Started 10-03-04
By Diamond AvatarDisclaimer: I don't own Rockman or any part of it. It's quite sad really .
Chapter 1 – The Date is Set
Netto was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. Some time had passed since they last took part in saving the world. Not that he was asking for disaster, but he missed those days.
"Netto! You have mail!" Rockman spoke up with a ring. Netto got up and picked up his PET.
"It's from Meijin." Netto said, and opened the mail.
'Dear Netto, how have you been? It's been quite awhile, hasn't it? You should be fifteen now, right? How's school? Well, anyway, I'll get to the point of this letter. I have a favor to ask of you and your friends. Please gather them and meet me at ACDC Docks in about an hour. – Meijin.'
Netto finished reading and thought to himself. "What could be going on? Maybe he needs us to Netbattle something!" Netto said excitedly.
"Well, whatever it is, we better do what he said. I'll send an email to everyone to meet us there." Rockman disappeared into the Net send out the emails.
"I'd better get ready!" Netto said, and left to have a shower.
"Meiru! You got mail from Netto!" Roll waved goodbye to Rockman, who was already rushing off to the next inbox.
"Can you read it for me?" Meiru was in the bathroom brushing her teeth.
"Mr. Meijin (I decided it would be easier to use mr rather than sama, out of personal preference) needs us for something! I'm going to your place in around an hour to get you!" Roll read out. Meiru laughed.
"Just like Netto to send a letter that's so direct." She stopped laughing and pondered the reason. "I wonder what's going on? I guess we should go and find out, right Roll?"
"Of course!"
And so, the two prepared for the trip.
"Move it, Netto! Meiru and Roll are expecting us!" Rockman rushed Netto, who had half of his pants on, his shirt on backwards, and burnt toast in his mouth.
"I'm trying, dammit!" Netto said in frustration before slipping on his remaining pant leg.
Rockman rolled his eyes. "You should really concentrate on one thing at a time."
"I am! I'm concentrating on getting ready!" Netto tried to get up, but fell over again. "ARGH!"
"He never learns." Rockman said laughing.
Somehow, Netto managed to get his clothes on and left for Meiru's house, which was conveniently ten seconds away. She was sitting by her doorstep. Apparently she had dozed off.
Netto was about to call her, but had a better idea. He snuck around behind her, and moved in as close as he could. He moved his face next to her ear.
"BOO!" He yelled, making Meiru jump up and scream and grab onto him. Netto broke out in laughter. "Sorry Meiru, I couldn't help it!"
Roll and Rockman just chuckled, knowing that Netto was going to get it.
"You scared me half to death you idiot!" She yelled, grabbing Netto into a chokehold. After a good five minutes of choking, she let him go and asked him what was going on. "Where are we going?"
"Mr. Meijin sent me an email saying he wanted to meet us at ACDC Docks along with the others. I don't know why yet." At that point he received an email. Rockman read it out.
"No need for formalities." Everyone remained quiet, expecting Rockman to say more. It seemed that that was it.
Netto glanced around nervously. "How does he do that?"
Meiru grabbed his arm. "Forget it, let's just get to the Dock! I'm dying to find out what's up!"
They headed for the train station and left for ACDC Docks.
Netto and Meiru arrived to see that the rest of the gang was already there. Dekao, Yaito, and Enzan saw them arrive and went to greet them.
"It's about time!" Dekao said angrily. "What's the deal with sending us an email to meet you here when you take so damn long to get here yourself?"
"Sorry, sorry! I'm here now, so let's forget the matter!" Netto tried to get out of being whacked by Dekao's massive arm.
"Well, why'd you call us all here?" Yaito asked. Netto scratched his head.
"See, that's the thing. Mr. Meijin told me to get you all and come here." Just as Netto finished his sentence, they heard a familiar voice.
"I thought I told you there is no need for formalities." Meijin had walked in out of nowhere.
"Mr. Meijin! What'd you need us here for?" Netto still insisted on calling him mister.
"I have been doing some research with your father, Netto. We have been developing a new way for operators and Net Navis to interact with one another, namely on a more physical demeanor." The others looked at him in confusion. "I'm talking about bringing Navis out of the Cyber world, and into the real world." Everyone gasped, even Enzan looked surprised.
"How is that possible?" Yaito asked. "My daddy told me that it was impossible!"
"It was." Meijin continued. "But Dr. Hikari is a brilliant man. He developed the Fusion ability that Rockman and Blues used, remember?" Everyone nodded. "This time, he's been tweaking the program to find a way to let Navis out into this world without the need of a human body. And here," He showed them a pair of binoculars. "is the proof." He threw Netto the binoculars, and he took a closer look at it. He tried looking at it from the top, from the bottom, whatever he could think of.
"I don't get it." Netto said.
"He wants to look through them idiot, not at them." Enzan said, annoyed.
Netto looked through them, and following Meijin' pointing finger, looked off the docks at an island. Netto thought for a moment and realized that there had never been any nearby islands when he last remembered looking out there.
"What the? There was never an island there!" Netto said in confusion.
"That island was designed by your father. It uses the prototype technology for releasing Navis. It's called Cyber Island." Meijin walked up to the gang, and Netto lowered the binoculars. "Netto, your father and I decided that we would like you and your friends to test this new technology. There may be many bugs in the system, namely the release of viruses into this world, but we believe that you should be able to handle anything that can happen."
"Really! Us? That's great!" Netto jumped in joy. "You hear that, Rockman? You're coming to my world!"
"That's great Netto!" Rockman said with excitement. He had always wanted to know what it was like in the real world.
"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Dekao said.
"Let's go, de gutsu!" Gutsman followed.
"You moron, we have to at least pack if we're going there." Enzan scowled. Everyone laughed.
"The ship leaves tomorrow morning. Be sure to get here at 9 o' clock, sharp." Meijin took his leave. Leaving the excited teenagers to discuss their holiday.
"I can't believe we're going to see our Navis in the real world!" Meiru said cheerfully. "I can't wait to see what you look like out here, Roll!"
"I can't wait either!" Roll said happily.
They realized they were getting hungry, so they all went home for lunch. Everyone remained at home after that, too busy packing for the next day.
Netto had just finished packing, and he let out a yawn. It was almost midnight.
"We'd better get some rest, Rockman! Good night! Wake me up tomorrow too!" Netto said as he got into bed.
"Good night, Netto!" Rockman then set his program to standby, but not before setting his alarm to go off at 7 o' clock.
Author's Note: Not much happening yet, just setting the scene, you know? Anyway, I promise things will be more interesting in time! That includes busting action, awkward moments, and lots of fun with Navis in the real world! PS I know I don't use Netto-kun, I just don't, maybe they grew out of it and called each other only by their name, if it'll make you feel any better. And bear with me calling Meijin 'Mr.' NEXT CHAPTER
Netto and the gang get to Cyber Island, and meet their Navis in the real world! But they have to keep in mind that the program is still a prototype, or they may be in for some surprising encounters!