Moonlit Destiny
Author's Note: Wrote this eighteen years ago. It's full of cringe and OOC moments, but I'm preserving it for posterity. Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Rockman EXE series.
Pairing: Established Netto x Tohru.
Summary:
Dark Chip Syndicate Nebula begins production on a reality-altering weapon. Amidst the chaos, Hikari Netto and his friends must battle countless Darkloids and creatures of another world to save their own.
Chapter 7: Advance of Beastman DS
"Shu, shu, shu! I've collected all the Bug Pieces! Stay here and take care of the remaining Navis, Beastman!" Needleman logged out.
Beastman continued to slice everything in his path. His claws hooked onto walls and skewered data, leaving slash marks everywhere.
…
"Netto, why are you so late?" Meiru questioned as he and Tohru arrived.
"Never mind that! What did we miss?"
"Two Darkloids penetrated the vault and stole Bug Pieces!" Yaito explained.
"Bug Pieces?" Tohru pondered what their intention was. "But Bug Pieces are just useless data. They serve no purpose."
"If the Darkloids are stealing them, they have a purpose for them," Enzan interrupted.
"EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY!"
"What's going on?" Meiru gasped.
"SECURITY BREACH!"
An image appeared on one of the Net Police's monitors. It showed a Navi destroying the area around the vault.
"It's Beastman!" Netto yelled.
"Quick, Netto! We'll take him out!" Enzan ordered, plugging Blues in to the network.
"All right! Plug-in!" The rest of the Navis were dispatched.
Beastman was thrusting his claws into a power conduit, tearing out code.
"Charge Shot!"
"Rockman…" Beastman evaded the blast with animal agility. "Figures you would show up!"
"What are you doing here?" The other Navis joined Rockman.
"Heh! You'll have to beat me to find out!" The beast Navi leapt forward, sending a sharp shockwave through the panels.
"Blizzard!" Iceman stopped the attack with his cold breath.
Blues drew his sword and ran toward the angered Darkloid. "Prepare to be deleted!"
"Wind Cutter!" A roll of tape knocked Blues back.
"Videoman!" Rockman and Iceman exclaimed together.
"Looks like you're having difficulties, Beastman," the second Darkloid chuckled.
"I can take care of these Navis on my own! Mind your own business!" Beastman threatened.
"Sonic Boom!" Blues made two fine cuts in the air, sending a shockwave of his own at the two arguing Navis.
"Fast Forward!" Videoman sped up and dodged the attack.
"Wild Attack!" Beastman's arms and head disconnected from the rest of his body, flying straight for Blues.
"Battle Chip, Area Steal! Slot-in!" Enzan offered support to Blues.
Blues disappeared a moment before Beastman's attack hit, reappearing behind him and taking a swipe with his sword.
"Wind Cutter!" Videoman released another roll of tape from his wrists.
"Guts Punch!" Gutsman intervened and crushed the tape under his fist, delivering several more punches to the Darkloid.
Rockman took aim and fired. "Charge Shot!"
The blast clipped Videoman, forcing him to log out.
"One down!" Roll whooped.
Blues had disarmed Beastman by literally embedding his disconnected arms in the ground on edge of his blade.
"This isn't over yet!" A Dark Chip flared above the roaring Beastman. The evil, laughing face in the shadow corrupted him and filled him with destructive force. In addition to the violet tinge and wilder mane he now exhibited, his claws broke loose and returned to him, growing even longer and sharper.
"Oh no!"
"Dark Recovery!"
Everyone watched dark power flood into Beastman and heal him. Fragmentation ceased, his Hit Points reaching maximum levels.
"Behold my savagery!" Beastman DS lunged, claws glistening.
