the database like you told me to this morning. From the other information that was there, she can Cross Fuse with another operator, they may be in danger" Searchman spoke up.
"I see. We'll have to warn her then. We don't want any more of our allies being injured" Laika told him. Searchman nodded as he followed after the three Navis.
(Hikari home...)
"So you see, Spirit and me are in quite a bind. We can't move forward with our plans until we know Chaos has been deleted. If he's not terrorising the net, then he's at the Nebula server, and we need to get in there without ending up being deleted" Chibura explained to Yuuichiro. She had formed herself in the Dimensional Core unit, but had refused to remove her armor.
"That I understand. But what I don't is why you want Saito and Denierure's help" Yuuichiro replied.
"With their current power, they won't be able to defeat Chaos, we saw that when Rockman, in Neta Soul, used a Double Charge Shot, and Chaos lived. I propose using the Cross Program that me and Spirit have" Chibura answered.
"Hold on Chibura. Neither of them are ready for that, and they're not at their full power. Denierure knows that, but she is still hesitant to using the last Style" Yuuichiro told her.
"I don't want to push her, but their final styles may be what we need. I trust you've given Denierure the chip data?" Chibura asked.
"She has the data, she's had it for a while now, but I think she's saving it for a time when she really needs to use it" Yuuichiro replied.
"Well, I hope their final styles have the power boost they need to defeat Chaos. Once he's out of the way, Spirit and me can go into the Nebula server and make sure that they don't have anything else to cause trouble. We think Regal has something bigger than Chaos on that server" Chibura explained.
(On the net...)
"Vulcan Arm!" a voice called out. Bullets fired out and hit Umi in the back. It knocked her to the ground. Napalmman jumped out. Tamohawkman and Gyroman soon joined him.
"Must be the Navis that attacked Meddy. Kuri-chan, Saratu-chan, you both sure you can handle yoursevles?" Neta asked. Unity and Kurisutaru nodded.
"We're not sure what they can do Mom, we'd best watch each others' backs" Unity replied. Umi nodded as she got back to her feet.
Umi activated her fin, then shot an Aqua Tower at Napalmman. He dodged with ease, then opened the barrel on his head. "Napalm Bomb!" he shouted as he fired the bomb. Neta noticed and grabbed both Umi and Unity, before pulling them out of range of the attack.
Tamohawkman charged forward, and raised his axe. "Tamohawk Swing!" he called as he attempted to slice the three Navis.
"Mama, I don't have the chips to fight three Dark Soul Navis, what do we do?" Kurisutaru questioned.
"Do you have four empty chips?" Neta asked. Kurisutaru nodded, confused. "There should be an unread email in my inbox, open it. There's some chip data I need you to download for me" she added.
Kurisutaru nodded as she picked up Neta's PET and went into her inbox. Sure enough, there was an unread email there. She opened it as the three Navis dodged Gyroman's Gyro Twister. She inserted a blank chip to download the first chip.
"Yuugou Program! Dragoman!" Unity called as she activated the program, and her armor changed to resemble Dragoman's. She formed his Dragon Blade, then charged forward in Tamohawkman's direction. He blocked her attempted strike with his axe. The first chip popped out, and Kurisutaru removed it from Neta's PET, then inserted a second.
"Battlechip Bubbler! Triple Slot-In!" Kurisutaru called as she inserted the chips into Umi's PET. The blaster formed over Umi's arm, and she aimed at Napalmman. Kurisutaru replaced the second chip in Neta's PET with a new one.
"Bubble Spread!" Umi yelled as she fired the attack. It was a direct hit, but Napalmman survived the attack. The third chip popped out of Neta's PET, and Kurisutaru replaced it with another. Once the download had finished, the chip popped out of Neta's PET, and Kurisutaru looked at them.
"The order of the chips shouldn't matter, just send all four of them to me" Neta told her. Kurisutaru nodded.
"Battlechip Big Red Wave! Slot-In! Battlechip Freeze Bomb! Slot-In! Battlechip Sparkler! Slot-In! Battlechip Gaia Sword! Slot-In!" Kurisutaru called as she inserted the four chips. Neta began to glow.
"Shinka Program! Neta.EXE!" Neta shouted as the glow got brighter and she began to change. Her armor became a bright red and her hair turned to blonde. "Deni Style!" she called as her transformation completed.
Neta smiled as she scanned over her new abilities. Just as she expected. Kurisutaru and Unity watched to see what their mother was going to do. She just stood there as she raised an arm, closed her fist, then opened it again in the direction of the three Dark Soul Navis. Some kind of energy formed at their wrists and ankles, restrained them, and lifted them slightly from the ground. They struggled, but it did them no good.
"Mama... how'd you do that?" Kurisutaru asked.
"It's in the program of the Deni Style. In the style, I have the power to delete all three of them, but I know that them attacking us wasn't their fault" Neta answered as she walked up to Napalmman, and placed a hand on his icon "This style has a healing program. Soul Cleaner Program, Execute" she added. Her hand glowed, and Napalmman began to cry out in pain. Eventually, the black design of his form returned to it's usual purple. Neta proceeded to do the same to the Gyroman and Tamohawkman. Once they were healed, she released them. She then returned to her Normal Style.
"What happened? Last thing I remember is being at the Nebula base after we were captured" Tamohawkman asked.
"They made all three of you go Dark Soul" Unity answered.
"Well, thanks for healing us, um, what was your name?" Gyroman questioned.
Neta smiled "I'm Neta.EXE, and this is Unity and Umi" she answered. A screen link opened up to Kurisutaru's PET. "And this is our operator, Keshiro Kurisutaru" she added.
"But D-" Umi started, but Neta elbowed her in the side. She shut up.
"Do you know Rockman? You look a lot like him" Tamohawkman asked.
"Yeah, we're good friends with him and his operator Netto. Er, Kuri-chan, do you think we should help them get back to their operators?" Unity questioned.
"I don't see why not, I mean, we are on the same side afterall against Nebula" Kurisutaru replied.
"You know about them?" Gyroman asked as they began to walk.
"We're not civilians, we're Net Saviors. Unity hasn't been online that long, but I'm sure she'll get a badge without trouble" Kurisutaru answered.
"Yeah, and we can be pretty useful to the organisation, with Kuri-chan's twin sister working for Regal not too long ago" Umi added.
"Umi!" Unity shouted at her "I... I mean Saratu only did it because she was forced to" she told her. Gyroman, Napalmman and Tamohawkman just blinked in confusion.
"Why are you operating three Navis Kurisutaru? Most people just operate one" Napalmman questioned.
"They're not all my Navis. Neta belonged to my sister Saratu, and she wanted me to look for some programs on the net for her because she was too busy to herself. I guess... Unity kind of is my Navi, because she was going to belong to my sister Saratu, but she got killed while she used to work for Regal before Unity was finished and had the chance to meet her. Umi is my true Navi, and we all thought we'd find the programs that Saratu wanted me to get faster if I sent Umi and Unity with Neta to help her" Kurisutaru lied.
"Who made you?" Tamohawkman asked the three Navis.
"Hikari-hakase made me and Unity, and Kuri-chan's mother, Denierure, used to have Umi as her Navi before she died. Accident with an experiment at the Science Labs about a decade ago now" Neta answered.
"Kuri-chan learned some of the advanced programming skills at school, and from some of Denierure's old files. She upgraded me so that I could operate like a new Navi" Umi added.
(Hikari Home...)
"Any luck Rockman?" Netto asked. Rockman waited a few seconds before answering.
"Found them Netto-kun. Looks like they're with Napalmman, Gyroman and Tamohawkman" Rockman replied.
"What're they doing? I thought Gyroman and Tamohawkman got taken by Nebula" Netto questioned.
"They look to be just talking for now, and they don't seem to be in Dark Soul anymore" Rockman answered.
"Well, if they're not in Dark Soul anymore, it should be okay to go and talk to them" Netto said, Rockman nodded as he started to walk over. Umi waved as she noticed him.
"Hey Netto, Rockman" Neta greeted them. "Were you looking for us?" she asked.
Netto nodded "The program at Kuri-chan's homepage said you were online, and we wanted to come talk to her" he replied.
"Well, since you don't look to have anything else to do, could you help us help these three back to their operators?" Kurisutaru questioned. Netto nodded.
"Since you have an extra pair of hands helping, I'm heading to the Science Labs. Is that okay with you Kuri-chan?" Neta spoke up.
"If you're worried about something Neta, then go" Kurisutaru replied. Neta nodded as she disppeared as she linked herself over to the Science Labs
(At the Science Labs...)
Neta appeared in Yuuichiro's computer. She walked around for a few moments before she found some of the Science Labs' Navis. "Excuse me, is Hikari-hakase in today?" she asked.
The Navi she was talking to turned to her. It wasn't a customised Navi. "No. I think that if he is anywhere, he will be at home" the Navi answered.
"Thank you" Neta said as she linked herself over to the Hikari home.
(Hikari Home...)
Neta plugged herself into the Dimensional Core system. She appeared, in her armor. Netto jumped.
"I thought you were going to the Science Labs Neta-chan" Netto said.
"I need to talk to your father. Is he home?" Neta questioned.
"I think he's downstairs" Netto answered.
Neta left the room, heading downstairs, where she didn't see any sign of Yuuichiro. As she entered the living room, she bumped into Haruka. "Oh, hi Haruka" she said.
"Yuuichiro told me about the system. Are you looking for him?" Haruka asked. Neta nodded.
"He's not at work. I thought he'd be here" Neta replied. As she looked around the room, she noticed Yuuichiro.
"What's the matter? I didn't think you'd come over without any word unless it was urgent" Yuuichiro questioned.
Neta took a seat across for him, and took off her helmet, putting it down in her lap. "It is urgent. I don't feel right. It's like... there's something wrong with both me and my Navi system" she told him.
"Well, since you became a Navi, your mind did become a AI for your Navi system. The problems you have might be related" Yuuichiro replied.
"I feel like something's missing. I've felt it for a while now. I think it's a program that's connected to my mind" Neta explained. "Also, I've been having very strange dreams for the last few nights, and they really scare me" she added.
"There might be some connection, can you tell me what happened in these dreams?" Yuuichiro asked.
Neta nodded slowly "Okay. In one of them, I'm fused with Kuri-chan, and we're chasing Pyra. We want to catch her because of the things she did to Saratu, and the countless number of Navis that she deletes in the dream. Suddenly, she stops, and turns to us, smirks, then closes her eyes as she takes off her helmet and visor. Kuri-chan and me gasp, because after she does and she opens her eyes, she looks exactly like me" she told him.
"It's impossible to create a copy of the Soul Program, so I can only think of one thing. If what you saw in your dream was true, then Regal extracted your Dark Soul and used it to create Pyra" Yuuichiro answered.
"The only possible copy of me... But if that is true, I should be able to think of her moves before she makes them. But if Pyra is my Dark Soul, won't that mean...?" Neta asked.
Yuuichiro nodded "She will be back" he answered.
"I didn't think we'd be rid of Pyra that easily, especially with all the trouble Regal went through to create her" Neta replied.
"Hakase!" Meddy called out as she ran down the stairs "Jasmine just sent an email to Netto, saying she was out of hospital. How do I get back into my PET?" she asked.
Neta got up and put her helmet back on her head. "I'll help you with that Meddy. You'll need the protection anyway" she told Meddy. The two walked upstairs.
(On the net...)
After returning Napalmman, Tamohawkman and Gyroman to their operators, Rockman had decided to stick with Umi and Unity for a while.
"Well, I didn't have time so I had to think of something fast" Kurisutaru said, rubbing the back of her head.
"Nice cover Kuri-chan" Unity smiled, then glared at Umi "But Umi almost blew it. Did you have to tell them about when I used to work for Regal? I hate the fact that physically, I died because of working for him." she added.
"We know that Saratu, but you have to admit, you can be a big help to the Net Saviors with the information you have, not to mention your abilities as a Navi" Rockman answered for Umi.
"Yeah, and you didn't disappear completely Saratu. So the authorities think you died, does that matter? You can still come off the net at home and here if you want" Netto added.
Unity hung her head "I know, but I'd just like to be able to go outside again, but I can't without my body, which I lost when Pyra got herself deleted" she said.
Umi put a hand on Unity's shoulder "Don't worry Saratu-chan. At least the people you care about know about you being a Navi now" she replied.
"Most of them do" Unity corrected "My old classmates from back before I started working for Regal don't, and I want to go to their homepages and tell them, but I don't know what Mom and Hikari-hakase would do to me if I did" she explained.
"They don't want the information about the Soul Navis to leak to the public. Who knows what would happen if people knew that some people had been turned into Navis" Rockman replied.
"Yeah, think about it Saratu. If these old friends of yours knew about this, then what would stop them telling people, and the information eventually making it to the press?" Kurisutaru asked. Unity didn't reply.
(Elsewhere...)
"You're sure about being online with me Ademu?" Dragoman asked. Their head nodded.
"We need to keep our guard up, I heard about what Nebula is trying to do, and I don't want to lose you" Ademu answered.
"I know that Ademu, but I am data, I can be replaced if something should happen to me, you can't" Dragoman replied.
"If I did lose you, a copy of you, or another Navi wouldn't be the same. Dad created you and Heart before he and Mom were killed. I want to keep the original you" Ademu told him.
Ahead of them, a mass of black data was forming into a body, it looked like a Navi. The Navi's head was down, and didn't have any features to tell who it was yet. Data just kept going to it's rightful place, and the Navi kept forming, bit by bit. Ademu and Dragoman noticed this.
(End of Chapter)