I apologize for the long, long wait for the final chapter. For some reason, nothing I tried to write came out good.
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Anyways, now onto the chapter!
Tenshi no Rei
Hikari no Namida
Beta-read by: Aquarius Star
Chapter 20: With Every Ending, Comes a New Beginning
Disclaimer- I do not own Megaman or any related cast except for Rei. I also do not own Romeo and Juliet. I also happen to wonder why I've waited until the last chapter to put in a disclaimer.
Rei stood backstage and drew a deep breath. It was finally time. This was the day of the performance. He was nervous, mind you, but excited at the same time.
'And Megaman and Protoman are out there watching. On dang it, I hope I don't screw up…' Yes, that was a good reason to be nervous.
"Worried, Rei?" Rei turned away to see a girl navi standing behind him. She was wearing a dark blue dress, looking very regal. Rei remembered that this was Stacie, the replacement for Juliet. Rei smiled at her.
"Yea, a bit. I mean, my friend is out there watching and I don't want to screw up…" Stacie had an all-knowing look on her face. But then again, she was a psychic.
"Your boyfriend, right? And your brother?" Rei stared at her in shock.
"What? How…oh wait, yea, you're a psychic." Stacie smiled and nodded.
"Yes, but you don't need to make it a public announcement. I don't want flocks of people trying to chase me down to read their fortunes. Anyways, you know that I won't actually kiss you, Rei. You're cute, Rei, but not really my type." Rei blushed scarlet and Stacie laughed at Rei's embarrassment. Just then, Rei heard his cue from on stage. The one playing Benvolio, Romeo's cousin, was staring right at him from on stage.
"Good Morrow cousin!"
"Is the day so young?" Rei replied from off-stage, and then walked into the bright stage lights.
A Few Minutes Ago
Megaman and Protoman sat in some comfortable seats towards the front of the theatre. Somehow, Rei had managed to get them really good tickets. Megaman kept looking around, but he couldn't find Rei anywhere. Rei had told them that he would catch up with them later and that he something to do. But as to what it was that he had to do, he wouldn't say. Just as Megaman was about to ask Protoman if he had spotted Rei yet, the house lights dimmed and the play began.
The play was actually very interesting. Megaman felt as though he could actually feel the pain and emotions the characters were. Right now, the actor playing Benvolio was greeting Romeo.
"Good Morrow, cos!" Then a very familiar voice relied.
"Is the day so young?" The owner of the voice then walked on stage. Megaman and Protoman stared in shock.
'Rei! '
Two Hours Later
"Rei, why didn't you tell us that you were in the play?"
"Because I thought it'd be a cool surprise." Rei replied to Protoman's question. Megaman shook his head and sighed.
"Geez Rei. And here I thinking that you going to miss the play when you didn't show up when it started!" Rei had a big grin on his face.
"Well I didn't miss it. Not technically anyways." Rei said innocently. Megaman sighed, exasperated. There were times when Rei was easy to deal with, but this seemed to be one of those times he wasn't. Just then, there was a beeping sound, signaling email. Megaman opened the message and read it.
"I'm sorry Rei. I have to go. Papa needs me to runs a few errands for him." Megaman stated sadly. Rei looked a bit disappointed.
"It's ok. It's got to be important since Papa emailed even though you asked for the afternoon off." Rei said.
"It is. I'll see you later, Rei. You too Protoman." Rei and Protoman nodded and Megaman logged out. Rei sighed a bit sadly. Rei couldn't help but wish that Megaman wasn't so busy. Protoman wrapped an arm around Rei. Rei looked up in surprise at Protoman.
"How about you and I go to the private café in the Beach side of Netcity?" Protoman asked. Rei smiled brightly and nodded.
"Sure! ….Hey! Wait a minute! I didn't know there was a café in the Beach side of Netcity." Rei blinked confused. Protoman smirked slightly.
"That's why it's called a private café, Rei."
"Oh."
As the two wandered around netcity, they saw a very familiar navi.
"Rei! Protoman!" It was Roll. Rei smiled a bit shyly. Rei mentally berated himself for being so nervous. After all, he had faced World Three and broke out of their mind control! Why should he be nervous about a friend of Megaman's?
"Hello, Roll. How are you?" Rei asked, trying to strike up a conversation with the pink navi. Maybe if he got to know her better, he wouldn't be as uncomfortable with her. Roll smiled.
"I'm alright. How about you two?"
"We're fine." Both Rei and Protoman said at the same time. Then they blinked (even though Roll couldn't really see Protoman blink) and glanced at each other. Roll found herself starting to laugh a bit.
"Hey Rei, do you know where Megaman is?" Roll inquired.
"Oh, he's running errands for Dr Hikari right now. I can deliver a message later though, if you'd like that." Rei offered. Roll shook her head.
"No, that's alright. Thanks for the offer. I'll just wait." Roll said then smiled. "I've got to get going. I'll see you two later." She exclaimed and logged out. Protoman sighed in relief and Rei laughed lightly.
"I thought she'd never leave…" Protoman stated quietly. Rei tilted his head in confusion.
"What? You don't like Roll?" He asked. Protoman shook his head.
"No, it's not that. She's just too…perky, I suppose." Rei couldn't help it, but a grin slowly spread over his face.
"But I can be perky too. You don't like it when I'm perky?" Rei wondered. Protoman leaned down and gave a Rei a soft kiss. A moment later, he pulled away and stared Rei straight in the eye.
"I enjoy your company any time, even when you're being perky. Though, I'm not quite sure if you ever got on a sugar high." Rei blushed slightly.
"Well, I don't really intend on getting sugar high, so I don't think you have to worry." Protoman smiled.
"Good."
Protoman was never going to trust what Rei said. EVER. You see, Rei had said that he wasn't going to get sugar high, but it looked like even the slightest bit of cyber sugar could set him off. Protoman had made the mistake of letting Rei have a bit of cyber chocolate, and now, he was sorely regretting his decision. Well, that wasn't all that true. A part of Protoman couldn't help but think that Rei was quite adorable when on a sugar high.
Currently, the sugar high silver navi was bouncing up and down a bit. Rei then grabbed Protoman's hand.
"Come on, Protoman! I wanna show you something!" Rei chirped happily while wearing a broad grin. Protoman sweatdropped slightly.
"Alright."
Rei then led Protoman to the place that Megaman had followed him to once. Rei muttered the password and a link appeared.
"Follow me!" Rei exclaimed happily and went through. Protoman briefly wondered, not for the first time, what Rei was going to show him. Protoman then followed Rei through the link. What he saw shocked him. It was an endless field of grass. It couldn't be. Things like this didn't exist in the cyber world. They just couldn't.
"Rei, what is this?" Protoman asked. Rei picked up his ball and tossed it up in the air and caught it. Then he repeated the process.
"This is my special place!" Rei said, excited. Protoman was confused and had ample reason to be.
"Play with me, Protoman!" Rei chirped and tossed the little red ball to Protoman. The red navi caught it and looked at it quizzically.
"Should I even ask where you got this?" Protoman wondered. Rei grinned.
"I didn't get it! I made it! See?" Rei plucked a few leaves off of a tree nearby and they glowed and reformatted themselves and now looked like a small notebook. Protoman was wide-eyed in shock.
"You can…manipulate data, Rei?" Rei nodded and sat down on the ground. It looked like the sugar was starting to wear off. Protoman sat down next to Rei. Rei then rested his head against Protoman's shoulder and closed his eyes. Protoman gently pulled Rei closer and Rei found himself drifting off. The two stayed like that until Protoman remembered something.
"Rei?"
"Yea?"
"I was told that there's a surprise waiting for you back at Sci-Lab." Rei blinked in astonishment.
"A surprise?"
"Yes."
"For me?"
"Unless there's another navi named Rei, yes."
"What is it?" Protoman smirked slightly.
"If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise." He said. Rei pouted. Protoman stood up and helped Rei up.
"Let's go." Protoman said and the two logged out to the Sci-Lab server. When they got there, Megaman was the one who greeted them.
"Hey you two! I was wondering when you were coming!" Megaman said with a smile. "Papa wants to talk to you, Rei. I think he has something for you." Megaman stated while Megaman and Protoman shared a glance and smirked slightly. This little exchange went unseen by Rei, who was opening a communication box.
"Papa?" Dr Hikari looked up from his work and smiled when he saw Rei.
"Ah hello, Rei. I wanted to talk to you. You see, I've figured out a way to have a navi operate a robotic body. As of now, this experiment is only in the testing phase. So that's why I'm wondering…Rei would you like to be the one to test the experiment?" Dr Hikari asked. Rei's eyes widened.
"Do you mean that I would…?" Rei trailed off with the unspoken question. Dr Hikari smiled and nodded.
"Yes, you would have your own body in the real world. So what do you say, Rei?" Rei's eyes glittered in excitement.
"Yes!" He exclaimed.
"Alright. I've already hooked it up. All you have to do is download yourself." Rei nodded and disappeared in a shower of pixels. Over in the corner of the room, a computer beeped loudly. Dr Hikari went over to the corner where a computer was hooked up to a clear capsule. Inside the capsule was a human-looking boy with greenish-silver hair. His outfit consisted of a simple white tee-shirt, slightly faded blue jeans and finger less black gloves that went down to his elbows. On the back of them were the Hikari family symbols.
The computer beeped again and the glass that was surrounding the capsule shattered. Rei opened his eyes, revealing the same bright lavender eyes. He stretched and flexed his fingers. He then looked around the lab and his eyes rested on Dr Hikari.
"It worked!" Rei jumped up and hugged Dr Hikari tightly.
"Thank you, Papa! Thank you!"
Owari
Ah, the end of a very long story. I hope you all have enjoyed this. I myself will not be writing a sequel. However, my friend Firehedgehog will be writing the continuation. So make sure to look out for it!
Hikari no Namida logging out