MegaMan Battle Network – Time
Chapter 6 – Questions
It had been a few weeks since the accident, Dad had nearly finished my new body after my old one had become scrap metal after the fall. I was trapped in a body in SciLab, apparently some idiot had stuck a notice up outside my door saying "Sarah Hikari's room." Personally, I suspected Lan and MegaMan to be behind it.
I wasn't exactly trapped, Dad had finally gotten rid of the wire and given me an infrared connection to the network, but he was being slow and although my legs were connected to my body he hadn't finished wiring them up yet so I was paralyzed from the waist down.
Lan, Mayl, Dex and Chaud had visited me as well as some other people, but Yai hadn't come, I was really worried, no one had seen Yai since the incident.
"Hey Sarah," said Dad coming in, "You've got another visitor."
A sheepish looking face with ginger pigtails peered around the door.
"Yai!" I said, "You've had everyone worried sick!"
"I didn't think anyone would want to talk to me," said Yai, "If it hadn't been for Glide's insistence then I wouldn't have come here."
"No one knows Yai," said Sarah, "Only you, Glide and me know what happened in there."
"But…" said Yai as Sarah held up here hand.
"What's done is done Yai," said Sarah, "I'm not going to burden the others with why you were so cold towards me, they know it's probably over and that's all they will know."
"I see," said Yai.
"Is it over?" said Sarah.
"He's made his choice," said Yai, "I didn't bother asking." She got up to leave.
"Wait," said Sarah.
"What is it?" said Yai.
"Sit down and talk for a bit," said Sarah, "It can get lonely in here on my own."
"What about?" said Yai.
"The weather, Chaud, schoolwork, any other boys you're interested in, anything," said Sarah, "Please."
"Why?" said Yai, "I thought you'd hate me."
"For what?" said Sarah, "Falling in love with the same guy as me, just shows you've got better choice in guys than battlechips."
"Hey!" said Yai.
"What?" said Sarah, "You consider the most powerful chip to be your HeroSword chip, but I keep telling you, no showing you, that it is the HolyDream chip."
"Care to prove that in a NetBattle," said Yai.
"Gladly," said Sarah.
"But you can't move?" said Yai, "How can you reach the Jack In port?"
"Watch," said Sarah pulling herself up. She looked around the room and fixed her eyes on a Jack In port. Yai watched a screen as she saw Sarah materialize in the cyber-world.
"Wireless?" said Yai.
"Yeah," said Sarah, "One I finally have complete control over as well unlike the old one Dad made."
"Are you in a fit state to fight?" said Yai.
"BattleChips are loaded," said Sarah, "Repairs to my navi form completed, I think I am."
"I thought your battlechips were destroyed with your body?" said Yai.
"Nah," said Sarah, "Dad recovered them and reloaded them into my new body. Are you two ready?"
"You bet," said Yai aiming her PET at the Jack In point, "Jack In, Glide Power Up!"
"Let's rumble," said Sarah charging Glide with a CyberSword.
"Gladly," said Glide as Yai downloaded the HeroSword chip.
"I thought you'd learnt your lesson about downloading your most powerful chips first," said Sarah as she jumped back from the HeroSword, "I just have to wait it out until your chip loses power," Glides HeroSword faded as she said this, "Then attack!" She sliced with a freshly downloaded CyberSword leaving a deep gash in Glides armor.
"Glide log out!" said Yai.
"No Miss Yai," said Glide, "I can still fight back."
"Are you sure?" said Yai.
"Yes," said Glide, "And don't use the LifeAura Chip yet either."
"Glide," said Yai.
"I can win," said Glide, "Trust me."
"Noble," said Sarah, "I think that's enough Glide. It may not look like it but I penetrated pretty deeply, if you want, I can give you both some training. You may not think it but you both need it."
"You'd do that," said Yai watching as Sarah went back into her body.
"Sure Yai," said Sarah, "For my friends anyway."
"Friends?" said Yai.
"Yes," said Sarah, "We are friends right?"
"Yeah," said Yai, "Friends."
Suddenly alarms went off throughout the building.
"Sarah!" yelled Dr. Hikari running in, "Someone's trying to get an illegal communications signal through!"
"Hand me my PET," said Sarah.
"What?" said Dr. Hikari.
"I know who it is," said Sarah, "She wants me, now hand me my PET!"
"Ok then," said Dr. Hikari.
Sarah didn't have to wait long before Scyler's face appeared on the PET.
"Twice you've escaped death when you've laid your life down for humans," said Scyler, "Remember the human saying though, third times the charm."
"What was it?" said Dr. Hikari.
"The usual death threat," said Sarah, "Nothing to worry about."
The End.
I've decided to take a break over Xmas. That's right, no main storyline updates over Christmas, but there will be a stuff posted Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.
The next main fic will start Monday 3rd Jan 2005, so watch this space.