Golden-Blue Neko
Chapter 2 - Otherworldly Brothers
"speech" [thoughts] ~~~POV change~~~ ***passing of time ^^^Sounds^^^ ***flashback***
Daiko BlacK - & this is where I get to give you more! Yay!
MeLaiya - Here's what I think the deal is between good & slow-to-update Lan Yaoi fanfics & crappy but quick-to-update Lan Yaoi fanfics: The crappy ones want to update ASAP & don't give a shit what they write. The good ones but are slow to update want to make the Yaoi work a worthwhile read to anyone who wants to read it. With me, I am a pretty fast typist (about 50 words a minute) & as long as I know what I want to do, I can update quickly. I didn't know that this fic was THAT good. Also, I'm quite well-known (over 100 reviews! Yay!) for my 10 Years of Waiting fic that I started earlier this year. If you wanted, you could give it a read, but there's a chapter or two that is a little graphic; I also couldn't add those other graphic ones that I write. Also, with this fic, I might add a lemon or lime chapter to this series, but I'm not certain just yet. Also, with 10 YoW, it's only rated for that first or second chapter, & they're skippable.
Little Rabbit f/LRPLI - It took me so long b/c I had just a wee bit of trouble starting everything off. I try to update as soon as I get the chapter done, & I try to make the chapter, 1. Make sense, 2. Long, 3. Correct grammar/spelling, & 4. An enjoyable read. That way, I have no reason to be yelled @, except for those horrible flamers! I hope you enjoy the next chapter!
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A soft snoring resonated quietly in a boy's room. He rolled on his side, murmuring lightly in his rock-heavy sleep.
From his PET, Kurohi's eyes opened gently as his own alarm turned on. It read: 12 in the afternoon. He sent the command to shut it off; he yawned as he did this, and he fixed his eyes on his still-human brother.
"Nekome! Get up! You have ONE hour until Lan waits for you at the park!! Get UP you lazy BUM!" [And I wanna see Megaman sometime SOON!]
No effect. His brother rolled to his other side, snoring softly. He mumbled something like, "Laaaaaaannnnn... ahhh... ahhhh... ahhhhhhhnn.."
Kurohi's eyes narrowed. [I wish I had volume control... Then I could make my voice go boooom!]
"NEKOME! GET YOUR FUCKIN' LAZY BUM ASS **UP**!!" he shouted from his terminal.
Nekome's hands fisted in his pillow. For a moment, his brother thought he was awake. "Nnn...!"
He was wrong. He was trapped in some wet-dream or nightmare, most likely. He tended to have a tightened body and face when he was in the land of bad dreams. He never screamed or shouted out in sleep; maybe a few mumbles here and there, but no loud speaking EVER came from him. Nekome was the type of person who could easily shrug off a nightmare.
When it came to wet-dreams, boooy, was he ever vocal! Just add that to the tightening of features and blanket-grabbing.
Nekome moaned - again - in his sleep. It was long and drawn-out, like a sigh. His mouth as agape as he panted lightly. His hands moved *somewhere* under the tangle of sheets, strung from limb to limb.
Yup. Wet-dream.
[But he's only been with Lan ONCE! Boku no kami...] (My god...) Kurohi, himself, sighed, and accessed the buzzer. He cranked up the volume and plugged his ears with one finger and his shoulder as he turned it on with his free hand.
^^^BZZZZZZT! BZZZZZZT! BZZZZZZT! BZZZZZZT! BZZZZZZT!^^^
His brother was up like a rocket, eyes wide for a split second before they turned DARK gold as they narrowed. That ALONE was a sign he was pissed off. He plugged his ears with his fingers and shouted, "KUROHI!! TURN THAT **DAMN** THING OFF!!!!" [I was having a GOOOOOD dream about one boy named Lan Hikari, too!! You woke me up! We were just about to...]
The Navi did as told; the alarm shut off. He glared at Nekome, arms folded against his chest in scorn. "You meet Lan at the park in ONE hour! Get MOVING!"
The brother turned white and tripped over the sheets as he stood off the bed. As soon as he managed to gather himself, he jetted out of there. From his terminal, Kurohi heard the water from the shower turn on.
Kurohi sighed and rested his head in his hand. "He's SUCH a baka..." [I can't believe I have such a lazy brother!]
"I have to agree! That was HILAROUS!" chimed another voice.
The tailed one jumped into the air with a feline scream. He spun around and fell on his butt. He groaned. He looked up and sucked in a breath in shock. "...Megaman?!!" he gasped. He recollected himself and shouted, "Don't DO that!!"
The blue-clothed Navi smiled sheepishly, but said nothing. He shrugged, and after a moment, uttered, "I was just curious when you would be up."
"Look, I just got up a few minutes ago and nearly had my ears shot out by the alarm I had to set on Nekome." By now, his eyes had narrowed both tiredly and irritably. "I'm not in the best of moods right now."
The other Navi chuckled and held out his hand.
Kurohi paused, his "heart" beating wildly in his chest. His face flushed and his legs shook a little. He reached up to grasp that offered hand, and was hoisted up.
Megaman's hand was warm and inviting. It was just as strong as it was gentle.
Then the sensations fled as the blue Navi let go.
"It's okay. You'll eventually get used to it. I have to set alarms on Lan all the time. He just--"
Kurohi and Megaman somehow said at once, "Won't. Wake. Up!!"
The Navis paused. The tailed-one giggled softly before letting out a short yawn. "Anyway, if you plan on going back, go ahead and tell Lan that we should be at the park as soon as Nekome finishes his shower and finishes devouring whatever he can find, okay?"
Lan's Navigator chuckled at the image of a food-devouring monster and nodded. "Okay. See you then!"
"Bye!"
Megaman was out of there like a rocket. Kurohi collapsed on his butt and shivered. "Sheeze... I must REALLY have it bad for him. I almost felt like I was gonna faint while I talked to him!"
He paused. "My legs didn't even want to work for a bit... His hand felt so... nice..." Kurohi gazed at his hand, not even gloved in his Navi attire. He still saw the flesh of what used to be on his human body.
Now, it was just a hologram of some kind. No, just data. He was nothing more than data programmed with the emotions of a human.
No... he USED TO BE human. All those traits must have come onto his Navi body.
He looked at the digital ceiling. Some areas around him led to links on the web, such as Nekome's home-page, and the home-page he created himself while alive. Fortunately, he still had access to it, so he could still update it.
He'd still have to play the part of living, though. He had to act alive on that page...
"Kurohi! Let's go!"
The Navi frownedand turned to Nekome as he put on a cheerful façade. "Okay! Let's go!"
***
One set of footsteps slammed into the sidewalk roughly before they barely even touched the ground at all. They picked up speed as Nekome sprinted down the half-busy pedestrians' street. His PET was attached to one of his right-side belt loops in his tearless blue-jeans.
Nekome set foot into the bicycle path just as his speed increased further. People were a blur to him, and cars moved slightly slower than he did. His long black hair whipped around his face and off his back.
Smirking, he leapt up onto the top of a bus stop bench area and jumped to his left. He grabbed a horizontal pole that held a street lamp and swung to the next one, landing gracefully atop it. From there, he leapt from pole to pole, and landed on a tree in the park. He looked on as Lan just started to show up, skating easily on his blades as if he were merely walking.
The male eyed the way that wayward spikes of hair fluttered behind him, and how the gentle contours of his arms showed against his long sleeves as his hands were folded behind him. His large eyes scanned the area around him without much care as he skated. He was completely at ease.
Nekome felt a light shiver rip through his system as he imagined what Lan's touch would feel like on his own skin.
It felt good to be alive.
"Lan-kun!"
The brown-haired, blue-eyed boy looked up. "Nekome! You got here before me?" he called.
Catlike gold eyes smiled at this. "Yes, actually, I do believe I did!" he waited for Lan to approach his tree. When he got close enough, he jumped down from the tallest of branches, which were, at least, fifteen to twenty feet-high up.
Lan's heart stopped cold. "NEKOME!!!"
The boy's descent was otherworldly slow, as if an angel or devil were floating from heaven, or retreating to hell. His long hair fluttered behind him, looking unbelievably soft and rebellious. His gold eyes were half- lidded, brighter than any metal; a smirk on his face as well.
The boy landed safely and eyed him curiously. One eyebrow decided to quirk slightly in curiosity. "Why did you shout at me?"
Lan gaped and fixed his bandanna. His heart pounded with the fear for his new friend. "Y-You were falling..."
"No. I jumped. The height wasn't *that* big-a deal." His gold eyes were set dead-on on Lan. In truth, he felt sorry for scaring his friend, but on the other hand, he couldn't help but do what he did. After what happened with Kurohi, he vowed to accomplish as many "ultimate" physical capabilities known to man that were ONLY aided with machines, such as flight.
He still gaped. Was he a daredevil or something? Jumping from the highest tree branches is just something one does NOT do! "Y-You jumped?!!"
Nekome nodded. "Yes. I've been training my body to do what man never could do. I can run faster than any car and with that momentum, I can sail from building to building, and even control my descent or ascent as if I were flying."
"Flight?" asked Megaman from his terminal. "I thought only birds and anime characters of the winged kind could fly!"
The gold gaze flicked to a jack-in outlet. "I'll explain sometime. Right now, I just want to have some fun." He walked over to the pond and found an outlet somewhere. He jacked in Kurohi and Lan did the same for Megaman.
Lan turned his head just as Nekome flopped down on the grass. His light blue shirt clung to his body almost like a second skin.
He was more well-muscled than all kids his age in this area. Those muscles rippled lightly with each breath.
Curious as ever, Lan scooted over toward Nekome and pointed at the other boy's chest. "Whoa, do you work out or something?"
Nekome blinked. "Yeah... Naze ka?" His eyes lazily watched him. (Why?)
Lan hesitated, eyes semi-focused on the boy's chest. Dare he...
He dared. His eyes focused completely on the boy's chest.
His fingers gently touched the boy's muscles. They flinched once under the touch, and he felt the strong heartbeat speed up a little.
Lan's gaze flicked up to those metallic eyes. Those eyes stared back at him unflinchingly. The resting boy remained still, letting the other male touch him.
The palm joined the hand and smoothed itself across the plane of chest. Lan heard a growl, or something like it, come from the other's throat, and he stopped. Nekome sat up and stared at him. He stood up, still staring, saying nothing. He touched Lan's forehead. "Tag. You're 'It'."
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Megaman looked across to the new Navi. His hair was still up into its spikes, and he didn't wear his armor right now. He wore a pair of black slacks and a dark blue shirt. He wore a chain around his neck, adorned by what looked like, a lock, and a pair of velvety-black boots.
The boy smiled. "Whatcha wanna do?"
"Maa, we came here to play! Wanna battle?" (Well,)
"Etou... without battle chips?" (Um...)
"Un!" (Yes!!/That's right!!)
"Okay... Iku yo!" (Go!!)
Kurohi mainly dodged Megaman's onslaught of M. Buster shots with a unique grace. One barrage came at him; he dodged to the right in the form of a low flip. He charged up his own shot as he did so - and it charged up quickly - and shot a flaming energy ball. He dashed with it.
The blue Navi was sent backwards as the flame and then a fist connected with his face.
Kurohi paused. "Megaman, doushita no?" (What happened, Megaman??)
Megaman stood up, clutching his slightly burnt face. "Ideii..."
"Megaman."
The Navi looked up.
"Daijobu ka?"
He nodded once, and prepared to fight again. He leveled his gun with Kurohi. He was kinda pissed off. Not only that, the attack had caught him off guard. The Navi sure had a strong fist.
Blue eyes stared blankly at the barrel of the M. Buster. The look in those eyes *dared* it to fire at him.
******
"You'll give me all your money and another thing if you want to live."
"Y-You wanna kill me f-for money and something else...?" Kurohi stammered, looking the other boy dead in the eye. "And where did you get that gun?" The sound of the gun being cocked reached his ears. He realized that the gun was aimed at his head. "Why, you, of all people..." He fished through his pockets. "...I have no money on me..."
He heard the sound of the trigger being squeezed slightly. "Follow me, and not a *word*, Kurohi-chan!"
"You no longer have the right to call me that. You shall no longer be a part of my life. We're through, Yamato. You must call me by my last name."
"You are in NO position to make demands! Follow me, you whore!" Once-gentle hands grabbed his hair roughly as he was hauled into a darkened alleyway. It was a lot darker than the area surrounded by street lamps. Kurohi couldn't even see his ex-boyfriend's glowing, dark green eyes.
Kurohi frowned and squirmed, but fell short as the gun's barrel touched the left temple of his head.
"Don't move, and don't you DARE scream! You do, and I shoot!"
His harsh lips caught his ex's roughly. Kurohi didn't *dare* do anything, for fear of his life. He knew immediately what Yamato wanted as soon as he called him a whore.
[He wants to fuckin' RAPE me!!]
Kurohi's shirt was torn off... His torso attacked...
He wanted to pass out.
"Kurohi! Kurohi-chann!! Otoutoooo! Where ARE ya?!!" (Little brotherrrrr!)
[Nekome!] He turned his head. Yamato pulled the trigger, the recoil forcing his hands back a bit.
Unharmed, - the bullet hit a pole, missing his head by millimeters - Kurohi bolted around the corner. "Nekome! Iku, iku yo!!"
Nekome ran back toward home, his brother following easily behind. Yamato probably got lost or didn't follow, as they weren't being chases. They dashed across two streets, and then they came onto the third.
"Home stretch! I'll race you!"
"Nekome! Iya! Yameru!!"
Nekome stopped in the street just as the call to stop reached his ears. He heard an engine, and turned his head.
Bright white light. Like the light at the end of a tunnel, or the way to heaven, or to a way to a new life.
It was only two things, one wasn't listed.
...Car headlights.
"MOVE!!" Kurohi kept running, shoving his brother out of the way just as the car hit the blue-eyed one.
Kurohi's world went black. He felt his life ending. He wanted to speak, but hadn't the strength. Being at the hospital was a blur. Next thing he knew, with his dying breaths, asking his brother if he could transfer his soul and mind into a PET.
That was when his life began once more... or, it continued where it left off. Whichever one it was...
Either way, those lights were car headlights that led Kurohi to a new life - the life as a Net Navigator...
******
Kurohi flew back as the energy from Megaman's gun hit him in the chest. He skidded to a halt and lunged again. He delivered a kick to his face, but it was blocked. His leg was lifted and thrown, sending the boy to the ground.
The M. Buster was leveled at his face again.
The light-brown and silver-haired boy gulped. "Y-You're good... Yameru. Let's stop."
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Started 5:32PM, 8/21/03
Finished 5:39PM, 8/23/03
Chapter 2 - Otherworldly Brothers
"speech" [thoughts] ~~~POV change~~~ ***passing of time ^^^Sounds^^^ ***flashback***
Daiko BlacK - & this is where I get to give you more! Yay!
MeLaiya - Here's what I think the deal is between good & slow-to-update Lan Yaoi fanfics & crappy but quick-to-update Lan Yaoi fanfics: The crappy ones want to update ASAP & don't give a shit what they write. The good ones but are slow to update want to make the Yaoi work a worthwhile read to anyone who wants to read it. With me, I am a pretty fast typist (about 50 words a minute) & as long as I know what I want to do, I can update quickly. I didn't know that this fic was THAT good. Also, I'm quite well-known (over 100 reviews! Yay!) for my 10 Years of Waiting fic that I started earlier this year. If you wanted, you could give it a read, but there's a chapter or two that is a little graphic; I also couldn't add those other graphic ones that I write. Also, with this fic, I might add a lemon or lime chapter to this series, but I'm not certain just yet. Also, with 10 YoW, it's only rated for that first or second chapter, & they're skippable.
Little Rabbit f/LRPLI - It took me so long b/c I had just a wee bit of trouble starting everything off. I try to update as soon as I get the chapter done, & I try to make the chapter, 1. Make sense, 2. Long, 3. Correct grammar/spelling, & 4. An enjoyable read. That way, I have no reason to be yelled @, except for those horrible flamers! I hope you enjoy the next chapter!
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A soft snoring resonated quietly in a boy's room. He rolled on his side, murmuring lightly in his rock-heavy sleep.
From his PET, Kurohi's eyes opened gently as his own alarm turned on. It read: 12 in the afternoon. He sent the command to shut it off; he yawned as he did this, and he fixed his eyes on his still-human brother.
"Nekome! Get up! You have ONE hour until Lan waits for you at the park!! Get UP you lazy BUM!" [And I wanna see Megaman sometime SOON!]
No effect. His brother rolled to his other side, snoring softly. He mumbled something like, "Laaaaaaannnnn... ahhh... ahhhh... ahhhhhhhnn.."
Kurohi's eyes narrowed. [I wish I had volume control... Then I could make my voice go boooom!]
"NEKOME! GET YOUR FUCKIN' LAZY BUM ASS **UP**!!" he shouted from his terminal.
Nekome's hands fisted in his pillow. For a moment, his brother thought he was awake. "Nnn...!"
He was wrong. He was trapped in some wet-dream or nightmare, most likely. He tended to have a tightened body and face when he was in the land of bad dreams. He never screamed or shouted out in sleep; maybe a few mumbles here and there, but no loud speaking EVER came from him. Nekome was the type of person who could easily shrug off a nightmare.
When it came to wet-dreams, boooy, was he ever vocal! Just add that to the tightening of features and blanket-grabbing.
Nekome moaned - again - in his sleep. It was long and drawn-out, like a sigh. His mouth as agape as he panted lightly. His hands moved *somewhere* under the tangle of sheets, strung from limb to limb.
Yup. Wet-dream.
[But he's only been with Lan ONCE! Boku no kami...] (My god...) Kurohi, himself, sighed, and accessed the buzzer. He cranked up the volume and plugged his ears with one finger and his shoulder as he turned it on with his free hand.
^^^BZZZZZZT! BZZZZZZT! BZZZZZZT! BZZZZZZT! BZZZZZZT!^^^
His brother was up like a rocket, eyes wide for a split second before they turned DARK gold as they narrowed. That ALONE was a sign he was pissed off. He plugged his ears with his fingers and shouted, "KUROHI!! TURN THAT **DAMN** THING OFF!!!!" [I was having a GOOOOOD dream about one boy named Lan Hikari, too!! You woke me up! We were just about to...]
The Navi did as told; the alarm shut off. He glared at Nekome, arms folded against his chest in scorn. "You meet Lan at the park in ONE hour! Get MOVING!"
The brother turned white and tripped over the sheets as he stood off the bed. As soon as he managed to gather himself, he jetted out of there. From his terminal, Kurohi heard the water from the shower turn on.
Kurohi sighed and rested his head in his hand. "He's SUCH a baka..." [I can't believe I have such a lazy brother!]
"I have to agree! That was HILAROUS!" chimed another voice.
The tailed one jumped into the air with a feline scream. He spun around and fell on his butt. He groaned. He looked up and sucked in a breath in shock. "...Megaman?!!" he gasped. He recollected himself and shouted, "Don't DO that!!"
The blue-clothed Navi smiled sheepishly, but said nothing. He shrugged, and after a moment, uttered, "I was just curious when you would be up."
"Look, I just got up a few minutes ago and nearly had my ears shot out by the alarm I had to set on Nekome." By now, his eyes had narrowed both tiredly and irritably. "I'm not in the best of moods right now."
The other Navi chuckled and held out his hand.
Kurohi paused, his "heart" beating wildly in his chest. His face flushed and his legs shook a little. He reached up to grasp that offered hand, and was hoisted up.
Megaman's hand was warm and inviting. It was just as strong as it was gentle.
Then the sensations fled as the blue Navi let go.
"It's okay. You'll eventually get used to it. I have to set alarms on Lan all the time. He just--"
Kurohi and Megaman somehow said at once, "Won't. Wake. Up!!"
The Navis paused. The tailed-one giggled softly before letting out a short yawn. "Anyway, if you plan on going back, go ahead and tell Lan that we should be at the park as soon as Nekome finishes his shower and finishes devouring whatever he can find, okay?"
Lan's Navigator chuckled at the image of a food-devouring monster and nodded. "Okay. See you then!"
"Bye!"
Megaman was out of there like a rocket. Kurohi collapsed on his butt and shivered. "Sheeze... I must REALLY have it bad for him. I almost felt like I was gonna faint while I talked to him!"
He paused. "My legs didn't even want to work for a bit... His hand felt so... nice..." Kurohi gazed at his hand, not even gloved in his Navi attire. He still saw the flesh of what used to be on his human body.
Now, it was just a hologram of some kind. No, just data. He was nothing more than data programmed with the emotions of a human.
No... he USED TO BE human. All those traits must have come onto his Navi body.
He looked at the digital ceiling. Some areas around him led to links on the web, such as Nekome's home-page, and the home-page he created himself while alive. Fortunately, he still had access to it, so he could still update it.
He'd still have to play the part of living, though. He had to act alive on that page...
"Kurohi! Let's go!"
The Navi frownedand turned to Nekome as he put on a cheerful façade. "Okay! Let's go!"
***
One set of footsteps slammed into the sidewalk roughly before they barely even touched the ground at all. They picked up speed as Nekome sprinted down the half-busy pedestrians' street. His PET was attached to one of his right-side belt loops in his tearless blue-jeans.
Nekome set foot into the bicycle path just as his speed increased further. People were a blur to him, and cars moved slightly slower than he did. His long black hair whipped around his face and off his back.
Smirking, he leapt up onto the top of a bus stop bench area and jumped to his left. He grabbed a horizontal pole that held a street lamp and swung to the next one, landing gracefully atop it. From there, he leapt from pole to pole, and landed on a tree in the park. He looked on as Lan just started to show up, skating easily on his blades as if he were merely walking.
The male eyed the way that wayward spikes of hair fluttered behind him, and how the gentle contours of his arms showed against his long sleeves as his hands were folded behind him. His large eyes scanned the area around him without much care as he skated. He was completely at ease.
Nekome felt a light shiver rip through his system as he imagined what Lan's touch would feel like on his own skin.
It felt good to be alive.
"Lan-kun!"
The brown-haired, blue-eyed boy looked up. "Nekome! You got here before me?" he called.
Catlike gold eyes smiled at this. "Yes, actually, I do believe I did!" he waited for Lan to approach his tree. When he got close enough, he jumped down from the tallest of branches, which were, at least, fifteen to twenty feet-high up.
Lan's heart stopped cold. "NEKOME!!!"
The boy's descent was otherworldly slow, as if an angel or devil were floating from heaven, or retreating to hell. His long hair fluttered behind him, looking unbelievably soft and rebellious. His gold eyes were half- lidded, brighter than any metal; a smirk on his face as well.
The boy landed safely and eyed him curiously. One eyebrow decided to quirk slightly in curiosity. "Why did you shout at me?"
Lan gaped and fixed his bandanna. His heart pounded with the fear for his new friend. "Y-You were falling..."
"No. I jumped. The height wasn't *that* big-a deal." His gold eyes were set dead-on on Lan. In truth, he felt sorry for scaring his friend, but on the other hand, he couldn't help but do what he did. After what happened with Kurohi, he vowed to accomplish as many "ultimate" physical capabilities known to man that were ONLY aided with machines, such as flight.
He still gaped. Was he a daredevil or something? Jumping from the highest tree branches is just something one does NOT do! "Y-You jumped?!!"
Nekome nodded. "Yes. I've been training my body to do what man never could do. I can run faster than any car and with that momentum, I can sail from building to building, and even control my descent or ascent as if I were flying."
"Flight?" asked Megaman from his terminal. "I thought only birds and anime characters of the winged kind could fly!"
The gold gaze flicked to a jack-in outlet. "I'll explain sometime. Right now, I just want to have some fun." He walked over to the pond and found an outlet somewhere. He jacked in Kurohi and Lan did the same for Megaman.
Lan turned his head just as Nekome flopped down on the grass. His light blue shirt clung to his body almost like a second skin.
He was more well-muscled than all kids his age in this area. Those muscles rippled lightly with each breath.
Curious as ever, Lan scooted over toward Nekome and pointed at the other boy's chest. "Whoa, do you work out or something?"
Nekome blinked. "Yeah... Naze ka?" His eyes lazily watched him. (Why?)
Lan hesitated, eyes semi-focused on the boy's chest. Dare he...
He dared. His eyes focused completely on the boy's chest.
His fingers gently touched the boy's muscles. They flinched once under the touch, and he felt the strong heartbeat speed up a little.
Lan's gaze flicked up to those metallic eyes. Those eyes stared back at him unflinchingly. The resting boy remained still, letting the other male touch him.
The palm joined the hand and smoothed itself across the plane of chest. Lan heard a growl, or something like it, come from the other's throat, and he stopped. Nekome sat up and stared at him. He stood up, still staring, saying nothing. He touched Lan's forehead. "Tag. You're 'It'."
~~~~~~
Megaman looked across to the new Navi. His hair was still up into its spikes, and he didn't wear his armor right now. He wore a pair of black slacks and a dark blue shirt. He wore a chain around his neck, adorned by what looked like, a lock, and a pair of velvety-black boots.
The boy smiled. "Whatcha wanna do?"
"Maa, we came here to play! Wanna battle?" (Well,)
"Etou... without battle chips?" (Um...)
"Un!" (Yes!!/That's right!!)
"Okay... Iku yo!" (Go!!)
Kurohi mainly dodged Megaman's onslaught of M. Buster shots with a unique grace. One barrage came at him; he dodged to the right in the form of a low flip. He charged up his own shot as he did so - and it charged up quickly - and shot a flaming energy ball. He dashed with it.
The blue Navi was sent backwards as the flame and then a fist connected with his face.
Kurohi paused. "Megaman, doushita no?" (What happened, Megaman??)
Megaman stood up, clutching his slightly burnt face. "Ideii..."
"Megaman."
The Navi looked up.
"Daijobu ka?"
He nodded once, and prepared to fight again. He leveled his gun with Kurohi. He was kinda pissed off. Not only that, the attack had caught him off guard. The Navi sure had a strong fist.
Blue eyes stared blankly at the barrel of the M. Buster. The look in those eyes *dared* it to fire at him.
******
"You'll give me all your money and another thing if you want to live."
"Y-You wanna kill me f-for money and something else...?" Kurohi stammered, looking the other boy dead in the eye. "And where did you get that gun?" The sound of the gun being cocked reached his ears. He realized that the gun was aimed at his head. "Why, you, of all people..." He fished through his pockets. "...I have no money on me..."
He heard the sound of the trigger being squeezed slightly. "Follow me, and not a *word*, Kurohi-chan!"
"You no longer have the right to call me that. You shall no longer be a part of my life. We're through, Yamato. You must call me by my last name."
"You are in NO position to make demands! Follow me, you whore!" Once-gentle hands grabbed his hair roughly as he was hauled into a darkened alleyway. It was a lot darker than the area surrounded by street lamps. Kurohi couldn't even see his ex-boyfriend's glowing, dark green eyes.
Kurohi frowned and squirmed, but fell short as the gun's barrel touched the left temple of his head.
"Don't move, and don't you DARE scream! You do, and I shoot!"
His harsh lips caught his ex's roughly. Kurohi didn't *dare* do anything, for fear of his life. He knew immediately what Yamato wanted as soon as he called him a whore.
[He wants to fuckin' RAPE me!!]
Kurohi's shirt was torn off... His torso attacked...
He wanted to pass out.
"Kurohi! Kurohi-chann!! Otoutoooo! Where ARE ya?!!" (Little brotherrrrr!)
[Nekome!] He turned his head. Yamato pulled the trigger, the recoil forcing his hands back a bit.
Unharmed, - the bullet hit a pole, missing his head by millimeters - Kurohi bolted around the corner. "Nekome! Iku, iku yo!!"
Nekome ran back toward home, his brother following easily behind. Yamato probably got lost or didn't follow, as they weren't being chases. They dashed across two streets, and then they came onto the third.
"Home stretch! I'll race you!"
"Nekome! Iya! Yameru!!"
Nekome stopped in the street just as the call to stop reached his ears. He heard an engine, and turned his head.
Bright white light. Like the light at the end of a tunnel, or the way to heaven, or to a way to a new life.
It was only two things, one wasn't listed.
...Car headlights.
"MOVE!!" Kurohi kept running, shoving his brother out of the way just as the car hit the blue-eyed one.
Kurohi's world went black. He felt his life ending. He wanted to speak, but hadn't the strength. Being at the hospital was a blur. Next thing he knew, with his dying breaths, asking his brother if he could transfer his soul and mind into a PET.
That was when his life began once more... or, it continued where it left off. Whichever one it was...
Either way, those lights were car headlights that led Kurohi to a new life - the life as a Net Navigator...
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Kurohi flew back as the energy from Megaman's gun hit him in the chest. He skidded to a halt and lunged again. He delivered a kick to his face, but it was blocked. His leg was lifted and thrown, sending the boy to the ground.
The M. Buster was leveled at his face again.
The light-brown and silver-haired boy gulped. "Y-You're good... Yameru. Let's stop."
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Started 5:32PM, 8/21/03
Finished 5:39PM, 8/23/03