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Now, onto the story!
Tenshi no Rei
Hikari no Namida
Chapter 17- Love me when I'm gone
There's another world inside of me that you may never see
There's secrets in this life that I can't hide.
Somewhere in this darkness there's a life that I can't find.
Maybe it's too far away or maybe I'm just blind, maybe I'm just
blind
Rei slowly opened his eyes to an unwelcome, yet familiar sight. He was back in the dark world of sleep mode once again. Rei sighed. Everytime he came here, he got more and more depressed. But then again, life hadn't really been looking too fondly on him recently anyhow. Maybe that was the cause of his distress.
The darkness around Rei shifted, something Rei was used to by now. The darkness seemed to create little spirals in the air, but Rei didn't care. It was still the same. It was the darkness. Nothing good came from the darkness...right?
Rei sat down and pulled his knees to his chest. There was nothing more that he wanted than to be human again. Or at least get out of this darkness; emotionally and mentally. A few tears slipped down his face. Rei did nothing to stop them, rather, he allowed them to fall. He allowed himself to cry for the fact he would never be human again or see his friends. He cried on behalf of his brother and best friend/lover who were certainly scared to heck and back about him.
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So hold me when I'm here right me when I'm wrong.
Hold me when I'm scared and love me when I'm gone.
Everything I am and everything in me
Wants to be the one you wanted me to be.
I'll never let you down even if I could.
I'd give up everything if only for your good.
So hold me when I'm here right me when I'm wrong.
You can hold me when I'm scared but you won't always be there,
So love me when I'm gone, love me when I'm gone
Protoman stared at the clear chamber that Rei was in with worry. Though of course, no one could tell that except for a certain few. Those few including Chaud, Megaman and Rei. They could always somehow see that he was worried even with the visor on. He made a mental note to ask how they could do that, later. Protoman looked up at the computer screen where Dr Hikari was typing very quickly, a frown set upon his pale face. An hour had passed since Megaman had found Rei infected. Rei's condition was now growing critical. Some data looked like it was starting to break apart.
Protoman hated this. He hated the feeling of being helpless and unable to do anything to help. As a top official, he was used to being sent right off into a mission and actually doing something. But this was different. He had to patient...and believe that Rei could pull through this. 'Hopefully with all his data intact as well' Protoman thought to himself wryly.
Protoman looked over at Megaman and sighed. The blue navi had been going ballistic so Protoman had to 'calm him down'. Well, the only way Protoman could think of was well...knocking him out. And it did work. Dr Hikari had looked upset for a moment, but then thanked him. Megaman had only been getting in the way unfortunately. Even though his intentions were good. Protoman remembered about a week ago, when the party after the Ayano Tech Netmobile Grand Prix.
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"Because...I love you..." Protoman stated softly, barely able to be heard over the pounding music. Rei gasped in surprise.
"R-really? Oh wow..." Rei paused. Protoman waited for the silver navi's response. This was the time for either the ultimate regection or lots of happiness.
"Unfortunately, I don't really understand any of my emotions right now...but when I finally do figure it out, I promise, I'll tell you." Rei said finally. Protoman nodded. Hey, at least it was better than being regected...right?
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When your education x-ray cannot see under my skin.
I won't tell you a damn thing that I could not tell my friends.
Now roaming through this darkness I'm alive but I'm alone.
Part of me is fighting this but part of me is gone.
Rei rubbed his eyes when he thought he saw a small point of light the size of a pin head. He shook his head. Nope, it was still there. Only, it was steadily growing bigger. Rei got into his fighting stance just in case.
Finally, the light grew too bright for Rei to stand. He closed his eyes tightly and covered his eyes with his hands. Finally, after about half a minute, the light faded and Rei was finally able to open his eyes only to a shock. He...wasn't in the dark anymore! It was very strange. This new area was a beach with the sun shining brightly in the sky. Rei could hear the birds chirping and the waves crashing gently on the shore.
"I'm glad we can finally talk face to face." A young male voice stated from behind Rei. Rei spun around and gasped. It was...his human self, Lan!
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So hold me when I'm here, right me when I'm wrong.
Hold me when I'm scared, and love me when I'm gone.
Everything I am and everything in me.
Wants to be the one you wanted me to be,
Ill never let you down even if I could.
I'd give up everything if only for your good.
Dr Hikari was sweating by now. His fingers were tiring and were hurting. But he couldn't stop now. His son's life was hanging in the balance. He wasn't going to quit, not now.
'Hang in there, Rei. Don't you dare give up on us. We're all depending on you, some more than others.' It was true. Dr Hikari knew about a special program inside Rei. It was a very important program that no one evil could ever find or else both the worlds hang in the balance.
'It's such a burden and it may have effected the intial transfer, but he doesn't even seem to realize that he has such a powerful program dormant inside him.' Dr Hikari mused to himself mentally as he was typing.
'Just hang in there.I'm doing all I can, the rest is up to you, Rei.'
So hold me when I'm here right me when I'm wrong
You can hold me when I'm scared, you won't always be there,
So love me when I'm gone.
(Maybe I'm just blind)
"W-what?? H...how..?" Rei stuttered as he looked into the chocolate brown eyes of his other self. Lan smiled.
"Easy. I wanted to be able to talk to you, so we just split off temporarily. We can't go back to the outer world until we join back up again." Lan explained. Rei nodded.
"Well, what was it that you wanted to talk about?" Rei asked, sitting down on the beach. Lan sat down across from him.
"We need to be careful. World Three knows all about us. They know how we're the same person now. They'll probably be out to either delete us for good or something worse." Lan said solemnly. It was a little odd because Lan was almost always cheerful. Rei tilted his head in confusion.
"'Worse'? Like what?" Rei stated. Lan shrugged.
"I don't know. But I have a feeling that it's really bad. I don't really know." Rei pondered this seriously. He laid down on the beach to try to relax and think about what Lan was telling him. He then yelped as a wave came up the shore and soaked him. He jumped up and tried to dry himself off. Lan burst out laughing at the surprised and shocked look on Rei's face.
Rei pulled off his helmet to reveal wild silver green hair that went down about halfway down his neck. He shook his head quickly, trying to get some of the water out of his hair. Meanwhile, Lan was still laughing slightly. Rei mock glared at him.
"It's not funny." Rei stated firmly. Lan sent him an amused glance.
"Really? I thought it was!" Lan snicked before breaking off into hysterical laughter. Rei pouted slightly and then came up with idea and smiled evily. Rei tackled Lan to the ground and started a tickle war. About two minutes later, both were laying on the ground, breathing hard. Rei stood up first and offered a hand to Lan. Lan took it with a smile and stood up as well.
"I think it's time we returned to normal." Lan said finally. Rei nodded. It had been fun to play with his other half, but he knew that playtime was over. He had to get back to Megaman and Protoman. But one question nagged at his mind still.
"Will we ever get to meet again?" Rei asked.
"Like this? Probably not. But hey, we're the same person. So there're no problems. You know what'd I say, mainly because you are me." Lan shrugged slightly. Rei smiled and hugged Lan.
"Alright then, see you later... mou hitori no boku." Lan smiled and nodded. Lan glowed and turned into light and merged with Rei. Suddenly, The beach world around Rei shattered like a mirror, causing Rei to fall through the darkness.
So hold me when I'm here, right me when I'm wrong.
Hold me when I'm scared, and love me when I'm gone.
Everything I am and everything in me,
Wants to be the one you wanted me to be.
Dr Hikari sighed in relief as Rei's data finally came together and the virus faded away from his programming. He had done it!
Megaman groaned and slowly woke up. Being whacked on the head was definately NOT the most comfortable way to get knocked out.
"Ow...did someone manage to get the number of that truck?" Megaman asked, still dazed. Dr Hikari chuckled lightly and tapped a key on the keyboard. The glass cylinder that held Rei opened and the navi fell over, apparantly still unconsious. Megaman snapped out of his daze enough to run over to Rei and carefully lift him. Rei's eyes fluttered open and lavender eyes could be seen, looking out-of-it and confused at the same time.
"M-mega...?" Rei slowly asked. Megaman sighed in relief and nodded.
"Yeah, it's me. Just rest for now, ok?" Rei didn't respond but fell right back asleep. Protoman walked up to Megaman and put his hand on Megaman's shoulder. Megaman looked at him, suprised slightly. Protoman smiled slightly.
"He'll be ok. The kid's strong." Protoman said. Megaman nodded in agreement. Rei most definately was strong. Emotionally and physically.
"Yes he is. That power must too much for you to handle. So let us help with that!" Megaman and Protoman gasped in shock and spun around to find...Elecman, Torchman, Wackoman, Magicman, Stoneman and Blasterman!!
I'll never let you down even if I could.
I'd give up everything, if only for your good.
Megaman gently set Rei down and got into a fighting stance. There was no way he was going to let those crazy World Three navis get his brother! Protoman also got into his own battle stance. But there was one problem...how to protect Rei and keep themselves from getting deleted?
"No way! I'd like to see you try!" Megaman shouted at them. Blasterman smirked.
"Why, I was hoping you'd say that! Let's go!" Blasterman ordered and the World Three navis complied.
Megaman was busy with Elecman, Magicman and Wackoman. Meanwhile, Protoman was busy with Torchman and Stoneman. While the other navis were busy deleting each other(or at least trying), Blasterman, snuck up and grabbed Rei.
"World Three! Retreat!" Blasterman immediately logged out, bringing the unconsious Rei with him. The other WWW navis stopped their attacking and followed. A seriously injured Megaman sighed in relief. Then Protoman called out.
"Megaman, where's Rei?!" Megaman immediately paled and looked around. Rei was nowhere to be seen.
"Blasterman must have grabbed him and then logged out. That's why they left so suddenly!" Megaman exclaimed, realization hitting him like a ton of bricks. Rei had been Navi-napped!
So hold me when I'm here, right me when I'm wrong.
You can hold me when I'm scared, you won't always be there,
So love me when I'm gone, love me when I'm gone.
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Wow! Another chapter finished. Finally, the true plot starts to show. What will happen to Rei now that he's been navi-napped?
On the next chapter of Tenshi no Rei,
Rei wakes up to find himself with the same people who ruined his life before. How will he react? And why did Blasterman download something into Rei? What does it do? Find out in the next chapter,
Memories, Part I
On the off note, I need a beta reader to help me get rid of some of these spelling errors and things that may not make sense. So if anyone's interested, tell me in a review.
That's all for now! Ja ne and please review!