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 19: Escape into the Dark Mind
Netto backed up as all the creatures approached. "Stay away! Stay away!"
The creatures growled, their pulsating bodies lurching forward. A slug-like behemoth grabbed onto Netto's arm, preventing his escape.
"Let go!" Netto struggled against the creature's slimy fingers.
A scream filled Netto's ears as the beast's arm was pulled from its torso, leaving a wet trail.
"Gross!" He leapt away from the still-twitching limb. Netto dashed into the fog, leaving the other creatures in the dust. He raced through the endless white blanket, never looking back, until he ran into something jagged.
He felt something familiar before the bleeding started, but without looking at what he ran into, concealed himself in an old dumpster, the stench of rotting flesh like poison. There was a small cut on his shoulder from the earlier impact.
"Lucky I wasn't followed." Netto curled up tighter and cried with tears slipping off his cheeks like shimmering crystals, hoping the blood would stop running down his arm. "Tohru-kun…I'm scared! I need you, please!"
His eyes burst open when a flash of white light appeared in his mind.
Excited giggling interrupted the park's silence. A boy sat in the sandbox, smiling as he played with his new friend.
"Do you want to try?" the boy asked.
The other boy remained silent, responding only with a nod.
"Let's be friends forever!" They both grasped a toy shovel simultaneously.
"What was that just now?" Netto gasped, trying to shake the vision. "That's the kid I saw before I woke up in Pandemonium!"