Connected Hearts
Parallel Tournament! START!
Silver: And now… for the crossover saga of this story!
Cam: I can't believe you beat me… with just Roll and Megaman Volnutt in that game!
Silver: Cam, the trick in the game is to learn ones character's techniques and stick with them… I always play as Roll and Megaman Volnutt, which I always know what to do when I play as them.
Cam: Now I know where you procrastinate in…
Silver: Hey! What that suppose to mean?
Cam: (Ignores her) Enjoy the fic.
Silver: Hey!
(Disclaimer: Plata-Azul Firebird and Syber Cam does not own Rockman and it's series. They also does not own Tatsunoko and their characters, they are own by… Tatsunoko Production itself.)
Parallel Tournament! START!
"Where could they be…?" Yuuichiro said in dread as he rapidly types on the keyboard.
His children are suppose to meet him to discuss further about the new Synchro Chips. But Meijin just suddenly came running into his office, saying they vanished into a bright light as they got here on SciLab. As he continues his search…
"Hakase!" Laika shouts from the hall
"Hikari-Hakase!" Enzan shouts, as they both run into the control room.
"I know, they are missing." the scientist replied as he continues to type.
Both boys look at one another as they stood and stare at the screen, as it rapidly changes and pops up many screens. 'Sora… Netto… where the hell did you go?' the dual-hair thought, then runs out with the Sharo soldier on his tail, on a search of his own.
But one thing is for sure… Rockman is with them.
:::^*^:::
"I can't believe you landed me, Sora-nee." Netto winces as he and his sister walks around the city.
Earlier, both siblings were heading for SciLab to discuss about the new PET system, so Enzan and Laika could cross fuse like Sora freely. But upon nearing the said building, a portal just appeared behind them and pull them in by surprise. The next thing they knew, Netto landed face first on the pavement while his sister landed above him.
"I said I was sorry." she said, rubbing the back of her head a bit and looks around. The places looks normal, except it is missing the technology and net navis. To them it looks like the 20th century, and some looks quite retro to them. As they walks around the area, they quickly drop to the floor to avoid the gunshots.
"You okay?" Netto asked, after the shooting stops and summons his armor.
"Yeah… but who pulled the trigger?" Sora asked in a deadpan tone and takes out her PET and Synchro Chip V2. The siblings turns to see strange men in dark brown and dark green suits with matching dark green mask with red visor. They carry rifles and a few rocket launchers, attacking the city and people are running for their lives.
"What the hell are they?" Axl asked, as he calls for this guns but did not switch the safety off.
"The Lame Brigade?" Sora joked as she cross fused with her navi.
"Sora-chan, this is no time to joke." Rockman chided his sister.
"Plus they're humans." Rouge added.
"Well… tell that to those guys." CF Rouge said, as a huge dog-like machine runs over the men, while two teenagers in jumpsuits and masks hits them… with their toy-like weapon. Then a gigantic, golden box shaped robot fell out of the sky and stomps on a few before bellying flop on a group. "Errr… should we fight?" she asked, looking at her brother.
"I…think we better leave this to them." Axl suggested, seeing the small group of three is doing quite well on fending them off.
"So much for fun." his sister muttered.
"Only you could think of a brawl as fun." Rouge deadpanned at her.
"What can I say? I 'm that daring." CF Rouge said with a smile.
"Okay… who are you and what have you done with our sister?" Rockman asked and looks sternly at the brunette. The blue navi knows that his sister is cheery, sassy and care-free, but they never mention that she's too daring, cocky or overconfident.
"Rockman… would you believe if I tell you that this was Sora before she discovered Netto is her brother?" Rouge asked the blue navi. "Well, it's true."
"LOOK OUT!" The female shouts and out of instinct, Axl quickly grabs his sister and jumps away. They landed a few meters from the blast site and with one look with one another, they join in the fight.
:::^*^:::
"I told you it's fun." CF Rouge said as she defuses and Rockman just sighs and ignored her. After beating the "Lame Brigade", they check at the city's damage and is glad to see that there are only less damage.
"Hey!" the girl in a jumpsuit called and waves at them. The siblings looks at one another and walks toward the two other teens, a mecha dog and a huge gold box-robot. "Thank you for the help back there."
"Not a problem." Sora said.
"But what's going on?" Rouge asked, as she appears on Sora's shoulder.
"Well, that's what we want to ask too." the boy said as he scratches his head.
"You don't know?" Rockman asked.
"We're not exactly came from this place." the boy replied.
"Wait, you guys came from another world too?" Axl asked
The teens are surprise to meet someone like them and wondered what's going on till an announcement was heard from a machine above them . It said that in three days, a private tag-team tournament will start for dimension travelers. Those who are chosen (or abducted, Axl noted.) from each world are the participants, and will fight by a random selection which will inform them. The one with most wins will fight the Champion and will get any wish come true. It then shows the list of names of 26 competitors, 12 tag teams except for 2, which are too large to be have a partner. Sora and the others are not surprise to find their names on the list, but both are surprise to see a name Megaman in it.
The siblings wondered… is X in the tournament too?
:::^*^:::
"Welcome to our workshop!" Ai said cheerily as the group enters their house. After introducing one another, Gan and Ai finds the siblings to have no place to stay and offered them to stay with them. Well… it's more on Ai's idea, Gan is a bit skeptical since they are part to the tournament that they are forced to join in. The sibling are glad to have a place to stay, but one thing bothers them is…
How come they manage to get their house to this dimension?
Ai explains their situation and the two learns that this workshop is just a copy of their original home.
"Yeah." Ai explained. "You see, when we landed in this world a week ago, we have the same problems like you have. But it was solved when we are wandering around and found the copy of our house place in the suburbs with trees missing."
"Oh…" Sora said then. "Wait, can it be that they copy the last location you're in and make it the players' base?"
"It seems so." Gan said, before the two look at one another and they both rushes out with smoke trailing behind them. "Eh? What's up with them?" before he receives a light smack on the head and they ended up following them.
:::^*^:::
After scanning the city for a familiar place, the triplets stood in front of the gate and looks a quite shock at this. They found their base… but…
They didn't expect it to be the SciLab building!
As Ai and Gan manages to find them, Netto finds a note and key on the mail box. On the note, it says that this is the new home and battlefield of the tag team: Sora and Netto/Axl and feel proud to be chosen for such a rare event. "Who would want to be abducted for this stupid thing?" Netto said with annoyance and crushed the letter.
"Although… they do get some points on copying SciLab." Sora pointed out and Netto mouthed "true".
"Wow… so this is your base?" Gan asked.
"Yeah… this is SciLab, it's the place where our dad works and the base operation of Net Savior." Sora explained as her brother opens the gate. The group looks around and the siblings finds the place to be the exact replica of the original, from it's smallest detail to the mess and clutters. Even the spills, leaks and cracks are there too, but there is one thing that they don't have… the people in it.
Entering the main room, Sora and Netto boot up the computer and plugs in their navis to find any clue in the net. Then seconds later… "Sora-chan, we don't have any connections." Rouge said after reappearing in the screen with the blue navi.
"They're blocking the net." Rockman said.
"Dang." Netto said as he plugs out his navi while Sora looks around for something.
"Ne, what are you looking for?" Gan asked as the brunette scrambles on the items and still continues to look.
"Anything to contact our family." Sora said before throwing a container full of screws and nuts, nearly hitting the coupled teens. "And sorry about that." she quickly apologizes.
After failing to find what she needs, they began setting up the place for their own likings. And with Gan and Ai's help they manage to fix the place in a day and a half before the tournament. They thank them by hanging out with the half of the second day, and they hoped that they won't fight one another in the tournament. On the third and last day, Rockman and Rouge manage to get a connection but some areas in the net are block, so they only got a tidbit of information of this world. The two navis did try to break the blocks, but it's strong and not even a crack is seen after the onslaught. Not knowing what to do and to get home, Sora and Netto made a decision on attending the fight in order to get more info.
"Okay… since we have no idea and no clue on what to do, we have to attend the tournament." Rouge said and the brunette nodded.
"Also Netto here is a bit sensitive on fighting humans." Sora mentions that and the new gen slumps in his seat.
"Eh? Why is that?" Rockman asked, knowing his brother is still human in some ways.
"The problem here is… most of the participants here are humans and Netto has been taught the Three Laws of Robotics." Rouge said and looks at the depressed reploid. "They practically glued it in his mind, thus it will be a handicap if he faces a human opponent. Although he's on a progress of breaking those certain rules, he is still a bit paranoid and controls himself from harming others."
"I see…" Rockman said and looks at his brother with concern. Unlike Netto, there was no such rule or law about human-net navi relation, so they are pretty much free to make friends and enemies. Well… they did not create such laws since they were stuck behind the computer screen all the time, the only damage they can do is when they hack into a computer by a virus or a net navi… well… probably there are some laws about hacking though. Still, even on the creation of the Dimensional Area and Synchro Chips, no laws were created about not harming any humans or fellow navis. But the blue navi does feel the tension of the doubts and mistrust between the two kinds, and it might not be long before someone implement laws, similar to Netto's, on them.
But he believed that they can live together in peace without such laws…
"Well… Tomorrow is the start of the party, remember the drill: Netto takes on the mecha and robots and I'll take on the rest." Sora said.
:::^*^:::
The next day, right after breakfast, the machine that also announces the line-up, it flew inside the open window and shows the two of their opponents and the battle arena thru a holographic screen. The siblings look at one another and prepared themselves, as the machine traps them in a orb and sent them to the designated area.
Their first opponents are Joe the Condor and Kaijin no Soki, they manage to win by their strategy "Sword and Shield". The strategy is CF Rouge attacks and strike while Axl could only counter and defend, he was not allowed to strike or even dealing the last blow to their opponents. Although, CF Rouge took a long time to recover, since Kaijin no Soki possessed demon blood in him which enhances his body and gave her quite a damage.
The next fight is after shopping for groceries, their opponent is Saki and Viewtiful Joe. Once again, their strategy is "Sword and Shield", but the problem on this one is Viewtiful Joe kept bouncing off the walls. Making it hard for CF Rouge to land a hit on him and the shots she intended for the hyper hero, ended up hitting Saki (who tries to surprise attack her) or nearly hitting her brother (thankfully he jumps out of the way or missed). To get him down, she switched with Axl and every hit Joe throws, ended up coming back at him. They won the fight in the end, and they even befriended their opponents.
Next day, Sora and Netto are hanging out with Saki when the third fight is announced. It is PTX-40A and it is alone dues to it's massive size, and the fight arena in in their home base. This is where Axl is allowed to fight in the fullest, till in the middle of the fight, Saki mention that the mecha has a pilot in it. This cause him to stop his strikes and got hit with so many combos, that he is about to faint. Thankfully, he tag his sister and as a payback, she used her ultimate armor, Nora, and unleashed her ultimate attack. They win and Sora offered to the pilot if he wants her to fix it as a sign of apology.
As the pilot agrees, a certain teen left the scene silently…
But he did not notice Rouge saw him left…
:::^*^:::
"Netto-kun…" Rockman said as he looks at his brother sulking on the window. "Are you okay?"
No answer and this made the blue bomber worried, as Rouge log-in to the system. "Hey, Sora has been looking for you guys."
"Well…" Rockman said and looks worriedly at his brother. The female navi just looks at the depressed reploid and she senses his distress. Knowing the problem, she decided to talk it with the brothers minus Sora.
"Netto-kun." Rouge called and he response by twitching before turning to see his sister partner. "Is something wrong?"
"… It's nothing." he whispered and turns away.
"Don't even think of lying." She said quickly at the redhead, he looks back at her in surprise. "Something is disturbing you and if you don't get over with it, your sister will bound to see that problem of yours."
Netto just stared at that and Rockman just watch the two. Rouge knew there is something disturbing the boy… because the look and the slight off-character act is similar to her partner and his sister. You might say, he almost acts like her. 'Incredible, in just a short time, they are that close… well, they are siblings but…' the dark blue navi thought.
"Sorry…" Netto apologizes as Rouge crosses her arms and Rockman gave his younger brother a comforting stare. "It's just that… most of the players here are humans." he answer with a sad smile. "Even though I know they can endure extreme pain inflicted from stronger opponents, I… I don't want to disappoint a friend… I'm useless, aren't I?"
"… X huh?" Rouge said, knowing who he is mentioning and the redhead nodded.
"When I was reborn in Reploidian, I only heard stories about him but I never know what he exactly look like. Everyone calls him a blue hero like which reminds me much of Rockman, that is why I was so inspired to become a hunter. Then after I saw my friends are getting stronger with no reason, I left Red Alert and by chance, I encounter Zero as I run away. Because of that chance, I got to meet X and honestly I nearly fainted when I first saw him… he looks like Rockman only older." he explained.
"Yeah, but me and Sora were way to busy on saving your world till we did save it and got a shock on seeing his face." Rouge agreed to that.
"Does he really look like me?" Rockman asked, feeling a little awkward on this.
"Yeah he does, Saito-nii." Netto said and continues where he left off. "After the seventh war, X did not accepted me to become a hunter. It is because I was so reckless and so focus on stopping the bad guys. That's not all, other hunters even dislike me because I do better in trainings and tests. The only one who saw my worth was Signas, Alia and Zero. I felt I want to cry because it was unfair till I decided to mimic X… Prioritize the victims' safety. With that, he finally accepted me into the hunters but I no longer chase the bad guys like I use to… it kinda made me sad."
"I see…" Rouge said. "But X did not stop there, he wants you to prioritize human life because he wants to fulfill his dream of human and reploids living together."
"Yeah, 'Never harm a human or you'll be labeled as a maverick.'." Netto said. "He does not want me to meddle into human affairs, I want to but I can't. If we did…"
"Just be yourself." Rouge said firmly with encouragement and the two boys looks at her. "If you have a chance to go back to Reploidian, tell X that if he wants human and reploid living together… he has to break the rules."
"What?" Netto asked and looks incredulously at her.
"You think me and Sora made the human and network relation better by just staying behind the line?" Rouge asked. "Netto, Saito, sometimes you have to cross the line and see how the others sees on their side."
The two boys just look at the dark blue navi before Rockman agrees, he have seen and experience their sister do things that are not in the mission but did good after it and the others when they were together. Heck, he did not know Sora was a phantom thief till the confession back in the farm. They talk about some of the missions she and Sora cross, till the said brunette came and told them that she and Saki made dinner.
"Okay." Netto said, as his sister walks back to the dining room.
"Netto…" Rouge called and the redhead turns. "You have the right."
"Huh?" he said and Rockman smiled at that, he knew what it means because his father told him of this before.
"She's right… like me, you have the right to humanity." Rockman said.
With that, the teen reploid is able to follow his sister with a little smile on his face.
:::^*^:::
The next day, Sora and Netto hangs out with Joe (the hyper one), Joe (the Condor), Saki and Kaijin. The pilot stayed in the hangar (his home base) to check the PTX-40A, making sure it is still okay. As the group exchange tales of their own adventure and heroism, the machine came and announces to the siblings of their next fight.
"Can I come and watch? Can I come and watch?" Viewtiful Joe asked as if he's a kid begging for his parents to buy cotton candy. Unfortunately, Joe the Condor and Kaijin Soki held him down and Saki bids them good luck as the machine transports them to their opponents.
:::^*^:::
"KYAAA!" Rockman screams in fright as a disfigured face appears in front of him and Netto/Axl just beheaded it.
"Cool! Zombies!" Sora cheered, then Axl grabs her and runs. The two just landed in a deserted mall, filled with the undead, much to the blue navi's liking
"Cross Fuse! Sis! Cross Fuse!" Axl yelped as the zombies are now going after them. Sora just miffed at him before taking out her Synchro Chip and cross fuse. He then let go of her, allowing her to run beside him. The two then takes a turn around the corner and then collided on something. "Ow…" he winces before he felt someone yank and drags them to an open space.
"You're must be our opponents." A boyish voice said as they cut around the corner. "Quick, the arena is around here."
"What…?" the redhead said as his blurry vision clears and saw a brunet in blue pulling him towards a playground in the middle of the mall. He turns to see his sister following a man, human to be exact and seems to be a ordinary citizen with a camera on his neck. Arriving at the said area, where there are blue tiles that are clean and have a barricade around to prevent the zombies on coming in. After they enter the area, the redhead finally takes a good look on the other.
His eyes widen at the brown hair boy, who shares the similar features and looks of his older brother and X. The difference on the two is that, he is still in his teens and his green eyes held such a unique hue which sets him apart from Rockman and X. Even Rockman is stun to see a look-alike (only a little older than him) and CF Rouge and Rouge are quite surprise at this.
"Well… now we got here, shall we start the game?" the man said as he takes a picture of the two and put the cap back on the lens. The blue boy just checks his equipments and his weapons, before adjusting his buster on his arm.
"Sora, one is human, the other is quite similar to a reploid." Rouge said, as her partner stretches a little and Axl checks his guns. "I think it would be safe if we go on with the "Sword and Shield" strategy but... I think you shouldn't let your brother fight at all."
"Eh? Why?" CF Rouge asked.
"Well…" Rouge said and explain about the situation Axl is in and thinks that he is not ready for this yet.
"… Very well then, let's hope I can last long to beat these two." CF Rouge whispered and nodded to her brother that she'll go first. Saluting at her, Axl jumps away and landed on the side where he would wait till he is tag. One the other side, the boy steps into the stage while the man takes a few more pictures before turning his camera off. Then the machine hovers above them, shows them the signal…
READY…
CF Rouge and the blue boy (who just changed his buster into a drill) are now on their guard, eyes looking straight at each other and watches every twitch or slight move.
FIGHT!
The blue boy dashes right in front of her with a drill on his arm, but CF Rouge jumps back and has to bend to prevent the tip of the drill on hitting her icon. In retaliation, she summons her buster and fires at him, which in turn he switch his weapon and fires his own. The two shots connects and explodes in the air, CF Rouge could only whistle as the flash and shock dies down.
"Charge shot vs. charge shot…" she said and looks at the blue boy. "That's some artillery you got."
"Thanks." The blue boy said. "But we need to win to find our way back home. Sorry."
"Same here." she quipped and dashes towards him, she slot-in a Sword Chips and hits him with it. It did some damage but he retaliates with his drill, only to miss when she jumps up. She then spins and tries to drop kick him, only to get her leg caught. He then slams her down on the floor and hits her with a sweep kick on her side. She winces but slams her foot on his chest, causing him to frail backwards. She jumps back and summons her Cannon, which she quickly released in close range. The blue boy yelps in pain, sent flying far in the arena and into the swarm of zombies. The undead swarm over him, but being a machine is quite a losing appetite for the undead and he manages to shake them off. He then dashes back towards her, buster charging up with a high energy.
CF Rouge is quickly on her guard as the boy charges his buster for a charge shot, when…
"Say Cheese!" the man said and flash a camera at her. She yelped at the brightness and is stun for a moment, which gave the blue boy to release the shot as the man jumps away. The female Net Savior grunted in pain as she receives the hit and fell to where her brother is standing.
"Hey! That's not fair!" Axl shouts, protesting that using a camera and flashing at their opponents is cheating. But the machine did not do anything and the fight goes on.
"Ow…" CF Rouge winces.
"Are you okay?" Rouge asked.
"Yeah…" CF Rouge said, as she stands up. "Get ready for the Program Advance, I'm going to end this one so I can face that man."
"Right." Rouge said. "And there's a dead guy behind you."
With that, she just elbowed the zombie and tosses it to her opponent. He just shoot the thing away and suddenly came face to face on her, as she summons a gold gauntlet.
"Gold Fist!" She shouts and punches right on his face. He fell but recovered quick and then jumps back, sore and tired from receiving most of her hits.
"Sora! You better do it now or…" Rouge's call was cut off, when suddenly the boy tag his partner and CF Rouge receive a jump kick on her face. "That happens…" she trailed as her operator was sent crashing back to the barricades.
"Ugh…" the brunette winces and got up. "Next time, warn me a little early?"
She then charges back and summons her chain to strike him, the man manage to block it and grabs the chain. "Here we go!" he shouts and pulled it, she squeaks as she fell forward…
And then… the man just suddenly transform into the blue armor of X and released a charged shot at her. Too stun at the sight, she did not made any move to avoid the shot and is hit.
"Sora!" Axl shouts as his sister fall on her back wincing in pain. 'Come on… tag me before you faint!' he thought frantically as she roll to the side, avoiding the man's bat and got up as she grunts on the pressure on her wounds.
'Man, that was totally unexpected.' CF Rouge thought, as she summons her Shotgun and tries to distract the man to tag her brother. However, the man avoids the shots and rams on her. He then grabs both of her leg and begins spinning around… and tosses her on the ground, knock out of her Cross Fusion.
Sora groans in pain as the machine transport her back in the side as her brother jumps into the fight. She slowly sits up and checks her PET and partner, before looking at her brother with worry. She knows her brother is in a dilemma because of his 'problem'.
She made a mental note to bash X when she have a chance to get back to Reploidian.
But right now she worries over her brother, who is blocking the man hit and jumps back to create much space between him and the man. Then…
"Don't worry, Sora-nee…" Axl said, as he summons his guns and looks at his sister with a smile. "I'm your brother, after all."
And with that, he charges at the man who is just ready to hit him with a golf club. Suddenly he skids and jumps over him before he is hit by the club and shoots to disable him of it. He then leans back, did a spin kick in the air and hits the man on his shoulder. To his surprise, he didn't hear a crack and is relief that he didn't break a bone or two, but he do manages to send the man flying across the arena.
The man got up and dust himself off before dashing at the redhead. But Axl just hops away and taunts him a little before he hit's the man with the side of his gun, then shoots the man back with both of his guns. The man just skidded and holds his side, before he points at the top and a zombie fell on the redhead. Sora and Rouge looked at one another as Rockman scream in fright before he kicks it away. Axl is then hit by a grocery cart with a zombie in it, he mutters about annoying undead before avoiding another cart by shooting it's wheels and kicking it back to the man. It hits him but he quickly recovers and tries to put a weird looking helmet on him, but Axl just dash above him.
The young hunter then shoots the man but he manage to recover from it. The man throws some punches but they are either blocked or missed, and the redhead retaliates by punching back. But the man grabs his arm and throws him over his shoulder, Axl winces at that before rolling to the side to avoid the foot. He jumps away to make gap once more, but the man rams on him and did the same move he used at Sora that knocked her out. The difference is he toss him up and just take out a huge baseball bat from behind, a really long and big one. But he did not make a homerun when the teen reploid quickly activates his hover system and shot the bat away.
"Here I come!" Axl shout and activated this Copy Chip. He glowed and transform into a giant Metool, which he drop himself on the man and steps on him. After that, he transforms back and saw how much damage he made… he just knock the man out.
"Alright Netto!" his sister cheered as he gave her a peace sign before he gets a hit right on his middle and stumbles back.
Axl looks up to see the blue boy, he changed his drill with a buster and is charging up. He release the charge shot and the redhead quickly jumps over it. Then he fire rapidly at his opponent who blocks and avoids in respond. The blue boy then released his machine gun to the young hunter, and the redhead just dash to avoid getting hit. But the blue boy is suddenly right in front of him and lands a punch on the middle again. Axl staggers a bit before dropping to the ground to avoid a charge shot, he then thinks of a way to beat him as he stands and avoid his attack.
'Okay… he's almost like X, he can switch weapons and all but he cannot copy an enemy's move.' Axl thought as he blocks an attack. 'But I bet he couldn't do this!' All of the sudden, he throws his guns at the blue boy and charges at him.
"What the hell is my brother…" Sora is cut off when Axl takes out a long metallic stick with two sharp saber curved-blades on each sides from his back. "Never mind, he has a double scythe."
Then it took her a full 10 second to realize… "Wait! My brother have a double scythe? No fair!" she squeals as Rouge shakes her head and she too is surprise to see Axl to have such weapon in his subspace. He swings one of the edge to the boy but he leans away to avoid it, then he stops and swings the other edge to the boy's back and is hit. The boy winces as he is drop to the ground and is hit again by the side of the scythe which sent him to the other side. The hunter charges at his opponent, grabbing his guns on the floor and swings his scythe. But he manage to recover and blocks the scythe with his drill, then lands a punch on the redhead.
Axl winces at this but ignores it and push his scythe as the drill counters. Both weapons neither budge as sparks flies and both are determine to hit each other. Then Axl just drop his scythe and jumps back, causing the blue boy to fall forward. He then take out his guns again and fires rapidly at his opponent, smoke builds up and covers his target as he lands a few meters from him.
He then waits, with his guard up, as smoke begins to clear and shows… the blue boy have fainted on the ground
WINNER! Axl/Netto and Sora/CF Rouge!
With a smile, the young hunter fell on his bum and winces on the pain on his stomach. After massaging his injury, Axl stands up and lends a hand to the blue armored boy.
"Are you okay?" he asked, as his sister and the man came over them.
"Yeah…" he said and stands up with his help. "Thanks."
"Not a problem." the young reploid said. "I'm Netto but call me Axl when I'm wearing the armor. This is Sora, my sister, Rockman, my older brother and that's Rouge, my sister's partner." he said, pointing at each of his siblings and the elder navi respectively.
"Nice to meet you all, I'm Megaman Volnutt, but you can call me Megaman." the armored boy said then introduces his partner. "And this is Frank West, my partner."
"Nice to meet you, Megaman and Mr. West." Sora said and they shake hands.
"Man… That was some punch, are you sure you didn't equip your arm with a bulldozer or something?" Axl ask, still feeling the soreness on his midsection and Megaman just sheepishly scratch the back of his head. Sora checks on her brother and tells him that they don't have enough equipments to see if his stomach is okay… well, most of them are left in SciLab and their base is across the city.
As they worry on something about loose wires and sort…
"Um… maybe, I can help?" Megaman offered.
:::^*^:::
"Well… you're still in one piece, so you don't have to worry." a blonde girl in red said, as she shuts the lid and the New Gen Reploid got up from the table, happy.
"I'm glad to hear that." Axl said, as he hops of the table. After thanking her, he went to meet up with Megaman and Frank who are exchanging stories with Sora in the living room. Megaman invited them to their home base, which happens to be a ship filled with blocky-like robots called Servbots.
"Okay… Megaman here is a digger, who looks for refractors for energy in your world." Sora points it out and looks at Frank. "And you are a freelance reporter who is stuck in a zombie infested mall in Colorado…"
"That right." Frank said, who seems a bit sour on the term 'stuck in a zombie infested mall'.
"And here's a tip on the easy way on killing zombies… shoot them by the head or behead them or heck burn them." Sora advises the photojournalist and he nodded at the advice.
"I see." Frank said, as he takes a picture of of her and Rouge. "By the way, what is that girl hologram on your shoulder?"
"Oh, Rouge? She's an Internet Navigator or Net Navi for short." Sora said and went on a full explanation about the subject. And then they talk about the tournament and how Frank and Megaman got participated in it. Megaman and his childhood friend, Roll, are digging for refractors when a strange light bought them to this world with an unpleasant welcome by the Galactors. Frank, on the other hand, was trying to beat a psycho when a light took him with the psycho in another world. He was thankful that another dimension traveler, who goes by the name of Chun-Li, save him by kicking the psycho down. However, she was not his partner and he met Megaman while looking his supposed home base.
And he is not amuse on having a zombie infested mall as his home.
"Well… on the bright side, it didn't spread the virus and all." Sora said.
"But they keep appearing out of nowhere during the fight." Frank answered.
"Touche." Sora replied at that.
"Okay… So, who are still in the tourney?" Rouge asked.
"Hold on…" Roll said and turns the computer on, she then scroll the pages and the four checks it out.
"Gan and Ai are out of the ranking… so does Golden Lightan." Sora muttered and checks the list once more.
"Casshan and Tekkaman Blade won the fight against Ken the Eagle and Polimar." Megaman said and seems to brighten a little.
"You know them?" Rockman asked.
"I only met Casshan once during an attack a week ago." Megaman said and looks at the board then is a bit surprise on who their new friends are facing. "It looks like… you'll guys are going to face the Doronjo Gang and Karas."
"Eh who?" Axl asked.
"From what I heard, Karas is quite a mystery fighter and does not speak that much. The Doronjo Gang however…" Megaman said and looks back at the picture.
"Are the annoying bunch." Frank said as he checks his camera and Megaman just laugh at that, as Sora and her brothers looks at one another. Then Sora protested on why Axl got a double scythe in his arsenal, and in Axl's defense the scythe came from his fallen mentor, Red. Although she's upset about it, she let it go and he laugh sheepishly about it.
:::^*^:::
As Megaman said, their next fight is with the Doronjo Gang and Karas on the next day in a Transylvanian castle. And true to Frank's word, Karas is like a shadow due to it's fast moves and attack. And the Doronjo Gang… are annoying, as in the Doronjo would just kick and pose while her lackey does all the attacks. Beating them is quite easy… one, the Doronjo gang is the typical bumbling-group thing, so it's easy to take them out. And Karas is too focus on the direct approach, which is why he did not notice the Boomerang coming back at him. And so they won their fifth fight
The next fight is in a Japanese styled garden and their opponents are Jun the Swan and Morrigan, it wasn't a hard fight but it look them a bit of time because they have to avoid Jun's Yoyos and Morrigan's shape-shifting tentacle things. Thankfully they have long ranged weapons and good aim and swipe the sixth win, not to mention Sora befriends the two ladies but Axl seems to avoid the bat lady.
The seventh and last fight is with Casshan and Tekkaman Blade. The fight is hard, considering Casshan is a speedy robot and Tekkaman Blade has that Tek Lancer and Voltekka. Not to mention that they are down right to business on winning, thus the battle drags on. Only when CF Rouge switch into her Lancaster Armor and set up a strong defense and Axl used his Copy Chip, the siblings manage to wear them down by avoiding and blocking the hits. Then they counter with their strongest attack, Tekkaman Blade is knock out but Casshan strike out CF Rouge of her Cross fusion. Then Axl did the most daring move… he copied Casshan's DNA and transforms into him. Axl-Casshan then used his opponents moves on Casshan and knocks him out. Thus winning the seventh fight.
But after befriending the two men…
"Whoa! What's going on?" Axl yelped as their surroundings became warped and swirls around them.
"Sora! Axl!" Both Casshan and Tekkaman Blade shouts and the siblings notice that their new friends are fading away.
And then all they see is black, pitch black…
Then something glowed behind them in a bloody red color, the two turns to see an outline of a round thing. The light came back and the arena is revealed, Sora could guess that the battlefield they're in are Aztec or tribal style. They then saw who is their opponent is… it's a giant brown ball with red linings around it's body.
Or better known as Yami, which Axl heard from Frank.
"Yami? As in dark?" Sora asked as she cross fuse once more.
"Yeah, Frank said that he once saw this thing as he was transported in this world." Axl said as he prep his guns. "I guess it the thing that transported us into this tourney."
"I see…" CF Rouge said and summons her chain. "Beat this and everything will be normal?"
"I think so." Axl said as the machine arrives and shows the sign: READY… "I'll go first." he said and his sister nodded with a small smile then jumps away.
FIGHT!
The ball roars at him and a mallet appears from it's body. "You really need some upgrades, you know." Axl said sarcastically at it and avoids getting hit.
"Don't jinx it, Netto-kun." Rockman said.
"Hey, when it a finale, they always save the best things for last." Axl said as he shoot at it before taking out a new weapon
"Then why are you…?" Rockman asked then the monster roared in pain as his brother launched a bazooka at it.
"Just to get things over with." Axl said and avoids a saw that pops out of it's body. "Well… the gloves are off!" And charges towards the ball
Silver: Aw man, I can't wait for Marvel vs. Capcom 3! (grins like an idiot) Zero has finally join in the fray! Also for those who wanted X to be in the tournament… It seems to be impossible.
Cam: Eh? Why?
Silver: I'm not good at psychology but I'll try to explain. X dreams of human and reploids living to together, right? So if he hurts a human, even if the human is a superhero and all, that might cause some problems.
Cam: I don't get what you mean…
Silver: Okay, firstly X is a pacifist or against violence, it was shown in MMX7. Second, he believes that he will be labeled as a maverick if he breaks the Three Laws. If he did, that will cause him some trauma or a fright because he understands that, unlike reploids, a human life can't be fixed. This is why he prioritize Sora's safety first during missions (which is quite a pain on her side) and he is quite proud on Axl for protecting her (having no clue that they are blood-related). Third, is mostly the promise he made with his creator, that he will create a peaceful world where humans and robots can live together. These are what made Zero and X different, Zero will not hesitate on completing missions even if he hurts someone (or himself)… X, on the other hand, will put priority on the victim rather than the mission itself (or even himself)… Which is why he did not accepted Axl in the Hunters because of his recklessness that is similar to his red partner (one is enough he thinks).
Cam: I see… Since X has no experience on fighting against humans, that going to be his handicap in the tourney.
Silver: Bingo! And X is the reason of Axl's approach to human life in this story… in order to be accepted, the New Gen Reploid have to change his style. The blue hunter didn't know that Axl has the privilege and the right to humanity, because he is a hybrid, half-human and half-reploid. So… our redhead will be having a hard time changing back into his old style, but thankfully, his brother and sister are there to support him all the way. Merry belated Christmas and advance Happy New Year! For the readers' present… After fight or Victory quotes from Sora and Axl/Netto!
After Fight/Victory Quotes:
Sora/CF Rouge:
Almost! But not close, (o). Better luck next time!
Dang that was some fight, you don't mind if I spar with you anytime soon?
I've been saving the world, saving another world… but a tournament of heroes definitely takes the cake here.
What's up with them, are you sure we're not in a manga or anime or something?
Talk about cutting close, ne, (p)?
Are you alright,(p)? If not, I'll have to bring you to the base.
I'll say this once and I'll say this once again… This world is extremely NUTS! … But I definitely don't mind!
Why is all the worlds' oddities are kept throwing themselves at me?
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Alex: Okay… what's with you and getting so rip?
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Axl/Netto: Netto-kun! Are you okay! Did I hit you too hard?
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Batsu: We need a disciplinary committee in this school. Because with all the high school rumble, you're bound to cause serious trouble.
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Casshan: You know… if you could talk to someone about your problems, then you wouldn't be so alone
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Chun-Li: I've seen martial arts in movies, but those lightning kicks stings for real!
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Doronjo: Rouge, is it me or are those people just practically fail to be villains?
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Frank West: Hey, if you take a pic, I want a copy too!
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Gold Lightan: … I'll have to thank the fact that I have experience on fighting bigger foes…
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Ippatsuman: Oops… um… do you need a medic? (Rouge: I told you not to use the Program Advance!) Shut it Rouge!
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Joe the Condor: Dude… Why so serious? Lighten up!
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Jun the Swan: If you need any help on becoming a normal, don't hesitate to call me!
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Kaijin no Soki: Not bad, you're quite on par on a swordsman I know…well, two actually. (Rouge: It's four, Sora.) Oh… I forgot Laika and that Blues and Enzan are different people.
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Karas: Cool! Are you into horror movies? No? Awww…
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Ken the Eagle: Science Ninja…? I heard of odd jobs and courses but this is the first time I heard of this.
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Megaman Volnutt: Whoops! My mistake! Yet… you look like a teen version of my nii-san and X though.
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Morigan: What's up with you and porno? And are you Dracula's missing wife?
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Polimar: Wheee! That was some sweet ride! Can you do the twister again?
Sora/CF Rouge vs. PTX-40A: Umm… Hello? Are you okay in there? (Rouge: Do you want me to plug in it's mainframe to check on the pilot?) Yes please.
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Ryu: Whoa! Wait. Have I seen that move before?
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Saki: I really admire your resolution on defending your world, but can't you pick a better boyfriend?
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Sora/CF Rouge: I don't know what to say… but I guess your greatest enemy can be yourself. I'm glad I've overcome mine now.
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Tekkaman: Holy Crap! That lance is sharp! But still… nothing beats a light saber! Even though I don't have one.
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Tekkaman Blade: Don't worry, I'm sure you can get your family back. So don't think of revenge and hating them, because it will not help you at all.
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Viewtiful Joe: … I don't know whose much worse… him or the tweebs on high? (Rouge: Oh fish sticks…)
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Yatterman-1: You don't mind swapping some plans? Cause I want to make some cute robots like yours!
Sora/CF Rouge vs. Yatterman-2: Not bad, but please stay away from my brothers and don't even think of disassembling them.
Axl/Netto:
Sorry, but your moves are way too flashy thus they are quite predictable.
I hope X will forgive me on this.
Yikes! Um… are you okay, (o)? Please don't tell the federation about this.
We did it, (p)!
If Zero was here, he would say that this is the most pathetic fight he'd ever seen.
Phew… if it wasn't for your backup, (p), I would have been toast!
I better be careful on the next fight, if not I might be labeled as a maverick!
Wow… I'm thankful on the fact that I'm a reploid… wait, how many times did I thank about this?
Axl/Netto vs. Alex: Man, for a human, he can throw a mean punch! I'm gonna feel this in the morning!
Axl/Netto vs. Axl/Netto: Even with your Copy Chip, I doubt you can fool my family and friends.
Axl/Netto vs. Batsu: Seriously, what's wrong with this school and they're all muscle bound?
Axl/Netto vs. Casshan: You remind me of someone but he's quite an opposite from you... he believes that robots and humans can live together.
Axl/Netto vs. Chun-Li: Ow… I think I feel some bolt loose by your kicks. (Rockman: I'll go get Sora.)
Axl/Netto vs. Doronjo: … Now I know where Team Rocket originates…
Axl/Netto vs. Frank West: Ah! Wait! Don't publish that picture!
Axl/Netto vs. Gold Lightan: It would be scary if Transformers exist… I would no longer trust my Chaser or my mp3 player by that.
Axl/Netto vs. Ippatsuman: Rockman… this guy got come kind of hero complex of sorts. (Rockman: True…)
Axl/Netto vs. Joe the Condor: You remind me of Zero, he's always serious and stiff… real stiff.
Axl/Netto vs. Jun the Swan: Ack! That thing is sharp! That… wait, is that a yoyo?
Axl/Netto vs. Kaijin no Soki: Woah! You know if you could meet Zero, I'm sure you'll both have a swell time discussing about swords.
Axl/Netto vs. Karas: A Maverick? No… you're organic but why do I get a feeling that you're infect of sorts?
Axl/Netto vs. Ken the Eagle: Errr… Science Ninjas…? Shouldn't they wear black and hide in shadows instead of being flashy and in bird costumes?
Axl/Netto vs. Megaman Volnutt: Seriously… it's like Rockman's the kid, Volnutt is the teenager and X is the adult… what is this? Stages of life?
Axl/Netto vs. Morrigan: S-stay away from me! (Rockman: I think this is Meiru's fault… I'll blame her for this one.) Sora-nee! Help!
Axl/Netto vs. Polimar: Yikes! His attacks manage to send me up in the air! I'm glad that I can hover to slow down my fall.
Axl/Netto vs. PTX-40A: Oh wow… If that's a Ride Armor, that's going to be labeled: Overkill.
Axl/Netto vs. Ryu: Wait… did he used X's move and he's a human? What's up with this world?
Axl/Netto vs. Saki: Hey… Are you okay? Ummm… can you not report this to your superiors? Please?
Axl/Netto vs. Sora/CF Rouge: Wait! Why the hell are we fighting one another? Aren't we suppose to be looking for clues? OW!
Axl/Netto vs. Tekkaman: Space Knights? Sounds more… reasonable than Science Ninjas in bird costumes. (Rockman: I have to agree with you there.)
Axl/Netto vs. Tekkaman Blade: Oi… I have met a lot of guys with shady and gloomy past, you know. Frankly, this takes the cake, yet don't let anger get to you or you might not achieve your goal.
Axl/Netto vs. Viewtiful Joe: Ugh… Now I know how nii-san, X and Zero feels when I'm high on sugar.
Axl/Netto vs. Yatterman-1: Not a bad fight. But before you go… can you put my arm on the right place?
Axl/Netto vs. Yatterman-2: I wouldn't mind you taking interest in reploids, but please ask permission first to my sister first if you want to examine me.
Silver: Sorry about the late updates minna-san, I'm being lazy and the graduation exhibit is killing my time and my brain. So expect irregular updates till the summer. And yes, I notice I rushed the whole tournament... but I'm considering side stories of the crossover saga just to make it up... that is if you want it?
Cam: I have no excuse except I have to rewrite the whole thing… I thought the Code and Geass are devil power, but in fact it's part of mankind! My mistake! DO'H! Anyway, I might email her my story after graduation.
Silver and Cam: Don't forget to read and review!
