I realized I don't know a lot of chip names or attacks when Rockman is crossed or beast-out and they're hard to find in a nice layout on the net therefore there may be mistakes in regards to attack names in this chapter. Please feel free to correct me. Also, if anyone knows of a site where chips and attacks are nicely laid out please let me know. It'd be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I've developed a new navi just for this line. Plug in! REPLAYMAN.EXE! Transmission!
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Chapter 26: Target: Rockman and Lightman!
"I see," the navi said quietly. He stood quietly as he looked over the true Eon Net, once a bright happy place that was now steeped in shadows.
"What be thy orders, Lord Myst?" King asked.
Myst seemed to think the matter over carefully before stating his order: "Reinstate the Elimination List and at the top: Lightman and Rockman. Put a price on their heads so high that navis would die to have it—because they very well may be doing just that."
"Lord?" King asked.
Myst turned to look at the Eonian royal. "Those twins must be stopped. Your own legend states it."
"As thee wish, Lord Myst," King said as he shuffled of to execute the order.
Myst smiled an evil grin. "Nice move, sis. But familiarity has led you to underestimate me. You should have just given up but because of your foolish move more will be deleted and killed, starting with your precious twin warriors." Without warning, Myst lifted his hand and sent off a powerful blast, blowing a building about a mile away, and everything in between, to smithereens. Myst smiled and his eyes narrowed with glee. "They'll be sorry they ever heard of the name Myst."
"Get out of my way!"
"Get out of MY way!"
Rockman shook his head and smiled as he watched Lightman and Tomahawkman push and shove each other as they raced to the park that the group of friends had designated as the meeting spot. The twins had met Tomahawkman on the way and Lightman had promptly challenged the Native American-themed navi to a race, which Tomahawkman gladly accepted with full enthusiasm.
Myst had been inactive for the past couple of days so Rockman and Lightman were enjoying the days of peace. Yesterday they had spent the day helping Yuuichiro at the lab, the whole while dodging the detailed questions of their father and others about what they knew about Myst. Of course they answered but they made sure to not reveal too many details. At the moment their interrogators were appeased but both were sure that they also knew that they knew more.
Today the twins had taken the day of to spend with their friends. There was a new area of Internet City that had just opened up and the group had decided yesterday to check it out. Lightman recalled Meiru's, Roll's and Yaito's excitement to check out the new shopping, hearing that some of the very best shops would be making their debut in the new area. Lightman personally just wanted to check out some of the new game center where navis could participate in role-playing games. Of course he had already challenged Tomahawkman to a round.
"I win!" Lightman boasted proudly as they reached the park.
"What are you talking about!?" Tomahawkman burst out. "I totally won!"
"No way!" Lightman countered. "I clearly won! What do you say, Rockman?"
"Huh? What?" Rockman asked as he was snapped out of his thoughts.
"Who won?" Lightman said.
"Oh, sorry. I wasn't paying attention," Rockman said.
"Something on your mind?" Lightman asked.
Rockman shook his head. "Not really," he said.
"Okay," Lightman said. He then turned to Tomahawkman. "I still won."
"Don't get full of yourself!" the other navi said forcefully. "It was so me!"
"Cut it out you two!" Rockman snapped, finally urked at the two's bickering. "It doesn't really matter!"
"Fine. We'll just settle this at the game center!" Lightman said.
"Fine by me!" Tomahawkman said. "Then we can settle that battle we never got to finish too!"
Rockman rolled his eyes. He then noticed Iceman, Aquaman and Glyde approaching. "Hey!" Rockman called out and waved.
"Hello, Rockman, Lightman, Tomahawkman," Glyde politely greeted.
"Hey," both Lightman and Tomahawkman quickly greeted before continuing on with their latest bickering competition.
Rockman shook his head. "Those two just don't quit. At least they get along."
"Could have fooled me," Glyde joked. Rockman, Aquaman and Iceman all chuckled.
"Oi!" Gutsman called as he, Roll, and Rush walked up.
Rockman waved back. "Hey guys!"
"How's everyone doing?" Roll asked.
Rockman shrugged as he smiled. "Can't complain," he said.
"We're you've been?" Roll asked Rockman. "It's been hard to get a hold of you."
"Lightman and I have been pretty busy," Rockman said. Roll gave a jealous humph at the mention of "Lightman and I". "We'll probably be keeping pretty busy too," Rockman continued. "Lightman and I are back on the Net Saver force."
"Really?" Glyde asked. "That's exciting."
"Yeah," Lightman chipped in, breaking the argument with Tomahawkman for the moment. He then turned to the other slyly. "Beat that, Tomahawkman!"
"I've worked with the Net Savers lots of times!" Tomahawkman countered, starting another round of challenges.
Rockman sighed. "There they go again." He looked back at the others. "Ready to go?"
"I'm ready, desu!" Iceman said.
"Me too, pyuu!" Aquaman chirped in.
Rockman nodded and walked up behind his twin and started to drag him from his argument. Everyone chuckled as Lightman yelped in confusion.
A blast resounded through the area as Lightman and Rockman were thrown back by the explosion.
An evil chuckling filled the smoke filled area. As the smoke cleared a gray navi could be seen to be the source of the laughter.
"Who the heck are you!?" Lightman snapped as he and Rockman stood up from being blown back.
"The one to delete you!" the navi said. "Myst-sama has placed a high price on your heads, Twins of Light!"
"Did he say 'Myst'?" Tomahawkman asked.
"Who's dat, de-gustu?" Gutsman asked.
"These guys interrupted Lightman and mine's battle," Tomahawkman said. "I think they also said they attacked the hospital that Netto was in!"
"What!?" Glyde bursts out. "That's horrible!"
"Let's make them pay!" Dekao's voice came in. "Get ready for battle, Gutsman!"
"Right, de-gutsu," Gutsman said.
"Not likely," a female voice rang in. "This battle is only for the twins and myself," a female orange and yellow navi said as she floated down.
"What's that!?" Dingo said. "Take that navi down, Tomahawkman!"
"Right!" Tomahawkman said as he charged for. He ran headfirst into a barrier, initiating chuckles from the opposing female.
"I told you this battle was only for myself and the twins!" the navi said.
"Twirl!" the gray navi called out. "Stay out of this! The reward is mine!"
Twirl glared at the other navi. "Don't make me laugh, Stormman. A navi like you!? The one getting Myst-sama's praise is me! Ribbon Whip!" Twirl let out an orange ribbon, which headed straight for Stormman.
"Thunder Blaze!" Stormman called, releasing the electrical attack.
Twirl smirked as the ribbon cancelled out the Thunder Blaze before hitting Stormman. "Ribbon Bind!" Twirl called before the other navi had time to recover. Pink and orange ribbons came out of the ground around Stormman and wrapped tightly around him, causing the navi to be deleted. Twirl turned to Rockman and Lightman and grinned. "Now it's your turn." She then turned to their friends: "And if you try to help them you'll also end up like Stormman. I don't want to have to delete more navis than I have to."
"You won't be deleting any more!" Rockman called out. "Including us!"
Twirl grinned as she turned back to them. "I don't think so, honey. Unfortunately for you, Myst wants you dead and has offered quit a pretty price for your heads."
"He won't be getting them," Lightman said. "Lightbuster!"
Twirl warped away and out of reach of Lightman's shots.
"She's fast!" Rockman said alarmed.
"Not only that but I'm powerful too," she said. "Ribbon Whip!" Again the orange whip appeared in the assassin navi's hand and moved toward the twins at an alarming rate. The navi's dodged the attack as the ribbon hit the ground causing it to shatter.
"Fumikamizan," Lightman called out just before appearing where Twirl was and slashed with his swords. However, she easily dodged the attack as she again warped out of reach.
"Area steal! Samurai Sword!" Rockman called only to have the same results.
Twirl laughed. "That's essentially the same thing! Try something new—though the results will still be the same," she said.
Rockman and Lightman looked at each other and nodded.
"I think we'll try it again," Lightman said. "Area Steal! Sword! Download!"
Twirl laughed as she again dodged the attack but the laughter was cut short as she was hit by a hi-cannon by Rockman.
"Ah, smart move," Twirl said. "Well, I shouldn't have expected this to be easy. After all, Myst-sama does consider you a threat. RIBBON BIND!"
Rockman and Lightman both yelled as the abnormally strong ribbons trapped the two.
"Rockman!" Roll cried out as she watched helplessly.
"If only we could get through this barrier!" Tomahawkman said as he hit the barrier that block their way.
"Rockman…" Lightman gasped. "Can't you still beast-out? If you Faltzer's beast-out, you should be able to catch her."
Rockman nodded then as he gasped in for air cried out the command to initiate the Faltzer beast-out. In a swirling whirlwind of pinkish-red and purple, Rockman took on the new form of the fearsome winged cyber-beast. Rockman spread his wings, tearing the ribbons that bound him.
"Faltzer Slash!" Rockman yelled, releasing the attack at the ribbons binding his brother. The ribbons broke and Lightman fell to the ground gasping in deep breathes to regain his breathe. Seeing his brother free, Rockman took off at an alarming speed. Twirl just managed to dodge the first charge but was caught off guard as Rockman quickly changed direction and caught the girl. She screamed as she was hit by Rockman's sharp projectile feathers. She fell to the ground where her Ribbon Whip had hit earlier, sending up a flurry of dust. Lightman walked up to her where she laid unable to move. He pointed his buster at her but did not shoot.
"What? You're not going to delete me?" she asked.
"I don't delete navis just to delete them," Lightman said, "but I will if you don't give up and promise to never attack us, or any navi for that matter, ever again."
Twirl grimaced as Rockman landed behind his brother. "Fine. You win. But just because I don't doesn't mean you're safe. Other navis will be hunting you two," she said.
"We'll take them as they come," Lightman said. "Now get out of here."
Twirl lowered her head and logged out. With her absence, the barrier that had separated the twins from everyone fell down.
"Rockman!" Roll cried as she jumped on the navi as he released the beast-out.
"What was that!?" Tomahawkman asked. "Why has Myst targeted you guys?"
Lightman shrugged. "Guess we're getting in their way," Lightman said. "Now who wants to go to that new area?"
"You were just attacked!" Glyde exclaimed. "Shouldn't you do something about it?"
"What do you want us to do?" Lightman said as he again shrugged. "There's not much we can do and I'm not going to let a couple of bozos stop me from living life."
"Well…" Tomahawkman said slowly before turning his thoughtful look into a big, evil grin, "…race you to the game center!"
"You're on!" Lightman said and the two once more took off pushing and shoving the whole way.
Rockman shook his head and smiled. He then removed Roll from his neck where she still clung. "Let's go guys. We need to keep up or who knows what trouble those two will end up getting into!" Everyone else laughed and took off at a quick pace to keep the battling ones in sight.
Eyes maliciously watched the group, plotting and waiting for the perfect moment to strike, hungry for Myst's praise and reward.