My own Battle Network story.
My dairy.
Last time, we fought against Gashenariff who was sent by Xavier to kill Lan and retrieve his PET. To make it worse, Maddy's son, Ken was in the roller coaster's control room.
Gashenariff was tough enough to defeat Gutsman and Foxman. And the four former members of World Three's Netnavis saved Frogashi: Fireman, Magicman, Elecman and Colorman entered into the battle.
But a powerful attack logged Fireman, Elecman and Magicman out. Frogashi's will of helping his friends and Colorman's resolve for saving Ken made a soul unison bound between them creating the Colorsoul. By using the powerful RainbowBlade, Gashenariff was deleted and Lan, Maylu and Ken were saved.
So everyone lived happily for the rest of the day with an all you can eat curry buffet on Yahoot.
Lan got an idea of everyone of us going to Electown before the N-1 Grand Prix to spend an entire day by having fun, and maybe getting our fortunes read again by Miyu.
But an event of today was going to put Lan and Maylu's love relationship in its biggest trial ever… with an accident…
Chapter 42. – Who am I?
Normal morning again and just a few days before the N-1 Grand Prix and the best Netbattle ever.
We were eating Hot cakes with French toasts and fresh orange juice made by Mrs. Hikari. Of course, her cooking was goooooood.
Lan spoke with his mouth full, so the words were muffled. Obviously, no one understood any word of Lan's…
Mrs. Hikari: Lan. How many times have I told you to not speak with your mouth full?
Lan swallowed his food as he cleared his throat.
Lan: Sorry mom. I said, Hey mom! These Hot cakes are as good as ever!
Mrs. Hikari: Glad you like them. I made a little experiment by adding a little of orange juice and some grounded nuts to the mix.
Aldo: It is a good one.
Mr. Hikari: Yeah, That's my girl.
Mr. Hikari chuckled as he turned the page of the newspaper. Then we went to the subway. We got to Electown in ten minutes.
BGM: "Electown"
Electown was crowded as always People going everywhere and nowhere doing their usual stuff. We made haste to Electown Mall. After that, Yai and Thori caught up… but Maylu still wasn't there.
Dex: So, only Maylu is missing?
Lan: Yeah. I sent her E-Mail yesterday with the idea. She said 10:00 am sharp.
Thori: But the thing is that it is 10:10 am already…
Aldo: Maybe is the bus! You know how buses are always late.
Suddenly, Lan's PET resonated with a beep.
Megaman.Exe: Hey Lan! You got a phone call. It's from Roll. Will you take it?
Lan: Yeah, sure. Maybe she'll tell us why the delay…
Lan pressed the button-revealing Roll… Lan was expecting her with a nice face trying to apologize for the lateness… but she looked bushed and concerned… like something happened…
Roll.Exe: Lan! Lan!
Lan: Roll? What is it? What's wrong?
Roll.Exe: It's Maylu! She won't respond to me!
All: What?!?
BGM fades
Roll.Exe: First she was about to make this call when suddenly everyone screamed and then nothing! I don't know what to do!
Lan: You mean there was an…
Ambulances were going from the mall to somewhere in the city.
Lan: … An accident?
Brandon: We better follow the ambulances!
So we ran as fast as we could following the ambulances… the ambulances stopped in an scene you never want to be in. A bus crashed against another bus. Both were almost reduced to scrap and people and doctors were trying to get through the metal.
Suddenly, a doctor gave a signal like he found someone… It was a girl like in her 17's with a blue-green jacket, white t-shirt, black skirt, black tights and red-brown boots… Her hair was dark pink… and the comb on her hair and her pendant had… The Roll symbols!
BGM: "Trouble" from Rockman Exe 4
Lan: MAYLU!!!
Lan ran to the scene where doctors tried to stop him.
Doctor: Hey! What do you think you're going!
Lan: I'm that girl's boyfriend! What happened?!?
Doctors: Bus crash. I guess this is her PET. It has the same symbols on her accessories.
The doctor handed the pink PET to Lan. Lan opened the PET to check on Roll.
Lan: Roll! Are you all right?
Roll.Exe: Lan? Oh Lan! I'm fine. Maylu… She's…
Lan: She's just unconscious. I'll be going with her to the hospital. Guys! I will go with Maylu. I'll meet you at the hospital.
Brandon: Yes.
Aldo: Good luck.
Dex: Just pray that Maylu is okay…
Thori: Don't worry about us!
Yai: You have to take care of Maylu!
Lan: I will.
Lan turned and got in the ambulance with Maylu. So we went to the hospital on foot. The Electown hospital was a big and wide building. After asking for Maylu Sakurai, we followed the directions. Maylu's parents were outside the room sitting and waiting.
Dex: Good morning Mr. And Mrs. Sakurai.
Thori: Lan came first, he told us to catch up.
Mrs. Sakurai: But why Maylu? Why my baby?
Mr. Sakurai: Lan is inside. Maylu need you guys.
So we got inside the room. Lan was sitting on a chair at her right. Maylu was lying on the bed with a band-aid on her forehead where she was bleeding lightly. Lan was holding her right hand as he muttered.
Lan: Everything will be all right… this is just a bad dream…
We sat on the other chairs as we saw them. It was a kinda sad scene watching Lan almost crying for Maylu… sad if you ask me.
Suddenly, Maylu's index finger moved. She opened her eyes slowly looking at Lan… She has a kinda weird weak face.
Maylu: …… A……
Lan: Uh?
Lan was having hope. His face shone as Maylu spoke… but her words weren't good…
BGM: "Tragedy" from Final Fantasy X
Maylu: … Who…… Are you?……
Lan: No… no… No…! NOOOO! Maylu! It's me! Lan!
Maylu: Maylu?… Who…… Who's Maylu?
Thori: Oh no…
Aldo: This is bad, right?
Thori: Maylu has a severe case of amnesia… she can't even remember he own name…
This was bad…
Lan: NOOOOO!!!!
Dex: Wait! You don't you even remember us?!?
Maylu: ………
Maylu looked down to her bed sheets as she squeezed them and almost cried… It has to be sad when you can't remember who you are…
Yai: Not even… Not even our happy moments?
Yai asked with a single tear running in her cheek… Maylu stood on silence… Dex curled his fist and smacked the wall at the right of him.
Dex: Dammit!
Megaman watched Lan as he stood in sorrow… everyone in the room was in sorrow…
Megaman.Exe: Lan… Is there anything I can do to help?
Lan: …
Lan stood as he left the room with a shadow over his eyes… he walked like if his soul was tear apart wildly… by a beast…
Thori: Lan………
Maylu: I'm sorry…
Brandon: Sorry for what?
Maylu: I don't even remember anything… but I still feel this sorrow I never felt before… when I saw that Lan guy…
Yai: Is not your fault. You just have amnesia-undefined… we don't know for how long you will be like this…
Dex: But we're going to get Maylu back.
Roll.Exe: I know Maylu is still there somewhere…
Maylu: What… what would Maylu say in this case?
Yai: She would be glad.
Maylu: Then I'm glad that you guys want to help me… After all, I don't remember anything…
Aldo: Not even the hill in New Year's Eve?
Maylu: …… No…
She didn't even remembered her first kiss with Lan…
Thori: Don't worry. We'll find a way.
So we took Maylu back to ACDC to her home. We were at he living room. The walls were pink and a green comfortable looking sofa lay in front of the plasma screen TV. There were some flowers on the windows, and a small counter table where the kitchen was. Maylu stood watching her surroundings
BGM: "Lara's theme" from Tomb Raider 2 (The nice one…)
Maylu: This place… Is familiar…
Aldo: Is your home. You always have lived here.
Maylu: Oh… a piano…
Maylu went to the piano of the living room and opened the cover of the keys. She swift her fingers across the sturdy white blocks as she sighed.
Maylu: I wonder if I can play it…
Yai: Go ahead. Is your piano.
So Maylu placed her fingers and played a beautiful tune. Still, the Maylu we knew was still there.
Maylu: Oh god! I know how to play it!
Thori: No surprise. You are the best piano artist and Net chess battler I ever met.
Maylu: Really?
Dex: You better come up. Your room might help you to remember.
So we took Maylu upstairs where her room was. There was a sign on the door saying "Maylu's and Roll's room"
Maylu: Roll… That name…
Brandon: She's your Netnavi.
Roll.Exe: I know you can remember everything, you just have to try… She might need a little of privacy guys. I'll stay with her and tell her about her questions.
Dex: Good idea.
Yai: Go ahead. Touch anything you want, it's your stuff.
Aldo: We'll leave you alone for a few minutes. If you need us, we'll be downstairs.
So we close the door. Maylu sat on her pink bed as she placed her right hand on the bed sheets. The bed was a big fluffy bed… she remembered the sensation of the bed… Then she looked at the sofa as her back. Stuffed animals like bears and Servbots covered it.
Roll.Exe: You got all those with Yai at Castillo. You and Yai are good friends. Yai's the tiny blonde girl.
Maylu: Yai… I remember something… I remember having fun…
The she looked at the penguin on the top of the stairs of the elevated part of the room.
Roll.Exe: That's a personal air conditioning unit that ended up being possessed by a virus. Lan and Megaman saved the day as always.
Maylu: Lan?… That name… I feel that is important to me…
Then she looked over her desk. A few magazines and drawings covered it. The drawings were about nature and landscapes.
Roll.Exe: I remember when you got an A for that as your art project. Of course, Dex's looked like Picassos, and Thori wasn't left behind. Yai did some good stuff too, but Lan… Boy, he definitively didn't belonged to the field…
Maylu chuckled as she heard the story. Then she found some photos. Some where with two girls and three boys. One girl with dark pink hair, the other girl with blonde hair, but tiny. A dark skinned chubby boy who looked tough, a cute boy wearing a sweatshirt and a boy with brown hair and a blue Bandanna.
Roll.Exe: Those are your friends. You have been with then almost your entire life. Yai is a rich kid, but she is still a good girl. Dex might be strong, but he gets scared each time he sees a cat from that robot rattrap incident. Thori is a genius at school, and his Netbattling skills are quite fair. Lan… Lan was the first one you ever met. Even before anyone else.
Maylu picked an old looking photo of Lan and her when they were 4 years old… Lan looked a little beat up… but she was smiling as he smiled too.
Roll.Exe: You told me about that time. Lan tried to help you from a pair of bullies at school, but he got the beating instead. But he always kept his cheerful side on. Even on the pain… To save you… Lan has saved you so many times… and somehow you have saved him too.
Maylu felt a single tear running on her cheek… she wiped it out.
Maylu: Lan… I have this feeling… but I can't remember…
Then she saw what left her jaw dropped. It was a photo at Castillo. The date was very recent… they were… holding hands very together… there was an sketch at the back of the photo. It was a heart with two names inside… "Lan Maylu 4ever"
Maylu: Is he… Is he my boyfriend?
Roll.Exe: Looks like you figured it out. Yu two have been together for five months now. That's why he has been very concerned about your health. He must be at his house right now, maybe you can pay him a visit.
Maylu: Maybe… Maybe you're right… I have to thank him…
Maylu opened the door and headed downstairs.
Dex: So you think this might help? You're the brains here Thori.
Thori: Well, most of amnesia cases seem to relieve when they are in contact with very personal stuff and some images like photos. This might help her, but maybe she won't remember at all and try to live according to the images.
Brandon: So is a fifty-fifty?
Thori: Yes.
Aldo: I just hope Maylu is all right. Did you guys see Lan?
Yai: Yeah. He was pretty pissed…
Dex: Hey Maylu!
Maylu came downstairs as she looked at us.
Maylu: …… Hi Dex
Dex; Hey! She remembered!
Maylu: Exactly, I cannot remember some stuff… I remember you guys… but Lan… I can feel him……… but I can't remember him…
Thori: Don't worry. You can always go pay him a visit.
Maylu: Yes… I will…'
Suddenly, a hole popped from the ground, and a curious thing appeared.
Aldo, Brandon: MOTHER OF GOD!!!!!!
Dex: Hey rush!
Rush.Exe: Woof!
Aldo: Wait a second! Is this the same Rush?!? How?
Thori: A solid projection. He can project himself and walk in this world. Also do stuff. He is very close to Maylu.
Maylu: Close to me?
Rush turned to Maylu and bounced happily. He rushed to Maylu as he jumped on her arms licking her on the cheek.
Maylu: Ha ha ha! You like me? I think I remember something about you.
Rush.Exe: Woof?
Brandon: She ha amnesia Rush.
Rush.Exe: Woof?
Rush looked at Maylu with a sad puppy face.
Maylu: Don't worry boy, I will remember and everything will be fine.
Rush.Exe: Woof!!!
Rush licked her even more.
Lan was lying on his bed he stared at the same picture Maylu had, both of them together very close to each other. He suddenly raised his right hand and turned the picture down.
Lan: Maylu… I'm sorry… I wasn't able to protect you…
Megaman.Exe: Is not your fault Lan! You didn't knew this was gonna happen!
Lan: I wasn't able… I wasn't…
Megaman.Exe: Lan… you gotta cheer up and try to help her…
Lan: How? You heard what she said! She didn't even remember a bit of me!!! How am I gonna tell her that it was my fault!?!?
Suddenly, a faint knocking on Lan's door resonated. It was Maylu.
Lan: …… Maylu?
Maylu: … Lan…
Lan: You remember now?!?
Maylu: Unfortunately not… but I can feel you… and I know about us…
Lan: Oh… about that… five months now.
Maylu: Yes. Roll told me everything. I try to remember you so hard… but my efforts are in vain…
Lan: Don't worry! I'll help you remember!
Maylu: Lan?
Lan: If you need a flashback to remember, then we will have one!
Maylu: Are… are you serious?
Lan: It will be as good as before and you will remember everything in a flash! Everything!
Maylu: Oh dear! I hope it works… because I feel I can trust you… deeply.
Lan: Don't worry. Everything will be fine.
BGM fades