Operator To Navi Chapter VI Part 1: The Battle From Hell, a mega man fanfic

Z: Alright, I'm back. Whew! Test week's finally over!

Miri-chan: Did you pass??

Z: -_-;; I get the rates next week.

D. Zero: Whoa. Bummer.

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Pyrogirll23: I'll give you a small description then if it'll help any. But I'll send it over in an email, okay?

Song: Ai! I can imagine that! (D. Zero: "Sounds like Dynamo." [CLUNK] "OW!!! WHAT'D I DO?!?!") Don't bother girl. And uh, "D." stands for "Dark", because of their armor (and personality). (D. X: "And what's that supposed to mean?!" D. Zero: "For one, you're not pacifist-sissy like that original X-loser." D. X: "Aha.") And yeah, I have to or I can't enter the exams. So… I really really really REALLY hope I pass! And YES, I'm damn proud of being a yaoi-fangirl!! :) (D. Zero: "Who-boy!" D. X: "Took the words right out of my mouth, Zero.")

GateGuardian3500: Eh??? (D. Zero: "Whoa…" D. X: "Holy sheeeeeeeIIIIT!!") Well… uh… [scratches chin] I just uh… try to position myself in the characters' shoes, see how they think and stuff. But with those two that's going to be hard, seeing as you never know with them. (D. Zero & D. X: "HEY!!!") -_-;;; They know it themselves. Sad huh? (D. Zero: "Ah crap!!" D. X: "Fell for it!")

Red Chaos Mage: I asked bro and X to post it as soon as possible to give you an explanation of why I wouldn't update for a week. Looks like they kept their promise.

Enigma: …………Well, thanks Enigma, but [hands cake to the rest of the gang] I'm not really into cake. (D. Zero: [around a mouthful of cake] "Ya neva wewe sis!" Z: "Don't talk with your mouth full, Zero.")

TJ and Rikumon: Aha, that explains it.

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Chapter VI Part 1: The Battle From Hell

"I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL YOU BITCH!!!"

"I'VE BEEN THERE ALREADY!!! IF YOU SEE HIM, TELL DEATH I WON'T BE COMING FOR TEA!!!"

"GRRRRRRR!! I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU SWALLOW YOUR FUCKING WORDS ALONG WITH YOUR OTHER APPENDAGES!!!

"I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY!!!"

"JUST WATCH ME!!!!"

Muramasa fired another blast of plasma at the other Navi, but Bass easily avoided it and sent a burst of dark red energy at her. Muramasa bent through her legs and catapulted herself into the air, avoiding the blast with ease. Once at the same level with Bass, she fired a medium-sized plasma burst, but Bass vanished before it could even hit.

"Shima---KYAAAA!!!"

Muramasa's curse was cut off with a scream as a sword lashed out across her back. Bass then kicked her to the ground, but he didn't notice the girl's tail. It lashed out, and grabbed a hold of the Navi's leg. With a yelp, Bass got pulled down along with her.

A punch to his gut knocked the wind out of him, and that single hit cracked his defenses, allowing Muramasa to hit him with everything she had. A barrage of punches and kicks hit him, repeatedly and hard.

Finally, Bass had enough and began blocking, which he managed easily. They continued kicking and punching as they tumbled down to earth, before kicking off against each other, landing quite a distance away.

Landing in a crouch, they had one hand on the ground, and the other was used to keep balance as they went through their knees. Their teeth were bared, and their eyes seemed to burn with absolute anger.

As if ignited by just looking at each other, they lunged again, dashing forward with tremendous speeds, screaming at the top of their lungs.

Their fists connected with a large explosion that could've blinded anyone, but did nothing to the combatants as they continued to fight. With every punch or kick they threw at each other, a new explosion ripped through the air, and it was starting to scorch the Net.

Several panels already disintegrated at the force of the blows extended, but the fighters barely seemed to notice.

Bass growled, and Muramasa growled right back at him. He sent a punch at her head with his right fist, but she blocked it easily. Even so, she couldn't dodge or block his left as he punched her against her Navi-Symbol, cracking at least two or three ribs.

Muramasa's eyes widened at the obvious pain, but her teeth gritted, hard, not allowing the scream to come from her mouth. She gave an angry growl, and punched at him, but he dodged. That's the thing she wanted though, and she instantly delivered a roundhouse-kick to his Navi-Symbol, rising the same reaction as he had with her.

"An eye for an eye, don't ya think?" Muramasa hissed.

Bass glared at her through narrowed eyes and hissed out: "For an average Navi, you're still too weak to defeat me."

Muramasa growled in anger as she clenched her fists.

"Uh oh…" Razor mumbled, noticing what had happened.

Quint looked at him in confusion, and asked: "What is it?"

"He's pissing her off. And if there's one thing you shouldn't do with her, it's piss her off."

"How so?"

"Watch."

"A-average… Navi…!??! Why… you-you!!" Muramasa hissed, clenching her fists hard enough to draw blood, which she hadn't done since she first 'fought' with Proto. "If I were you, I'd take that back before I really get angry."

"Just too bad you're not me then," Bass hissed with equal ferocity.

With a hiss, Muramasa's fingers changed into large claws, digging into her hands, drawing blood. Her eyebrows lowered until they nearly touched the bridge of her nose, as she bared her teeth in a growl. Her tail twitched violently, clearly indicating that she was angry now.

"Okay, cowboy," Muramasa hissed, her fists opening with a snap, revealing the bloodied claws. "Don't say I didn't warn you!"

Ragna watched, knowing that this wouldn't be good. But he'd better not intervene just yet. Because if he knew Muramasa, she would really pissed if he did.

And to be honest, he'd rather keep his data a little longer.

With a loud yell, Muramasa was shot at Bass, who never saw it coming. With a startled yelp, he just managed to avoid a claw aimed straight at his face. It was really getting hard for him to dodge whatever he got thrown at him, seeing as Muramasa was one speedy little bitch.

But still, he finally managed to grab her by her wrists, much to the girl's surprise. Bass jumped up, and kicked Muramasa straight in her face with both feet, letting go of her wrists in the process. With a startled cry, she crashed into a rock not far off.

"Itai…" Muramasa groaned, holding onto her right shoulder with a pained look on her face.

But even so, she shot back up when Bass made a move to walk over, and was instantly back in the battle, surprising everyone who didn't know the might of Muramasa's anger. So naturally, Bass was rather surprised to see her come at him so soon after being hurled aside.

"Jesus Christ!!" Quint exclaimed without giving their position away.

"Once she gets this angry there's nothing that can possibly stop her! She'll fight until she or her opponent is deleted," Razor said.

"No kidding," a familiar voice to Razor's ears said, and he turned around in confusion.

"Ragna?! What are you doing here?!"

"So far, nothing. But if things get out of hand, I'm going to have to step in," Ragna said with a nod at the battle.

Razor frowned angrily and did the same.

'Forget it, buster,' he thought angrily. 'She's MY responsibility! And I'M going to step in if need comes knocking! Just watch me!!'

Quint was confused, but said nothing.

Muramasa swung out with her tail, but Bass easily grabbed it in his hand. Thing was, he never counted on the strength Muramasa had in that certain appendage. With a violently strong pull, she literally ripped Bass from his spot with a yelp.

She then gave the black Navi a strong punch to his jaw, sending him back again. But he did release her tail in the process.

Bass easily stopped in mid-flight, hovering a few inches above the ground, face directed at the ground. He just hung there for awhile, not moving at all. Finally, he looked up, eyes narrowed to slits and burning like seas of fire.

Muramasa growled and her tail whooshed about behind her, hitting the ground and cracking more than one or two panels. Bass glared her down, his arms at his side and his fists clenched as his energy began to circulate around him, or more specifically, his hands.

The deadly silence was something that made everyone but the two combatants wish for any kind of sound. Anything at all.

Within only milliseconds, Bass' hands suddenly morphed into a set of Busters, and he started firing large pellets of plasma at Muramasa. But Muramasa easily managed to dodge them all with her own speed, making it seem as though she were in multiple places at the same time.

But the black and gold Navi wouldn't give in and kept on firing, but still Muramasa dodged everything thrown at her. Not a tinge of amusement showed on her face like when she usually dodges stuff like this. Because this time, she couldn't see any fun in it. She was too angry for anything like that.

As she watched Bass shoot off more and more pellets, something suddenly shot through her head.

"Who… who are you??"

"I'm a friend, don't worry. I'm here to help you."

"Help… me…? Why??"

"My father believes you're innocent, and I couldn't help but agree."

"Your father??? Don't you mean…"

"No. I'm independent."

"Wow. So… what's your name?"

"Bass.EXE."

"Uh?!!?"

The sudden vision in her mind froze her momentarily, but it was enough for the other Navi. Muramasa gave a scream when the blasts hit their mark, sending her back quite a distance.

Bass had noticed the sudden halt in movements, but had thought absolutely nothing of it. He just kept firing until she finally fell to the ground, the front of her armor molten away for a rather large part.

"Itai!" Muramasa hissed angrily, standing up with a hand resting on the wound on her stomach.

It wasn't too serious, just a minor scrape, but it would most likely prove to be a pain in the neck during the rest of the battle.

Almost instantly though, the confusion died, and the anger resurfaced. Only… it seemed way worse.

Her left hand shifted into her own Buster, and she started firing her own bolts of plasma. Problem was, she couldn't fire them as fast as Bass, as there was always a 2-second pause between each shot. And it was either that, or have her Buster overload itself. There was no way she was going for the latter though.

She released her Buster with her right hand, which then also shifted into a Buster. Bass looked confused at the sight, but then he had to dodge twice as much plasma pellets from before. Her right hand fired plasma in the 2-second pause from her left and vice versa, sending forth about as much plasma as Bass had done earlier.

But even though she didn't fire her Busters non-stop, they still began to heat up, forcing her to stop after some time. But not before thinking of something else first.

"What's she doing??" Quint questioned, confused.

Razor simply watched, and smirked a little.

'This'll be interesting.'

To be honest, she did nothing at all. She just stood there, glaring daggers at Bass. And Bass simply hovered a few feet over the ground, returning the favor with equal ferocity.

Silence lingered in the air for the longest time, seemingly impenetrable.

Dark magenta clashed with bloodruby red, as their eyes were locked in a vicious staring contest of some kinds, but their eyes were burning, and seemingly glowing in the dim light of the Net. No words were said, nor was there any need. The anger in their eyes spoke more than anyone could ever afford.

With an almost inaudible whoosh, they vanished without a trace.

They weren't in sight for half a second, or an explosion of great size racked the Net, quite 20 feet above the surface. And before the light or sound even died down, another explosion followed quite a distance away, vaporizing a nearby rock to dust. For those with an untrained eye, things would look rather… well, strange.

It took less than five minutes for them to reappear, and the results were rather startling.

Muramasa's armpads were completely wrecked, her entire battlesuit was ripped, and cyberblood was pouring from an open wound on her stomach. The left side of her helmet had suffered as well, being smashed to pieces, making the left half of her hair drop back onto her head. The only piece of armor left on her right arm was her glove, but the fingers (of her glove, not her hand) were missing. There was a cut across her left cheek, and her breathing was hard and erratic as she held a hand to the gaping wound on her abdomen, as the gem on her forehead flashed in warning of low energy.

But if you thought Muramasa was the only one suffering, guess again. Bass was actually in a similar condition.

Bass' hand was currently grasping his dislocated right arm, which seemed to be twisted into a very unnatural position, the poncho he wore was practically no more than a ripped rag, and his battlesuit was torn up as much as Muramasa's was. He coughed harshly, and dark purple, nearly black blood landed in a small puddle on the ground. The rest simply dribbled down his chin. And the crystal on his forehead also had a few cracks in it.

"Hmm. Not too shabby," Bass mumbled, still looking pissed off.

Muramasa smirked a little, and chuckled, though it was clear that it hurt like hell, and said: "Not too bad yourself."

It might not have showed right away, but instead of writhing in pain and screaming her head off, Muramasa welcomed the pain. She knew herself better than just today. She checked her weaponstats, and noticed to her delight that with every hit she received, the bar increased in length.

To save time later, Muramasa started powering up her Busters, in silence, so as not to alert Bass of what she was doing.

'But how do I keep him busy long enough for me to fully charge this thing?' she wondered to herself, none of it showing on her face. 'I can't risk losing this charge and if he hits me, I'll never be able to fully charge. Shimatta.'

Usually, Muramasa wasn't one to be pessimistic, but if things kept up the way they did, one of the fighting Navis would be deleted after the next set of hits.

"Well, that doesn't look good," Ragna mumbled.

Razor shot the red and green Navi a glare, then turned back to the battle. He wasn't going to waste his time with that guy. There were more important matters at hand.

'Come on girl! You can beat this guy!'

If that were true. But sadly enough, that was not to be the case.

Bass didn't notice Muramasa was charging her Buster, but he still continued shooting plasma at her from both his Busters after relocating his shoulder. And even though he was injured, he still managed it at the same pace as before. And that said something.

Muramasa however, couldn't keep up the pace with her injuries, even though she was a lot stronger than before. With every hit she took, she lost her charge and her throat clogged with blood as she tried desperately to breathe and not to scream. But at the same time, the blood had to go out, so she started flipping away, if only for a few moments. Once she could breathe freely, she coughed harshly, the power behind the coughs sending her already weakened body to the ground, arms flung around the almost fistdeep wound in her abdomen.

What seemed like two gallons of blood poured from her throat, which made Bass stop and watch for a moment. Muramasa choked on the coppery taste of her own blood in her mouth, and gritted her teeth in obvious pain, eyes shut tightly.

'Well……' Muramasa thought, opening her eyes and looking at the dark puddle before her that was her blood. 'This can't be good.'

She placed her left hand on the ground, and pushed herself back up, stifling a moan of pain as she tried to stay on her feet.

Before her eyes flashed a warning saying: "Internal damage severe. Internal operations energy now stabilized to 29%. Seek immediate medical attention."

'I don't have the fucking time for that!!!' Muramasa thought in anger.

"Are you finished?!" Bass' voice suddenly called out.

Muramasa raised her head with a growl, and stood in a battle position.

"Oh right, laugh at me why don't you!? Know what?! I bet I could easily delete you right now if I could hit you with a fully charged shot!!" Muramasa screamed, her voice laced with anger, but also with challenge.

Bass raised an eyebrow in suspicion, though it wasn't really visible with his helmet on, and he asked: "Are you challenging me?"

"Are you afraid to accept the challenge?" Muramasa asked mockingly.

Razor smirked and said: "He's in for it now."

Quint and Ragna looked at him, but Razor motioned for them to watch the battle.

"You'll see."

'Go for it.'

"With what? That tiny little Buster of yours?" Bass asked.

Muramasa scowled, but pulled out her Buster, aiming it at Bass.

"I can, and I will, just watch me!"

"Fine then," Bass mumbled, placing his hands on his hips. "Tell you what; I'll stand still, and you can hit me just once. Okay?"

Muramasa nodded and said: "Okay."

With a steady whirl, she began to charge her Buster. Plasma slowly started to gather at the barrel, glowing a strange purplish hue. The charge continued to grow, and Bass watched, not moving an inch.

'Right, just hold still like that a little longer. This should be enough to take care of you.'

The slight whirl shifted to a shrill loud enough to wake the dead, as the charge reached its peak.

Muramasa allowed a smirk to cross over her face as she said: "Hora, I think I forgot to tell you something."

Bass quirked an eyebrow in confusion, when Muramasa released her Buster with her free hand and shifted that one into a Buster as well.

The plasma merged at both barrels, and with a loud explosion, shot away, sending Muramasa against a rock which had been left standing in the fight. The bolt of plasma sliced through the air, heading straight for the black Navi, who simply watched.

With a sigh, he raised his hand and the bolt crashed against the palm, exploding on impact.

"Ouch!" Quint said and winced visibly. "That had to hurt!"

Razor frowned.

Something wasn't right here. Bass had looked way too calm, too sure of that he would win. This wasn't going to end well or his name wasn't Razor, which it was.

Muramasa tried to sit up, but her energy was slowly depleting. She'd put everything she had in that shot. If she didn't get some medical attention soon, she was as good as deleted.

'Well, I gotta get up to get that now don't I?' she thought sarcastically, and struggled to her feet.

Once she could stand up, she looked up at the dust cloud hanging above the ground. She gave a smirk, and turned around, ready to walk away when---

"MURAMASA!!! LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU!!!!" a familiar voice screamed out, making Muramasa whirl around.

Just too bad it was a little too late.

A bolt of plasma hit her right against her Navi-Symbol, finally causing a scream to erupt from her mouth. The tremendous jolts of pain surged through her every nerve as the crystal on her forehead began flashing more frantically.

The blast sent her sailing through the air, before she crashed into the ground, breaking her collarbone and arm on impact. Another scream, and the first signs of glittering tears sparked in the corners of her eyes. Hissing between pants for breath, she managed to push herself up, only to receive a sharp kick to her torso, barely missing her head, knocking her on her back.

She just managed to open her eyes, and look up at the dark figure looming over her.

"D-douya…" she started, but never had the chance to finish as she was left gasping for breath.

Desperately, she struggled against the hold the Navi had on her throat as she was lifted up from the ground. Things were starting to look bad. Really bad.

While still trying to remove the hand from around her neck, she vaguely made out what he was saying to her.

"So, what do humans say in situations like this? Hmmm?" he asked mockingly, tightening the grip on her neck, making her choke and gasp for air.

There was no way she could've answered even if she wanted to.

"Hmmm… oh yeah. Strike three, you're outta here."

"YOU LEAVE HER ALONE YOU BASTARD!!!" Razor screamed and was about to run straight at him, hadn't Ragna stopped him.

"Be rational here, Razor!" Ragna said sternly. "Jumping into a situation like this will only get you deleted!"

"You only live once, so what's the deal!?!?" Razor shouted and punched Ragna aside, before running straight into the battlefield.

"RAZOR!!! NO!!!" Quint shouted out desperately.

Bass pulled back the hand he had around Muramasa's neck, and swung her straight into the air. The gray-haired Navi was too weak to do anything about it.

"NOW IT'S MY TURN!!!" Bass screamed, and raised his right arm, aiming it at the Navi.

An eerie glow surrounded his arm, as it shifted into something that looked vaguely like a wolf's head. When the glow stopped, it revealed a dark black head with eyes ablaze with liquid fire, sharp manes spiking back in Bass' direction, and enough sparks running over the head to make a Christmas tree see green of jealousy. The wolf opened its mouth, where it gathered more plasma in 3 seconds than Muramasa could in 12.

With a mighty roar of anger, the blast was sent flying.

Razor shielded his eyes against the light with both arms, squeezing his eyes shut as he halted in his tracks. He tried to look but the light was simply far too strong. Ragna gave a yell as he shut his eyes and turned away to avoid going blind. Quint was the only unaffected, seeing as he wore shades and the others didn't.

Still, right now, he wished he couldn't.

Shine suddenly stopped in the middle of an 'attack', and almost froze completely.

"Shine?" Chaud asked, confused.

"Something's wrong with Muramasa…" she whispered and without another word, Shine dived under water and began to swim for shore.

Chaud was quick to follow, climbing back on the shore at about the same time as Shine. Within seconds, the light had been turned off, and the two whiteheads were running back towards the house.

Thunder roared above their heads, striking the sky with a frantic urgency, as if punishing it for something, making the sky cry in agony.

'Onnechan… hang in there… I'm coming…'

With a startled yelp, Mike shot up in bed, the thunder having startled every bit of sleep out of him. But that hadn't been all. There was this nagging feeling in the back of his mind that told him things were going to be bad.

Really bad.

But how…

"Razor."

With a push of his legs, he was on the floor and he quickly grabbed the PET from the recharger.

Jinn woke up to the sound of thunder, but something else too. A strange sense of déjà vu. As if he'd been through this before.

He couldn't figure out why though, but soon, he realized that there was also something else the matter.

"Ragna," he whispered, and leapt off the bed, resulting in him landing in a heap on the ground. "Goddammit!!"

After untangling himself, Jinn grabbed his PET.

The explosion that followed, rocked across the entire Net, though there were hardly any Navis around at the moment.

Razor got blown clear off his feet, and was sent crashing straight into Ragna and Quint. The trio was sent to the ground within seconds.

"No more blood to spill…" Muramasa whispered softly as she stared at her body.

Or what was left of it. Mostly, she was simply falling apart, literally.

A chunk of her side was gone, replaced by a few loose particles the color of what her armor used to have. Her helmet had been destroyed , leaving her cranium bare and her hair pooling around her head. Her right elbow was missing, and her left shoulder was missing a medium-sized chunk. Her legs were barely fit to stand on any longer, seeing as the left missed a knee, and the other was twisted into an unnatural position.

Still, she pushed herself up on her arms, still being able to move the parts of her body she still had. Muramasa blew a strand of hair from her face and glared up into the air, where Bass hovered, looking mighty pleased with himself. It was the first time she'd seen anything, safe for anger, appear on his face.

"Too bad that trick of yours bounced right back at you, eh?" he asked sarcastically.

'Oh, you gotta be kidding me,' Muramasa thought in anger. 'THAT'S why he didn't move.'

Though, for some reason, a strange feeling rushed into her chest. Well, not strange. More like, forgotten. It bubbled up in her chest, and forced its way through her throat, up to her mouth, but she wouldn't let it. But she couldn't stop the corner of her mouth from twitching.

Bass noticed though, and gave her a rather confused look.

Muramasa quickly covered her mouth, trying not to give in, but she finally just couldn't help it any longer.

She burst out laughing!

Bass' eyes widened in shock as he saw her laughing, unsure if he should be angered, or confused.

When Muramasa could finally lower the laughter to mere chuckles, she spoke again.

"Just… too bad I'm not out of it yet, huh?" she asked amidst her chuckles. "Because unlike you," she said, pointing at Bass, who looked utterly confused, "I don't rely on brute strength alone! You see, that's the major difference between you and any other Navi around here!"

'What's she doing??' Razor wondered as he sneaked closer to the scene. 'Distracting him or something?'

Still, he couldn't help but overhear.

"Other Navis have friends to turn to… and sometimes… even a family…" Muramasa said, a smirk still playing on her face. "But who do you have? No one but yourself to blame for what you yourself have done to yourself."

Bass blinked, then said: "You're blabbing. Navis do not have a 'family'."

"Not in the literal sense, no," Muramasa said, lowering her arm. "But to be a family… you don't have to be bound by blood or data, or any of that junk. A family just means… no one gets left behind… or forgotten."

That's when Razor realized what she was doing. She wasn't distracting him, rather, she was trying to teach him what a family was about.

'But if he harms her, I swear I'll delete him myself!'

Bass' eyes narrowed in anger.

"You're yanking my chain, aren't you?!" he demanded.

"I wouldn't dream of it. I'm just stating a fact."

"SHUT UP!!!" Bass screamed, and sent a blast of plasma her way.

It wasn't really big, but the point of the blast was to hit something that could be the end of her.

With the sickening shattering of glass and cracking of bones, Muramasa's crystal shattered, creating an instant reflex of her head knocking back and knocking her head against the concrete, hard enough to shatter bones. Her face fell to the side, eyes wide and blank, the pupils having vanished from the once clear magenta orbs.

Shine stopped running and screamed in pain, clutching her head as if it were on fire. Chaud could only watch as Shine crashed down to her knees, screaming at the top of her lungs, which was quite loud.

"Shine! What's wrong with you?!" he asked, bending down beside her.

"My head!!! It hurts!!! It hurts!!!" Shine screamed, tears starting to stream past her cheeks. "S-s-she's in pain!!! MURAMASAAAAAAAA!!!!"

ProtoMan wearily shook his head. He could've sworn he heard something. Either that or his sensors were malfunctioning.

But soon he realized what had woken him up; Shine's screams of pain.

'The hell?? What's going on?'

The last word she screamed however, was enough to make Proto pale.

'Oh crap! Now what'd she do?!' he wondered with a sigh, and transmitted himself to the Net.

Bass glared down at the unconscious Navi, pure anger etched all over his face. He raised his hand and formed a simple boll of plasma.

'This'll be enough to take you out. You've been plaguing me for too long already… NOW GET OUT OF MY LIFE!!!!!'

And he fired it straight at her.

What he hadn't counted on, was a blue, green and red blur showing up and lashing the bolt of plasma in two separate halves, making them absolutely harmless. The halves shot off and vanished within only a few seconds.

Bass watched this happen, before turning his attention to whatever had dared to do that. He was looking at a blue and green Navi, with two blood red blades coming from both gloves, but his hands were still visible. Emerald green orbs, radiating with unchecked anger, glared up at him.

"You mess with Muramasa, you mess with me," he said in a tone that demanded no backtalk.

With a glare still on his face, Bass descended, hovering mere inches above the ground. The other Navi followed him with his eyes, returning the glare full-force.

"And whom might you be? One of this third-class' so-called 'family'?" Bass asked in a cold voice.

"CALL HER A THIRD-CLASS AGAIN AND I'LL RIP YOUR FUCKING DATA APART!!!" the Navi screamed in absolute anger. "AND LIKE MY NAME WOULD DO YOU ANY GOOD!!! BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU 'ASKED', IT'S RAZOR.EXE!!!"

And with that, the second half of the fight had begun.

Z: [pants for breath] Seven… frigging… pages… non-stop… fighting… I've got… enough troubles… with just… three of 'em!

L-chan: Well, at least you made it.

Z: Not yet! I got 14 more frigging pages of fighting to go!!!

D. X: Cripes.

Z: But, I'm glad to be able to write again!

D. Zero: And I'm glad to be over that hangover!

Z: -_-

D. Zero: :| Not a word, Zeal. Not one.

Z: …………[shrugs]

Miri-chan: Zero!

D. Zero: Shut it!

D. X: Zero, maybe you should lighten up a little.

D. Zero: Right, whatever. [huffs and leaves]

Z: …………[watches D. Zero leave] ………… [when D. Zero's out of earshot…] I told him.

D. Zero: I HEARD THAT!!!

Z: :) [whistles innocently]

Chibi-chan: Z… you sure you're not going Maverick?

Z: I was starting to question it myself, but uh… [hands over sheet]

Chibi-chan: …………Test came out negative.

E-kun: That's funny… I could've sworn Zeal-sama was turning Maverick.

Z: GACK!!! HOW MANY FRIGGING TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO STOP CALLING ME THAT?!??!

E-kun: …Sorry.

Enzan: How can you test someone if he or she is a Maverick?

L-chan: Uh…… [looks at Z]

Z: …You're being tested for the Maverick-Virus.

Enzan: …………That doesn't ring any bells.

Z: It's a virus that makes you go out and kill people for no good reason.

Enzan: I didn't need to hear that.

Z: You asked for it didn't you?

L-chan: But Z, if you're not going Maverick, then what's the matter??

Z: [sighs] I wish I knew.

Chibi-chan: You sure it's not just your period??

Z: I just had it two days back.

Miri-chan: [whistles] Golly, no wonder you were so grouchy last week.

Z: Can't a girl be grouchy every once in awhile?

D. X: Of course you can, but that still doesn't explain why you're so grouchy now. You sure you're fine?

Z: :( GODDAMMIT!!! I'M JUST FINE!!! NOW GET OFF OF MY CASE ALREADY!!!!! [slaps hands over mouth with wide eyes]

Everyone else: OO

Z: ………………I'm taking another goddamn test!!! [runs off in a hurry]

Miri-chan: ……Who designed that test??

L-chan: ……Gate did.

D. X: If Gate designed the test…… and it came out negative…… then what's going on with Zeal???

D. Zero: [walks back in] Hey guys.

Gamma: ???? How'd you get that wound on your face?? I don't recall you having that before.

D. Zero: Later. I'm taking Z to see Cain. Maybe he knows what's wrong. [leaves]

Delta: ……………Hey Beta, you… don't think that…??

Beta: Nyu! I sure hope not!

D. Zero: [pokes head back in] Oh, by the way X, Z said you're in charge until she gets back.

D. X: !!! Me?!?! Why the fuck's that?!?

D. Zero: Don't ask me. [leaves]

D. X: Ah shit.

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