All right, now for the third chapter of which I shall now call "… But Home is nowhere." This chapter is part one of two which I call "Dance." Both chapters may sound nice and calm and soothing, but that's all lie. Around the end of this chapter, there will be chaos, havoc, and fear. So, enjoy this chapter.


Chapter III: Dance Pt.1

Jekku moaned and groaned as he got out of bed. He scratched his chest and walked out of his room like a zombie. Jekku had short dirty blonde hair, was about 5'9", and basically wore band shirts and tight jeans. He walked down the stairs and saw his older brother, Jefu. Jefu was a junior in high school and he was preppy. Preppy clothes, preppy hair, preppy everything. He usually acted smug around his brother and his friends.

Jefu said "Morning, bro."

Jekku mumbled.

"Ready for that dance tonight?" Jefu said smugly.

Jekku growled. He was going to a dance at his school with Koi and Kuri-chan. What pissed his off was that he was the third wheel. He had no date. He was livid knowing that he was left alone. About after a half hour later, he left the house and headed to school, unlike Jefu who got the day off because his school's generator blew out. "Lucky bastard." Jekku mumbled on his way out the door.

Jekku caught up with Koi and Kuri-chan at school. "Hey, dudes!" he yelled.

"Hey, Jekku." Koi said.

"Hi, Jekku-kun. Ready for the dance tonight?" Kuri-chan asked.

Jekku groaned.

"Still pissed about having no date, eh?" Koi said.

Jekku nodded. "Can't I just stay home?" Jekku asked whiningly.

Kuri-chan then said "C'mon, it'd be fun. Three best friends-"

"Stop! There's the problem. You two have been a couple for three weeks!" Jekku said interrupting.

"So?" Koi asked.

"So, it's like you hanging out with Netto and Meiru on a date." Jekku said.

Koi had become good friends with Netto even after the incident. "That's different." Koi said.

"Okay, okay, okay. Let's stop the arguing and you can meet me at my house at 6:45. Later." Kuri-chan said running off the class.

"Later." Koi said.

Jekku screamed and banged his head to his locker. "Life sucks." Jekku said.

"In other news, the members of World 3 have finally been captured after they escaped from prison three weeks ago after they had awakened from comatose when they were found after the Proto incident. The police, the military, and a large amount of Netbattlers are still looking for them." The TV said while Jefu was watching it.

"Holy crap." He said in shock. "Wait 'till bro hears this."

At the end of school, Koi and Jekku left to their homes and wait until around 6:00 to leave. The principal of their school smirked as the students left the school. He then cracked his knuckles and looked at his PET. Back outside, Koi and Forte were having a small conversation.

"So, are all humans this odd?" asked Forte.

"Some are. Some are immature, some jerky, and some just plain nuts." Koi said, slightly chuckling.

Forte slightly snickered. "I guess so." Forte replied. "Oh, by the way, I have something to give you."

"What?" Koi asked curiously.

"I have some chip data of attacks that I have." Forte replied.

"Whoa, awesome." Koi said in awe.

"I'll give it to you when we get home." Forte said.

"Sweet." Koi said.

When they got home, Koi grabbed some blank chips. Blank chips were like blank CDs, which meant they could copy chip data and insert it in the blank chip. Koi had then received "Forte", "Forte Another", and "Forte GS" chips. Koi was then so excited that he fainted.

At around 6:30, Koi and Jekku got to Kuri-chan's house. They wore the same clothes as they did today and their facial expressions hadn't change either. They knocked on the door and saw Kuri-chan, looking the same as she did today.

"You guys are early." She said.

"Yeah, I guess we are." Koi said.

"Come in." Kuri-chan said.

"Yeah, sure." Jekku replied flatly.

Kuri-chan showed them into the living room where they saw a girl who looked a little older than Kuri-chan.

"Hi." The girl said.

Jekku blushed when he saw the girl.

"Koi, Jekku, you remember my younger sister, Rubi. She may look older, but don't let that fool you." Kuri-chan said.

Rubi was about 5'8", had long, slightly dark red hair, and wore colorful clothing. Jake was still blushing at Rubi.

"Why are you blushing, Jek-kun?" Rubi asked Jake.

"I-uh-um-I-I-I-n-n-nothing." Jake stammered.

Rubi giggled at Jekku. "You're always funny." Rubi said.

Jake still blushed at Rubi. Koi slightly chuckled and Kuri-chan giggled a bit.

"Uh, thank you." Jekku said. Forte was truly confused over this. Only a few words popped into his head; "Does not compute!" Serenade, on the other hand, thought it was very sweet.

About fifteen minutes later, Kuri-chan said, "We'd better go."

"Right. It was nice seeing you again, Rubi." Koi said, walking out the door.

"Bye! It was nice seeing you, too. Especially, you, Jek-kun!" Ruby said, waving good-bye. Jekku blushed and waved good-bye to Rubi.

As they were walking to the school, Kuri-chan asked Jake a question. "Jekku, do you like my sister?"

Jekku blushed and said, "Well, she is very nice. Very sweet."

"Ho-ho! Jekku's got a crush on someone. Call Ripley's!" Koi said jokingly.

Jekku laughed sarcastically. "That's not very funny." Jekku retorted flatly.

"Actually, in my opinion, it is quite humorous." Forte said.

"I'm surprised you can understand that, Forte." Serenade said jokingly.

Forte scoffed and turned away.

Jekku then changed the subject. He asked, "Have you guys heard about the WWW members?"

"Yeah, it happened on Christmas Eve. Have they been found yet?" asked Kuri-chan.

"My bro said no." Jekku said.

Forte growled furiously.

"Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned the WWW." Jekku said.

"Maybe you shouldn't have since Forte is here and he was used by the WWW." Kuri-chan said.

Forte growled even more, and more wrathfully and Koi did the same. "OKAY, LET'S GET OFF THE SUBJECT!" Koi and Forte yelled at the same time.

Jekku and Kuri-chan kept their mouths shut for the rest of the walk.

When they finally got to the school, they headed into the auditorium. A lot of kids were there, dancing, laughing and having a good time. The trio was laughing alright. They were laughing at the dancing. And they hated the music being played. They each liked different types of music. Jekku liked ska, Kuri-chan liked punk, and Koi liked emo music. Although, the odds of those genres being played are about the same as them winning the lottery.

Then about half hour after they came, the principal went onto the stage. "How is everyone?" he asked haughtily.

Everybody said good things about the dance at the same time.

"Good. Because it shall be the last party of your life!" he said evilly.

Everyone was mumbling things like "What's he talking about," or "What's going on?"

The principal then said, "You see, boys and girls, tonight, you are all going to die."

Everyone gasped in fear while the principal laughed insanely.

"You see I have planted a special type of bomb around the building. Multiple bombs, so I won't miss a student. So enjoy your last night here. And don't try to leave the school or I shall set them off." The principal said. He then left the stage, laughing insanely.

Everyone was screaming, some were crying in fear. Koi, Jekku and Kuri-chan, on the other hand, had one thing in mind; to fight back. But, they couldn't risk their lives or the other students.

Then, Koi had an idea. "Guys, I got an idea!"

Jekku and Kuri-chan asked "What?"

"I could call Netto and I could ask him to tell get his friends to disable the bombs!" Koi explained.

"That's a great idea!" Kuri-chan exclaimed.

"Yeah, but will it work?" asked Jekku.

"It has to. Or else, we're screwed." Koi gulped.

Netto was relaxing on his bed after a long day. He sighed and stared at the ceiling.

"Hey, RockMan?" asked Netto.

"Yeah?" RockMan said.

"I know this sounds like a stupid question but, have you ever had a crush on someone?" Netto asked.

"Um, well, now that you mention it, yeah." RockMan answered.

"Really? Who?" Netto asked.

"Just some Navi girl." RockMan said, hiding from the obvious truth.

"Roll." Netto smirked.

RockMan should have known not underestimate Netto. "I guess it is pretty obvious, isn't it?" RockMan said.

"That's an understatement." Netto said laughing a bit. Netto and RockMan laughed for a few seconds until he received a call. Netto picked up his PET and answered "Hello?"

"Netto! Oh, thank God!" Koi exclaimed.

"Koi? What's wrong?" Netto asked.

"Our principal's gone berserk and he planted bombs outside of the school." Koi explained.

"What! Why would he do that!" Netto yelled shockingly.

"I don't know. But you have to get some of your friends to help us! Please, man!" Koi begged.

"I'll be right there with my friends!" Netto exclaimed.

"Remember Netto, try not to be seen, or he'll get you, too! So, please be careful." Koi said.

"Right. I'll be careful." Netto said. He then hung up and ran to his houses. "I hope they'll help." Netto thought to himself.

Netto was lucky enough to get Meiru, Deiku, Yai, and Enzan to the middle school. Meiru, Deiku, and Yai were filled with fear when they heard about this. Enzan, on the other hand, was enraged. Knowing that his cousin might die boiled his blood. When they got there, Enzan thought of a plan.

"The bombs might be under the ground. Gently wipe some dirt in some odd looking patches of dirt." Enzan said, almost demandingly.

Everyone but Yai started to work. "Do I have to get my hands dirty?" Yai asked annoyingly and whiningly.

"YES, YOU DO! NOW GET TO WORK!" Enzan yelled in mortal rage.

Yai jumped when she heard Enzan yelled like that and started to wipe the ground.

"Enzan, don't yell so loud, the bombs might go off." Netto said.

Enzan growled, but he knew that Netto was right. "Let's just get to work." Enzan said.

Netto was curious about how he was acting. On Christmas Eve, he seemed very negative to his cousin, whereas now, it seems like he is very worried about him.

"Hey, guys. I found one." Deiku said quietly.

"So did I." Meiru said also quietly.

Enzan checked out the bombs and he was in a state of shock.

"What's wrong?" Netto asked.

"These are no ordinary bombs. They're crash bombs!" Enzan said fearfully.

"What are crash bombs?" Deiku asked.

"These are bombs that come in practically by the gross and they're connected to one server. They also can be released from the server to attack the target and are heat-seeking." Enzan answered.

"Oh, my God. Is there any way to stop disable them?" asked Yai.

Enzan dusted some dirt next to the bomb. "Ah-ha! A jack-in port! Check to see if there's four more!" Enzan said.

Netto, Meiru, Deiku, and Yai dusted some dirt and found more bombs and four more jack-in ports.

"Alright! Now we can all jack-in together and disable the bombs!" Netto exclaimed.

Enzan smiled and then said "Are you guys ready?"

"Yeah!" they all said.

"Then let's jack-in!" Enzan said. "Jack-in, Blues!"

"Jack-in, Glide!" Yai shouted.

"Jack-in, GutsMan!" Deiku yelled.

"Jack-in, Roll!" Meiru said. "Jack-in, Rockman!" Netto shouted.

"TRANSMISSION!" they exclaimed. They jacked in and were ready to disarm the bombs.

"Hang in there, Koi. We're coming." Enzan thought to himself. "We're coming."


Well, didn't I tell you? Pretty suspenseful, eh? I hope you aren't pissed off about the cliffhanger, but that's how it goes. Well, the next chapter "Dance Pt.2" will be full of action and fight scenes. I hope you can wait until I post the next chapter. See ya laterz!