Operator To Navi Chapter VII Part 3: Deletion, a mega man fanfic

Z: Guess I couldn't drop this for too long.

D. Zero: Apparently.

Z: Bro, shut up.

D. Zero: As long as you don't--

Z: Don't plan to. Dun worry, I'm working on it.

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TJ and Rikumon: I've had that story in my head for so long, I just had to write that down (hadn't started it before). Once again, thanks for the style, but hey, Sol Sabre's left his own Style behind, and if you could mix your styles with his, I'm sure the results would be awesome.

Song: I know, I somehow always manage to change the plot in such angle that it's getting hard for the readers to follow. And this story's plot has barely started! (PS: Sounds fun! ^_^)

RCM: I'm sure of it! By the way, once I get that far, you should read book 5 of 'Mega Man Zeal'. Three guesses who finally appears on the scene! -_^

Pyrogirll23: Ah, don't worry. It won't take too long now for you to appear as well.

Trinity: …Don't…say…that…name…again… (mumbles something about crackwhores)

Sol Sabre: Yeah, I know. Personally, I hope the next chapters are getting better when the plot progresses. (PS: ^_^)

Rumorgirl411: Hey! Calm down already!

Alitia Lee: [jerks thumb upward] Read my response to Sol Sabre's review.

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Chapter VII Part 3: Deletion

"Sis?? Where're we going??"

"I just found the bestest place to play!! Come on! This way!!"

"Siiiiiiiiiiihiiiiiiiiis!! I don't like this! You always get us in trouble!!"

"Oh come ON!! I do NOT!!!"

"Yes you do! Like when you almost torched dad's hair!"

"That was an accident!!!"

"What about when you mom got electrocuted by that toaster you dropped in the sink?!"

"Accidents happen!!"

"And when you nearly drowned in the lake because you---"

"OKAY!! SO I ATTRACT TROUBLE!!! BIG DEAL!!!"

The elder of the twins was pulling along the younger of the two, while her other hand held a brightly colored ball under her arm. Disgusting colors really. At least, that's what the elder thought, as the younger loved it!

Finally, the two kids arrived at a large field laying just near a large wall, but it was still too far away to serve as a real threat.

"And voila!" the elder exclaimed, pointing ecstatically. "Told you I found a good place!"

"Sis… maybe we shouldn't be here… mom said we shouldn't…" the younger started, but never had the chance to finish.

"Blah, blah, blah! Come on! I feel like playing today, and I dun wanna get mad at anything today!"

"………Okay. But you have to promise we'll be home before sunset," the younger insisted.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever!"

The elder released the younger, walked a few feet away, put the ball down, and kicked it in the younger's direction.

Sonica stopped dead when she heard a pained moan from over her shoulder. She glanced over her shoulder and noticed that the gray-haired girl was apparently starting to wake up. After the blonde had made sure she was out of the danger-zone, she set the other girl on the ground, and just stared at her as she seemed to come to her senses.

For a moment, her eyes squeezed shut, before two magenta colored orbs finally showed themselves again.

"What… the hell is going on around here?" she mumbled sitting up and holding her aching head. "Why does my head hurt so much?!"

"I dunno. Ye tell me," Sonica said, finally opening her mouth.

The girl's face instantly snapped in her direction. Confusion shone in her eyes again, but then came recognition, and finally anger.

"You again?! What do you want?!?!"

Sonica frowned and pulled her goggles from her head.

"I jus' saved yer bloody life and this's the thanks I get!?" she demanded.

"I fucking don't need ANYONE'S help!!!" the girl suddenly screamed and suckerpunched Sonica straight in her face.

"OW!!!" Sonica cried out as she was knocked away, crashing into the ground.

She sat up, rubbing her jaw where the punch had hit her.

'Damn! Tha'll leave a mark!' she thought bitterly, as she looked up at the girl again.

She was standing now, but don't ask how. It was clear that her body was seemingly becoming too heavy for her legs to carry her, as her legs were buckled and even her arms were hanging limply by her side. Her breathing was erratic and her eyes flashed with whole seas of emotions, swirling around and around to form a thick magenta mist.

There was something really wrong with this girl.

"I… don't… need… any… one's… HELP!!!" she suddenly screamed, and lunged out with a yell of anger.

Razor screamed as he was roughly slammed through yet another wall, which was about his fifth in a row, before he was finally released from the murderous claw. He slammed against the ground, and lay there for a moment, trying to regain his breath. With a cry of surprise, he rolled aside to avoid the spiked bottom of the wall that had been planning to crash down in his face.

Proto struggled to move, but the rings spiraling up and down him would not let him go. And they were also slowly draining him of his energy, weakening him with every second that passed. But the more he struggled, the more the rings started to lose their powers, so he wouldn't stop struggling against the hold they had on him. Finally, he broke free, and jumped away from one of the walls that had planned to pin him down.

And NightMare was practically laughing her head off. Apparently, she had full control over everything that went on around the city. The fires had enclosed around them, allowing no escape, and nothing seemed capable of extinguishing the flames. She either fired large blasts from her hands, or used the walls that had served to protect her to ram either Razor or Proto, hard.

It seemed almost impossible to defeat her. And the time kept on ticking away.

Razor growled and looked up at NightMare. Suddenly, his eyes flashed around the entire situation once or twice, and a vicious smirk spread across his face.

When one of the walls once again flew toward him, Razor took two paces backward, allowing the wall to crash into the ground, before lunging forward and burying his fingers in it. As the wall came up again, he was pulled along with it. When reaching the right height, Razor pulled out one of his swords and pushed off from the wall.

A scream tore from NightMare's throat when Razor's sword was embedded straight in her stomach.

Proto stared in awe as Razor dropped back down, and noticed that NightMare's claws were now trying to stop the bleeding from her stomach. But it was no use though.

"You!!!" NightMare hissed in absolute anger, glaring daggers at Razor.

Razor simply smirked and said: "Your own fault. Now where's Muramasa!?!?!"

NightMare said nothing, and turned her head to look over her shoulder at the large clock behind her.

30 seconds left.

"Not like it will matter… she will perish along with the rest of you filthy Navis. Now d--AAAAAAAAH!!!!"

NightMare screamed as something was suddenly flung right through her chest. Thick purple cyberblood flowed freely from the wound, and she choked violently on the liquid as her eyes had widened considerably. She managed to stare down at her chest, and the fist protruding from it nearly made her vomit, if Navis could've.

"BASS?!?!?!?" Razor and Proto screamed at the same time, as the black and gold armored Navi pulled his arm back, causing NightMare to fall down.

But before she could even hit the ground, she dissolved into six shining red letters.

DELETE

"What the fuck are you doing here?!?!?" Razor demanded, not realizing the clock was now getting seriously close, with only 5 more seconds to go.

"…I'll chat later, I have more important matters at hand. If you'll excuse me…"

And with a whooshing motion, Bass had vanished from the area, leaving Razor and Proto behind, seriously confused.

And the clock ticked on…

Muramasa raised her Buster once more, ignoring the stinging pains running all over her body and focussing only on the fight at hand. Sonica had somehow managed to retrieve her sword, and had used it greatly to practically slice her whole armor to pieces. Blood was streaming across her entire body, but it was simply ignored, while Sonica was in much better condition.

No thoughts would enter her mind… none at all…

10…

With a furious whine, her Buster charged up and she fired a large pelt of plasma at the agile Navi. Sonica rushed forward and lashed out with her sword, straight across Muramasa's chest, who suppressed the urge to scream as the hit tore across her Navi-Symbol.

9…

Muramasa swung her arm with her Buster out and hit Sonica against the side of her face, sending her flying. But Sonica somehow managed to grab Muramasa's tail, and slammed the girl into the ground with a loud thud. Yet Muramasa wouldn't utter a sound.

8…

A pained scream suddenly tore from Sonica's throat as something was stabbed right through her right shoulder. She staggered away, and whirled around in shock.

7…

The corn-blonde Navi twirled his saber around between his fingers, then grasped it tightly in his hand once again. And without as much as a warning, he shot forward, the hilt of his saber grasped in both hands and his face contorted in absolute anger.

6…

Sonica screamed as he impaled her onto the deep purple blade, and just managed to summon up her last amount of strength, to dissolve and form the words 'LOG OUT'. Calmly, he tossed his saber up in the air, which whirled around twice, turned off, and landed in the sheath on his back.

5…

He calmly stalked toward the severely injured Muramasa, who had managed to turn over and stare at what he just accomplished. She crawled backward as he stalked toward her.

4…

"Get away from me!!" she screamed, leaping to her feet and stumbling back.

"……………"

"GO AWAY!!!" she screamed again, and fired her Buster at him.

But he simply batted the blast aside.

3…

Before she could even fire again, he grasped her wrist and yanked her forward. She crashed straight into him, but it happened too fast for her to realize what was going on, before she was suddenly tossed over his shoulder.

2…

"LET GO OF ME!!!" she screamed once it dawned to her what had happened and she began to struggle. "PUT ME DOWN!!!"

"…………No. Sir X wants to see you."

It didn't seem to fully dawn to her for a moment, but then she started to struggle harder, punching and kicking him.

1…

"I DON'T CARE!!! JUST GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME ALO---"

0…

"UGH!!!!"

Within moments, she had completely stopped struggling, and hung limply over his shoulder.

A smirk came over his face, and he was about to jack out, when a voice sounded from behind him.

"…Don't go anywhere."

Slowly, he turned around, and was staring straight into the barrel of a Buster cannon.

The entire place seemed to be literally falling apart now that NightMare wasn't around anymore to keep the buildings standing, as she must've done before, because right after being deleted, all buildings began to blow up. Either that, or they were programmed to blow up if NightMare was beaten.

Nevertheless, both Razor and Proto were doing their best to find Muramasa, or Bass. Either was okay. Because most likely, Bass was looking for Muramasa (why else would he be there anyway?) and if they managed to find Bass, there was a small chance they'd find Muramasa too.

And besides, they certainly did not like to be indebted with that guy.

"Why'd that guy even save our sorry asses, anyway?" Razor demanded as he dodged a burning beam that would've fallen on his head if he hadn't.

"Not a clue, but we've got more important things to take care of!" Proto shouted over the roaring flames.

"Right!"

Zero gave a startled yelp as he was kicked away, straight into a building behind him. But he was up again within mere seconds, with nothing but a few scrapes on his armor. There was no way he was going to lose to this low-class Navi, whether he was an independent Navi or not.

The guy had already managed to get Muramasa somewhere away from them, so they could battle all-out, without deleting her in the process. He was secretly glad for that, because X would have his data on a silver platter if he failed in his mission. But still, the mission wasn't over yet.

Coolly, Zero pulled his saber from his sheath and activated it swiftly.

"Enough play," he said coldly, grasping the hilt tightly with both hands.

Bass narrowed his eyes dangerously, and gently set both feet onto the ground. Raising his right arm, it glowed brightly, before shifting into a large sword.

"…Suit yourself."

And with a scream, they charged.

Swords clashed wildly as both Navis lunged out at the other, either blocking or trying to get through the other's defenses. But neither of them was about to give up, and there was no way they would let the other get the best of them. Sparks flew off in every direction, yet it did nothing to the battling Navis.

Bass suddenly surprised Zero by lashing out at his feet, making Zero jump up in surprise. Zero gave a growl as he neared the peak of his jump.

"Swallow this one!!!" he screamed, and suddenly curled up into a ball, saber clutched in both hands as he started flipping forward.

Bass managed to jump back as Zero nearly sliced him clean in half with his saber. Zero easily managed to land in a crouch on the ground, one hand on the ground and the other still grasping his saber. With a single thrust of his legs, Zero was shot forward, and he lashed out at Bass, but he managed to block easily. Once again, their blades clashed and sparks were sent flying into every direction.

But even so, it was clear that Zero was out of his league.

The black and red armored Navi gave a pained cry as he was thrown right through a wall. A colorful string of curses escaped his mouth as he sat up and felt around for his saber. It had flown from his hands some time ago, and now, there was no way to relocate it.

"CrapnabbitsonofafracshiiiCRUD!!!" he howled in anger.

He was so pissed off that he didn't even finish one curse to start another. He really loved that saber, and he was going to get really hostile if he couldn't find the damned thing.

It only took him a few seconds to realize that something was off. Bass hadn't come after him yet, and there was a strange, but familiar rumbling coming from the walls.

'No… impossible… he couldn't have…'

But before he could even finish the thought, the walls were smashed easily by two other walls, making him jump away quickly. The crash from the walls was enough to send him sprawling to the ground.

"Ow…" he mumbled as he got up, wiping the blood from his face, which was now covered with scrapes. "He did. Ananda is really going to be pissed."

"Zero! What the fuck happened?!" X's voice suddenly rang out.

"NightMare was deleted by Bass, sir, and apparently, I'm his next target," Zero said calmly, yet he was struggling to contain his anger.

"Oh I don't think so! Zero!! Style-Change!!!"

"Understood."

Data started to circle around Zero as he stood up, eyes closed, before they shot open. Every single part of his eyes was now a piercing red hue, as the data began to attach itself to his armor, or replace parts of his usual armor.

A loud explosion sounded from the building, but Bass simply watched it with a bored expression. As Zero landed on both his feet before him, the black and gold Navi didn't look the least bit surprised at Zero's new armor.

His entire armor was a pitch black, the jumpsuit a dark gray, and the blood red stripes that had been evident over his armor were now extremely difficult to see. Twin spines ran across the sides of the helmet, bending upwards at the end of the helmet, and a blue visor much like Proto's covered his eyes, only the visor had a jagged bottom. There were wing-like fins sprouting from around his shoulder blades and it was clear that they were also used as thrusters. There were white dragon-head designs across each shoulder with deep black eyes. The far arm gauntlets had shifted to Asian style dragon-head bracers with twin spines poking up to just up to shoulder height. The footgear had grown a little, and had shifted into four talons, three in the front and one in the back, which could clearly flex to clench onto things.

From behind his visor, Zero's eyes glowed a furious blood red hue, and the two 'lights' narrowed to show he was pissed off. Yet Bass still looked bored out of his mind.

"You just made a big mistake," Zero hissed coldly.

Bass quirked an eyebrow and asked: "Oh really?"

Zero frowned in anger, though it was barely visible behind his visor. His fists clenched in anger, and within seconds, his right hand had shifted into a dragon's head, and was aimed at the other Navi. But even before the burst of plasma had been released, Bass had already vanished.

Zero instantly whirled around and fired again, and this time--

"GACK!!!"

Bass cried out in surprise as the blast hit him head-on, sending him back a few feet. Not like it really mattered. The hit barely hurt, he'd just been really surprised. He looked toward the other Navi, who seemed quite pleased that he had managed to catch him off guard.

But the independent Navi was most definitely not impressed.

Zero blinked as a warning message scrolled across his visor.

Warning!

Massive energy source located!
- Total Energy Size: 10 TB

- Energy Size Per Release: 2 MB

- Recommended action: Avoid

'Oh SHIT!!!' was the only thing that shot through his mind as he immediately jumped aside to avoid the plasma pellets shot straight at him.

Somehow, Zero managed to avoid every shot sent his way, but it did give him a lot of trouble. His feet managed to give him an extra boost, sending him both higher and further away than he usually would've jumped.

"Tenkuuha. Slot in."

Instantly, Zero's saber shot out from the wreckage and into his outstretched hand. But instead of the usual purple hue it always had, the blade was now a pitch-black color.

Bass frowned and fired more bursts of plasma. But this time, Zero lashed out wildly with his saber--and stopped all of the plasma blasts.

Now Bass was impressed. And he was also beginning to slightly panic.

Zero grinned evilly, exposing a set of fangs that hadn't been clear before. With a furious yell, he lunged at the Navi, saber arching downward in a vicious swipe.

"Oh shit!!!" Proto shouted in anger.

Razor ran over to beside Proto, and stared up toward the battlefield, confused. Bass was seriously being beaten down by some sort of sword-wielding Navi, and apparently, the guy was a familiar face to ProtoMan.

"Who is that?" Razor asked the red Navi.

"Zero Omega, X's Navi."

"And who the fuck is 'X' anyway?!"

Proto hung his head in exasperation, and said: "Let's just save that independent Navi's ass, alright?"

Razor was silent for a while, then nodded mutely.

Zero vanished within the darkness of the shadows somewhere in front of Bass, and jumped out of the shadows behind him. Bass wasn't fast enough to avoid the lash across his back, making blood pour from the wound at rapid speeds. Zero chuckled coldly, but his laughter had a strange maniacal glint to it. He lashed out again, this time straight across Bass' scar, making the other Navi scream in absolute pain.

With a strong thrust of the fins on his back, Zero crashed into Bass with his shoulder, sending the other Navi down to the ground with a cry, before he lost consciousness. Zero stalked over Bass, and glared daggers at him, while a bloodthirsty grin was spread across his face. He raised his saber with both hands, aimed straight at Bass.

And without a second thought, he lunged.

"That's enough, Zero," X's voice rang out, making Zero freeze up instantly, his saber less than an inch from the other Navi's throat.

"But sir!" Zero protested.

"No buts, Zero. Send both of them to me. Now!"

Zero winced visibly, and said: "Yes sir."

But before he could even move again, a kick to his side sent him flying into a wall. With a loud crash, his forehead slammed against the wall, causing his crystal to shatter. A pained scream tore from his throat as he grasped his head, right before he dissolved into the words 'LOG OUT'.

"What was all that about??" Razor asked, seriously confused.

Proto shrugged his shoulders and bent down beside Bass, who seemed to be really out of it. Razor walked over as well, bending down on Bass' other side. He looked over the guy's body for a while, then placed his fingers on his throat. After moving them a few times, he finally nodded.

"Yep, he's still alive," he concluded calmly.

Proto shook his head and said: "Then that's his fourth time at escaping deletion."

Razor looked up at him and said: "Well, for someone who doesn't rely on an Operator, I think that's pretty good. Especially if you realize he had no one to look out for, or someone who looked out after him."

Proto looked absolutely mortified as he removed his visor and looked at Razor.

"Are you saying you pity him?!" he demanded.

Razor shook his head and said: "No. I just think I've grown to understand this guy a little better. And when the hell did you get magenta colored eyes?!"

Proto, realizing what he'd done, quickly lowered his visor, mumbling: "I dunno what you're talking about."

But one look at Razor's face was enough to tell him he wasn't going to get away until he answered the question.

Luckily, he wasn't forced to answer yet, as Bass picked that moment to return to consciousness. Razor turned to the black Navi, before pulling the guy up by his arm.

"You with us now?" he asked once Bass seemed to be fully awake.

Proto had already gotten up, not really wanting to be involved with this.

Bass groggily shook his head, before he managed to focus on anything at all.

As he held a hand to his head, he mumbled: "Yeah… I'll be fine."

"Good," Razor said with a slap on the guy's shoulder. "One less thing to worry about."

Bass merely gave him a weary glance, and didn't respond in any other way.

"By the way, did you see Muramasa anywhere?" Razor suddenly asked, acting as though Bass was a close friend of his instead of someone he'd battled to the death three months back.

Bass looked at him a little confused, then nodded and pointed at where he had left Muramasa. And where she still lay, thank god.

Razor and Proto rushed toward her, and Bass was about to leave, when Razor stopped and turned to him.

Silence reigned as the two Navis stared each other down, before Razor saluted him and said calmly: "Thanks, man."

And he ran after Proto toward Muramasa, leaving a very surprised Bass behind.

'Did that guy just… thank me?! No way…'

Bass then shook his head and plugged out of the city.

"Hey! Muramasa, wake up already!!"

"Nngh, leamme 'lone… go 'way…"

"Oh, I don't think so!!"

With a surprised cry of pain, Muramasa was roughly jolted back to consciousness, and she was quite aware of her stinging cheek. An angry growl rolled from her mouth as she glared at Razor, who'd been responsible for that painful detail.

"Shimatta! What was that for?!!? That smarts!" she demanded in anger.

"To wake you up, because we gotta get out of here!! Come on!!!" Razor said, pulling her to her feet and pulling her along before she could even object.

"GACK!!! Hora! Can somebody explain to me what's going on around here?!"

"Maybe when we get out of this here hellhole, okay?!" Proto asked right back as he zoomed past.

With an angry stride, the young man stalked into the room and flipped switches on several machines, before pressing the communication button. Mere seconds after he did, two faces appeared on a large hovering monitor in front of him.

One was the face of a man of around 20, with long, deep blue hair that hung over his left eye completely, leaving only one out of two dark gray eyes visible. His face showed clearly that he was most likely born in Greece, and by his clothing, you'd say the same. Typical Greek designs adorned his white shirt and black vest. Around his neck, hung a necklace with the symbol of Zeus on it, and a large black stripe had been painted on his left forearm.

The other face was that of a Navi and mostly hidden in the shadows of his blue and white helmet. From the back of his helmet, came a mass of waist-length blood-red hair, and the rest of his white and blue armor was scarred at several places, including one nasty scar over his chest.

"You summoned for us, Lord X?" the blue-haired man asked with a calm and composed voice, yet it was void of any emotion.

"Is everything ready? We have but a week left until the Grand-Prix starts, and I can't allow anything else to go wrong," X hissed, anger clear in his voice.

"Yes, My Lord," the man said calmly, giving a small bow. "We are prepared for anything. Have no fear, we will not fail like NightMare has done."

X smirked coldly.

"Very well. Go train some more though. We can't take any chances."

"Understood, My Lord," the man said in synch with his Navi.

The duo saluted X, and X returned the gesture.

"Delete," the duo said in synch, before the screen was shut off.

The sound of a hologram turning on sounded from behind him, and he turned around to face the hologram of his Navi, which was much taller than he himself was.

"Zero, even though you bungled up," he hissed, making Zero flinch visibly, "I can forgive you this time. The girls' time will come, and as for Bass… he shouldn't be so hard to locate again."

Zero nodded simply, but didn't move beside that.

"Very well said, X…" a cold voice said, making both Operator and Navi whirl around in shock. "Very well indeed… there might be hope for you yet…"

X said nothing, nor did Zero, as they both just went through their knees and bowed until theirs foreheads were on the floor.

Yes… there might just be hope for you yet.

Z: Well, that's that.

D. Zero: Hey, isn't this where the plot begins to kick in?

D. X: Most likely.

Z: That's right. It's about time too. Anyway, there're two new characters in this chapter, as well as an old (un)familiarity.

D. Zero: Wha?? Oh yeah. Mr. Shadow-guy, huh?

Z: Damn straight.

Miri-chan: Siiiiiiiiiiiiiis!!

Z: I KNOW I KNOW!! CHILL OUT!! Geez, come on, guys! Let's go!!

D. X: WHOOOHOOOO!! Let's go kill some Mavericks!!!

Night. Z: Humph, 's though't'll help ya any.

Z: GAH!!! How the hell did you get here!?!?!

Night. Z: Hehehe. Woul'n't ye like ta know, eh?

Z: You!!! [twitches]

Chibi-chan: Hey! Chill out!! And Nightmare! You keep quiet or you're dead!!!!

Night. Z: Che. Ah, fine, fine. Bah, damn Maverick scum.

Chibi-chan: I HEARD THAT ONE!!!

Z: And they say I've got a temper. Anyway, for those who don't get it, I'm doing one chapter OtN, one chapter MMZ, and so on and so on. Ciao! [teleports out]