Chapter 12... Wow. I've never written a story this long before. Oh
well. Thank you for all the reviews! ON WITH THE FICTION!!! I apologize in
advance if I misspelled Fefnir's name (I took the spelling from MMZ 2, so
yeah). Oh, yeah, I own nothing.
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"Let her go!"
"Why should I? I have you right where I want you, Master X. One wrong move, and I delete your little girlfriend..."
"NO! Don't you DARE hurt Roll! And for the second time, why are you calling me Master X?"
"That explanation will take a little bit..."
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Forte looked the red Navi in the eye. His right arm carried some kind of launcher, and a strange crown circled his head. Zero knew who this was. Zero could tell who this freak was from a mile away.
"Fefnir. What the heck are you doing here?"
"Why, I thought me and the others would just come back and say hi!"
"Yeah, right. You guardians sided with Ireul, didn't you?" Zero grimaced when Fefnir nodded. "Then I guess I'll have to kill you."
"Let me." Forte stepped forward.
"You think you can handle him?"
"Shouldn't be a problem." Forte swept his cloak back and prepared to attack.
"HA! You think you can beat the General of Fire? Prepare to be deleted!"
Fefnir charged forward, firing a blast of fire at Forte. Forte jumped above the blast and unleashed an Electric Rush attack, which stunned Fefnir momentarily. Fefnir shook off the shock and retreated a few squares back. He powered up his cannon and launched a mortar attack. The shot flew into the air and exploded, sending smaller balls of fire everywhere. Forte was struck by one of the embers, causing him to stumble. Fefnir leaped into the air and slammed his fist into the ground. A wave of rock erupted from his first and rammed into Forte. Forte was thrown into the air by the impact, but managed to land upright.
"So that's how you want to play." Forte grinned. He jumped high into the air and slammed into the ground, causing an even larger wave of rock to slam into Fefnir. Fefnir had mere moments before he slammed into the ground and began to disappear.
"Easy enough." Forte walked past Fefnir as he disappeared.
"There's going to be more." Zero closed the distance between himself and Forte. They walked down the hallway, side by side.
"Why would you say that?" Forte wrapped his cloak around himself once more.
"Because those three are never far from each other." Zero readied his Z-saber and Z buster. When they arrived at the designated meeting place, they only found MegaMan. "What happened to Roll."
"She's being held hostage..." MegaMan stared at the floor.
"Yet another hindrance. Who got her?"
"A female Navi named Leviathan. She called me... She called me Master X." MegaMan shifted his gaze to Zero. "Zero, your the only other person who called me X! You said that I reminded you of an old friend who turned into an enemy! Who was this guy, and what are his followers doing here?!?"
"I... MegaMan, I have a theory. I haven't proven it yet, but..." Zero looked away, not able to look him straight in the face.
"Well?"
"...I know that these people came back here to kill me-and to help Ireul-but I don't know why. MegaMan, you may not believe this, but where I'm from the year is 22XX." Zero stopped for a second to let the fact sink in.
"In 21XX, I met a Reploid called MegaMan X. Reploids are robots with the ability to think and make their own decisions. Both of us fought against a Reploid called sigma, who contained a dangerous virus. The virus caused Reploids to attack humans and other Reploids, and thus it was given the name 'Maverick'. Eventually, it was discovered that I contained the original virus. After I discovered this, I sealed myself away for over a hundred years to destroy the original virus. While I was away, MegaMan X destroyed Sigma and created a place for what remained of the human race to live in peace."
"Sounds a little far fetched to me." Forte shook his head, deciding the entire thing was just some fairy tale.
"Shut-up Forte. Let him finish."
"After this place called Neo Arcadia was completed, MegaMan X disappeared. To relieve the panic that occurred when X disappeared, a woman named Dr. Ciel created a new Reploid called Copy X. Copy X... he was a madman who started a massive crackdown on Reploids. More and more Reploids were killed each day. Ciel escaped Neo Arcadia and started a resistance force, but they were no match for Neo Arcadia. Ciel... she found me and woke me up. I killed Copy X and one of his guardians... The three that remained are Leviathan, Fefnir, and Harupia. I found the original X, but he was killed just after I found him. His spirit still remained, however. X used something called Dark Elf to send me here, and here I am. I think the guardians used Dark Elf to chase me here."
"So your saying that three freaks from the future are here to kill us?" Forte still had doubt in his eyes.
"That's about the size of it." Zero leaned against a wall. He had hoped that he could tell them later, but MegaMan had forced it out.
"So your telling me that I will eventually become one of these Reploid things?" MegaMan could have sworn that Zero was lying, but Zero's eyes told him otherwise.
"I'm not sure. Sometime in the later part of this century, a man named Dr. Light created a Robot called MegaMan. Do you know what Hikari means when it is literally translated into English?"
"Uh... Not really."
"It means Light."
"You mean he will be made into a robot? By his operator?" Forte's skepticism was growing by the moment.
"Yeah. At least I think he will. And you will too, along with Roll, ProtoMan, and many other Navies. If this really is the past, then we may be affecting the future."
"That's crazy! You a freaking psycho, you hear me?!?" MegaMan turned and ran back down the hall. Zero thought he looked kind of mad...
"Great, now you've done it." Forte shook his head and started following MegaMan.
"Well, it is the truth. You can check my memory files if you like." Zero also followed MegaMan's trail.
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"So, he told you the same thing I told you." Leviathan smiled.
"Yeah he did. Please, just let Roll go."
"Why would I? I now have the bargaining chip I need." Leviathan still held Roll at spear point. "Now, if you would be a nice little Navi, please give me your piece of the chip."
"...No..." Roll struggled to speak. One wrong movement, and Leviathan would impale her on the spear.
"Say quiet!" Leviathan would have backhanded Roll, but that would have made her move the spear.
"Leviathan, your a fool." Zero and Forte appeared behind MegaMan. Zero had his Z buster aimed at the ceiling.
"Hello Zero. I would advise you to give me your chip too. Otherwise, little miss pink here could get hurt." Leviathan moved the spear head closer to Roll's neck. "And Zero, what in the world are you aiming at the roof for?"
"Setting Roll free."
Zero, still in his new Gemini form, fired his Z buster. The shot bounced off the ceiling and into Leviathan's hand, knocking the spear from it and freeing Roll. Leviathan back flipped away from the other Navies, picking up her spear in the process. MegaMan grabbed Roll and shoved her behind Zero and Forte, attempting to get her out of the line of fire.
Leviathan dusted off her injured hand. "That was a new trick. Guess we're going to have to fight, just like old times."
"The only difference between then and now is that I have back-up." Zero, Forte and MegaMan all prepared to attack.
"Oh, this sucks. Three to one isn't very good odds, so I'm just going to leave. Just so you know, the wall behind me is a fake. Ireul is just past it. You'd better win so I can kill you later."
"Sure thing, Leviathan." Zero smiled as Leviathan disappeared. He turned to MegaMan and Roll "You okay MegaMan?"
"Yeah. When she told me about this future of yours, I just couldn't believe that I would be the one doing all those things in the future. Killing innocent people..."
"Don't worry about it. In the future, X didn't like fighting. Heck, at one point, X declared himself a pacifist!" Zero chuckled, remembering X and Axl.
"Nice, blue boy becomes a pacifist." Forte smiled, loving the irony. "So, shall we get started?"
"Yeah. Let's destroy this Virus once and for all." MegaMan stood, Roll following suit.
"Can we destroy it though? Do we even know if we can pierce it's Absolute Terror field?" Zero didn't like unknowns. Zero really didn't like unknowns about his enemies.
"Well, if it's like the Life Aura chip, it should only take a really strong attack to break it." Forte walked toward the fake wall and placed his hand against it. It dissipated, revealing...
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"You guy's ready?" Lan stood next to the computer, ready to plug in his PET.
Everyone nodded.
"Great!" Lan plugged in his PET. Vash, Maylu, Kasumi, Yai, Chaud, Tory and Dex all plugged in as well. In the back, Shinji and the WWW leaders were still playing cards.
"Hey! What happened to Glyde? I can't contact him!" Yai tossed her PET at the computer. It bounced off harmlessly.
"I can't contact ProtoMan. This doesn't look good." Chaud merely set his PET down.
"I'm not getting anything from GutsMan either." Dex sighed in defeat.
"Bummer. IceMan is gone." Tory unplugged his PET.
"Nothing from Iris..." Kasumi also unplugged her PET from the computer.
"I got something from MegaMan!" Lan triumphantly held up his PET.
"Same here, only it's from Zero. Its just a status screen though." Vash carefully set down his PET next to Kasumi's.
"Roll's still okay." Maylu smiled in relief.
"Great. So what now?" Vash turned a deaf ear to the adults, who were trying to kill Wily for winning so much.
"We wait." Chaud sat Next to Yai and began twiddling his thumbs.
"It always comes down to waiting." Shinji muttered. 'I wonder what Asukas doing...'
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Sorry 'bout the wait, but I just got my hands on MM Battle Network. ^_^ Yeah, the whole timeline is my idea, and even I'm not sure if it's correct. If Capcom's timeline is different, then just say this fic is even more AU than I planned it to be. Forte finally got a fight scene, so I hope your happy. See ya next chapter!
P.S. I personally didn't like this chapter. Something about it just didn't seem right, but I could never find out what was bugging me, so I posted it anyway.
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"Let her go!"
"Why should I? I have you right where I want you, Master X. One wrong move, and I delete your little girlfriend..."
"NO! Don't you DARE hurt Roll! And for the second time, why are you calling me Master X?"
"That explanation will take a little bit..."
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Forte looked the red Navi in the eye. His right arm carried some kind of launcher, and a strange crown circled his head. Zero knew who this was. Zero could tell who this freak was from a mile away.
"Fefnir. What the heck are you doing here?"
"Why, I thought me and the others would just come back and say hi!"
"Yeah, right. You guardians sided with Ireul, didn't you?" Zero grimaced when Fefnir nodded. "Then I guess I'll have to kill you."
"Let me." Forte stepped forward.
"You think you can handle him?"
"Shouldn't be a problem." Forte swept his cloak back and prepared to attack.
"HA! You think you can beat the General of Fire? Prepare to be deleted!"
Fefnir charged forward, firing a blast of fire at Forte. Forte jumped above the blast and unleashed an Electric Rush attack, which stunned Fefnir momentarily. Fefnir shook off the shock and retreated a few squares back. He powered up his cannon and launched a mortar attack. The shot flew into the air and exploded, sending smaller balls of fire everywhere. Forte was struck by one of the embers, causing him to stumble. Fefnir leaped into the air and slammed his fist into the ground. A wave of rock erupted from his first and rammed into Forte. Forte was thrown into the air by the impact, but managed to land upright.
"So that's how you want to play." Forte grinned. He jumped high into the air and slammed into the ground, causing an even larger wave of rock to slam into Fefnir. Fefnir had mere moments before he slammed into the ground and began to disappear.
"Easy enough." Forte walked past Fefnir as he disappeared.
"There's going to be more." Zero closed the distance between himself and Forte. They walked down the hallway, side by side.
"Why would you say that?" Forte wrapped his cloak around himself once more.
"Because those three are never far from each other." Zero readied his Z-saber and Z buster. When they arrived at the designated meeting place, they only found MegaMan. "What happened to Roll."
"She's being held hostage..." MegaMan stared at the floor.
"Yet another hindrance. Who got her?"
"A female Navi named Leviathan. She called me... She called me Master X." MegaMan shifted his gaze to Zero. "Zero, your the only other person who called me X! You said that I reminded you of an old friend who turned into an enemy! Who was this guy, and what are his followers doing here?!?"
"I... MegaMan, I have a theory. I haven't proven it yet, but..." Zero looked away, not able to look him straight in the face.
"Well?"
"...I know that these people came back here to kill me-and to help Ireul-but I don't know why. MegaMan, you may not believe this, but where I'm from the year is 22XX." Zero stopped for a second to let the fact sink in.
"In 21XX, I met a Reploid called MegaMan X. Reploids are robots with the ability to think and make their own decisions. Both of us fought against a Reploid called sigma, who contained a dangerous virus. The virus caused Reploids to attack humans and other Reploids, and thus it was given the name 'Maverick'. Eventually, it was discovered that I contained the original virus. After I discovered this, I sealed myself away for over a hundred years to destroy the original virus. While I was away, MegaMan X destroyed Sigma and created a place for what remained of the human race to live in peace."
"Sounds a little far fetched to me." Forte shook his head, deciding the entire thing was just some fairy tale.
"Shut-up Forte. Let him finish."
"After this place called Neo Arcadia was completed, MegaMan X disappeared. To relieve the panic that occurred when X disappeared, a woman named Dr. Ciel created a new Reploid called Copy X. Copy X... he was a madman who started a massive crackdown on Reploids. More and more Reploids were killed each day. Ciel escaped Neo Arcadia and started a resistance force, but they were no match for Neo Arcadia. Ciel... she found me and woke me up. I killed Copy X and one of his guardians... The three that remained are Leviathan, Fefnir, and Harupia. I found the original X, but he was killed just after I found him. His spirit still remained, however. X used something called Dark Elf to send me here, and here I am. I think the guardians used Dark Elf to chase me here."
"So your saying that three freaks from the future are here to kill us?" Forte still had doubt in his eyes.
"That's about the size of it." Zero leaned against a wall. He had hoped that he could tell them later, but MegaMan had forced it out.
"So your telling me that I will eventually become one of these Reploid things?" MegaMan could have sworn that Zero was lying, but Zero's eyes told him otherwise.
"I'm not sure. Sometime in the later part of this century, a man named Dr. Light created a Robot called MegaMan. Do you know what Hikari means when it is literally translated into English?"
"Uh... Not really."
"It means Light."
"You mean he will be made into a robot? By his operator?" Forte's skepticism was growing by the moment.
"Yeah. At least I think he will. And you will too, along with Roll, ProtoMan, and many other Navies. If this really is the past, then we may be affecting the future."
"That's crazy! You a freaking psycho, you hear me?!?" MegaMan turned and ran back down the hall. Zero thought he looked kind of mad...
"Great, now you've done it." Forte shook his head and started following MegaMan.
"Well, it is the truth. You can check my memory files if you like." Zero also followed MegaMan's trail.
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"So, he told you the same thing I told you." Leviathan smiled.
"Yeah he did. Please, just let Roll go."
"Why would I? I now have the bargaining chip I need." Leviathan still held Roll at spear point. "Now, if you would be a nice little Navi, please give me your piece of the chip."
"...No..." Roll struggled to speak. One wrong movement, and Leviathan would impale her on the spear.
"Say quiet!" Leviathan would have backhanded Roll, but that would have made her move the spear.
"Leviathan, your a fool." Zero and Forte appeared behind MegaMan. Zero had his Z buster aimed at the ceiling.
"Hello Zero. I would advise you to give me your chip too. Otherwise, little miss pink here could get hurt." Leviathan moved the spear head closer to Roll's neck. "And Zero, what in the world are you aiming at the roof for?"
"Setting Roll free."
Zero, still in his new Gemini form, fired his Z buster. The shot bounced off the ceiling and into Leviathan's hand, knocking the spear from it and freeing Roll. Leviathan back flipped away from the other Navies, picking up her spear in the process. MegaMan grabbed Roll and shoved her behind Zero and Forte, attempting to get her out of the line of fire.
Leviathan dusted off her injured hand. "That was a new trick. Guess we're going to have to fight, just like old times."
"The only difference between then and now is that I have back-up." Zero, Forte and MegaMan all prepared to attack.
"Oh, this sucks. Three to one isn't very good odds, so I'm just going to leave. Just so you know, the wall behind me is a fake. Ireul is just past it. You'd better win so I can kill you later."
"Sure thing, Leviathan." Zero smiled as Leviathan disappeared. He turned to MegaMan and Roll "You okay MegaMan?"
"Yeah. When she told me about this future of yours, I just couldn't believe that I would be the one doing all those things in the future. Killing innocent people..."
"Don't worry about it. In the future, X didn't like fighting. Heck, at one point, X declared himself a pacifist!" Zero chuckled, remembering X and Axl.
"Nice, blue boy becomes a pacifist." Forte smiled, loving the irony. "So, shall we get started?"
"Yeah. Let's destroy this Virus once and for all." MegaMan stood, Roll following suit.
"Can we destroy it though? Do we even know if we can pierce it's Absolute Terror field?" Zero didn't like unknowns. Zero really didn't like unknowns about his enemies.
"Well, if it's like the Life Aura chip, it should only take a really strong attack to break it." Forte walked toward the fake wall and placed his hand against it. It dissipated, revealing...
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"You guy's ready?" Lan stood next to the computer, ready to plug in his PET.
Everyone nodded.
"Great!" Lan plugged in his PET. Vash, Maylu, Kasumi, Yai, Chaud, Tory and Dex all plugged in as well. In the back, Shinji and the WWW leaders were still playing cards.
"Hey! What happened to Glyde? I can't contact him!" Yai tossed her PET at the computer. It bounced off harmlessly.
"I can't contact ProtoMan. This doesn't look good." Chaud merely set his PET down.
"I'm not getting anything from GutsMan either." Dex sighed in defeat.
"Bummer. IceMan is gone." Tory unplugged his PET.
"Nothing from Iris..." Kasumi also unplugged her PET from the computer.
"I got something from MegaMan!" Lan triumphantly held up his PET.
"Same here, only it's from Zero. Its just a status screen though." Vash carefully set down his PET next to Kasumi's.
"Roll's still okay." Maylu smiled in relief.
"Great. So what now?" Vash turned a deaf ear to the adults, who were trying to kill Wily for winning so much.
"We wait." Chaud sat Next to Yai and began twiddling his thumbs.
"It always comes down to waiting." Shinji muttered. 'I wonder what Asukas doing...'
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Sorry 'bout the wait, but I just got my hands on MM Battle Network. ^_^ Yeah, the whole timeline is my idea, and even I'm not sure if it's correct. If Capcom's timeline is different, then just say this fic is even more AU than I planned it to be. Forte finally got a fight scene, so I hope your happy. See ya next chapter!
P.S. I personally didn't like this chapter. Something about it just didn't seem right, but I could never find out what was bugging me, so I posted it anyway.