Chapter 2
Netto sat downstairs on the couch, waiting patiently as the seconds ticked by. He hadn't slept at all last night, even though he'd been tired as hell before Muramasa had come along. Rock hadn't slept either, the stress being a little too much for the Navi.
"Netto-kun, what do you think happened?" Rock finally asked to break the silence.
"I don't know…" Netto murmured, his voice hollow, and Rock knew all too well why.
He was silent, until he suddenly smiled.
"Hey! Maybe Shine-chan and Muramasa-kun know!!" he said, and Netto's head shot up.
"You think so?!"
"Worth a try! If you give me a moment, I'll go check!"
And Rock left.
Rock ran across the Internet, intent on finding Muramasa, because he knew she was never with Shine this early in the morning. Then again, he did have an idea of where she was. So, he hurried over there. However, when he got there, he found out that someone else had beaten him to it.
"FUZOKO!!!" Muramasa hollered and fired a large bolt of plasma at the other Navi.
The figure dodged and smirked at the girl-Navi.
"You'd like that, wouldn't you?" he asked tauntingly, making Muramasa winch visibly.
"YOU SICK BASTARD!!!" Muramasa hollered and fired again.
He vanished though, but Muramasa whirled around and fired a smaller bolt of plasma. It hit the figure straight in his chest, where his Navi-symbol was supposed to be. He gave a groan of surprise, but he couldn't dodge the punch aimed at his face. The hit sent him back a little, but Muramasa wouldn't stop and sent a flurry of punches at the almost defenseless figure.
He finally had enough and jumped away onto a ledge.
"DAMN YOU!!!" Muramasa screamed. "GET DOWN HERE YOU FREAK!!!"
"Some other time," the figure said with a smirk and plugged out of the area.
"DAMNIT!!!" the girl-Navi screamed, stomping her foot in anger. "I ALMOST HAD HIM!!!"
Rock gulped, and cleared his throat, making the Navi look over in surprise. She realized who it was and seemed to calm down.
"Rockman," she said, as if it were a greeting.
"Ohayo, Muramasa!" Rock said. "I take it it didn't go very well?"
"Wha the bloody hell gave ya tha idea!?" Muramasa asked sarcastically. "And can ya believe tha bastard!? Did ya hear wha he said?!!?"
"Hai," Rock said, frowning.
"Did ya find Enzan, by the way?" Muramasa suddenly asked to change the subject.
"Nani?? OH!! Hai, hai we did!" Rock said. "That's why I'm here in the first place."
"Eh?? Doushite?"
"Something happened to Enzan, and possibly to Blues as well, but we're not sure what it is. We thought maybe you could help."
"Ah, I see. Well, how does he act? I gotta know tha in order ta know," Muramasa asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Eto… he's still asleep."
"Oh. Well… how 'bout we jus' drop by and check it out ourselves?"
"Sure. I gotta go now. Ja ne!"
"Hai, hai, whaeva," Muramasa mumbled as Rock ran away.
Once Rock was out of hearing range, she gave a sigh.
"Kami-sama… thank Kami ya heard 'em," she said to the Navi standing behind her.
"Pretty good huh? Now go, your friends need you more than I do," he said calmly.
"Hai," she said, her lips forming into a smirk. "Ja ne."
"Ja ne."
"PLUG OUT!!!" Muramasa shouted, and she dissolved into the words "LOG OUT".
Netto was up in Enzan's room, watching the other boy with worry. He was wrapped up in bandages, which were smudged with dark red splotches. It hurt the younger boy to watch him, but he did anyway. There's no telling what might've happened to him. He just hoped Shine could help him.
Rock had returned some time ago and was checking on Blues, so now, they had to wait for Shine and Muramasa to show up.
When the doorbell rang, Netto jumped up in surprise, then hurried downstairs to open the door.
Just like he expected, Shine was the one who rang the doorbell, but she wasn't alone.
"Ohayo! Netto-kun," Shine said with a smile. "Look who I bumped into underway!"
Mike smiled and raised his hand like an Indian and said: "Ugh! Porn!"
Netto chuckled. He was used to that by now.
"'Ey hentai!! Knock it off already!!" Muramasa's voice called out from Shine's PET.
Mike simply smiled, and Netto allowed the two of them to enter. Shine and Mike plugged in their Navis, who appeared beside Rock on the house's Net.
"Ohayo, Rock-kun!" Razor said with a smile.
"Razor! Ohayo!" Rock said.
"Like whaeva, I already saw ya taday."
Rock smiled. That was Muramasa for ya, always grouchy.
"Muramasa explained what happened," Razor said, looking worried. "Are Enzan and Blues alright?"
"They're still asleep, but they're not in the best condition," Rock said.
Muramasa looked slightly interested, but it hardly showed, unless you knew her very much.
"Rockman, can ya explain exactly how and where ya found 'em? Most times, it can help a lot."
Rock nodded, and explained it to both Razor and Muramasa, who listened calmly, though they were trying to keep quiet. Once Rock was finished, the two other Navis looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Hmmm," the ivy-green-haired Navi hummed, hands holding opposite elbows. "I've got a rough suspicion, but I can't be sure unless I actually see either Enzan or Blues. Because I assume they were both put through the same."
"Tha's wha I was thinkin' off," Muramasa said. "But they're both guys so it might be better if I stay here, and let you guys take care o' 'em."
Rock didn't understand Muramasa, but agreed nonetheless.
"Come on! Let's go then!" Rock said, and was about to leave, but Razor stopped him.
"Chotto matter, Rock," he said.
He summoned off his armor, replacing it with a plain dark blue shirt and some jeans. He also wore shoes, but those weren't really necessary.
"Okay, let's go!" he said, after running his hands through his wild mane of hair.
Rock nodded and guided the now armor-less Navi upstairs.
Muramasa simply scoffed, and summoned off her own armor, making place for her usual gothic look, and making her long hair fall back onto her back completely. She gave a sigh and shook her head, before slumping down into an armchair, leaning on her left hand and her right leg swung over the armrest.
"I don't like this…" she mumbled softly. "Not at all."
Blues gave a pained groan as he slowly came into consciousness. He painfully jarred his eyes open, noting that he was no longer inside his PET, but inside someone's house's Net. And it sure as hell wasn't Enzan's house! This caused a surge of panic to wash over him, and he tried to sit up, much to his body's protests.
His dark magenta eyes scanned the room, looking for anything he might recognize, but he found nothing. When his arms started to protest against the weight put on them, Blues leaned against the headboard with a painful moan.
Blues decided to put the facts on a row for a moment, maybe it could be of use.
1) He was in someone's house, though he had no idea whose.
2) His entire body felt like he'd been hit with one of Forte's blasts.
3) He was wrapped up in bandages drenched in cyberblood.
'Huh!? What the?!'
He looked down at himself, and sure enough, he was bandaged up, which was quite a rare sight for Navis.
Well, unless you were talking about Muramasa, Razor or Ragna. Those three were always the strange trio on the Internet. Whenever they were in someone's house, they always summoned off their armor, like how humans took off their coats and shoes when entering a house.
"Oh, I see you're awake," a voice suddenly said, causing Blues to whirl around, much to his body's dislike.
In the open doorway, stood none other than…
"R-R-R-Rockman??" Blues stuttered, for some reason unable to find his voice.
"Hai, it's me," Rock said, and entered the room.
Rock was followed in by Razor, who looked like his usual casual self, with his hands in his pockets.
"Ohayo Gozaimasu, Blues-kun," Razor said with a polite nod. "Ogenki desu ka?"
Blues didn't quite know how to respond to that, and just looked down at the bedsheets as if they interested him.
"Blues-kun??" Rock asked, worried about his friend.
"G-g-genki desu…" Blues finally ground out, though he knew it was far from the truth.
Razor noticed, he knew, because he could feel the other Navi's piercing gaze staring down upon the top of his head.
"Then stand up," Razor suddenly said, making Blues look up in confusion.
"N-nani?" he asked.
"If you're fine, you should have no problems standing up. Or am I wrong?" Razor asked, quirking an eyebrow at the gray haired male-Navi.
Blues knew that Razor wasn't wrong, like he never was. Either that, or Razor never spoke unless he was completely certain. Nevertheless, being the stubborn fool he was, Blues swung his legs off of the bed, and made an effort to stand up. Note the 'made an effort to'.
Before he could even get his legs straightened up, Blues threatened to fall down, hadn't Rock and Razor caught him just in time. Blues desperately tried not to show pain on his face, but the more he tried, the more he failed to hide it.
Razor gave a sigh and shook his head as he and Rock laid the injured Navi back in bed.
"Rock, can you get Muramasa?" Razor asked.
Rock nodded and was about to leave, when he heard: "Why's she here?"
The two Navis looked at Blues in confusion, noting that he was quite confused about why Muramasa was there.
Rock weighed his words carefully, then said: "She was worried about you and Enzan, you know?"
Blues looked at him in disbelief.
"S-s-she was?" he asked.
Rock nodded, a smile on his face, before he walked to the door, and leaned out, holding onto the doorposts.
"Muramasa!!!" he shouted. "Could you get up here?!"
"Like WHAEVA blueberry!!" Muramasa's voice called out, and pretty soon, Blues could hear the girl walk up the stairs with her usual calm stride.
Rock took a few steps back as the girl walked into the room and found a wall to lean against, arms crossed over her chest. The only greeting she gave Blues, was a nod, but he instantly noticed the slight spark of relief in her eyes.
"Any real reason I'm here?" Muramasa asked Razor.
Razor nodded and said: "We were right."
Muramasa groaned and knocked her head back against the wall.
"Itai!!" she hissed, rubbing the back of her head as the others chuckled.
Razor looked at Blues, satisfied to see him smiling. [1]
"Glad to see you can still smile," Razor said, and Blues simply shrugged.
Rock smiled brightly, then turned serious and turned to Razor.
"Right about what?" he asked, knowing he wasn't going to like it.
Razor gave a sad sigh, and Muramasa hung her head, making her hair hide her face in shadows.
Razor beckoned Rock over, and whispered in his ear: "Blues and Enzan have been abused."
Rock looked at Razor in confusion, not comprehending what he meant.
"What do you mean with that??"
Razor was about to open his mouth, but Muramasa beat him to it.
"They've been raped."
I know it's not the best place to stop, but it's getting late! So, konbanwa!!
PS: Something I forgot, I don't own Netto, Enzan, Rockman.EXE, Blues.EXE, or any of them. The only ones I own are Shine, Raye/Ray/Muramasa.EXE, Michael/Mike, Dare/Razor.EXE, Paul/Jinn and Nick/Ragnarok.EXE.
[1] Looks like Muramasa can cheer people up just the same.
