A/N: Well, this is the last chapter of Cyber Island, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be over after this! But that depends on you, the readers – depending on whether or not people really want me to make a sequel, I may be releasing Cyber World, the continuation of Cyber Island, which would involve the technology of Cyber Island being released for public use. Anyway, please review and tell me if you think this is a good idea that would be worth reading. BTW, you will notice that I have chosen my own way to refer to the fused versions of Netto and Enzan. This is because I can't remember what they were really called, but I remember that I didn't like it as much as I do what I have made up here.
In a bright flash of light, the four remaining occupants of Cyber Island had combined into two armored figures, their blue and red outfits reflecting sunlight. They stood on the docks, staring one another down. They had both waited for this moment for a long time, and were eager to begin.
"I hope you're ready to be crushed, you two!" the combined voice of Enzan and Blues called out. They grinned wickedly. "We're going to prove that we are superior!"
"We'll see about that!" Netto and Rockman replied, showing as much determination to win as their opponents.
Enzan and Blues (B-Enzan) wasted no more time, charging at Netto with a roar, his arm forming into a sword composed of energy. Netto and Rockman (R-Netto) jumped backwards, dodging a horizontal swing. They stepped back into the cover of the trees of the island, R-Netto's hand transforming into the Buster. He shot three weak blasts, which B-Enzan flicked off with his swords, R-Netto's shots blowing up behind him.
"I hope that isn't all you've got!" B-Enzan mocked, dashing at him once more. R-Netto jumped up into the tree's branches as a stabbing attack from B-Enzan missed its target and impaled itself into a tree.
"Gotcha now!" R-Netto said, pointing his Buster down at him. But before he could shoot, a smile crept onto B-Enzan's face as he effortlessly swung his blade to and fro, slicing the tree of completely. R-Netto lost his balance as the tree he stood on began to topple. He jumped off just before the tree made contact with the ground, and began hopping from one tree to the next, heading towards the center of the island. B-Enzan trailed him quickly, running to keep up with R-Netto.
As R-Netto arrived in a clearing in front of the hotel lobby, he spun around, releasing a volley of energy shots. B-Enzan dodged up and down, left and right, even performing a back flip to avoid the last shots. He landed on one foot, letting his other foot drop down slowly. He looked up at R-Netto and smirked.
"Tch, show-off!" R-Netto puffed, his body glowing slightly. B-Enzan realized what he was going to do, and ran up to stop him, calculating the time it would take for his rival's shot to charge fully. But to his surprise, R-Netto released his attack prematurely, hitting B-Enzan at near point-blank range. While it wasn't as strong as it could've been, it still gave B-Enzan quite a punch, as he flew backwards in the air.
R-Netto watched as B-Enzan flipped in mid-air and pushed his feet to the ground, sliding back, his feet disturbing the dirt. R-Netto released more shots once again, but B-Enzan merely dodged them or smacked them back at him, which R-Netto also dodged with relative ease.
The two warriors paused for a moment, smiling at each other.
"Well, I think we can agree," R-Netto said, putting his hand into his back pocket and pulling out his PET. "That was enough for a warm-up."
B-Enzan nodded, also reaching for his PET. "Shall we start the fight properly now?"
They both had small satchels attached to their side, which they promptly put their hands into. Their hands emerged, each holding a handful of battle chips.
"SLOT-IN!"
The rest of the gang had arrived at ACDC Docks minutes ago, and were all standing on the docks, where Dr Hikari and Meijin greeted them.
"Welcome home, everyone!" Dr Hikari said with a smile. "I'm glad that you're all safe!"
"Safe? Hello, were you watching how much happened to us on that Island?" Dekao puffed, Gutsman agreeing from his PET.
"You didn't tell us about having to make our own food, you didn't tell us about the weird Engine room…" Yaito said, counting them with her fingers.
"We had to fight an odd million viruses, had to deal with retarded programs coupled with your insane, drug-induced ideas…" Meiru added.
"There was also the thing with Rockman splitting up into pieces," Roll continued.
"And let's not forget that you somehow let them take me in through luggage, and if that wasn't enough, you made me jackhammer my way through solid rock, which was no easy task!" Saratu said with a tinge of anger.
"And then there was the Neko thing with Gutsman," Dekao reminded them, causing everybody other than Gutsman to shiver, including Meijin and Dr Hikari.
Gutsman sniffled sadly. "I was hoping it was just a bad dream de gutsu…"
"Yes, well, you're all alive, aren't you?" Meijin said with a carefree tone. "That's what's important."
Before anyone could punch the living daylights out of him, he pointed towards the city, where, even from the docks, they could see a large crowd in the streets, all looking up at something. They followed Meijin and Dr Hikari as they joined the crowd, and saw that everyone was staring at a very large projection screen, where they saw Netto and Enzan locked in a heated battle, wearing shining armors of red and blue.
"We're advertising the technology of Cyber Island to the public," Dr Hikari explained. "We're hoping that many major-league companies are going to want to help us distribute this technology worldwide."
The gang however, were more concerned about what was on the screen rather than why the screen was up there to begin with.
"Well, shall we watch the two finish their fight?" Meijin said to them. But they didn't listen, their eyes glued to the screen.
A handful of blasters, swords, and minibombs later, a large amount of Cyber Island had been destroyed. Trees had been literally blown out of the ground, the concrete floor of the hotel front was covered in large cracks and holes, and even the hotel itself was falling to pieces, chunks of debris from the hotel's roof surrounding the area like a miniature rocky canyon. R-Netto and B-Enzan stared at each other, panting slightly.
"Knightsword!" B-Enzan yelled, a larger, more powerful sword replacing his arm.
"Megabuster!" R-Netto yelled after him, his Buster cannon morphing into a larger, more powerful cannon as well.
B-Enzan dashed at R-Netto with amazing speed, but R-Netto also reacted fast, releasing a massive energy attack in B-Enzan's direction. As he saw it coming, he leapt up, and as R-Netto's attack arrived, he slammed it downwards with his sword. The force of the shot shook the ground, opening a large crater, opening a way through to the depths of the Engine Room. As their weapons reverted to their original states, R-Netto ran and leapt up at B-Enzan, tackling him in the stomach, sending the both of them hurtling into the heart of the Engine.
They landed hard into one of the many rooms of the Engine. The one they fell in was bare, aside from the catwalk that spanned the length of the room, which was what they landed on. They crawled up in pain, trying to find the energy to stand, both refusing to give up.
They slowly rose to their feet, panting heavily as well as clutching at injured parts of their body. In the chaos of the fall, B-Enzan's sword had cracked, the energy current of his weapon damaged. R-Netto had also broken his cannon, the barrel jammed up. They reverted their weapons to their bare hands.
"It's not over yet…" R-Netto panted, raising his arms up to a fighting stance. B-Enzan followed, lifting his hands up wistfully.
"You may not know this, but I've been learning karate," B-Enzan explained, taking a stance.
"It's not like I sat on my ass doing nothing since the calm started, either," R-Netto remarked, taking up a different stance than B-Enzan. "I studied Chinese Kenpo for a year."
"Remarkable, but I've studied karate for a much longer time."
"Heh, one of the rules of Kenpo," Netto remarked, crouching down further in his stance. "Is that will beats skill!"
They ran at each other again, this time with their bare hands, and met each other at the center of the catwalk. They engaged one another in a fierce brawl, exchanging punch for punch, kick for kick. Around them, the ground shook every few moments, the Engine taking serious damage from falling debris caused by the previous attack of R-Netto.
They Island had begun to sink. The water bubbled from the Engine's heat, filling up the rooms of the Engine with steam and water, and not treating the room R-Netto and B-Enzan were in any different. The floor had already disappeared underneath the steadily rising water, where it would soon reach Enzan and Rockman, who continued trading blows.
As if this wasn't bad enough, the short-circuiting of the systems had sent everything haywire. Throughout the room, numerous strange robots and familiar beings of the Engine had begun waltzing around madly. All the sound and visual systems on the Island were also screwed, the sound jacked up to full volume, as a strange recording of Meijin and Dr Hikari, sounding obviously drunk, singing 'Smoke on Water', popped up on a floating projection, Netto's dad playing the beat on air guitar and Meijin singing out with a bad, off-tune voice "SmOKe on tHe WaAttEeRrR". While the warriors found this strange and questionable, they decided it would be best left until after the fight.
It was clear that B-Enzan had the upper hand, his skills in close combat surpassing R-Netto's very limited knowledge. A higher number of B-Enzan's attacks were making contact than R-Netto's. R-Netto stumbled back, his vision getting blurry. He could feel the fusion bond's power fading, and if they separated, they would be declared the losers.
B-Enzan approached them slowly, his arms up in a ready position. "It's over!" he announced as he approached to make his final attack. He judged that R-Netto was no longer in a condition to fight back, and now he would just have to make them separate.
"No…" R-Netto mumbled to himself. "I…. Don't want to lose…"
B-Enzan stood in front of him, drawing his shattered sword. His arm rose, readying to attack…
"I don't want to lose…"
B-Enzan yelled, slashing downwards…
"I DON'T WANT TO LOSE!"
The broken blade stopped, inches away, held back by R-Netto's hands, which began to bleed heavily, blood pouring out. Apparently, the force of the attack against the fatigued R-Netto penetrated the strength of the armor, cutting the actual Netto. Their eyes shot wide open, looking at the blood.
"We can bleed…"
Another rumble came from the distressed Engine, this time stronger. R-Netto and B-Enzan lost their balance, R-Netto tripping onto his behind. B-Enzan wasn't as lucky, tipping over the edge and falling into the water, which was already an inch away from the catwalk. In B-Enzan's worn condition, he was unable to swim properly, losing concentration, the fusion breaking off. Enzan and Blues flung apart under the water, their consciousness fading.
R-Netto separated in a hurry, and Rockman and Netto stood on the catwalk, leaning over to try and spot the two.
"Enzan! Blues!" they yelled in exasperation.
"Rockman, you grab Blues, and I'll grab Enzan! We gotta find a way out of here!" Netto ordered.
They dived into the water, swimming under and grabbing their friends. They met together at the surface, each carrying one of their opponent's on their backs. Looking around, they could find no clear way out.
"What do we do, Netto?" Rockman asked, finding it difficult to keep afloat.
"I don't know…" he mumbled. They looked up. Waiting for the water to fill the place up would've been a good way out, but they were weary from battle, already reaching their limits. They began to lose consciousness, slowly slipping into darkness.
As they fell asleep, they sunk into the depths of the sinking Cyber Island. Within moments, Cyber Island would disappear, along with whatever remained in it.
It was dark. Netto looked around him, and saw nothing but darkness.
'Am I dead?' Netto wondered to himself. 'This isn't so bad, I guess… At least it… Well, the temperature's good…'
"Oh, who am I kidding! I don't wanna die yet!" he yelled out. He reached his hands out and tried to grab onto something, anything.
"…tto…Netto…"
"Huh?" Netto could hear a familiar voice calling to him.
"…nds…Don't put yo… ands ther…"
Netto's eyes shot open, to see Meiru's face in front of him, squirming and red. His eyes filled with joy.
"I've never felt so happy in my life!" he yelled out, resulting in a quick smack to the face. Looking to his side, he saw the gang standing there, including Rockman, Enzan and Blues, who were wearing random bandages. Netto found that the one who slapped him was Yaito. "What was that for?" he moaned. His head was wrapped in bandages, as well as various areas on his body.
"Look at your hands, you idiot!" she ordered. Netto followed his arms, to find them comfortably attached onto Meiru's chest. In wonder, he gave them a few quick squeezes, resulting in Meiru blushing harder as well as squeaking slightly, and of course a second hit to the head from Yaito.
"Never felt so happy indeed…" Rockman mumbled, standing behind her…
"Wait a minute!" Netto yelled, jumping up, as he realized that all the Navis were there. "The Navis are here? Are we still on Cyber Island?"
"No, idiot, you sunk that place along with Enzan yesterday!" Dekao yelled at him."Lucky thing it was on live TV, or choppers wouldn't have been sent to you so soon!"
Enzan and Blues looked at him with somewhat sad faces. Blues even had tears in his eyes again.
"What's with you two?" Netto asked, causing them to sulk even more.
"They're just annoyed you won, but they'll get over it," Roll told him.
Netto almost jumped for joy. "We won! Rockman, we won!" he yelled with a laugh.
"C-Calm down, Netto," Rockman asked in embarrassment. "You'll disturb the others in the hospital!"
Netto got up in a hurry, and headed for the window. He glanced out to see an amazing view, as well as NetNavis walking around the streets, flying in the sky, and generally all over the place. He smiled broadly.
"Many companies offered to help pay for the Cyber Island technology," Yaito explained. "And from here, it's been expanding outwards. Within days, we'll be living in a Cyber World!"
Netto said nothing, just smiled as he looked out his window.
It was night, and only Meiru remained with him at the hospital. They lay next to each other, looking into each other's eyes.
"Hey Meiru," Netto said. "After I'm out of here, can I… can we…"
"Yes?" Meiru asked.
"Can we maybe… go out somewhere, maybe catch a movie?"
Meiru giggled happily. "On one condition."
"And that is?"
She grabbed his hands and wrapped them around her waist, hugging him back.
"Never let me go."
Netto kissed her on the forehead, and whispered in her ear.
"I never plan to."
THE END
A/N: Well that certainly was a lengthy ordeal! This marks my first complete story! Sorry if it seemed too long, but it had to be done. That's the end of Cyber Island, but as I said, a sequel can be requested. Thanks to everyone who read this to the end, and I hope you enjoyed the story! Please review and tell me what you thought of it!
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