My own Battle Network story.
My Dairy.
Last battle was a really tough one. Even the powerful Electeam style wasn't enough to deal with Huitzil. But suddenly, a brand new style for Frogashi opened, the Deathscythe style.
We were able to defeat Huitzil with no problem, but after him, the famous Harpuia revealed herself.
She was about to take Megaman, when a mysterious red warrior appeared to protect him. Apparently Lan and the others already knew him as Zero, a virus from some time ago.
His face somehow recalled my bad omen… Maybe he's the fifth warrior…
He just warned Megaman that if Xavier caught him, great destruction would be unleashed.
He also said to ask Dr. Hikari, and then he left.
Does Dr. Hikari know something?
Chapter 13. – Dr. Hikari's secret dairies.
After we went out of the hospital, we went directly to Lan's house where Dr. Hikari might be. But Mrs. Hikari was in the kitchen as always making dinner. Lan stepped closer to her and asked her…
Lan: Hey mom! Where's dad?
Mrs. Hikari: Your father? He's at Scilab. He is about to have an important meeting with Joom-bo electronics.
Lan: We need to talk to him. We really need.
Mrs. Hikari: Well, grab the phone. I think he still has five minutes before the meeting.
Lan grabbed the videophone and dialed the number of Dr. Hikari's cell phone.
At Scilab.
Mr. Hikari was making some last minute touches to his tie before stepping to the meeting room filled with executives from Jo-Mon and various corporations, Ayano corp. among them.
Mr. Hikari: The room's full, looks like this will be a very good meeting encouraging Xavier corp. to ally with other corporations.
But before he could finish the sentence, the cell phone in his right pocket beeped with a pleasant familiar tune.
Mr. Hikari: What now? Hello?
Lan: Dad! It's me!
Mr. Hikari: Hi Lan! How was the race!
Lan: There's no time for that now dad. We need to talk!
Mr. Hikari: Can't it wait? I'm about to give a meeting.
Lan: I mean NOW.
Mr. Hikari: Lan…
Lan: It's about Zero.
Mr. Hikari kept a little moment of silence like if all the breath was taken out of his body.
Lan: Dad?
Mr. Hikari: You said… Zero?
Lan: Yes, I said Zero.
Mr. Hikari: ………………… I'm on my way there…………
Dr. Hikari pushed the finish button closing communication between father and son.
Aldo: Is he coming?
Lan: Yes he is… But he sounded kinda guilty…
Dex: Your old man? Why he would feel like that?
Maylu: Maybe he knows something that we don't… Something…
Lan: Would my dad ever hide us a secret?
After a while, Dr. Hikari opened the front door with a concerned face. Very concerned on what we wanted to ask…
Lan: Dad.
Mr. Hikari: What exactly you know about Zero?
Lan: Well, he saved Megaman from that Harpuia lady…
Mr. Hikari: Then he is not evil…
Lan: Uh?
Mr. Hikari: Everyone to the living room, I need to bring some stuff.
We walked and sat on the couches. Like five minutes passed until Dr. Hikari bought a box filled with paperwork and data disks.
Mr. Hikari: Everyone please grab a paper.
I grabbed an old looking journal while the others grabbed disks and paperwork.
Lan: What's all this?
Mr. Hikari: My secret work.
Maylu: You ever had a secret work Mr. Hikari?
Mr. Hikari: Well, it happened after the Zero virus…
Lan: Is this related to the Zero we saw?
Mr. Hikari: Yes. I… I created that Zero…
All: What?!?
Lan: And this is the stuff of that Zero?
Mr. Hikari: Yes… I even wrote it on that journal.
Aldo: Uh? Let me see…
I opened the old looking journal, the first page had some notes on it and little sketches of…
Aldo: These are sketches of the Zero we saw!
Mr. Hikari: Wait until you read the journals…
Aldo: Hey guys, check this out…
I took hold of the journal as I read the following out loud…
April 14 200X
The battle against the Zero virus didn't made any mess. But Megaman and Lan were still tired. I just let them sleep for a couple of hours. The Zero virus was apparently a very powerful program. So I'm off to the area where Megaman and the Zero virus had their final battle.
April 22 200X
After inspecting the entire area, my hopes were vanishing like smoke in the air. But there was something that attracted my attention, a piece of the frame of the virus. It was so powerful that even a little sample would create an entire frame for a brand new Navi.
April 25 200X
After a deep investigation, the sample was still perfect for rebuilding the entire frame, but it would take a very long time due to the small amount and the simplexes of the frame. I need something to speed the building rate up.
May 4 200X
I figured out how to increase the recovery rate. I took a sample of Megaman's frame when I worked on his power up program. Just hope that this works…
May 8 200X
It worked! The building rate became up to ten times faster than before! If I keep in the project, I could be able to make an entire frame suitable for a program.
May 17 200X
The recovery rate is at 100 percent. Everything is almost ready… Just need a little more time for the soul frame…
June 20 200X
I made it! Everything is ready for activation! The Soul frame fits perfectly in the physical frame. Now I just need to activate it.
July 3 200X
Activation successful. I name this program… Zero.Exe based in the frame of the Zero Virus and Megaman's combined. Still need dome more time to test its capabilities and mental comprehension. Time to start second project…
The rest of the pages were ripped, but there were some writings on the remains of the papers.
Lan: What happened after that?
Mr. Hikari: Well, all the data was deleted from the pc and the main system crashed. All the files were deleted from the computer and the data lost… I thought that Zero and the sample were erased with it… But looks like he made it out before the crash…
Aldo: Not even a backup?
Mr. Hikari: Maybe there's a clue in those disks.
Lan: I know who can handle them!
Obviously Lan knew what kind of computer hacker nerd would be able to unlock that kind of data.
Bgm: "Higsby's theme"
Higsby: You want me to analyze this data?
Lan: Yes! This is very rare data after all!
Higsby: Well, well. I don't know… Normally I won't work very well at all without a Dream Sword to help me on…
Aldo: I told ya before! I ain't giving my Dream Sword!
Higsby: Just kidding fellas. Of course I'll work on this. After all, this is very rare data.
Dex: Really? Thanks man.
Higsby: My pleasure. But I still want that Dream Sword!
Aldo: Right, whatever…
Higsby: If I get any interesting information, I'll let you know.
Lan: Thanx man.
We walked out of Higsby's store and split up on our way. After al it was getting dark. A super nerd like Higsby would be able to decipher the information in those disks that might give us a little hint on Zero.
Of course, next battle against the enemy wouldn't be until near Christmas.