(Just to let you know, there will be no Cross Fusion in this story, as it follows the game.)

Fragments of Corruption:

Chapter Four

Lan propped himself on the chair in front of his computer and sighed. "Oh man… Darn, Megaman, can you do my homework?"

The navi shook his head from the PET's display screen. "Sorry, Lan, but you've got to be responsible; besides, you won't learn anything that way."

The boy chipped up, however, and prepared to jack his Net Navi in. "Why don't we go try out that EX Chip? I've got all weekend for homework!" Megaman shrugged. "Sure, why not?"

Lan nodded and inserted the extension cable into a small port on the computer console, a small light going on to signal it was a success. "Okay, Megaman, let's find some viruses!"


"Are you certain about this?" a black armored navi asked his operator, who took a sip from his coffee.

"Of course I am, Scar- man. If we can attract either Chaud or Lan we can finish them off before they even have a chance at acquiring any of the Enigma data. The other pieces are dormant, and the Prof. only said that two had awakened, one in the Undernet, and the piece that had configured into a navi."

"And what happened to the one in the Undernet?"

"They think it was stolen or something, but it doesn't matter; just do what I told you to do."

"Yes, sir."


Megaman opened his eyes, seeing the last of his body forming. He stood in the middle of one of the roads in the Den Area.

"Hey, Lan, how about we go visit the Square and go stock up on some Sub- Chips while we're here?"

"Sounds like a good idea."

The blue navi nodded and began to walk along the road, headed for Den Area 2, from which he could enter the Square. Programs and navis were scattered about, completing errands or just checking up on things.

Suddenly, however, a large explosion could be heard far off in Area 2, and then multiple explosions occurred around the Areas.

"What was that?" Lan asked him urgently as programs and navis started a commotion and began to run about in panic.

"It sounded like it came from the Square! I'll check it out!" Megaman answered in a yell before sprinting down the cyber roads and into the second Den Area.


A somewhat large navi stepped up, his black chest plate shining. His equally stunning boots and gauntlets were painted black as well, and his helmet had two golden horns protruding from it. A gray scarf covered up his mouth and nose, falling beside one of his two protrusions sprouting from his shoulders. Golden lines ran down the center of his boots, gauntlets, and helmet, and two spheres of light dug into his helmet served as eyes. An emblem displaying a black sphere within a crimson background was attached to the center of his chest.

He knelt down and grasped the collar of a default navi, raising him to his eye level.

"P-Please! Don't hurt me!"

"Do you know the whereabouts of a navi called Megaman?"

"I-I don't know any M-Megaman!" he stuttered back, but the spheres of light grew cold. "Then you are of no use to me," he responded calmly, before the navi's body exploded from a disperse of energy from the black navi's hand.

"Adam, do I search the rest of the area?"

"No, just wait; he only jacked in a few minutes ago."

Scar-man grunted and turned, examining the ruins of the Square. "How unfortunate…" he thought as a smaller, blue navi ran into sight.

"Hey! What happened here!" Megaman questioned as Scar-man turned to face him. "Are you Megaman?"

"Yeah, and you are?"

"I am called Scar-man, and my purpose here is to delete you."

"What!" Megaman let out as Scar-man formed a small sphere of bright blue energy and launched it at his target. Megaman dashed to the side and fired his Mega-Buster, but the blast only bounced off of the black armor.

"That's not good…" thought the blue navi as Scar-man leaped into the air and fired another blast. "Oh yeah, well take this!" Megaman cried before firing a much more powerful attack. "Charge Shot!"

The two energy projectiles collided, but Scar-man's broke through Megaman's hitting his opponent directly.

The explosion knocked the smaller navi a few yards back, forcing him to roll across the floor. He stopped and quickly stood up, wincing. "This is bad, Lan; not even the Charge Shot worked."

The boy grinned. "Don't worry! Here, Gutsman G, Soul Unison!" He inserted the Gutsman G chip, and pressed a small button on the PET. Megaman's body glowed brightly, and gained Gutsman's armor and helmet. "GutsSoul!"

Scar-man landed gently on his feet, cocking his head to the left in what seemed like amusement. "Soul Unison? No matter what tricks you play, I will still delete you."

Megaman shook his head. "No way!" He ran up to the black armored navi and prepared to punch with his right arm, the fist growing larger. "GutsPunch!"

The fist collided with the chest plate, only for the impact to force him back. "What?"

Scar- man spun around and delivered a powerful kick to Megaman's abdomen, sending him a few feet away.

Adam shook his head in disappointment. "Well, well, well, it seems the great Megaman isn't so great after all," he spoke, causing Lan to stand quickly, knocking his chair down. "Are you his operator? Who are you?" he asked loudly.

"Calm down, kid. I'm Adam Takahashi. Sorry if Scar-man caused a ruckus, but I had to draw you out somehow."

"You didn't have to do it in a way that you deleted Net Navis and caused damage to the net!" Lan retorted. Adam chuckled. "Yeah, yeah, it's no big deal. Don't worry about it, since Megaman's about to be deleted."

Lan turned his attention to the PET screen to see Megaman being slammed in the stomach area by Scar-man's right fist, sending him down against the floor hard. The GutsSoul dissipated, leaving the tattered navi to see Scar-man raise his arms.

"How about we finish him with at least some dignity, eh, Scar-man? Now, Dark-Cannon A, B, and C! Program Advance: Dark-Cannon Zeta!"

Lan gasped. "A Dark Chip Program Advance! Are you part of Nebula?"

Adam chuckled. "Are you actually serious? You don't have to be part of Nebula to use Dark Chips, you idiot."

The brown- haired boy ground his teeth. "No! Megaman!" he exclaimed as the violet cannon formed out of Scar-man's right gauntlet.

Megaman's eyes widened in horror before a sudden flash of light blinded both of the navis. "Stop this idiocy, Adam," a female voice spoke, causing the blonde teenager to flinch in his seat at the café.

"Naomi? Why the hell did you send Flare?"

A shining, gold female navi had formed out of the light. Long blonde hair tumbled down from behind a golden helmet, and long, red ribbons flowed out from her gloves and boots. A completely violet emblem was attached to her chest, and her golden aura caused the navis to squint.

"So I see Naomi has decided to intervene?" Scar-man inquired as Flare smiled happily. "Yes," the female navi replied.

"What are you doing, Adam? You should be searching for the Enigma data rather than messing around with navis who don't pose a threat to us," Naomi stated. Adam smirked. "I was getting him out of the way, but fine, I'll leave him alone."

He began to speak to Lan. "Well, then, Lan, I guess we'll finish this later, and hopefully you'll have improved."

Scar-man and Flare then beamed out, leaving Megaman to shakily get to his feet. "What do you think that was, Lan?" he asked as his operator shrugged.

"I don't know, but it's nothing good…"


Adam frowned and unplugged the extension cable from the laptop, standing and leaving a few zenny on the café table. He then exited the building, pulling his hood up again and looking to the left. A seventeen year- old girl with long black hair and scarlet eyes approached him, stopping a few feet away. She carried a red umbrella above her head and wore a black shirt under a black jacket. Her dark blue jeans drooped over white tennis shoes.

Adam sighed. "Do you enjoy ruining my fun?"

She shrugged. "You can do whatever you want, just keep your priorities straight."

"Oh? And what are you up to, then?"

"I've just located a dormant piece of the Enigma data," she answered. "I'm going after it right now. You just gave me an opening."

"What do you mean?"

"The data's at SciLabs."

Adam grinned. "SciLabs? Shouldn't the Prof. know about it?" Naomi shook her head. "No, he left the labs about thirty minutes after you spoke to him."

"So you've been spying on us?"

"It's necessary to make sure I have things under control."

"I'm sure…"

Adam then walked up beside Naomi, sighing. "Just watch out; I wouldn't want you to get hurt," he stated sarcastically.

"Of course," she responded, glancing at him as he started walking away.


The shape of a default Net Navi could be seen standing on the higher level of the SciLab Area 1, its gaze studying the place. "The Enigma data will awaken soon enough… and I can then be one step closer to my completion."