Megaman Battle Network – Tournament
Chapter 38 – Clean Up
"You'll do it Sarah," said Lan walking up the corridor, "And we know just the navi to help."
"Who?" said Sarah.
"You remember the nebula incident three years ago right?" said Lan.
"They tried to crash an asteroid into the earth," said Sarah, "Who could forget?"
"The control system in the asteroid was controlled by an alien navi named Duo," said Lan.
"I thought Duo was the control system?" said Sarah confused.
"It turns out," said Lan, "That Duo created a navi body from his BattleForm's junk data, he left the asteroid and headed into the UnderNet just before we destroyed it."
"A little cliché isn't it," said Sarah.
"That's what happened," said MegaMan, "Two signals went up, mine and LaserMan's. We deleted LaserMan but two signals came down."
"Will he help?" said Sarah.
"He hates Darkness," said Lan, "Chances are he'll help ProtoMan to fight the DarkSoul."
Sarah ran down the corridor
"Where are you going?" yelled Lan.
"To see Duo," yelled Sarah back.
"How much trouble does she cause us?" said Lan as he ran after her.
"Too much," replied MegaMan.
Chaud saw the pair run out the hospital and grabbed Empress' PET.
"We following?" he asked. Empress nodded in reply as he ran out. In the PET she smiled.
"He's finally getting it," she said, "Maybe now he'll know why Mayl called him stupid." Chaud didn't hear as he hadn't reactivated the speakers yet.
Sarah and Lan headed to the MetroLine when Chaud pulled up in his car.
"Need a lift," he said.
Sarah grabbed some fresh clothes from the back as Lan jumped in. "Back in a min," she said heading back into the hospital, she ran out wearing the fresh clothes and jumped in the front as Chaud sped towards Yoka.
"And the point of that was?" said Lan.
"Who did most of the work in the arena when we left Lan," said Sarah, "They were covered in dirt, I can't stay in them all day."
"Where are your old ones and why didn't Chaud object?" said Lan.
"Mum has them and if you can't figure that one out then I give you too much credit," said Sarah.
Lan thought for a moment before hitting himself on the forehead.
"Upset," said Chaud.
"I'm too busy to be upset now," said Lan, "Plus, it's too late to worry about it now isn't it."
Sarah pulled out her PET and activated the phone.
"This is Hikari and Blaze requesting clearance to head to the UnderNet server at high speed," said Sarah.
"State reason for request," said the voice at the other end.
"To stop ProtoMan DS," said Sarah.
"Clearance granted," said the voice at the other end after a few moments.
"Fasten your seatbelts," said Chaud kicking the car into high speed.
"You putting the fuel on the expense account for this mission," said Sarah.
"Too right," said Chaud, "Do you realise how much fuel this burns?"
"You get about 10 miles to the gallon at this speed don't you?" said Sarah.
"How do you know that?" said Chaud.
"The amount of time you left me in here the other day," said Sarah, "I know this beauty inside and out."
They reached a small crossroads and Chaud suddenly looked confused.
"Uh," said Chaud, "I don't go to Yoka that often so I'm a little lost."
"Left," said Sarah, "Don't worry, I have maps of Electopia programmed into me, Empress can stay outside the cars systems for now."
"Thanks," said Chaud taking the left turn and speeding off.
They arrived at Yoka Inn about half an hour later. The three flashed their official badges and rushed to the boulder blocking the entrance to the server. Lan moved it out the way and they ran down and moments later Sarah and MegaMan landed in the UnderNet.
"I hate this place," said Sarah, "Always reminds me of what I almost became."
"Stay focused and don't look too much like a DarkNavi," said MegaMan.
"You serious?" said Sarah.
"Deadly," replied MegaMan as the purple navi Duo had created appeared in front of them. He looked like a DarkNavi but Sarah could tell it wasn't, but the worst thing about him wasn't his strength, it was his eyes that appeared to pierce her very soul.
"We meet again," said Duo, "Have you truly aligned yourself with Darkness MegaMan?"
"It's complicated," replied MegaMan, "I'll skip Sarah and go straight to the point…"
"We need your help to remove a navis DarkSoul," said Sarah.
"Why would you want to remove a navi from DarkSoul?" said Duo, "You are a DarkNavi yourself."
"Did I say wanted to be created like this?" said Sarah, "You're as bad as some of the humans, you assume you know the answers before you ask the questions."
"I apologise," said Duo, "Tell me Dark One, why do you want to remove this navis DarkSoul?"
"Because," said Sarah, "He's my friend."
"A good lie," said Duo, "Based on truth, but that is not it is it?"
"Yes," said Sarah.
"The truth girl," said Duo, "I will not cure him otherwise."
"I love," said Sarah looking away from Duo's piercing eyes, "I love his operator Chaud."
Duo held Sarah's face and looked into her eyes, "You speak the truth, you love this man, but I do not see how it is possible that a navi can love a human." He looked into Sarah's eyes for a while longer, "I see," he said letting go, "I will grant you the cure on the condition that it will only be used on the navi, ProtoMan was it."
"I agree," said Sarah.
"Me too," said MegaMan.
"The cure is a program that can be loaded into your buster MegaMan," said Duo, "The girl cannot wield it. It will grant you one shot to cure the DarkSoul, simply fire your buster to activate it."
"Thank you," said MegaMan as Duo handed him the program.
"Remember," said Duo as he left, "One shot only."
"Now all we have to do is find him," said MegaMan.
"No need," said Sarah jerking her thumb over her shoulder, "He's been hiding there for the past five minutes."
They turned as ProtoMan DS jumped at Sarah with a DarkSword ready, Sarah grabbed his arms to stop the attack.
"Now MegaMan," she yelled.
MegaMan activated the program and raised his Buster.
"Cleansing shot!" he yelled firing at ProtoMan DS who looked over at MegaMan with a look of malice as the shot headed straight at him.