Yo. Iris.EXE + Zero.EXE = ^_^ author. I don't own anything MegaMan.
It's all Capcoms. I don't own Asuka, Shinji, Rei, or Ireul (one of the
'angels' that attacked NERV in NGE.) They all belong to gainax. Iris needed
to live! (kicks Capcom for killing off Iris. SHE. WILL. NOT. DIE. IN. MY.
FIC.) The whole thing with Vash's attackers being beat up will be explained
this chapter.
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Vash sat in class, bored as usual. Zero was in the school's systems, leaving him to listen to Mariko-sensei. Suddenly, Vash's attention peaked. A beautiful girl walked into the class room. Her hair was a raven black, and her brown eye's emanated a joyful feeling. Vash was as captivated as a 6th grader could be, and he hadn't even met her yet.
"Is this the class of Mariko-sensei?" Her voice was delicate, not just soft or emotionless, but fearful in a way.
"That's correct. Class, this is Ryoji Kasumi, our new student from Kyoto."
"Ohayo Kasumi!" The class bowed to the new student.
"Ohayo." She said quietly.
"You can take your seat next to Vash in the back." Mariko-sensei instructed her.
"Hai." She took her assigned seat, and Mariko-sensei continued her class. She plugged in her Navi, then turned her eye's toward the teacher. Vash looked at her out of the corner of his eye, almost ready to openly gape at her beauty. Unfortunately for Vash, Dex was also having ideas about the new girl...
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Zero was playing Rock, Paper, scissors with MegaMan. GutsMan was thinking about Roll, and was ignored by everyone. IceMan and Glyde were speaking with some of the other Navi's. Roll, who was cheering MegaMan on, was the first to notice the new Navi appear in the area. She looked kind of confused.
"Hey! Your the new student's Navi, right?" Roll walked over and greeted the Navi. "My name is Roll. What's yours?"
"Um, my name is Iris. Nice to meet you Roll." Iris said.
"Hey, want to meet my friends?" Roll motioned toward MegaMan and the others.
"Sure!" Iris smiled, and followed Roll.
Zero was about to place his red O on the board. Then he noticed Iris walking toward his group with roll. He dropped the O on the board, leaving MegaMan to win the game. Zero stood as Iris glomped on him. "Nice to see you too, Iris."
"I missed you Zero!" She giggled, then released her death grip on Zero. "How are you?"
"I'm fine. Iris, these are my friends. MegaMan, Roll, IceMan, Glyde, and GutsMan." Zero motioned with his hand to each.
"It's nice to meet you." MegaMan nodded to her.
Glyde and IceMan shook her hand, while GutsMan nodded in conformation. Iris took Zero's hand, and smiled at him. Even though she was shorter, the reach for Zero's hand was barely seen. Zero and Iris smiled at each other.
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Lunch time came quickly. Lan, Vash, and the others sat beneath the cherry blossom tree as usual. Kasumi was sitting in what used to be Vash's normal spot. This worried Vash. He didn't want another shy person like himself hanging around one of the more secluded areas. "Hey guys, I'll be right back, OK?"
"Sure thing." Yai shoved a piece of sushi in her mouth.
Vash walked over to Kasumi, trying not to be intrusive. "Hey Kasumi. Uh, why are you eating all alone?"
She looked at him, a sadness beyond description filling her eyes. "I... I don't know anyone here..." Hey eyes averted from him, trying to avoid contact.
"Well, that's ok. My name is Vash. I used to sit here for a while, but Lan and his friend's invited me to sit with them. You want to come sit with us?"
"Uh... I-I don't know..." She blushed. 'Why won't he just go away?'
"If you want to stay here, that's fine, but I really would like it if you would join us." Vash smiled trying to assure her that he didn't mean her any harm.
"O-OK..." She stood, clutching her bag to her chest. She followed Vash toward the Cherry blossom tree, only to have their progress halted by the class bullies.
"Hey, look here, it's little Vash. Nice of you to return to your stomping ground! Aw, look guy's. Vashie-washie has a girlfriend." The lead bully smirked, knowing that if they wanted to do anything to Vash or Kasumi, they could do it.
"She's not my girlfriend, and your not touching her." Vash had entered a stare down, and even he wasn't sure he could win.
"Oh yeah? And what if I-" The bully was cut off by Vash grabbing his hand, then kicking him in the crotch. He sank to the ground, clutching the previously mentioned area.
"He kicked Kentaro in the nuts! Get 'em!" The gang converged on Vash, but was stopped by the intrusion of a black hared young man.
"Back off kiddo, before this gets personal."
"Huh? Uncle Toji? What are you doing here?" Vash wore one of the most puzzled looks know to mankind.
"Shinji wanted me to keep a look out on you ever since you started to get beat up. Also, you really shouldn't kick someone in the balls right off the bat in a fight." Toji broke his speech to spin kick a kid who tried to sneak up on him. "I'll have to teach you how to fight later kid, but right now, I gotta go. Isn't to good to be seen beating up kid's and all that jazz." Toji pulled out a small flare and snapped it, blinding everyone around.
When Vash opened his eyes again, Toji had disappeared. He was replaced by Mariko-sensei shortly. "What do you kid's think your doing?"
"They were trying to harass Kasumi. I apologize for fighting again, Mariko-sensei." Vash bowed to her.
"Sheesh. Vash, would you stop apologizing! You know fighting is wrong, but you do it for all the right reasons. Come on you bullies, time to go back to the office." Mariko-sensei dragged off the bullies AGAIN. She noticed that their visible bruises were larger this time. She started to wonder about their not so visible ones...
"Heh. I'm always being saved..." Vash shook his head. "Oh well. You still coming Kasumi?"
"I-I guess so..." Kasumi walked a little bit closer to Vash, clinging to him for all the emotional support she could get.
"Don't worry. Lan, Maylu, and the others aren't mean. The only person who could possibly pose a problem is Dex. He's a bit of a idiot, and tends to speak without thinking."
Kasumi giggled, and smiled for the first time that Vash had ever seen. "You look good when you smile, Kasumi."
"Really?" Kasumi looked at him with questions in her eyes.
"Yeah. Your eye's are really beautiful too." He smiled brightly at her, just as they reached the Cherry blossom tree. "Hey guy's. I asked Kasumi to come and sit with us! That all right with everyone?"
"Sure!" Lan scooted over to make room for the new girl. The rest of lunch went well, especially for Vash, who Kasumi was snuggling VERY close to.
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Vash had returned to class with the rest of his friends. Life was getting better for the youth. Battered and bruised from bullies, scared from loss and insecurity, and hopelessly outnumbered was how he had started. Now, he had gained back some of his loss, he had a guardian angel in the form of Toji Suzahara, Lan and the others had become his friends, and he now had Kasumi hanging on to him almost literally! And the best thing he could think of about all the changes was Zero, the mysterious Navi that appeared out of thin air. Zero and Vash considered themselves brothers, and it really felt like it. Vash, a simple little child, and Zero, the strongest person (besides Shinji and Toji) Vash had ever known.
Vash gazed at Kasumi, and Kasumi returned the stare. Even though class was going on, no one seemed to notice them. Their little reprieve from life was cut short, however, when something happened to the classroom. Everything, with the exception of the PET's, suddenly just stopped working. Lights, computers, anything with a cord that wasn't easily portable shut down, and stayed that way.
"What's going on?" Maylu reached down and unplugged her PET from the desk. "Roll, are you all right? Roll?" She breathed a sigh of relief when the pink Navi stirred.
Vash stood and unplugged his PET. "Zero? Zero, wake up!" The Navi remained silent for a few seconds, and then woke with a groan. "Zero, your all right!"
"Yeah, wish I could say the same for the computer systems... Ugh..." Zero clutched his head, seemingly in pain. "Dang, whatever that red and black thing was, it sure didn't slow down to fight us. All it was after was the hardware, but me, MegaMan, and the other Navi's were able to keep it away from the PETs. Hey, could you ask Kasumi how Iris is holding up?"
"Sure thing Zero. Uh, Kasumi? Zero want's to know how Iris is doing."
"I-I don't know... She isn't in the PET..."
"WHAT?!?" Zero was yelling as loud as the PET's speakers would allow. "VASH, TRANSMIT ME BACK IN, NOW!"
Vash nearly dropped the PET from Zero's yelling. "Sure thing!" Vash plugged the PET back into the desk, "Zero.EXE, transmission!"
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Zero appeared in the school's Cyber World once more. The once peaceful area was now covered with a strange red and black substance that seemed to sparkle in an evil, yet beautiful way. Zero was careful to avoid it, and dashed through the Cyber World looking for Iris. He stopped dead in his tracks when he found her. Her body data had frozen. A tendril of the red-black goo stretched out and wrapped into her arm, while another held her legs. Another had impaled her through back, and had started to spread out over her chest and neck. Another still held her from above, keeping her aloft.
"NO! IRIS!" Zero was on the brink of insanity. 'No, please, I can't lose her... Not again!'
"You returned." The material moved. Something told Zero that touching this stuff wouldn't be good for his health. "Why? You should have just left with the rest. All I ever needed was her. You have no use in dying."
"YOU CAN'T HAVE HER YOU FREAKING GOO!" Zero pulled out his Z Saber and ignited it. "GIVE HER BACK!"
"Heh, you think you can challenge ME so lightly? Pitiful excuse for a program, be gone!"
A tendril of red and black goo shot out at Zero, which he promptly slashed away from himself. Zero jumped to avoid another tendril, and sliced Iris free in one clean cut. He caught her falling form, and started to run for the exit. Several tendrils launched themselves toward Zero, but a few well-aimed Buster Shots cut them down. Zero could see MegaMan standing by the exit, covering Zero's retreat. Within moments, Zero ran through the exit, closely followed by MegaMan.
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"Iris! Iris, wake up! Please!"
Something warm impacted her face. It ran to the side, leaving a trail of warmth across her face. She wanted to respond to who ever was calling her, but she was too tired...
"Iris, don't leave me! Don't go!"
More of the warmth impacted her face. It was warm: warm enough to force her to reality. "Ah... Ze... Zero... I want to see Zero..."
"I-I'm here Iris! Are you all right? Answer me Iris."
She still couldn't open her eyes. Everything was dark. The Voice was still there, taunting her. "I... I can't see... It's so cold... Zero, hold me... keep me warm..."
"I will in just a second Iris. I still have to get some of this stuff out of your system. Just give me some time."
"OK Zero. Just don't forget, you promised to hold me..." Iris felt some of the darkness being ripped away. Slowly, the feeling faded. She was in agony, but she couldn't bring herself to scream if she wanted to. Then, the pain faded, but the cold hadn't faded. "Zero... It's gone... can you hold me now? It's so cold..."
"Yeah Iris, I can hold you now..." He took the injured Navi in his arms, holding her close. He could feel her breathing become steady, and started to whisper to her. Iris wrapped her still numb arms around Zero, pulling herself closer to him.
"It's so cold... Heartless... All it wanted was to hurt me. To get that chip back... So cold..." Zero felt Iris shiver from the cold. He siphoned some of his own energy to Iris, trying to support her damaged and corrupted systems. He could still see some of the Virus in her, but it was fading quickly. Though it had hurt him more to see her in pain, he had known that using the Chain Rod's energy sapping ability to draw out the Virus was her best chance. Even now, the Zero Virus inside of him was destroying it.
"Zero! Do you want me to help her?" A program hovered by Zero. It was one of the Cyber-Elves that he had found in the future.
"Huh? Mitick, if you help her, you'll die!"
"I don't care! That's what I was born for!" The Cyber-Elf plunged into Iris, repairing her damaged files, the re-appearing outside of her. "HEY! She's not a Reploid! I could do this all day and never get tired!"
"Uh... Thanks, I guess...?" Zero always questioned the work of a suicide runner who came back alive.
"Your welcome!" The Elf re-entered the storage container Zero had with him.
"Zero, is she going to be all right?" Kasumi was almost challenging Vash for ownership of the PET it seemed.
"Yeah, she'll be fine." Kasumi breathed a sigh of relief. Vash, however, wanted to know what the heck was going on. "Vash, it was a Virus. That much I could tell."
"A Virus? Great. Just great." Lan had already unplugged his PET from the desk. "So, what now? We need to find out how to get rid of that virus."
"Lan! We have an E-mail!" MegaMan said from the PET. "And it's from Forte? What the heck?"
"Well, open it. It can't hurt, can it?" Lan opened the mail, and gasped in shock.
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Attention.
A Virus called Ireul has begun to spread. It's being controlled by Wily, and can take over a Navi if the infection reaches 100%. Avoid contact with it. Lan, have MegaMan meet me near the chip shop. Don't bring anyone with you.
Forte
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"Well, at least we know Forte isn't working for Wily anymore." Lan commented.
"Maybe, but I'm not convinced." MegaMan crossed his arms, "All Forte wants is to be more powerful."
"OK, Who's Forte and Wily?" Vash was dumbfounded.
"Long story." Lan and MegaMan said it in union.
"Oookay..." Zero slapped his forehead.
"Zero..." Iris gripped tighter to him, causing him to blush.
"Uh, Iris?" He received no reply. She was sleeping peacefully, and had a death grip on Zero's neck.
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Yeah, this chapter was a little odd. For your information, there will be no Eva combat unless demanded by you, the fan people. I have no idea how Zero will get back to the future, but it WILL have something to do with Ireul. How Toji got his hands on flare's, look to Nerv's armory. In closing, I will now pronounce the couple listings!
Lan and Maylu of course. Vash and Kasumi. Yai and Chaud. Roll and MegaMan. Iris (Who will not die.) and Zero.
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Vash sat in class, bored as usual. Zero was in the school's systems, leaving him to listen to Mariko-sensei. Suddenly, Vash's attention peaked. A beautiful girl walked into the class room. Her hair was a raven black, and her brown eye's emanated a joyful feeling. Vash was as captivated as a 6th grader could be, and he hadn't even met her yet.
"Is this the class of Mariko-sensei?" Her voice was delicate, not just soft or emotionless, but fearful in a way.
"That's correct. Class, this is Ryoji Kasumi, our new student from Kyoto."
"Ohayo Kasumi!" The class bowed to the new student.
"Ohayo." She said quietly.
"You can take your seat next to Vash in the back." Mariko-sensei instructed her.
"Hai." She took her assigned seat, and Mariko-sensei continued her class. She plugged in her Navi, then turned her eye's toward the teacher. Vash looked at her out of the corner of his eye, almost ready to openly gape at her beauty. Unfortunately for Vash, Dex was also having ideas about the new girl...
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Zero was playing Rock, Paper, scissors with MegaMan. GutsMan was thinking about Roll, and was ignored by everyone. IceMan and Glyde were speaking with some of the other Navi's. Roll, who was cheering MegaMan on, was the first to notice the new Navi appear in the area. She looked kind of confused.
"Hey! Your the new student's Navi, right?" Roll walked over and greeted the Navi. "My name is Roll. What's yours?"
"Um, my name is Iris. Nice to meet you Roll." Iris said.
"Hey, want to meet my friends?" Roll motioned toward MegaMan and the others.
"Sure!" Iris smiled, and followed Roll.
Zero was about to place his red O on the board. Then he noticed Iris walking toward his group with roll. He dropped the O on the board, leaving MegaMan to win the game. Zero stood as Iris glomped on him. "Nice to see you too, Iris."
"I missed you Zero!" She giggled, then released her death grip on Zero. "How are you?"
"I'm fine. Iris, these are my friends. MegaMan, Roll, IceMan, Glyde, and GutsMan." Zero motioned with his hand to each.
"It's nice to meet you." MegaMan nodded to her.
Glyde and IceMan shook her hand, while GutsMan nodded in conformation. Iris took Zero's hand, and smiled at him. Even though she was shorter, the reach for Zero's hand was barely seen. Zero and Iris smiled at each other.
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Lunch time came quickly. Lan, Vash, and the others sat beneath the cherry blossom tree as usual. Kasumi was sitting in what used to be Vash's normal spot. This worried Vash. He didn't want another shy person like himself hanging around one of the more secluded areas. "Hey guys, I'll be right back, OK?"
"Sure thing." Yai shoved a piece of sushi in her mouth.
Vash walked over to Kasumi, trying not to be intrusive. "Hey Kasumi. Uh, why are you eating all alone?"
She looked at him, a sadness beyond description filling her eyes. "I... I don't know anyone here..." Hey eyes averted from him, trying to avoid contact.
"Well, that's ok. My name is Vash. I used to sit here for a while, but Lan and his friend's invited me to sit with them. You want to come sit with us?"
"Uh... I-I don't know..." She blushed. 'Why won't he just go away?'
"If you want to stay here, that's fine, but I really would like it if you would join us." Vash smiled trying to assure her that he didn't mean her any harm.
"O-OK..." She stood, clutching her bag to her chest. She followed Vash toward the Cherry blossom tree, only to have their progress halted by the class bullies.
"Hey, look here, it's little Vash. Nice of you to return to your stomping ground! Aw, look guy's. Vashie-washie has a girlfriend." The lead bully smirked, knowing that if they wanted to do anything to Vash or Kasumi, they could do it.
"She's not my girlfriend, and your not touching her." Vash had entered a stare down, and even he wasn't sure he could win.
"Oh yeah? And what if I-" The bully was cut off by Vash grabbing his hand, then kicking him in the crotch. He sank to the ground, clutching the previously mentioned area.
"He kicked Kentaro in the nuts! Get 'em!" The gang converged on Vash, but was stopped by the intrusion of a black hared young man.
"Back off kiddo, before this gets personal."
"Huh? Uncle Toji? What are you doing here?" Vash wore one of the most puzzled looks know to mankind.
"Shinji wanted me to keep a look out on you ever since you started to get beat up. Also, you really shouldn't kick someone in the balls right off the bat in a fight." Toji broke his speech to spin kick a kid who tried to sneak up on him. "I'll have to teach you how to fight later kid, but right now, I gotta go. Isn't to good to be seen beating up kid's and all that jazz." Toji pulled out a small flare and snapped it, blinding everyone around.
When Vash opened his eyes again, Toji had disappeared. He was replaced by Mariko-sensei shortly. "What do you kid's think your doing?"
"They were trying to harass Kasumi. I apologize for fighting again, Mariko-sensei." Vash bowed to her.
"Sheesh. Vash, would you stop apologizing! You know fighting is wrong, but you do it for all the right reasons. Come on you bullies, time to go back to the office." Mariko-sensei dragged off the bullies AGAIN. She noticed that their visible bruises were larger this time. She started to wonder about their not so visible ones...
"Heh. I'm always being saved..." Vash shook his head. "Oh well. You still coming Kasumi?"
"I-I guess so..." Kasumi walked a little bit closer to Vash, clinging to him for all the emotional support she could get.
"Don't worry. Lan, Maylu, and the others aren't mean. The only person who could possibly pose a problem is Dex. He's a bit of a idiot, and tends to speak without thinking."
Kasumi giggled, and smiled for the first time that Vash had ever seen. "You look good when you smile, Kasumi."
"Really?" Kasumi looked at him with questions in her eyes.
"Yeah. Your eye's are really beautiful too." He smiled brightly at her, just as they reached the Cherry blossom tree. "Hey guy's. I asked Kasumi to come and sit with us! That all right with everyone?"
"Sure!" Lan scooted over to make room for the new girl. The rest of lunch went well, especially for Vash, who Kasumi was snuggling VERY close to.
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Vash had returned to class with the rest of his friends. Life was getting better for the youth. Battered and bruised from bullies, scared from loss and insecurity, and hopelessly outnumbered was how he had started. Now, he had gained back some of his loss, he had a guardian angel in the form of Toji Suzahara, Lan and the others had become his friends, and he now had Kasumi hanging on to him almost literally! And the best thing he could think of about all the changes was Zero, the mysterious Navi that appeared out of thin air. Zero and Vash considered themselves brothers, and it really felt like it. Vash, a simple little child, and Zero, the strongest person (besides Shinji and Toji) Vash had ever known.
Vash gazed at Kasumi, and Kasumi returned the stare. Even though class was going on, no one seemed to notice them. Their little reprieve from life was cut short, however, when something happened to the classroom. Everything, with the exception of the PET's, suddenly just stopped working. Lights, computers, anything with a cord that wasn't easily portable shut down, and stayed that way.
"What's going on?" Maylu reached down and unplugged her PET from the desk. "Roll, are you all right? Roll?" She breathed a sigh of relief when the pink Navi stirred.
Vash stood and unplugged his PET. "Zero? Zero, wake up!" The Navi remained silent for a few seconds, and then woke with a groan. "Zero, your all right!"
"Yeah, wish I could say the same for the computer systems... Ugh..." Zero clutched his head, seemingly in pain. "Dang, whatever that red and black thing was, it sure didn't slow down to fight us. All it was after was the hardware, but me, MegaMan, and the other Navi's were able to keep it away from the PETs. Hey, could you ask Kasumi how Iris is holding up?"
"Sure thing Zero. Uh, Kasumi? Zero want's to know how Iris is doing."
"I-I don't know... She isn't in the PET..."
"WHAT?!?" Zero was yelling as loud as the PET's speakers would allow. "VASH, TRANSMIT ME BACK IN, NOW!"
Vash nearly dropped the PET from Zero's yelling. "Sure thing!" Vash plugged the PET back into the desk, "Zero.EXE, transmission!"
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Zero appeared in the school's Cyber World once more. The once peaceful area was now covered with a strange red and black substance that seemed to sparkle in an evil, yet beautiful way. Zero was careful to avoid it, and dashed through the Cyber World looking for Iris. He stopped dead in his tracks when he found her. Her body data had frozen. A tendril of the red-black goo stretched out and wrapped into her arm, while another held her legs. Another had impaled her through back, and had started to spread out over her chest and neck. Another still held her from above, keeping her aloft.
"NO! IRIS!" Zero was on the brink of insanity. 'No, please, I can't lose her... Not again!'
"You returned." The material moved. Something told Zero that touching this stuff wouldn't be good for his health. "Why? You should have just left with the rest. All I ever needed was her. You have no use in dying."
"YOU CAN'T HAVE HER YOU FREAKING GOO!" Zero pulled out his Z Saber and ignited it. "GIVE HER BACK!"
"Heh, you think you can challenge ME so lightly? Pitiful excuse for a program, be gone!"
A tendril of red and black goo shot out at Zero, which he promptly slashed away from himself. Zero jumped to avoid another tendril, and sliced Iris free in one clean cut. He caught her falling form, and started to run for the exit. Several tendrils launched themselves toward Zero, but a few well-aimed Buster Shots cut them down. Zero could see MegaMan standing by the exit, covering Zero's retreat. Within moments, Zero ran through the exit, closely followed by MegaMan.
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"Iris! Iris, wake up! Please!"
Something warm impacted her face. It ran to the side, leaving a trail of warmth across her face. She wanted to respond to who ever was calling her, but she was too tired...
"Iris, don't leave me! Don't go!"
More of the warmth impacted her face. It was warm: warm enough to force her to reality. "Ah... Ze... Zero... I want to see Zero..."
"I-I'm here Iris! Are you all right? Answer me Iris."
She still couldn't open her eyes. Everything was dark. The Voice was still there, taunting her. "I... I can't see... It's so cold... Zero, hold me... keep me warm..."
"I will in just a second Iris. I still have to get some of this stuff out of your system. Just give me some time."
"OK Zero. Just don't forget, you promised to hold me..." Iris felt some of the darkness being ripped away. Slowly, the feeling faded. She was in agony, but she couldn't bring herself to scream if she wanted to. Then, the pain faded, but the cold hadn't faded. "Zero... It's gone... can you hold me now? It's so cold..."
"Yeah Iris, I can hold you now..." He took the injured Navi in his arms, holding her close. He could feel her breathing become steady, and started to whisper to her. Iris wrapped her still numb arms around Zero, pulling herself closer to him.
"It's so cold... Heartless... All it wanted was to hurt me. To get that chip back... So cold..." Zero felt Iris shiver from the cold. He siphoned some of his own energy to Iris, trying to support her damaged and corrupted systems. He could still see some of the Virus in her, but it was fading quickly. Though it had hurt him more to see her in pain, he had known that using the Chain Rod's energy sapping ability to draw out the Virus was her best chance. Even now, the Zero Virus inside of him was destroying it.
"Zero! Do you want me to help her?" A program hovered by Zero. It was one of the Cyber-Elves that he had found in the future.
"Huh? Mitick, if you help her, you'll die!"
"I don't care! That's what I was born for!" The Cyber-Elf plunged into Iris, repairing her damaged files, the re-appearing outside of her. "HEY! She's not a Reploid! I could do this all day and never get tired!"
"Uh... Thanks, I guess...?" Zero always questioned the work of a suicide runner who came back alive.
"Your welcome!" The Elf re-entered the storage container Zero had with him.
"Zero, is she going to be all right?" Kasumi was almost challenging Vash for ownership of the PET it seemed.
"Yeah, she'll be fine." Kasumi breathed a sigh of relief. Vash, however, wanted to know what the heck was going on. "Vash, it was a Virus. That much I could tell."
"A Virus? Great. Just great." Lan had already unplugged his PET from the desk. "So, what now? We need to find out how to get rid of that virus."
"Lan! We have an E-mail!" MegaMan said from the PET. "And it's from Forte? What the heck?"
"Well, open it. It can't hurt, can it?" Lan opened the mail, and gasped in shock.
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Attention.
A Virus called Ireul has begun to spread. It's being controlled by Wily, and can take over a Navi if the infection reaches 100%. Avoid contact with it. Lan, have MegaMan meet me near the chip shop. Don't bring anyone with you.
Forte
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"Well, at least we know Forte isn't working for Wily anymore." Lan commented.
"Maybe, but I'm not convinced." MegaMan crossed his arms, "All Forte wants is to be more powerful."
"OK, Who's Forte and Wily?" Vash was dumbfounded.
"Long story." Lan and MegaMan said it in union.
"Oookay..." Zero slapped his forehead.
"Zero..." Iris gripped tighter to him, causing him to blush.
"Uh, Iris?" He received no reply. She was sleeping peacefully, and had a death grip on Zero's neck.
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Yeah, this chapter was a little odd. For your information, there will be no Eva combat unless demanded by you, the fan people. I have no idea how Zero will get back to the future, but it WILL have something to do with Ireul. How Toji got his hands on flare's, look to Nerv's armory. In closing, I will now pronounce the couple listings!
Lan and Maylu of course. Vash and Kasumi. Yai and Chaud. Roll and MegaMan. Iris (Who will not die.) and Zero.