Saito's Life

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I do not own Rockman EXE.

Author's note: Lately I got a lot of people saying that I shouldn't use both English and Japanese together and I started thinking about it and I decided that my story is gonna be English from now on. By the way, I'm gonna keep the characters Japanese name because I got use to it. Sorry for the confusion and now, on to the story!

"Alright, time to kick their sorry butts!" yelled Gigaman.

"Gigaman, watch your language!" I cried back.

"Whoops, sorry Saito." he replied while scratching his helmet.

"Enough of the mushy things, time to see who the strongest netbattler in school is!"

Saito's P.O.V

"Guts Hammer, Battle chip in, Download!" yelled Dekao as he slotted in his chip.

In the field, Gutsman raised both his arm and quickly slammed them on the floor. A white wave appeared and moved towards Gigaman.

"Gigaman, move away from it." I quickly said before it reached him but I didn't know that Dex had another chip in his hand.

"Guts Punch, Battle chip in, Download!" Dekao cried and slammed his chip in the PET. I gasped and I knew I had to do something. I was so nervous about the battle that I dropped my battle chips on the floor while reaching for them.

It felt like time slowed down when I saw the punch coming towards Gigaman. I slotted a chip without looking at it, hoping it's helpful. But it was too late, the punch reached Gigaman and the battle chip activated after he got hit. It was an area steal, a useful chip but used at the wrong time. Time returned to normal, and Gigaman fell to the floor. At the same time he hit the floor, I felt a sharp pain in my chest and I fell to my knee.

"Saito! You ok!" I heard Gigaman cry to me in my head.

I looked up at the field to see Gigaman, staring at me while his hands are on the glass that projects the battle field. Crystal like substance dropped from his eyes and onto the floor.

"Is he crying?" I thought.

When I got up from the floor, I could see Dekao snickering and got ready to insert another chip.

"Time to end it all, ready Gutsman?" Dekao asked his ape-like navi. "Guts punch, Battle chip in, Download!"

"Time to win guts!" cried Gutsman while he raised his fist. His fist enlarged and he ran towards Gigaman.

"Saito, we have to beat them, you ready?" Gigaman asked me using the link, staring at the charging Gutsman.

"Uh...yea, we can beat them." I replied and reached for a battle chip.

"Cyber sword, Battle chip in, Download!" I yelled and slotted in the chip.

Gigaman's hand was replaced by a sword and he quickly charged towards Gutsman. Both navis got closer, closer and closer. When they were about to hit each other...

Riiiiiinnnnngggggg the school bell.

The battle field closed and our navi disappeared. I looked at my PET to see Gigaman.

"Darn, that battle took longer then I thought it would. You got lucky this time, but next time, me and Gutsman will cream your puny navi." Dekao said and walked to his desk.

I looked away and walked to my desk and sat down, waiting for Mariko-sensei to enter the classroom.

"Saito, that was fun! Can we do that net battle again?" Gigaman asked me with puppy-dog eyes.

"Gigaman, you got hurt in that battle, I don't want to see you hurt." I told Gigaman.

Gigaman looked at me with confusion and asked me this question:

"Saito, we have to fight, weren't you the one who wanted to beat Dekao so badly?" asked Gigaman.

I gasped and looked away from Gigaman.

"He's right, I want to beat Dekao but not like this. I don't want to see Gigaman getting hurt because of my problems." I thought.

"Saito?" Gigaman called to me.

I ignored my navi and when Mariko-sensei came in, we started with the lesson. I paid attention to class like usual but then, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach, just like the same one when I was battling Dekao.

"What's going on? I don't think I have a stomach ache." I thought to myself. "Well, if it is, I guess I'll have to wait until I get home."

About an hour passed, the pain increased and I couldn't stand it and pushed the chair away. I fell to my knees and was holding my stomach.

"Saito, what's wrong!" I heard my navi yelling from my PET.

My classmates heard him and all ran towards me. Meiru was the first one to reach me and was trying to help me stand up.

"Saito, are you ok?" she asked me.

"Yeah, I'm alright." I replied her and looked up to see Mariko-sensei.

"Maybe you should see the school nurse." she said with concern.

"No, I don't need to. I'm fine." And I wasn't lying about it. It was hurting a couple of hours ago but now it doesn't

"Alright, but if it hurts again, please don't hesitate to tell me." Mariko-sensei told me and walked back to the front of the classroom.

"Yes Mariko-sensei." I replied and got back to my seat.

Meiru looked worried so I faced her and said:

"Don't worry, I'm fine. It's just a stomach ache."

"Alright, but maybe you should tell your mother about it." she told me.

"I will, you don't need to worry."

Class continued and we were busy with the test. It was easy for me and when I'm done, I placed my pencil down, handed in my test to Mariko-sensei and went back to my desk. When I returned, Gigaman asked me using the link:

"Saito, are you really sure your ok? It looked like your about to faint."

"I'm fine Gigaman, it's just a stomach ache." I replied to him.

"You know that you're lying to me. Is it that hard for you to trust me?" Gigaman asked me which sounds like he's really annoyed.

"No, it's not like that. By the way, how did you know that I was lying to you?" I asked him.

"Two things, one: the battle against Gutsman, when I fell onto the floor, you dropped to your knees and you were holding onto your stomach. Two: the "stomach ache" you just had was at the same place during our battle. Something is wrong with you." Gigaman said to me.

"Fine, you win this round." I replied.

"And one more thing, during the battle, you were distracted. I know it wasn't your first time netbattling against Dekao, what's wrong with you?" Gigaman asked me.

I looked down and ignored him for a while. There are just too many things happening at one time. Blizzardman came and attacked our house, having this link with Gigaman and Gigaman almost getting deleted by Gutsman. My life is just not the same.

"What should I do? My life has changed after I got this link. I wonder what I can do about it." I thought.

"Hello? Earth to Saito? Answer me dummy!"

I quickly snapped out of my thoughts and looked up to my PET. I heard that Gigaman was yelling at me using the link.

"Sorry Gigaman, what did you say?" I said.

"What did I say! Geez Saito, where did your mind go off to! I was calling you for the last 3 minutes! I'm asking you wha you're thinking with that brain of yours!" Gigaman yelled to me. It really hurts, he's almost screaming his head off. His face is red with frustration.

"I'm sorry Gigaman, it's just that I'm thinking about the link that the old man told us when we went to unconsciousness. I guess I'm still a bit worried about it." I replied with a bit of worried inside. I looked away from Gigaman and stared at my lap. The thing the old man told me repeated again and again in my head.

Gigaman looked down at the cyber floor and turned around, sitting down on the floor.

"Well, I guess we would be worried."

I looked up and saw Gigaman curled up in a ball. His knees pulled up to his face, completely covering his face.

"Gigaman, what's wrong?" I asked my navi. I was really worried about him.

"It's nothing Saito, it's just that I'm more worried about you. When a netbattle starts, I get all excited and I totally forgot about the "link". Gigaman said. "I'm sorry Saito; I shouldn't have made you fight Dekao."

I looked at him and smiled.

"No Gigaman, it's not your fault...it's because of me that you're hurt. I replied. "From now on, let's try to be more careful when we're netbattling.

"Ok Saito, you got it." Gigaman replied and got up to his feet.

After everybody finished the test, school was over. I walked out of the classroom and started to head home. Just then, the lamps on the streets started to break.

"Saito, what's going on out there!" Gigaman cried to me.

I was running away from the small shards of glass that's flying around. Gigaman must have felt me running.

"Gigaman, I don't know what's going on but the lights are going berserk." I said. "Let's jack in and see what's going on with the system."

"Alright Saito, jack me in and I'll make sure nothing happens."

I ran to the closes street lamp and yelled:

"Jack In, Gigaman, Power up!"

Hello and I'm really sorry for updating so late. Lately, I have been busy with homework but right, since the strike is on, I have more time to update so I'll try to update as soon as possible. I also still have to study for history class and tutor classes so I'm still a bit busy and the teachers left me lots of homework too. Thank you for reading and I hope I can update quickly XD