KrayZi: Well here we are with the first real chapter!
Kao: So what happens now?
KrayZi: You already know, you're me and I'm really you. But You're suppose to be me but then again I'm suppose to be you, then again I'm you but you're me but then you can switch us around -
Kao: Shut up! We get the point. Now for our story.
KrayZi: I solemnly swear that I do not own Ranma ½, Various Rockman Worlds and Digimon Tamers! I do own this Kao though.
Kao: That's a lie and you know it!
KrayZi: Shush child.
Kao: What the… You're the same age I am!
Wild Horse. EXE
Chapter 1: A Whole New World
As the strange golden glow subsided, both men found a child lying in the chamber in the worst condition they had ever seen.
Ranma looked up at the ceiling, unseeing anything. He managed to choke out the words, "Ran-" but fell into unconsciousness before he finished the word.
Both men stood still as they stared at the young body, barely staying alive. Finally they snapped back to normal
"How could he have stood that beating… Could this be the result of using the machine?"
"I don't think so. Look at his wounds, he's been cut and bashed pretty badly." Said the younger man
"Hmmmm you're right. I hope he'll be all right… Now let's get him out of there and bring him to the med center."
"Right, but what do we tell them?"
"Let's say we found him lying in a heap of garbage outside in the alley way when I went outside to get a cigarette, do you think they'll believe that Yuuichiro?"
"Ummm I don't think so Yanoto but it's worth a try."
Then they took the unconscious child out of the chamber and brought him to the Med. Center to get him treated.
While Ranma was recovering, Yuuchirou Hikari and Yanoto Kiro were discussing the boy's fate, who would take care of him? How will they get him to learn what they needed him to learn? Was he safe to keep here?
"So who's going to take care of him?" started Yuuchirou.
"I'm not so sure we can trust those other employees." Mused Yanoto.
"I can't take care of him, I've already got a boy and my other one died a few months back."
"I guess I'll have to do it… But I don't know anything about children!"
"I'll help you once in a while, just be nice to him and don't force him to do everything."
"Fine… I guess you'll have to go back to your family now?"
"Yep, my wife is waiting for me."
"Ok, see you next time."
A week later
"It's amazing," said a nurse, "He should still be asleep but it seems he's alright, those injuries should have kept him asleep for two more weeks at least!"
"Is that so? How is he?" Asked Yanoto.
"He's been keeping to himself ever since he woke up this morning his bones have healed too, so quickly…"
"Hmmmm," What's his secret? Is this why he had such a high energy signal? Thought Yanoto, "Tell me when he's all healed up."
"Ok Kiro-San"
When the nurse led Yanoto the Ranma's room, Yanoto peeked in and saw the little boy lying on his back
"Ok, I'll go in now."
Yanoto opened the door and walked into the room.
In the Room
Ranma was lying down on the bed, staring on the ceiling, he was thinking about what happened. He knew for sure that this wasn't Nerima, so he laid there thinking. His thoughts went something like…
Damn, I've become younger, a 8 year old to boot... Can't believe Ryoga would do something so low. Damn him, I don't even know if I can turn back into my normal self here. Oh well, I guess I'll just wing it, besides, this might not be so bad. I've always wondered what it would be like to grow without all that chaos around me…
He then thought about how he came here, through that beam of light. When it hit him, he felt first peaceful, and then there was absolute pain, like something was tearing away something of his, something part of his identity. He felt that since that something was now gone, he felt different. Like he wasn't really Ranma Saotome anymore, but someone else. He tried to stand against the pain. After a few seconds, the pain disappeared.
After the pain left, He saw something strange. First he saw a bunch of bluish yellow blocks floating everywhere. There was some kind of light that looked like lightning flashing downwards once in a while. After a few moments of that sight, everything went black, he was still able to keep conscious for a little bit longer. Then the pain suddenly came back, catching him off guard. This time it was worse, he couldn't stand against it. In that inky black place, he saw a flash of red. Then he saw claw marks scratching down leaving a red trail. Then he fell into unconsciousness.
Those last two things he saw were the things that bothered him. He didn't feel right anymore. The time he spent on the bed was also the time he spent thinking about the two sights.
Suddenly the door opened and Ranma saw someone walk in. He quickly lost interest in the newcomer and went back to his thinking.
"Hello? Are you okay?"
"…" Was all Ranma said since he didn't feel like talking.
"So what's your name?"
"…" Ranma continued to ignore the man.
"Are you awake?"
"…" Ranma started to feel a little annoyed, first he was fighting his enemies when suddenly Ryoga pulled a cheap trick and then he was in an unknown place. Now there was this annoying man bothering him.
"Can you speak?"
"…"
"Can you hear me?"
"…" Ranma's eye started to twitch a little, of course Yanoto didn't notice this.
"Hello?"
"Dammit shut up!"
"Aahhh, so you can talk. So what's your name?"
"The name's… Ranma Sa-" Ranma suddenly stopped himself from saying his family name, he decided that since he was in a different world (He was able to figure that out from the technology around the place), someone with no memories of their past would be less suspicious that someone with a name that didn't exist. Besides, he was in that giant flash of light, it still kind of hurt..
Yanoto waited for Ranma to continue, he waited a few minutes before speaking.
"Were you going to say something?"
"Ummm… Umm… Argh! I can't remember!" exclaimed Ranma actually able to pull of a perfect act.
"Okay… My name's Kiro, Yanoto Kiro. We'll try to make sure you're all right."
"Whatever. I do have something to ask you though…"
"Go ahead."
"Do you know how I got here?"
"Not really, I ummm… umm… found you lying in an alley outside." Yanoto decided not to tell Ranma the truth, he was just a little kid, right?
Ranma thought about this answer, it did seem very likely, he didn't know where that light came from either; it could have taken him anywhere. He decided to put it off his mind for now.
"Now you should get some rest, you need to heal up."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you were badly hurt when you came in here, you should get some rest."
"I was hurt?" When Ranma had woke up, he had felt fine. He had pulled off his bandages and saw the blood a few hours earlier, but the doctors then came in and he quickly shoved his bandages under the sheets and had covered himself with the blanket.
"Yes badly, in fact, I thought you were going to die…" Yanoto trailed off as he saw Ranma uncover himself.
"What the… Where did all those wounds go? I swear they were life threatening. Hmmm…" This had really sparked Yanoto's curiousity about Ranma.
"Anyways, you know where I am?" said Ranma snapping Yanoto out of his thoughts, "I'm not dead am I?"
"Yes and then no, you're in Zensan City, or also known as ZXYX Town. We're not as well known as Densan City aka ACDC town, that tropical island Jawaii, or the big city Amerope, etc."
Ranma just stared blankly at him.
"You don't know what I'm talking about do you."
Ranma slowly shook his head no.
"Of course you don't," said Yanoto, "You're in Zentech city. A few years before 200X, people around here don't really care about the date so much."
"2…2…200X?!?!?!"
"Yep."
"I'm still on Earth right?"
"Why wouldn't you be?"
"…"
"Well follow me; I'll explain why you're here and how you got here. I have a feeling you'll understand, you aren't acting like a normal 8 year old"
"Errr, ummm. Whatever, I'll just follow you." Muttered Ranma
Another Room
"So Ranma, this world is based heavily on something we call the Net."
"The Net?"
"Yes, the Net. The Net is practically everywhere, it's in everything that is either electrical or have a plug-in port."
"So what's a Plug-In port?"
"Now this is where it gets complicated. To use the Net, everyone has a PeT, meaning Personal Exploration Terminal or just Personal Terminal. PeTs are used for much of our daily things, but inside each of the PeT is a program, a complicated program that is called a Net Navigator, Navi for short. Navi handle our schedules, our money, help us out when we have work or help us get out of trouble. But most importantly, defeating Virii."
"Just what are Virii?"
"Well, the Net, PeTs and Navis are all like a computer program. With most computers always comes a virus. So Virii are like Virus' but they have a form. Like you Navi, each have they're own form. Standard Navis are usually green, purple or red. They don't really have a face except for two eyes. They can't speak but if they can, it's only an automated program."
"You said Standard Navis, what's that suppose to mean?"
"Other than Standard Navis, there are also Custom Navis."
"Custom?"
"Custom Navi are also Original Programming Navi. They don't look like normal Navi, each have they're own characteristics. The Customs can also talk, when I say talk, I don't mean talk like an automatic message, but really talk to you. You can hold a conversation with one too."
"When defeating Virii, we usually use something called a Battle Chip. Battle Chips store Data on smaller programs that hold weapons. Things like guns or swords. Each PeT comes with a Plug-In cord and a Slot-In section. The Slot-In section is where you put the Chips so that the PeT can scan them and give the program to your Navi, do you follow?"
"I think so. So a there is a thing called a PET, which has a Naver inside, which helps you with stuff and beat up Vikis. And you put Chips into this Slok-In porty thinger and you send your Naver into this thing called a Net through a Plug-In porter."
"Close enough, now to the Viewing Room!"
Viewing Room
As they stepped into the 'Viewing Room', Ranma immediately saw a few rows of chairs and at the back, a projector and in the front there was a flat, white screen.
"Sit down; I'll get the projector started up."
As Ranma waited, he thought about all that had been stuffed into his head and into his brain. It was all hard to digest, computer programs you can actually talk to? It was all weird to him, if he was Nabiki, he would have been greedily sucking up everything, but then again, he would be dead already if he was. Suddenly the screen started to flicker with some light.
"Ok, I got it started up. Now sit back and pay attention to what I say."
"Right… Sit up and play attention…"
"Pay Attention! I'm not explaining this twice!"
"Fine…"
Soon the screen showed a picture of a green humanoid figure with two blue squares as its eyes and the rest of its face or head was covered in a green mask and helmet. From the front of the helmet to the back was a strip of white, where the ears would be was flat cylinder objects with white on the side and black on the inside. The rest of its body was also green with white gloves, boots and shoulder pads. It also had the same circular object that was on the side of the things head on its chest.
"This is a standard Navi, this is the Green type."
Click the screen showed the same figure, only where there was green was now purple and where it was white was now yellow.
"This is the Purple type Standard Navi. Most people start off with one of these two. Like I said before, these types can't talk at all."
"So what do the Original Navi look like?"
"There are very many different ones; none are alike unless someone copied the original programming. I'll show you mine first. He is an Original Navi, his name is X. Like all Navis, his name ends with '. Exe'. So then his full name would be X. Exe. Anyways, like any other program, Navis can also be upgraded."
Yanoto then turned to a computer screen that Ranma couldn't see. The computer had a N64 looking machine attached to it. Where the N64 game would be was a white device that had a small handle on the left side. There where a grip on it running along the whole left edge. On the top right of the little device was a little slot and 3 buttons along the bottom. Last of all there was a rectangular screen on it and there were the words PET on the top of the screen. Ranma couldn't see what was on the screen.
"X, show the first images and videos of our adventures."
"Fine. Don't boss me around though."
As he looked back towards the screen the screen turned black and then showed a weird circular symbol in the middle. It was a red circle sliced down from top left to bottom right. It was encased within a yellow circle. At the end of the line in the circle there was a small, black triangle.
"This is the symbol for our organization. We call ourselves the Maverick Hunters."
Finally the screen showed a picture of a figure standing up with its arms and legs spread out a little bit. The figure was all blue. It had a humanoid body too. It was wearing a light blue full suit. Its gloves were dark blue and boots dark blue too along with a pair of dark blue underwear looking thing (what are those called?). It also had a dark blue helmet on so the hair wasn't showing - if it had any.
"This is X in his early stages or child form. This was the form he was given to me in. He was called Mega Man at that time."
Suddenly, the picture of Mega Man got squeezed over to the left to show another picture of Mega Man with his left arm holding his right arm up. The right arm had a small round cylinder instead of a hand.
"This is a picture of Mega Man with his main weapon. The Mega Buster."
Both pictures squeezed up to show a video clip of Mega Man running around avoiding some thing that looked sharp, it was shiny and small, they looked like – scissors?
"This is Mega Man fighting a so-called Navi Master, there were 6 in all at that time. Currently in this clip, he is fighting a Navi called Cutman."
The video then showed a picture of a human figured Navi wearing a grey jumpsuit, red boots, red gloves and a red mask. The most obvious thing on it was a pair of scissors on his head. All in all, Ranma thought he looked like freak.
"There were quite a bunch of them; we had our fun beating them. X, next roll please?"
Then the Screen showed a picture of the same person only a slightly more mature. He was standing in the same position as the first. He was also wearing the same things too.
"This is Rockman, I renamed him in my Teenage years. As you can see, he is obviously older in this picture. He was programmed to have something like an aging program so that he would age like I do."
The picture of Rockman squeezed over to the left like the first picture and showed another picture with Rockman and his buster.
"As you can see, Mega Man or Rockman however you prefer, both had the same default weapon. At that time it was called the Rock Buster."
Again the two pictures squeezed to the top of the screen to show another video. But this video had Rockman in a more offensive position, firing his Buster rapidly at another Navi.
This time the Navi Master looked a little better, the same couldn't be said for its hair. This Navi was in green armor with yellow highlights. As Ranma looked, he could see some serious looking claws on each of the Navi's hands. There were about four on each hand. They looked about eleven inches long running from the beginning to end. But the most noticeable thing was the hairy head. It was yellow with large fangs. It had a lion's head. There was a jewel on its forehead too. He looked like a cat, but surprisingly, Ranma din't start to get scared of it, instead, he felt it kind of looked pretty cool.
"This Robot Master was called Slashman. He looked pretty cool. But he was no match for Rockman. After a few more battles, the Robot Masters stopped coming for some years."
"During those years, Rockman received yet another form change. He became something we could call an adult. Now we call him X."
Unlike before, instead of showing 2 pictures and a video clip, something else showed up on screen. He wore a light blue jumpsuit and had dark blue armor on him. His helmet held a red crystal where his forehead would be. It also spoke.
"Hey, my name's X, nice to finally talk to you."
"I-it talked!" stuttered Ranma.
"He talked. Of course I did, I'm a Navi, and didn't Yanoto tell you about us talking?" Replied X.
"Well, yea but still. Damn, I must be going crazy; I'm talking to a talking computer program!"
"Don't we all wish so?"
"As you can see, unfortunately original Navi can talk but the downside is the personality."
"I resent that!" interrupted X.
"As kindly demonstrated a few seconds ago, his personality needs some fine tuning but I like him the way he is." Said Yanoto.
"Could you stop talking about me like a new specimen recently discovered? I'm not just all gigabytes!" said an annoyed X.
"Of course, now that we've all been introduced to each other, let's talk about the next thing, Battle Chips."
"Battle Chips?"
"What do you think he said, bucket chirps?" answered X.
"Anyways, Battle Chips are used in Net Battles or just plain deleting Virii," Yanoto held up a tiny rectangular Chip with a picture of a ball and an explosion in the background on it. "This is a Battle Chip. As you can see, they're not that big. Each Chip holds a different program; the one I'm currently holding is called a Mini-Bomb."
"That little thing is used for fighting?" asked Ranma.
"Not fighting, Net Battling. Since you seem unconvinced, I'll show you how it works, X?"
"Starting up the Training Program now." Replied the blue Navi as his eyes glowed for a few seconds.
Suddenly the background on the screen turned into a medium sized white room.
"Starting up the Virii Program."
As soon as those words left the Navi's virtual lips, the virtual room turned into a great plain. The 'sky' was a purple and blue colour. The ground was turned into many square panels reaching out farther than Ranma's eyes could see. Just as suddenly the change of scenario, a small figure popped out of nowhere.
The tiny creature had a black round body, the only facial features it had were two big round eyes. It had a yellow construction hat on and two small yellow feet directly attached to its body. Somehow, it held a pick-axe by its side.
"This is one of the lower levels Virii. We have given it the name Mettaurs, it usually attacks with that pick-axe and may send a shockwave through the ground."
"That little thing is a Virii? It's too small to be of any danger." scoffed Ranma.
"Even though Mettaurs are small and weak, they are very strong together. Now I'll show you how the Battle Chips work."
As X got ready in front of the black and yellow Virii, Yanoto picked up the PET with the Plug-in cable connected to the computer. In his left hand was the PET with the screen facing him and in his right hand was the Battle Chip. Quickly and smoothly, he put the Chip into the slot on the right edge of the PET.
Battle Chip! Mini-Bomb! Slot-In!"
When the chip was firmly in the slot, there was a white glow in X's right hand. As Ranma turned to look, a small blue ball with a green stripe running across the middle all around settled into X's hand.
X threw the Ball without much effort and the ball landed on the ground in front of the Virii and bounced into its face. Ranma watched as the small ball exploded into fiery flames and smoke with the small Mettour in the center of it.
"That was probably too easy, that puny ball was just standing there." Denied Ranma.
"Fine then, I'll have X demonstrate a real battle."
Yanoto had X activate another program and just like before, another Mettour appeared but this time, there were some more, almost 10 in all. The small Virii spread out quickly as they formed a rough circle around X, they all slammed their pick-axes into the ground at the same time and Ranma saw some kind of force form from the ground and rush at X.
The force wasn't really that big and it looked like a kind of visible wind that moved along the ground, as it moved, the ground shook. As the reached X, they all slammed into him and exploded.
"Well that didn't last long." Commented Ranma.
Suddenly from behind all of the Mettaurs were fast, small moving white globes of energy. As they raced across the terrain, the Mettours turned around but due to their slow reactions, they all were hit by a few of those energies and suddenly they all exploded first into a 3x3 cube with their image on it then exploded fully with all their data falling onto the ground then disappearing.
"Now that is a proper battle." Said Yanoto as he turned to face Ranma.
"Too easy if I do say so myself." Commented X.
"Anyways, Virii or Viruses, aren't real so you don't need to feel and sadness in their deletion. Besides, their Data will merge again sometime into Mettaurs again and they aren't capable of feeling anything anyways. Besides, this was just a simulation." Said Yanoto..
"Also, Mettaurs and all other Viruses have a one track mind. Destroy anything and everything."
"So, why are you telling me all this? I mean, there must be a reason why I'm being told all this." Asked Ranma.
"Hmmm, the reason... Before I tell you, I want to ask you a question. You look like an eight year old, but you act older than that granted, your knowledge isn't that wide… But you ability to understand and comprehend things are outstanding for someone your age!"
"Is it? I dunno…"
"Oh well." Shrugged Yanoto, "Anyways back to your question, the reason why you're here is because…"
KrayZi: Well that's it for this time, how was it?
Kao: It sucked…
KrayZi: Shush, this still wasn't really a real chapter… If compared to other Fanfictions that I've read, it would be sorta like a graph explaining about the Rockman. EXE world like this.
PET – Personal Exploration Terminal
Battle Chips – Etc.
Plug in/ Plug out – Etc.
KrayZi: So yea…
Kao: I still think it sucks.
KrayZi: Shut up!
Kao: Jeez, what are you so pissed off about? We still haven't finished, we need to reply to all those that reviewed.
KrayZi: …… You know I hate you right?
Kao: Isn't KrayZi mean?
KrayZi: Argh! Let's just get this over with! Wait, I need to ask everyone something. I'm curious if you want me to add some Digimon into this fanfiction. I'm not sure if I should or not. So when you review, tell us if we should put it in or not.
(If you don't want to read the reviews answers, skip to the end, there are a few notes down there.)
To: DarkFocus aka Kao (Since 1998)
Kao with weird looking puppy-dog eyes: … Daddy?
KrayZi: Goddamit! He's not your dad, we made ourselves remember? Wait a minute… Eeeeww… Anyways, thanks for reviewing, I'm really glad some people managed to find time to review this. I think it's pretty obvious how this will continue on… Ranma adjusts… Becomes the best… Beats all the characters in the crossovered world… Blah blah blah.. Meh… Or will it be like that…
To: Julian Frost
KrayZi: Someone's been looking for something like this?! OMG WTH!!! B133T!!!
Kao: I think he's gone haywire from excitement… Anyways, be assured, we'll keep writing this story. Thanks for reviewing.
To: Ayanami Rei II
KrayZi: Yea… Well… If you want really long fics, go to the Search, look up OneShot, then read his crossovers. Heck just go to his homepage… His writing is great!
Kao: Don't worry about your fics being long or not, if you enjoy it, keep writing. Thanks for clicking by! Besides, so far, it's only long because it's descriptive…
KrayZi: We'll be sure to check out that page and try it out, and to all you other people out there. Please, any critism will help. Especially constructive… Thanks for reviewing.
To: Akuma-sama
Kao: Yea… We know… Very clichéd… Sorry but I don't really like Akane that much… It's not like a 'Damn her to Hell' kind of way but just… Not liked… For example… If someone mentions Akane… The only picture I can bring up right away is an angry one… with Ranma letting her beat him up and a firey background…
Kao: Sorry to all you Akane lovers, please don't let this drive you away though, I'm probably not going to go back to the Nerima place for a while though…
KrayZi: Yea, also, thanks for the tip, I'll try that... But I probably will screw up… Bleh. Thanks for reviewing.
To: Patrick
Kao: Yup, we'll update.
KrayZi: Hehe, you remind us of that guy from the old YTV with Phil and that purple bot with teeth. Once, there was this special on that, there was a guy visiting and he was eating a pumpkin.
Kao: Then that Bot asked, "How is the pumpkin?", the guy answered, "Very very goood, very goood!" dragging out the 'o'. Thanks for reviewing.
To: oni
KrayZi: We'll try our best to update this as quickly as possible but this is all quite new to us.
Kao: Sorry but there's not much to reply to you since you didn't write that much to us. Thanks for reviewing anyways.
To: ChaosControlX
Kao: Do you really mean that? Yea! Time to throw a paaaarty!!! … … Crap! We don't have any thing here and we have no money!
KrayZi: Bleh, oh well. To that… Yes, I hate cliffhangers too but it's always a good place to cut off the chapter. Sorry but expect more cliffhangers. Thanks for reviewing.
To: Silverscale
KrayZi: Thanks, to your question, I think it's obvious by now right?
Kao: Really?
KrayZi: Yes.
Kao: But I thought Navis WERE Human…
KrayZi: In a way they are but also in away they aren't since they can't really be humans but since they act like humans they are humans but they're data so they can't be humans but… … My head hurts now… I hate you Kao.
Kao: Glad to hear it. Thanks for Reviewing.
To: John on 'da John
Kao: You're right, Ranma could have, but he never really did. What the hell is up with that? It's the same kind of mystery as to why he lets Akane beat him up. Ranma could stop Akane, but he never does… Why the hell is that?
KrayZi: It's also about time he actually snapped don't you think, do any of you think you could have lasted this long? With the same morals and abilities as Ranma I mean, not with any perverted intentions… Bleh… Kao… you actually sounded smart there…
Kao: Oh my, was it really that bad? I'm so terribly sorry. Maybe a cup of tea would make it all better hmm?
KrayZi: Hey! Stop that! I'm the one that's suppose to be Crazy!
Kao: By jove you're right! I'm so terribly sorry, maybe a cracker with the cup of tea would be better…
KrayZi: I really hate you. No not you John, thanks for reviewing.
To: needmore( )
KrayZi: Yea, maybe it is cool, but meh. Is it really at a good pace? If it is, well thanks.
Kao: we don't really think the crossover thing is that special since there's a lot of crossovers out there. But we don't think there's a Ranma and Rockman. Exe crossover, there might be Digimon too but we not so sure about adding it.
KrayZi: It was possible that Ranma be a Navi but I don't think it would be good that way, he would adjust way too easily. He grew up fighting, but he went to another world just to keep fighting? That doesn't sound so good.
Kao: If he became an operator instead, he would have to be the brains, something he's not use to. He's basically skills and muscle really you know…
KrayZi: Well thanks for reviewing.
KrayZi: And now…
Kao: One big…
KrayZi: Thank you…
Kao: To all who reviewed…
KrayZi: and to all who read…
Kao: To the Reviewers…
KrayZi: One more 'Thanks for Reviewing'…
Kao: Please keep reviewing…
KrayZi: And to Readers…
Kao: Keep reading…
KrayZi: And do what we live on…
Kao: Review!
- Densan City, the place where Netto and his friends lives in the Anime. In the Dub, it's called Dentech City and in the game it's called ACDC Town. Pretty stupid isn't it, three different names for one place.
- Zensan City/Zentech City/ZXYX Town, a place that's like Densan City.
- I don't really know X's personality so I just made up one that he would have gotten having spent his whole time existing with Yanoto.
- All the Rockman Worlds that I can think of to put in are indeed included in this, even Rockman Zero.
- I don't have a beta reader, if you would like to be my beta reader, please send an email to me. Don't use internet slang like 'u' instead of 'you' or something like that. Use proper grammar too.