Oh wow, thanks to everyone who reviewed! Replies to the reviewers are in order!
Windwingxs- yes, I know it's a great way to start the story, but I needed something to get you hooked!
Anime Master ZERO- oh really? Oh well, we can pretend that Lan hit his head on the machine when he collapsed
Leevey- I think you may be getting de ja vu because I posted this on Rockman.EXE Online. You may have read it. Its under a slightly different title than this one
Crystalstorm21- Thanks for the review
Firehedgehog- yes, you bugged me enough so I finally just decided to post it here. I was going to anyway, just didn't know when
The Evil Cadet- I'm really glad you like it!
Iniora Nackatori- Haha, well, since you really wanted it, here's the next chapter!
Chapter 1
"Megaman, I need you to defend this," Dr Hikari explained, pointing to a dark, navy blue test tube inside his computer. It was pretty tall, about the height of Megaman. It was also opaque so no one could see what was inside it. Megaman looked at it curiously.
"What is it?" Dr Hikari smiled a bit mysteriously and in a way that showed Megaman that the good doctor wasn't about to tell him.
"I'm afraid I can't say quite yet. You'll see soon," He said.
"So I'm supposed to protect whatever's inside this?" Rockman confirmed. Dr Hikari nodded.
"As you may know, this area is protected from viruses by barriers. The problem is that when I activate this, the barriers will collapse and allow viruses to enter freely. This will leave it vulnerable. I need you to delete any viruses that may enter here. Do you mind, Megaman?" Megaman shook his head 'no' and glanced at the barrier. Dr Hikari's already serious face grew even more so, if that were even possible.
"Alright then… Get ready, Megaman." Megaman nodded and sunk into his battle stance. Megaman saw the barriers drop and all sorts of viruses came flooding in. Megaman kept true to his word to protect whatever was in the test tube. He blasted away all the Fishies, Mettaurs, Mettaur3s, Mushies and Tuffbunnies.
About five minutes later, when Megaman had just barely finished blasting away the last virus, a sickening crack reached his ears. Megaman spun around, thinking that a virus had managed to get past him, but found himself staring into deep lavender eyes of a navi. Megaman jumped back in surprise, but calmed down when he saw the navi must have been the thing in the test tube. The navi was still standing on the base of the tube. The sides of the tube had exploded, leaving only the base and of course, the navi.
The navi was wearing a bright silver jumpsuit with the Hikari family symbol on his chest. He helmet was black and so were his boots. The navi was looking around curiously.
"Who…are you?" He asked. Megaman blinked and pointed to himself.
"I'm Megaman. How about you?"
"Me? I'm Rei. Its nice to meet you, Megaman." The navi named Rei held out his hand. Megaman smiled and shook his hand.
"So did Dr Hikari create you?" Rei nodded.
"Yep. Is it safe to assume that he created you too?" Megaman nodded.
"First, lets introduce you to Dr Hikari. Then if he doesn't mind, I'll show you around netcity!" Rei smiled in excitement and nodded. Megaman took Rei's hand and brought him to the main screen where Dr Hikari was waiting.
"Hello!" Rei greeted the scientist eagerly. Megaman noted that Rei seemed to have a lot of energy.
"Hello, Rei. Thank you for all of your help, Megaman." Megaman scratched the back of his helmet in embarrassment.
"It was no problem, Dr Hikari. If you don't mind, I'd like to show Rei around the net." Dr Hikari nodded, smiling.
"Of course. Just be careful, Megaman." Mega nodded, gently grabbed Rei's hand and pulled a shocked Rei through a link. A few moments later, Megaman and Rei arrived in ACDC. Rei stood dumbfounded by everything.
"Oh…my…goodness…" Rei gasped in delight. Megaman smiled, understanding the younger navi's enthusiasm.
"This is ACDC square, Rei." After Megaman showed Rei around the square, Mega showed him all the other squares. At the Beach Square, Rei started to feel a bit drowsy.
"Well, there's a whole lot more to the net, but these are the areas you might be most often. Would you like to meet my friends, Rei?" Megaman offered, smiling. Rei yawned slightly and was shocked at his actions. He didn't know that navis could yawn. 'I guess there's a lot I don't know right now' Rei thought to himself.
"Actually, Megaman? Can we just go back to Dr Hikari? I'm getting tired…" Rei said and yawned again. Megaman chuckled lightly.
"Sure, of course. It has been a long day. I'll come with you. Just to make sure you don't get lost." Megaman offered. Rei nodded and made his way back to the Sci-Labs with Megaman following.
Just a little while later
Rei sat in Dr Hikari's computer, watching the man work on some programs. Megaman was still here, since he didn't exactly want to leave Rei. For some reason, Rei seemed so familiar to Megaman…so familiar…
Megaman was cut off from his thoughts by the beeping of an email alert. He was about to open it, but Rei beat him to it. Megaman smiled at the younger navi's energy levels and speed. Rei read the email himself and gasped.
"Um…Doctor Hikari? Do you know of someone named Lan?" Rei asked. Dr Hikari looked puzzled at Rei's question and walked over to the computer where Rei was.
"Yes, I do. Lan's my son and Megaman's operator. Why do you ask?" Dr Hikari asked. Rei gulped slightly as if he had bad news. And bad news it was.
"Because….because this is an email from the hospital. Th-they say that…he just…died."
O.O….what….have…I….done? I can't believe I just killed off my fav character!! starts sobbing
Rose: pats Phoenix-chan on the back its okay…please review and make her feel better please.