Operator To Navi Chapter I Part 2: Sharp As A Razor, a mega man fanfic

A/N: Okay, this is part 2 of chapter 1. Before we start, I wanna thank the few people who reviewed.

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Ken Of Melee: [nervous chuckle] Well uh. thanks.

Youkai Ryu: Grammar and spelling's easy! But thanks for the review!

Song: Practice, practice, practice!! You should've seen some of my first stories! Talk about lame! -_-;; Anyway, when are you going to finish 'When The Time Comes'? It's one of my favs! ^_^ Thanks for the review!

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Enough talk!! On with the story

Chapter I Part 2: Sharp As A Razor

"Yo! Michael!!"

"Ugh!! Porn!!"

"You never quit do you?"

"Lemme think...... no."

"Thought so."

The previous conversation, had been that of two old friends of around 15.

The first to speak, had been Dare, a boy with wild spiked ivy green hair and emerald green eyes. It was his hair's natural color, and he was quite popular amongst girls. Not like he really cared. Dare was true to his name, seeing as he risked all kinds of things that others were afraid to do. His motto was: 'Live every day as your last to fully enjoy life'. He didn't have a common getup, so you could never know with him. Right now, he wore a dark blue shirt with Lan and MegaMan on it from 'MegaMan Battle Network 2', seeing as Saito was on the back of the shirt. He also wore some dark gray baggy pants, easy sneakers, and had a dark green baseball-cap turned backwards on his head.

The other boy was named Michael. Michael had shoulder-length black hair, tied back in a tight ponytail at the base of his neck. His eyes were dark brown, almost black. He usually wore black and gray clothing, which was what he wore now. He wore a dark gray shirt, black jeans, black boots, and a light gray jacket.

"Michael, you're crazy, honestly," Dare said with a chuckle.

"That's slightly insane! I'm NOT crazy!!" Michael said with a fake-angered look.

Dare simply rolled his eyes. If Michael wasn't crazy, he was a Navi with two swords and guns. Which wasn't the case.

"What exactly are you doing here?" Michael suddenly asked.

Dare smirked and pulled a small GBA-cassette from his pocket, saying: "Buying this. I finished Blue some time ago. Just too bad I couldn't find Bass."

He was holding up a cassette for 'MegaMan Battle Network 3 WHITE', which shone brightly after being taken from the box only moments ago.

Michael looked a little oddly at Dare, and asked: "You didn't find Bass?"

Dare shook his head.

"I don't have enough patience to go find him."

Michael rolled his eyes.

"Hey, you wanna come to my house? Try this thing out," Dare asked.

Michael shrugged.

"Sure."

"Hang on a moment, I've got mail," Dare said, sitting behind his PC.

He tapped in a few commands and read the new message.

Yo bushhead!

You still up for next week? We're heading for the Netherlands, remember? You said you wanted to go too. My folks wanna know if you're still coming. And ask that oversexed kid if he's still coming too.

Ciao!

Ray

Dare rolled his eyes and called out: "Michael!! You still coming with us to the Netherlands next week?"

"Well DUH!!" Michael exclaimed. "Of course I am!! Why?"

Dare didn't answer, just answered Ray's email.

'Ey squirt

Yeah, we're still coming. And if we're not there, you can have my MMBN3White. Okay? Just bought it, by the way. Finished MMBN3Blue some time ago. You finished with yours already? Anyway, be seeing ya next week.

Dare

He sent it to Ray, and turned off the PC, getting up and heading for the living room, grabbing his blue GBA in the process. Once he was in the living room, he saw Michael sitting on the couch.

Michael looked up when hearing Dare enter the room, and asked: "Why did you ask if I was still going?"

"Ray sent that email," Dare answered picking up the GBA-cassette from the table. "Her parents wanted to know if we were still coming."

"Ah," Michael said.

The two boys had met Shine during a trip at the gaming arcade last year, where she seemed to have been waiting for someone. They had talked for awhile, discussing this and that, until Ray had showed up. Dare had been shocked out of his wits when he figured out that the two were twins. That just didn't make sense, because not only was their coloration and their taste so very different, Ray also had a 2 feet height advantage over the smaller Shine, bringing her to an equal height with Dare. The reason they got along pretty well, was because they were both obsessed with everything involving Mega Man.

Also, Ray had been very well-built, and she had showed them early on that they'd better not mess with her, the hard way.

Dare chuckled and asked: "Hey Michael, you remember when we first met Ray?"

Michael winced visibly and said: "You kidding me!? I STILL have that bruise she gave me when she punched me!!"

The green haired kid shook his head and said: "That was your own fault."

"All I did was touch her hair!!" Michael cried out. "I wanted to see if that color was real!! How was I supposed to know she was a MA-student!?"

Dare rolled his eyes, and finally slid the GBA-cassette in his GBA, not noticing the tiny spark coming from the console.

"I still can't believe those two are twins," he mumbled, flicking the GBA on.

Michael shrugged and said: "I can't believe it either, but their parents say it's the truth."

"Yeah, I---YOOOOW!!!" Dare yelped, and dropped his GBA shaking his lightly electrocuted hand. "The hell was that?!"

The console was sizzling a little, and Michael stood up, watching it in confusion. Small discharges were sent every which way, but stopped short most of the time.

Before the two boys knew what happened, their vision turned black and they passed out.

Michael woke up to the sound of something pinging above his head, and he groggily opened his eyes. First thing he noticed, was that he was sitting in a chair that didn't belong in a normal house, and he wore other clothes than when he passed out. His shirt was a deep black, his jeans were an average dark blue, and he now wore his sleeveless gray jacket and his sneakers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we will be arriving at Electopia in approximately 20 minutes," a voice suddenly called out from above him. "We hope you enjoyed our flight and to see you again next time."

Michael blinked in shock and confusion. This couldn't be good. Not at all.

He looked around, and noticed that Dare was nowhere to be seen. Michael took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, thinking of what to do. Why wasn't Dare around? Last thing he remembered was passing out in Dare's livingroom. Michael suddenly noticed a window to his right, so he looked outside carefully.

Oh great.

He was on an airplane.

With a sigh, Michael looked straight ahead. 'You gotta be kidding me,' he thought. 'How the hell did I get here? I'm not supposed to be here.'

"Ah! I see you're up!!" a sudden voice said, and Michael jumped in surprise.

He looked around, but noticed that there was nobody facing him, much less talking to him. Was he losing it?

"Michael!! I'm here!!" he heard, and he noticed it from coming from... his stomach??

Michael pulled up his shirt, and noticed a strange portable attached to his belt, with large letters reading above a screen 'PET'. He got it from his belt and held it up in front of him.

"Yo, Mike!! How do I look?!" Dare asked with a grin, apparently not at all freaked out about what was happening.

Michael had to admit, Dare didn't look all that bad as a Navi. He still had his long spiked mass of hair that reached the middle of his back, but instead of his cap, he wore a helmet that covered the top of his head, and had two long spikes on the sides of his face, and there was an odd symbol on the front. The armor he wore was dark blue and the spandex was dark green, with spikes at the elbows, knees, and shoulders, as well as that same symbol on his chest. He also wore gloves with a line under the knuckles and another line just below the wrists (on top of the glove). Also, he carried two guns in holsters around a metallic belt of some sorts.

Michael whistled and said: "Not bad. But... what happened? Where are we?"

Dare shrugged and said: "My guess is that we're inside of MegaMan Battle Network somehow, though I'm not sure if we're in the 3rd version, or the 4th, or even the 5th. Like I said, I'm not sure."

The black haired teen gave a sigh and asked: "How are we going to get home?"

"You kidding!?" Dare asked enthusiastically. "How big's the chance that this'll happen again!? Let's enjoy this while it lasts! Okay?"

Michael blinked, but understood what he meant. He had always wondered what it would be like to be in the game, and now that he had the chance, he wanted to go home?! What was he thinking!

Michael smiled and said: "Okay! Let's!!"

Dare let out a whoop, then said: "Hey, we'd be better off using different names, you know what I mean?"

Michael nodded.

"I'll just call myself 'Mike', is that okay?"

"Sure, but who am I supposed to be? And I DON'T want it to end with 'Man', if you don't mind."

"I can imagine. I'm not all that sure though, I never was very good at making up names."

Dare gave a sigh and sat crosslegged on the floor of his PET, arms crossed over his chest. Silence reigned for awhile, as both operator and Navi thought for a moment. Mike looked down at his Navi for awhile, noting how he looked.

"It's like you've got a bunch of razors sticking from your body," he said.

Dare blinked and looked himself over a few times. A sudden smirk suddenly passed over his features.

He turned to Mike and said: "Then how about 'Razor'?"

Mike blinked, then smiled.

"Nice!"

Razor smirked again, when suddenly, a red light popped up with a seatbelt emblem on it.

"We will be landing shortly, please fasten your seatbelts until the plane has stopped completely."

"This's my bag," Mike said, and grabbed his bag, before heading for the exit.

"Where are we going to stay though?" Razor asked. "I don't think we'll be able to live off of the streets."

Mike thought for a moment, and stopped walking once they were outside. The sky was clear, and the clouds lazily moved across the sky, not bothered by anything, and allowing the wind to carry them off. Mike stood there for a moment, then sighed.

"We could look for a hotel. How much zenny do we have?" he asked his Navi.

"Let me see... around 7.000."

"Oi!" Mike groaned. "What's the cheapest hotel around?"

Razor took a moment to fiddle with the PET's system, and finally pulled up a map.

"Cheapest would be Night Star Motel. 400 zenny a night, the others are above a thousand."

Mike groaned and asked: "Do you think NetBattling pays off in cases like this?"

Razor sighed and said: "Let's hope."

"Well, we got a whole day, so we might as well start."

The bus came to a halt, and Mike jumped out, and watched the bus ride off. They had stopped at ACDC Town, near Dex's house, which they knew from experience.

"Whereto first?" Mike asked.

"During MMBN2, there was some kind of doll at the park," Razor said. "If we're lucky, it's still there and littered with viruses."

Mike nodded, and began walking down the streets.

He found the park easily enough, but he noticed a lot of people were there, playing, and having fun. Kids were climbing up and down the jungle-jim, some were swinging back and forth on the swings, and others were simply running around, trying to catch each other. Mike watched it for awhile, and finally started searching for that doll.

After some time, he finally spotted it and walked over.

He calmly picked it up, and looked at it for awhile, confused.

"DeathScythe??" Razor asked. "In Mega Man??"

Mike shrugged and sat down on a bench with the toy, where he plugged Razor in.

Razor soon found himself in the toy, and he looked around a few times. There were a few programs there, but mostly, the place was littered with viruses, like he had thought.

"Hey Razor! What's it like to be in a toy?" Mike asked.

"Well, it's crowded," Razor answered dryly. "I'm going to have to fix that, give me a second!"

He pulled out both guns from their holsters, and began firing at the viruses, who gave startled yelps, before facing deletion. Razor had excellent aim, which helped him a great deal here, but there were viruses that were just too stubborn to stay still!!

"SHIT!!" Razor screamed as he avoided the strange hovercraft-shaped virus.

The virus glowered, turned around, and shot at him again. Razor paled and blindly lashed his arm out, not noting the strange light coming from his arm. The virus squeaked and fell --- in two separate halves.

"The hell??" Razor asked, and looked at his arm.

From the line on his glove, came a blood red blade, while his hand still gripped his gun right below the blade. A smirk passed Razor's features, and he shot off to delete some more viruses.

"Done!" Razor said. "And I managed to get close to 5.000 zenny, as well as some new chips."

Mike smiled.

"Talk about easy money!" he said.

"Indeed."

"Well, we need some extra chips, so how 'bout we head to Higsby's?"

"Good plan! Let's go!"

"Whoa! Look at all this stuff!!" Mike said in awe, staring at everything in the shop.

There were dozens of shelves littered with numerous kinds of chips, all kinds of different PETs, posters and whatnot. Razor smiled, and suddenly gasped.

"Mike! Look over there!! The back wall!!" he said, pointing.

Mike looked over and paled.

"Vile?!?! In MMBN?!" he asked, staring at the large poster of the purple Reploid.

Vile had been the very first boss you had to face in the very first Mega Man X, to whom you had to lose. Luckily, Zero was always there to save your hide in that battle.

That's when Mike remembered what he had come for, so he headed for the counter. Higsby was busy with another kid who was buying chips, so Mike waited patiently for the kid to finish, which took quite awhile. The boy couldn't seem to make up his mind.

Finally though, the kid left, and Mike cautiously approached the counter.

"Hi, I need some new chips for my Navi," he said calmly.

Higsby nodded and said: "Yeah, I figured that to be the case, huh. You good, huh?"

Mike blinked, then shrugged.

"I'm pretty okay," he said. "But Razor's doing most of the work."

"That's pretty obvious!" Razor called out.

Mike chuckled slightly. Higsby simply rolled his eyes a little, and told Mike to jack in on the PC beside him to see the list. Mike easily jacked his Navi in and calmly skimmed over the list. After a while, he took a few blades and gave Higsby the information.

"Okay, let's see huh," he mumbled, checking the list and heading for the shelves.

Razor gave a sigh and said: "If only we could become City NetBattlers. At least then we'd be able to really earn some money! I really need something better than just sword chips!"

"I know, Razor," Mike said. "If you didn't notice, I bought some cannons too."

"Pretty weak ones."

"Hey, we still have to pay for a hotel, remember?"

"I know! But if I could get on the UnderNet, I'd be able to bust some viruses, get some extra cash, and some new chips!"

"You sure?"

"Just watch me!!"

"We need to be able to get on the Net, remember? And how are we supposed to do that without a PC?!"

Razor growled when he realized that Mike was right, but he wouldn't give up.

"We'll just ask the hotel for a laptop with Internet connection or something! I don't care!!!"

Just then, Higsby got back, holding a few chips in his hand.

"Here you go, huh."

"Thanks," Mike said politely, accepting the chips and easily paying for them. "Later!"

"Same thing, huh!"

Mike took his time strolling through ACDC Town, already knowing the place from the back of his head, but everything seemed so goddamn big compared to the game!! The houses seemed so high all of a sudden, and the streets seemed a lot wider than before. This was something to get used to.

"Mike, the sun's setting," Razor suddenly said. "We have to find a place to stay, fast."

He looked up, and gave a sigh. He had wound up at Dex's house again, but he was unsure of what to do.

That is, until he spotted the metroline.

"Hmmm..." Mike contemplated.

The waves crashed against the shore wildly, and the flowers in the garden near the large building waved about, spreading their pollen to everyone who passed them, and some young children were laughing, smiling, and running around, chasing each other around to catch each other, and some couples walked along the shore, smiling, leaning against each other for comfort, and other children were challenging each other to NetBattles, or were trading chips with each other.

Mike smiled at the sight of the Marine Harbor, and took in the smell of the salty air.

"Whoo!! I'm going to like this place!!" he said.

"At least you can smell things there!" Razor mumbled. "I'm stuck in this PET."

"Well, you get to fight! Not me!!" Mike said. "Anyway! Let's go see if we can become City NetBattlers!"

"ALRIGHT!!"

Razor stepped out of the portal, and gasped in shock.

"Shit! This place isn't just a square!! It's a whole city!!" he exclaimed, gawking at the huge buildings rising out above him.

"You're kidding!" Mike said.

"No I'm not! It's going to take awhile to find out where I have to be around here!" Razor said, and headed inside of a large building that looked pretty much like the Official's Center in Marine Harbor.

Inside, several Navis were walking about, doing this and that, and Razor walked over to the counter. There was a pink female-Navi typing away behind a computer, and Razor politely cleared his throat.

The Navi looked up, smiled, and asked: "Yes, can I help you?"

"I was wondering if I could register as a City NetBattler. Or do I have to go somewhere else?" Razor asked.

"No, you're at the right address," the female-Navi said. "But if you want to be a CNB, you must at least have the A-License, and for that, you need a B- and Z-License."

"Pah!" Razor said calmly. "I can take the A-License-test or, WHATEVER, without a Z-License! I assure you."

The Navi looked a little confused.

"You sure?"

"Positive. What? You don't believe me?"

"I just find it hard to believe."

"So you don't believe me."

"I never said that!"

"No, but you were implying."

"..."

"Look, just give me the test, and if I'm deleted, it's my own fault, right?"

"......Yes, I suppose you're right. Alright, please come with me."

"RAAAAAAAAAH!!!"

Razor screamed as he lashed downward, slicing another virus in half, making it combust in small blue squares, which then evaporated.

Mike smiled and pulled out another chip.

"Long Sword!! Slot in!!" he said as he slid it in.

Razor stretched his left hand, which then glowed pure white, before shifting into a sword, seemingly made out of purple flames. With yet another scream, he shot forward, sword-arm pulled back, and he wildly lashed out, taking out an unfortunate Mettfire, whose staff fell to the ground once it was deleted. Razor noticed this, and blinked when it too didn't vanish, until he smirked.

He grabbed the staff and roughly jammed it in the ground, before jumping aside to avoid the rain of meteorites, which took out the remaining viruses.

"Whew! Finished!" Razor said, then turned to the female-Navi. "See? I can handle myself just fine."

"Yes, I can see that," she said with a smile. "I think you passed the test. Here's your A-License."

Razor nodded and accepted the piece of data.

"Thanks," he said, and left.

"I did it, Mike!"

"Yeah, well, we should get going. Let's get the next bus and head for the hotel."

"Right."

By the time Mike and Razor came to their hotel room, the sun had set and the stars were starting to show. Mike instantly crashed on the bed, hands behind his head.

"Now what?" Mike asked.

"Well, let's take a rest for now, and we can see if we can help people with requests. You remember, right? The request-board... or whatever that thing's called!" Razor said.

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Mike said.

Silence.

"Hey Razor."

"Hmmm?"

"If Shine and Ray were here, who would be the Navi, and who'd be the Operator?"

"Pff! Just a wild guess, but I think Ray would be the Navi. A violent girl like her? Definitely Navi material!"

"Yeah... What do you think they'd look like?"

"Shine would be about the same as always... and as for Ray... no idea. Something with black and gray most likely."

"Well, I suppose that'd be true."

"Why do you even ask?"

"...No reason."

"......Homesick?"

".........A little."

"........."

".........Me too."

"What are Shine and Ray going to say when they find out we're missing?"

"Shine would probably make a fuss, and Ray would do her best to avoid the whole situation."

"Yeah. Ray never did care about others."

"I don't think so."

"Huh??"

"Shine once told me... that Ray had a boyfriend once. She used to be a nice girl back then. But then... something just... changed in her. She began acting different, dressing different, even her way of speech started to change. Her boyfriend dumped her because her sudden change. Ray had locked herself up for no less than 5 hours, but no one knows what she did, not even Shine."

"I don't follow. What are you implying?"

"When Ray came out of her room again, her usual ways were forever thrown away. She stopped laughing like she used to, she even stopped smiling. I've seen some video-tapes of before... God. I honestly didn't believe that had been her."

"Did she really change that much?"

"Yeah."

".........Then she just needs someone to care for her."

"See? That's where the problem lies."

"Huh???"

"Ray won't allow them. She's locking everyone out. She doesn't want to go through the same thing again. And every boy is afraid of her."

"Man...... I never thought Ray had such a difficult life. She always seemed so... at ease."

"Yeah, well, looks can be deceiving, remember?"

"Right."

Mike stifled a yawn.

"You sleepy?" Razor asked.

"Yep," Mike said through another yawn. "Think I'll hit the sack for tonight."

"Not me! Can you jack me in on the Net? I'll be back by morning okay?" Razor asked.

"Yeah, sure."

Mike easily plugged his Navi in on the PC, and headed to bed, falling asleep almost immediately.

"This is nice..." Razor mumbled, staring across the entire city from a large building he had gone to explore.

He had wound up on the roof, and was now sitting on the edge, simply staring across the vast space of the city, taking note of the sounds you'd hear in just about every city. Cars zooming by, people laughing, chatting, yelling. It was like he wasn't even stuck in some kind of game, but was sitting on highest floor of the WTC, hadn't it been torn down about 4 years back.

Razor had gone there, to the Twin Towers, once. He had sat there, just like he was right now, just staring at the city laying below him in fascination. He had been 7. Ran off from his parents to sit on the roof, just enjoying the view. The wind always blew through his wild manes of ivy green hair, sending them every which way. Not like it bothered him.

There was even a breeze brewing through his hair right now. It always made him relax, and for some reason, a feeling like... he had brought a part of home here surged through him. He smiled and closed his eyes, facing the wind as it continued to lick gently at his face and hair. It was so quiet... He felt like he could stay there forever.

That is until the wind suddenly shifted dramatically.

Razor's eyes instantly shot open and he jumped back onto the roof, looking around in alarm. Someone was near. He could tell.

Just to feel secure, he slid out both swords on his gloves, and used them as red flashlights to light the area. He turned left, turned right, turned around completely, eyes scanning the entire area.

Crunch!!

A stone crunched below a foot!

Razor instantly whirled around and grabbed one of his guns.

A loud curse, and a figure ran off, just before a sizzling bolt of plasma was shot his way, missing him by a hair.

"DAMN!!" Razor cursed, then ran after the figure, grabbing his other gun as well.

The figure ran on and on, until---

He jumped off the building!!!

Razor stopped right near the edge and looked down.

Nothing.

Once again, he looked about, just catching the sight of a figure vanishing somewhere above him.

"What... in... the... world??"

"Damn, damn, damn!!" he cursed angrily. "Almost had him!! ALMOST GODDAMNIT!!!"

He punched a wall in anger, then pulled his fist back, looking at the slightly dented glove.

"That guy..." he mumbled, running his other hand over his fist. "He's fast... and by the looks of it, sharp as a razor."

Alright, that's that. Oh, and about Razor's symbol ^_- Lookie below!!

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Replace the '*''s with empty spaces on a Notepad, and you'll have Razor's symbol. Oh, and for those who don't know, DeathScythe was from Gundam Wing