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Net Nitro Necromancing Chapter 17; Kamikaze

Netto peered from behind a bush by the school, having gotten close enough to see what Megaman was doing yet remain hidden from sight. His chocolate brown eyes followed his form, fighting down the urge to call out to the NetNavi. He found out by looking into Mega's face that now was not the time to make himself known.

There was something in his eyes... that made Megaman seem different. It was a serious look that spelt danger for whoever the Navi saw. It was as if those eyes were scanners that could identify their targets. But Netto reassured himself that he had to keep following the blue Navi, for whatever reason. His dream had told him so...

--I'm going with you, Mega. I don't care what you say or how dangerous it's going to be. --

And by now, he knew that all his dreams were real. Making a move now that Megaman had gone in through the school gates, he hid behind the corner of the wall, peering over it. Megaman was inspecting the back of the fountain, searching a spot behind the statue that a mysterious group had donated. Then he disappeared. He wasn't there anymore! Netto ran forward, thinking that he had vanished into thin air. There was an open door that had been wrenched open in the back of the fountain, and Megaman must have gone through. Netto didn't know about this door or what was behind it since he had come to school.

Going down the long flight of stairs, Netto looked around. He was in what looked like a deserted metro station... only he could hear the sound of a train coming. Megaman was standing near the tracks, his fists clenched as if he was about ready to lose it and bust a hole through the wall right next to him. There were cobwebs in every corner, and the overhead fluorescent lights were flickering on and off. Netto crept behind a pillar, waiting to see what his NetNavi would do next.

A beam of light broke through the darkness, illuminating the corridors and columns of the train station. The train came with a loud noise, running down on the tracks, a grinding noise sounding as the brakes were applied. Megaman stood ready, his expression unchanging, fists clenched tighter, perhaps warming up for the battle to come. Netto inched closer towards the train so that he could jump on fast enough that Megaman wouldn't see him.

The train finally stopped, the doors sliding open with a single creak. Megaman walked forward with a smooth stride, entering through the doorway. Now that the Navi's back was turned, Netto rushed for the other car, throwing himself through the doors before they closed just two seconds later. He scrambled under the seats, Megaman just a few feet away from him. Though it had appeared the be a two-car train, the two cars were actually connected as one. There were just two doors. Netto hoped that Megaman hadn't seen him, but he knew that he had nothing to worry about. The NetNavi was busy kicking and punching the air, definitely getting himself warmed up. He really was planning on taking on the World Three by himself.

'It's definitely weird to hide from your own Navi...' Netto thought as he huddled under the seat, hugging his knees close to make himself even more well-hidden. He had no idea how long this ride would take, but there was nothing he could do about how uncomfortable he was crunched under there. At least it wasn't as dirty as he thought... for a deserted train station, one would think the train would be horribly dirty too.

He watched Megaman attentively, tracking his every move as the train went along at a fast speed, sometimes shaking so badly that one would lose their balance standing up. Megaman just stood still, as if he were a statue, eventually breaking out a few fighting moves. The sudden movements of the train didn't affect his stance at all. Not even when the brakes suddenly applied themselves, effectively putting the car to an abrupt halt. Netto thought he'd see Megaman fly across the car at the sudden jolt, but nope. Nothing was going to blow him back, that's for sure.

The door opened with a loud squeak, a cool breeze blowing into the car from someplace outside. Netto couldn't see where they were, he was too far below the window, but he figured that this was where their stop was. Megaman had already marched out, he guessed; the Navi wasn't in the car anymore. At least, that's what he thought at the moment. Crawling out towards the middle of the car, Netto confirmed that Megaman was not in the car, but outside, where the sounds of a fight had broken out.

The air was filled with sword slashing and gunshots for a few brief minutes. Netto carefully looked both ways before he got out of the train car, noticing that the train was getting ready to leave again, wherever it was going. Looking out, he saw a dark wasteland outside the station, where there were piles of machinery, old security robots that looked newly destroyed. Like, seconds ago destroyed. A large smoking hole the size of the palm of his hand had been planted in the middle of one robot's chest. There were plenty others, even those that'd had their heads blown clear off. Netto guessed that there had been viruses and programs behind the robot's controls, or maybe even NetNavis in some of the more advanced models.

Netto looked forward. A huge looming fortress stood perhaps a mile away from where he was currently at. An ominous skull was placed at the center, giving it a dangerous, forbidding look. It looked a lot like that weird castle from the show He-Man he used to watch back when he was little. Only this was more high-tech. 'So this is where the World Three's base is...?' Netto thought as he got nearer.

When he got close enough to see the locked gates, he saw that Megaman was there. His hands were curled around the bars, as if he were looking in at the base. There were many more robots and stuff behind the gates, but they hadn't noticed that anyone was in the area.Megaman didn't seem to hear him let alone notice him as he closed the distance between them.

"Megaman!" Netto called his name.

But the blue and yellow NetNavi remained silent, arms rigid, hands still placed on the bars. Who knows what was going on inside his mind at that moment, now with all that stuff about the File going on.

"...go back where you came from."

The voice was deadly serious as it pierced through Netto's very being. It made him feel like he'd never known Megaman at all, as if the Navi didn't remember him. Megaman raised his buster to the lock, releasing a small shot, frying the lock holding the gates shut right off. Then he sped away, leaving Netto standing there, stunned. Shaking his head, brown strands of hair rustling, Netto put a determined smile back on his face as he too stepped through the gates, breaking into a run.

Running forward, he followed the rapidly disappearing form of his NetNavi. The security bots were closing in on them fast, and some had leapt right on top of Megaman. But none of them seemed to want to attack Netto, as if by some internal command that they were not to hurt the boy or approach him. Megaman swung around, flinging the bots off of him until they had let go, then readied his buster, a purple aura surrounding the gun. He let loose a spray of shots as if it were a barrage of bullets, stunning the bots. There was no time to destroy all of them now.

In front of the giant door leading to the entrance of the WWW base, Megaman pushed against it, throwing his whole weight against the heavy metal door. The door creaked open a crack with his effort, Netto still was running to keep up to his speed. He was about a mile behind, and needed to stop to catch his breath soon. Megaman was a very fast runner, and he'd proved it, too. Walking into the base, there were long stone corridors, high-tech equipment sticking out of the walls. They looked like projectors or cannons, but they weren't operating at all now.

Netto stuck his head in after stopping outside the base, leaning his body against the wall as he slumped there, breathing heavily. He had to keep going, and make sure that he was with Megaman to see what happened, also, to decide what he could do to help. What if Mega needed assistance in defeating the WWW? But... he would have asked for help if he hadn't been sure he could do it on his own...

Netto's eyes widened. Of course! Megaman had come here alone... without telling him... because he thought he wasn't going to come back alive. Mega was ready to give his life as a sacrifice to make sure he knew the answers he needed, and to make sure WWW was put out of action. This was a kamikaze mission!