Whoo hoo! Here's another chapter for Tenshi no Rei! I'm sorry for such a horrible cliff hanger and as well as an extremely long wait for this chapter.
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Tenshi no Rei
By Hikari no Namida
Beta-reader: Aquarius Star
Chapter 19- The Birth of Makato Part II
Recap from the last chapter:
Megaman and Protoman stepped through the link at the same time. Once Megaman had recovered from the transfer, he saw a powerful blast heading towards him.
"Move it, Megaman!" Protoman pushed Megaman out of the way just in the nick of time. The two looked around to see who had attacked. Their attention was drawn to a figure up on a ledge. Whoever it was, jumped down and landed gracefully in front of them like a cat.
"I'm afraid I cannot allow you to enter any farther than this. Very strict orders from my operator." Megaman gasped in recognition.
"R-Rei?!"
End Recap
Imaginative formations
Taking control of the fears I hide
Intricate creations
Twisting and shaping me from inside
"I'm sorry, you must have me mistaken for some other navi. My name is Makato." Makato said, smirking. He laughed mentally, and seeing Megaman and Protoman look so confused simply made him laugh even more. 'They look so lost…just like I was…hehehe…I'll never let them use me again. Never!'
Massive confusion
Constantly veiling my mind's eyes
Into oblivion
Spiraling downward, reaching my demise
Misleading visions
Reflecting figments of what is to be
"W-what?" Megaman stammered. Plantman and Beastman entered then.
"Gr…rr…rrr…(We're too late…)"
Spinning around, Protoman pointed his sword straight at Beastman.
"Don't you dare give up yet. What did Wily do to him?!" Protoman demanded. Megaman normally would be the person who would calm Protoman down in this type of situation, but he was too busy at the moment staring at Rei…Makato.
Amused, Makato watched the interaction between Protoman and Beastman. 'Aren't we supposed to fight against each other instead of fighting against teammates? Oh well. This is too funny.' Makato told himself.
"Wily did nothing to me except to show me how stupid it was to work with you. Especially after what you did to me." Makato stated out loud. Protoman looked over at him in confusion.
"What are you talking about, Rei?" Makato growled.
Forceful delusions
Driving me inward to my mental sea
Optical distortions
Bind me to what I don't know
"Don't pretend you don't know! You didn't help me when I needed it the most! I can't believe I ever loved you!" Protoman was shocked. Rei loved him? But what did Rei mean when he said that Protoman didn't help him when he needed it?
Kiki, who was watching from the shadows, was also surprised. 'Makato loved Protoman? That must have been why he reacted so badly to the memories…Oh Kami-sama, I feel horrible…But why? I've never felt bad about anything I've done, but I do now…What if I was only a replacement for Protoman? He wouldn't do it purposely, but it just may be true.' Kiki sighed.
Repulsive contortions
Blinding me of which way to go
What have I done to reality?
Chaos strangles my sanity
"Young one, Megaman and Protoman would never harm you. Can you not see? World Three has implanted false things into your memory files. What you're seeing is not real. World Three did the same to myself and Annetta when we were with Wily." Plantman spoke up.
Makato felt a flash of…something…he couldn't describe it. It was almost like a memory was trying to come back or something. 'That's impossible. I already know what happened. They hurt me. And they need to pay for it.'
"You know they're right, Rei. You can feel it in your heart. World Three might be able to change the memories in your mind, but they can never change how you feel inside." A female voice echoed throughout the area. Makato, as well as the others, looked around in surprise, trying to see who the intruder was.
"Show yourself!" Makato demanded. A shadowy figure appeared in front of Makato. Makato stepped back in surprise.
"A-Adele?!" It was indeed the female navi.
"That's right. It appears that your master program is slowly deleting the false memories." Adele stated. Makato took another step back, a hint of fear visible in his eyes.
"W-what…what are you talking about?!"
Dim light shallows
Oppressive darkness becomes obscure
Imprisoned by unreal
Plunged into falseness rapidly
Deceit I feel
Images betray me constantly
"World Three put false memories in you to make you believe that your friends had betrayed you. They're your enemies, Rei, not us. We care about you." Adele said.
Makato began to walk towards Adele, believing her story. The World Three signs imprinted on his helmet began to flicker, but a false memory flashed in his mind, stopping the navi in his tracks.
"N-no! They wouldn't fool me! I don't believe you!!" Makato screamed and started attacking with his buster. Adele and the others quickly managed to dodge the attacks.
Suddenly, another flash of a memory appeared. This time, it was a true memory of when he had woken up from the anti-virus chamber. 'They didn't attack me? But…I…I'm so confused!!!'
Falling to his knees, clutching his head, Megaman trying to sort out what was going on. Megaman ran forward to comfort Makato, but Adele stopped him.
"No, Megaman. Right now, Rei's trying to sort out what really happened. World Three blocked his real memories by placing false memories in their place. Right now, the real memories are surfacing. He needs to figure it out by himself. Trust me, I want to help him as well." Adele said softly.
'It doesn't make sense…Wily said they had betrayed me…but I have two different versions of what happened in my mind. How can that be? Well, maybe I should think about what makes sense. It doesn't make sense that Megaman and Protoman would suddenly hate me…they seemed so confused when I hinted at that. Adele said that I had false memories that were blocking my real ones…so…does that mean that…Megaman and Protoman…never turned on me? That it's just something that Wily wanted me to believe? He wanted me to turn on them? It…all makes sense now!'
Rei stood up, letting his hands drop by his side. His head was down, his bangs shadowing his eyes. Megaman, Protoman and Adele were all watching him carefully, wondering what his decision was. The symbol on Rei's chest and sides of his helmet flashed briefly once more, and the World Three symbols vanished. A moment later, the Hikari symbols took their original place on the outfit. Rei faced away from Megaman and Protoman, showing that he was not going to attack them.
"Makato! What are you doing?! Delete them!" Wily ordered. Rei raised his head up quickly and Wily found himself staring into determined eyes.
"My name is not Makato. My name is Rei and I will not harm my friends. You may have been able to trick me and control me, but not anymore." Rei stated firmly. Rei glanced backwards and smiled at Megaman and Protoman. They both returned the smile. Wily growled.
"Kiki! Get him!" Kiki stepped out of the shadows in front of Rei. Rei saw a pained expression on Kiki's face.
"I'm sorry, Maka- no, Rei. I never meant for things to happen like this. Wily!" The symbols on Kiki's chest and helmet vanished, leaving black empty spots where they had been previously. "I no longer work for you. I refuse to do your bidding any longer." To say that Wily was pissed would be an understatement.
"WHAT?!?!?!? What are you talking about, Kiki?! You can't just quit?!?!"
Kiki frowned. "I can and I have. Good bye Rei, I'll miss ya." Kiki vanished as she logged out. Rei turned towards Wily again.
"So, Wily…your plan to make me fight for you has turned against you." Rei said. Wily shook for a moment and then Rei realized he was shaking from laughter! Wily was laughing!
'Wily's even more a nut than I thought he was!' Rei thought to himself.
"Has my plan failed? My original one: yes, but my backup: no. If I can't have you fight for me of your own will, I'll FORCE you too!!!"
"What?!" Rei gasped. An insane smile appeared on Wily's face as he pushed a button on his console. Incredible pain filled Rei from head to toe. He fell to his knees and clutched his chest, the main source of his pain. Adele, Megaman and Protoman rushed over to him.
"Rei! What's going on? What's wrong?!" Megaman asked. Rei gasped for breath as the pain increased ten-fold.
"He…he's activated something deep inside my programming…!" It was a horrible feeling for Rei. It felt like two different forces fighting against one another. Suddenly, the two forces vanished with an explosion. Rei's eyes widened as an unknown power filled him. A great wind filled the area and swirled around Rei. Megaman, Protoman and Adele tried their best to fight against the wind, but it blew them backwards.
"No! What's going on?! Rei!" Megaman exclaimed.
"The program that Wily forced into Rei is conflicting with one of his defenses! Apparently, his defense program is just as strong as Wily's control program, which is why this is happening. But what happens next… I don't know." Adele stated. Megaman looked at her while she spoke and then sighed.
"Just when something good happens…something bad happens right after." Protoman could only agree.
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Notes from the Authoress: Now normally, I'd end here, but I really don't want to end on a cliffhanger and I feel really bad for taking so long to update, so I'm going to keep going. Enjoy!
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Part II of Chapter 19
Ribbons of light surrounded Rei, looking like he was making a cocoon.
"W-What's going on?! This can't be happening!!" Wily exclaimed in utter shock.
"It is Wily…and with it, your demise…" A soft, yet cold voice echoed throughout the entire area. All the navis there (excluding Rei) looked around, trying to see who had said that.
"Who's there?!" Wily demanded. It was then that Megaman noticed that the wind was finally fading. Soon, all that was left was the cocoon of light, but even that was starting to break apart. The last ribbons of light fell to the ground and Megaman found himself staring. To say that Rei had changed, would have been a major understatement.
Rei's whole outfit had turned black. Shadows seemed to swirl around his entire body. He looked a lot like the time he had been in dark soul. Only this time, he was much stronger. His eyes were a cold crimson that clearly screamed 'Don't mess with me'.
"This…this wasn't supposed to happen!!" Wily shouted. ((While Rei is like this, I'm going to refer to him as Dark Rei. Seems to fit pretty well to me)) Dark Rei showed no emotion on his face.
"Intentionally or unintentionally, it shall be your own undoing! Darkside Fire!" From a simple wave of his hand, Dark Rei summoned black fire that spread all over the World Three Cyber Base. Equipment in the World Three Base in the real world started blowing up. Wily ran to the door, only to find it shut tight and locked on him.
"NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!" Wily screamed as the entire base exploded.
Meanwhile in the cyber world, the black fire was burning with just as much force. Dark Rei stood there, watching the fire, not caring that he had just destroyed all of the World Three base and anyone in it. Slowly, he started laughing. Softly at first, but quickly gaining volume. He was laughing maniacally and he didn't care.
Destroy.
Destroy!
DESTROY!!!!!
"DESTROY!!!!" Dark Rei threw out more fire and then logged out onto the Internet. Megaman, Protoman, Adele, Plantman and Beastman were shocked at Rei's sudden change and worried.
"His power has corrupted his thinking! We need to find and stop him! I suggest that we split up to try to find him." Protoman said quickly. The others nodded and logged out onto the Internet as well.
Protoman hastily began his search, not wanting to waste any more time than he needed too. It only took a few minutes before Protoman knew he was on the right trail. How did he know, you might ask? Well, a trail of black fire and destruction was a pretty good hint. Protoman picked up his pace even more. Fairly soon, he caught sight of Dark Rei.
"Rei! Stop this!" He shouted out. Dark Rei stopped and turned around to face Protoman.
"So…it's you…What are you doing here? Looking to be deleted?" Dark Rei asked with a smirk. Protoman stood his ground.
"Or…were you looking to…stop me?" Dark Rei laughed again when he knew that was what Protoman was really after.
"Yes I do plan on stopping you." Protoman stated as if it were a fact known to everyone. Though on the inside, he was thinking quickly.
'How can I stop him without hurting him? I know that the true Rei is in there somewhere and I just need to get him back in control again. But how? Perhaps if I got him to feel an emotion that only the real Rei could feel? I think I have an idea.'
Protoman walked towards Dark Rei until he was standing right in front of him. Dark Rei stood still, casually wondering what Protoman was going to try to do.
"What are you doi-" Dark Rei was cut off when Protoman kissed him.
Destroy!
Destroy…
Dest-
Protoman pushed his tongue against Dark Rei's lips. Dark Rei accepted and Protoman got to taste Rei for the first time. Lavender. That was the best way Protoman could describe Rei((or Dark Rei at the moment)).
Once breathing became a necessity, the two pulled apart and stared at each other in amazement.
All of a sudden, a circle of light appeared on the floor around Dark Rei. On the outside of the circle were the kanji for 'youkai' and 'tenshi' alternating all around the shape. A column of light shot up around Dark Rei. The shadows shifting around him vanished. His eyes changed from crimson to their original.
The black flames seem to extinguished on their own. The light slowly faded and regular Rei stood there. His eyes closed as he fell forward. Protoman leaped forward and caught Rei in his arms. He landed and held Rei close to him. Protoman gently shook Rei, willing him to wake.
"Rei! Rei, wake up!" Protoman said. Rei stirred and opened his eyes. Everything that happened came back in a rush. World Three tricking him, him realizing it was only a trick, his darker side taking over and…
"Are you alright, Rei?" The crimson navi's voice brought Rei out of his thoughts. Even though the visor covered Protoman's eyes, Rei could tell that Protoman was worried about him.
"Hai, I'm fine. But… why?" Rei asked. Protoman blinked.
"'Why' can mean a lot of different things, Rei. Which one?"
"Why did you…?" Rei questioned, signifying what happened only a few moments ago between them. Rei was blushing a bit when he asked. It wasn't that he didn't enjoy the kiss. No, it was quite the opposite. Protoman also blushed slightly.
"It's because I…well…I love you Rei." Rei was surprised. Protoman had once told Rei that. Rei had assumed that Protoman could never love him because of how he worked with World Three and even attacked the net.
"Even after everything I did?" Rei asked. Protoman nodded.
"No matter what you do, I'll still love you." Rei was astounded by Protoman's fierce loyalty to him. Unbidden, a few tears fell down Rei's face. He hugged Protoman tightly around the waist while burying his face in Protoman's chest, sobbing. Protoman was a bit alarmed and didn't hesitate to put his arms around the smaller boy.
"Rei, what's wrong?" Protoman asked, concerned. Rei looked up at him and Protoman saw a true smile gracing his features. He almost looked like an angel.
"I…I'm so happy Protoman! I…I've never felt like this before. I've never had anyone to really care about me except for my parents and Megaman. Now, I've kind of lost my parents and my old friends. But now…you're here and that's all I need." Protoman gently cupped Rei's chin in his hand and leaned down and kissed him. Rei responded eagerly by wrapping his arms around Protoman's neck and kissing back, trying to show Protoman just how much he loved the red navi. The two pulled away, needing to breathe.
"Protoman? How come you always wear that visor?" Rei inquired. Protoman looked surprised about the question, but smirked slightly.
"Why? Would you like to see without it?" Rei nodded eagerly. Protoman couldn't help from smiling at Rei's enthusiasm. The black visor disappeared and Rei found himself staring into cerulean orbs. Rei smiled, closed his eyes and leaned his head against Protoman's chest again.
"You should leave your visor off more often. You look nicer that way." Protoman had a soft smile on his face.
"Maybe I will for you." Rei found himself growing more and more comfortable in the warm embrace of his true love. He soon fell asleep in Protoman's arms.
"Sleep well, kid. You deserve it." Protoman said softly. It was then that Protoman sensed a presence behind him. His visor appeared again and he turned around, carrying Rei in his arms. It was Megaman and Adele.
"You managed to stop him? Is his ok?" Megaman asked very quickly. Protoman couldn't help but sweatdrop slightly.
"Yes he's fine. Just tired." Protoman reassured the blue bomber. Megaman sighed, relieved.
"Alright. Thank you Protoman."
"It was no problem. I'm going to check over his systems and make sure he's alright. I'll bring him back to Sci-Lab right after." Megaman nodded and logged out. Adele came up to Protoman.
"So…you two finally confessed to each other?" Protoman blinked, not that Adele could see that.
"Erm…well…uh…" Adele gave him a knowing smile.
"Oh don't worry. I think it's cute. You'd better not hurt him in any way though or else." She stressed the 'or else' part.
"I promise I won't." Adele nodded and went off, humming a little tune. Once again, Protoman sweatdropped slightly. He shrugged and went to Sci-Lab.
Megaman was there, talking to Dr Hikari. Dr Hikari nodded, hearing some of the information Megaman presented him with. Both looked up as Protoman entered. Megaman quickly ran over to him and took Rei.
"Well, I should log out and recharge. You should do the same, Megaman." Protoman suggested. Megaman nodded.
"I will." Protoman logged out back to Chaud's PC. Today was definitely a long day, but it all turned out well. And for that, Protoman was thankful.
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Song Credits: Illusions by Sadus
Japanese Translations:
Hai- Yes
Youkai- Demon
Tenshi- Angel
All Kiki haters rejoice! All Rei/Proto fans should also rejoice!
Note for Kiki haters: She's gone for good. You shall never see her again in this story
Note for Rei/Proto fans: I tried my best to write romance. However, this is the first time I've ever tried to write some shounen-ai romance. I hope it turned out alright for you. But at least they're finally together, right?
So once again, I apologize for the extremely long time I took to update this story. I had massive writers block and it took a good week to two weeks to crack it. It wasn't until I had a cherry coke and a cookie with a whopping 20 grams of sugar that I managed to get myself past a certain point of the story.
Would you believe me if I told you that this was the second-to-last chapter of the story? I hope you do, because I'm telling the truth. Next chapter is going to be quite long, I'm pretty sure.
On the final chapter of Tenshi no Rei: Plays and Offers:
It's play time! No, don't go calling all your friends! Rei only managed to get two tickets to the play 'Romeo and Juliet' and those are for Megaman and Protoman. After the play, Dr. Hikari offers Rei something that he has wanted for a long time that makes Rei's day even better than before. What is it? You'll have to find out in the final chapter!
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