A/N: Hey everyone! Thanks to all that have reviewed. It means a lot to me. Anyway, here's the second chapter, though there's not much action in this either… sorry. -.-;; I tend to go into overdrive with details…

Disclaimer: I do not own Rockman.exe/Megaman: NT Warrior, or anything else related to them. CAPCOM owns them.

Chapter 2

Enzan continued typing on his keyboard. It had been a week after he had met Akari. He had been working quite hard the entire week, but his thoughts occasionally drifted off to her and her navi.

"Enzan-sama, are you still thinking about… that… day?" Blues asked slowly. Enzan shifted his gaze to the red navi.

"I'm just curious about her navi. If what you said was true, then they might be a very powerful netbattling team. Commissioner Kifune might be interested in them, since the NetPolice can always use new recruits." he reasoned.

"Perhaps you could go check the park. That was where she was when you first met her."

"Good idea, Blues. We'll go this afternoon; maybe she'll be drawing again," he said. "It'd be interesting to see her work."

"Alright Enzan-sama."

Sure enough, Blues was right. Akari had gone to the park to draw some more. She took out her PET and laid it on the bench beside her, then extracted her drawing pad and pencil. She started sketching out the pond scenery in front of her. Multi looked up at her operator admiringly. Akari's natural talent impressed her, but she was even more impressed by her humbleness of the matter. Multi looked down at her own digital picture and laughed. She was bored, so she had decided to draw something herself. Her drawing, however, had not turned out the way she had wanted. It was still good, though. A couple pixels had been misplaced, but that was all.

Enzan approached Akari slowly, with his hands put casually into his pockets.

"Hello. Funny seeing you here again."

Akari looked up and was startled by his presence. However, she did not run away as before, but instead fumbled with her pencil nervously.

"Can... I sit here?" Enzan asked, while pointing to the space beside her. Akari took her PET and moved it to her other side. Then she moved over a bit. She nodded her head silently.

Enzan took the seat and looked over at Akari's half-completed sketch. He blinked. For some reason, the pond reminded him somewhat of a picture of his mother, who had sat by a pond with a bouquet of flowers, smiling gracefully. He smiled somewhat sadly, remembering her. Akari saw his sad smile and felt more uncomfortable.

"I-is... something wrong?" she asked slowly.

He looked over at her and hesitated before he said, "...No, it's just—your picture reminds me of… my mother…"

Akari looked back at her sketch and said, "...I'm afraid I don't really see how, but, can I—ask why...?"

Enzan sighed and thought awhile, then started his explanation. He had refrained from telling anyone, since he thought it would bring back some rather painful memories (he didn't even think that Netto knew). However, there was just... something about Akari that he thought would make it okay to tell her.

"My mother—died when I was very young; about two years old, to be exact. My father never really went into much detail about it. I sort of just stumbled on the fact. See... one day, when I was about five years old, I went into my father's bedroom just out of curiosity. I didn't even know it was his bedroom at the time. It was unlocked for some reason, and I just went in. Inside, I saw a—a picture, a picture of a woman. She held a bouquet of daisies and roses, and was sitting down next to a sparkling lake. Her smile—it was…beautiful." He gave a small smile himself. "I don't think I'll ever forget that smile..."

Akari looked at him with a pitiful expression. She felt guilty that she could have both of her parents alive and well, while he only had one.

"Then... I saw something else on the desk underneath the photo," he continued. "It was another photo, but this time it was of me when I was two years old. I was standing next to a tombstone marked with my mother's name. However, by that time when I was five, I had already forgotten that I went to my mother's funeral. But that photo reminded me. I quickly ran out of the bedroom after that because I heard footsteps. Ever since that event, I... haven't gone a day without thinking about it at least once. It haunts me everywhere I go…" Enzan trailed off.

"...I'm—so sorry…" Akari said sadly, trying to fight back tears. "Truly, I am. It would be horrible if anyone had to go through such a burden. It's amazing that you can cope with it so well…"

Enzan turned to face her. "What do you mean by that?"

"Well, you must have done a lot of things. It must have been hard to achieve all that you've done with... that hanging over your head all day. You know, no one to praise you or something. I know that I could never live day after day like that…"

Enzan went silent. Akari saw this and looked down, biting her lip.

"I-I'm... sorry. I shouldn't have said that. I must have made you feel worse. I'm really sorry..."

He shook his head. "It's all right. You were just speaking your thoughts." he said, looking down.

Akari paused, and looked down at her sketch. She awkwardly traced over some faint lines. She glanced over at Enzan and, sensing his gaze, quickly went back to her work.

"Well, um, I have a question." Enzan stated. "Do you remember last week, when Blues scanned your navi?"

"I do…"

"Uh, well, Blues was telling me that while he scanned your navi, he found something quite unusual. He told me that when he was trying to restore some data, all of a sudden it was restored. And then he was saying how there seemed to be 'multiple beings' in your navi. Do you think you can clarify some things?" Enzan asked.

Akari glanced to the side nervously. "Um… well, yes I can say something. My navi, Multi, is a... special navi. She can transform into different animal forms, because of the small amounts of different DNA infused in her. She can also heal herself, along with other navis. This is why she was restored so quickly. Multi told me she had used Heal," she finished timidly.

"You better believe I did!" Multi shouted from her PET for added emphasis. Both Enzan and Akari looked over at her. Akari almost forgot that she was there. "You... were listening the whole time, weren't you Multi?" she said with a slight smile.

"Yup!" Multi replied with a grin. "Oh, and Enzan, is it? I'm sorry for your loss; your mama sounds like a wonderful person. She sounds a bit like papa, doesn't she Akari?" Here, Akari nodded.

"She sounds... a lot like papa."

"Your father?"

"Yeah. My father helped me program Multi here. It was a team effort between us. I had the ideas for the navi's abilities and appearance, but my father did the actual programming, since I wasn't sure how to do it. I was only six, so it makes sense. My father isn't exactly a scientist, but he took computer programming in college and... has always had a talent for computers."

Enzan paused. "Your father must be a smart man. If he can program a navi as complex as yours... well, it's a wonder why he didn't become a scientist."

Akari nodded her head, keeping her gaze on the ground. "I'm sure... he'd be flattered to hear that. But I think I agree with you on that fact. I've asked him why he didn't become a scientist, but all he did was shrug and say that he didn't have to. He was happy just to be good with computers."

Enzan looked thoughtful. "He seems really modest..." Akari nodded again.

She continued on slowly. "He's a really cheerful kind of person. He's always smiling... and laughing at people's jokes… he also does everything very smoothly. Papa could make something hard look like it was really easy to do. I don't know, but I can't help but think your mother... must have been like that. What do you think, Multi?" She picked up the PET and looked into it.

"Couldn't have put it any better," replied the grinning navi.

"He sounds like a very good father." Enzan said. His face fell when thoughts of his own father came into his mind, but he quickly pushed them out.

"... Do you think it would be okay if you plugged your navi into the Net? Perhaps Blues and her could get to know each other better," he questioned.

Akari looked hesitant. "Um, what do you think Multi? I don't want to i-if you're not comfortable with it..." she asked.

"No, it's okay Akari. I don't mind."

"Okay... then. Are you sure?" She still looked a little hesitant.

"Yes, Akari. I think we both should get to meet new people." Multi replied.

Akari sighed. She turned to Enzan and said, "Well, Multi doesn't mind, so you can plug your navi in…"

"Blues is already plugged in."

"...O-oh..." She blushed. There was a plug-in terminal connected to a park computer nearby.

"You can plug her in there." Enzan said, pointing it out. The infrared beam struck the port.

In the Net, a stream of data materialized into Multi. Multi turned around and greeted Blues warmly.

"Hi! I'm Multi; it's a pleasure to meet you. I don't think we got to introduce ourselves very well the last time we met. And you are?" She extended her hand. Blues acknowledged her with a slight nod of his head.

"Blues." he said simply, seemingly ignoring her outstretched hand.

Multi hesitated, and then lowered her hand. She put both hands behind her back and said, "Well, thank you about that other day. I realized that I didn't exactly thank you properly. If it hadn't been for you, I... probably might not be here right now." She looked at Blues curiously, since he had his arms crossed and his back was facing her slightly.

"So, thank you again…"

"No problem; don't mention it. I really didn't do that much anyway." Blues said shortly. He turned and looked out of the screen. Multi followed his gaze.

Enzan and Akari seemed to be talking about something. As they looked at a sketchpad, there was a small, slightly embarrassed smile upon the girl's face.

"I must say, your Net-Op is quite talented. I've never seen Enzan-sama like this." Blues said quietly.

'Or…he could be interested in something else…' he thought to himself.

"Thank you! I'm sure Akari would be happy to hear that," Multi said cheerfully. She looked out of the screen again. "It's been awhile since Akari has met anyone new," she mused.

Blues shifted his gaze towards the female navi. "And... that is a good thing?" he asked slowly. Multi nodded.

"You see, Akari really is a wonderful person. I wouldn't ask for a more caring Net-Op. She would help anyone that needed it. The thing is, though... she is quite shy. Because of her being so shy, she isn't someone that would just go up to a random person and start talking. And people often tend to leave her alone, too. I think that's why she was a little intimidated by Enzan-san the other day," Multi murmured.

"Even now, I'm pretty sure that she's nervous inside. I should know, being her navi…" she added.

Blues had been observing her while she was talking. She was a light blue navi, with darker blue gloves and boots. Her boots ran high up on her legs, just below her knees, and they had a small lavender jewel on them, outlined in white. Her gloves went all the way to her elbow, and there were small pieces of armor covering each elbow. There was a thin white stripe running up her sides as well, and on her helmet, there were two raised areas that were bright yellow. Down the middle of the helmet was a bright green stripe. Locks of light brown hair fell around her face and curved behind her shoulders. She had bright, clear bluish-green eyes and a cheerful smile.

"... I'm sure that my Net-Op is sorry for causing all that trouble." Blues said.

Multi turned to look at him. "Oh, don't worry about it. It's okay," she said with a small grin. "Um... by the way, you did a great job in the N1 Grand Prix."

Blues was surprised that she knew, but his face showed no emotion. "Have you been in a tournament as well?" he asked bluntly.

"No, Akari and I don't really netbattle much. I think you can probably figure out why, looking at her. I can barely remember the last time we did, if at all. I sort of just watched the N1 during my free time." Multi said as she smiled broadly.

Blues thought for a while. Then, he said, "You seem to want to netbattle again... don't you?"

Multi shrugged. "I don't know. I haven't netbattled in so long… besides, I'm not sure if Akari would want to anyway. I don't even think she has any battlechips. I really don't need to though…"

"You know... I could probably netbattle you if you wanted. I'll just tell Enzan-sama or something." Blues said. One of his eyebrows went up behind his visor as he realized what he just did.

'Did I just-- offer her a favor?' he thought as he sighed. 'Rockman must be getting to me…'

Multi's eyes widened. "Oh no, I couldn't go up against you! I mean, you're like, world famous…! Like I said before, I doubt Akari has any battlechips at all." she said, waving her arms frantically in front of her.

Blues gave a hint of a smirk. "I'm sure... Enzan-sama can come up with something," he said, before his data dispersed back into the PET. Multi stood staring at the spot where Blues had just been. She blinked, trying to figure out what had just happened...

End chapter...

A/N: Well, sorry if Blues seemed a little… stupid. I mean, you know, how he says, "Have you been in a tournament as well?" I would think Enzan and Blues would have searched the names of all the participants in any of the tournaments they've been in… And I think Enzan was rather cheesy… Well anyways, this chapter didn't have much of anything special, except that you see a little more about Akari and Multi's characters. I'd appreciate more reviews, so that I can still improve. Until then, see ya later!