Love Between Navis
By: Sailorjj07
5. The Suspects, Part 1
A/n: I've updated again!! YAY!! I apologize if the last chapter was super crappy. I've been so busy, but I still want to please all my fans so I'm going to work harder at giving you good chappies. 'Kay? Oh, and I have a reason why they didn't immediately go after the kidnapper! (I think I do anyway.)
Disclaimer: I do not own!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Actions
(Me!)
When Roll woke up, Megaman and Lan weren't there. She looked around Megaman's homepage, then looked for Rush.
"Rush, where are you?" Roll looked around Lan's room looking for the dog that had been sleeping in the corner. "He must not be there anymore." Roll walked around the homepage before plopping down on the ground. "Why'd they leave me all by myself?" Roll sighed and laid out on the floor, to stare at the ceiling and think.
With Lan, Megaman, and Rush
"My daughter can't have been kidnapped! She was in her room all night!" Maylu's mother was becoming hysterical before Lan's eyes. He had never seen an older woman cry so much, as when he told her that Maylu was missing.
"We didn't go after the kidnapper because it was already so late. But we're going to look around in her room for any trails today." Megaman said, trying to make her feel better. She nodded, and turned into her husband's arms.
"And while you and Megaman look, I'm calling the police." Maylu's dad went to the phone and started to talk to the emergency operator. Lan nodded and walked up the stairs to Maylu's room. He was surprised her parents let him look, but he was determined to find some type of clues.
"Lan, make sure you don't touch anything." Megaman said, cautiously. He looked around the room from his PET, seeing the signs of Maylu's struggle. Rush ran around the room, sniffing the ground and then he started barking like mad at something on the floor. Lan looked around Maylu's room and found a pair of performing gloves on her dresser. He picked up the object and stared at it, trying to figure out what it was.
"Lan, its hair." Lan nodded, it was a lock of hair that didn't belong to Maylu. The hair was blonde and it looked like it had brown roots.
"We'll have to look for people with this hair color." Lan said, receiving a nod from Megaman. He let Rush sniff the piece of hair and watched as the cyber dog sniffed around the room and found something else.
"Now, what is this...?" It was something metal, what looked like a pin of some kind.
"I think it's a pin." Megaman replied, when Lan held the object in front of the PET.
"A pin?"
"Either that or something else. But look at the design." Megaman pointed out, looking at the weird design on the metal object. (It looked like this: )
"Isn't that the symbol for 'at' on an e-mail address?" Lan said, looking at it again and then looking at Megaman.
"Yeah, it is. But whose symbol is it?"
"I have no idea." Lan turned the glove inside out, wrapping it around the two objects. He stuck them in his pocket carefully, and then walked downstairs. He told Maylu's parents how sorry he was that he didn't immediately go after the kidnapper, but promised to find out who it was if the police couldn't.
With Roll
"That's it!! I'm tired of being by myself!" Roll cried, sitting up. The door to Lan's room and Roll stood up. Lan said hi to her and jacked Megaman in. "MEGA!!" Roll nearly jumped the poor navi and almost made him fall over with her hug.
"I'm glad to see you too, Roll!" Megaman said, laughing and trying to keep his balance at the same time.
Roll hugged him tighter, "I thought you guys had been kidnapped too! I was about to start getting worried!" She buried her face in her best friend's shoulder.
"Trust me; it'd take a lot more than a kidnapper to get rid of me." Megaman said, grinning.
Roll nodded and sat down, watching Lan walk around his room in a panic, "What's he doing?"
"I have no clue. Anyway, we found leads to where Maylu might be."
"YOU DID?!"
"Yes, we did." The two watched Lan rush around his room for a book, tossing clothes and shoes all over the place.
"FINALLY!" Lan cried, picking up a book. Its title was, 'The Big Book of Emblems, Year 2004'.
"What is it?" Roll asked, trying to see the title from the computer screen.
"It's the 'Big Book Of Emblems'. My dad gave it to me for a research paper and I haven't given it back yet." Lan sat in front of the computer and he showed the two navis the cover.
"Oh. I see." Roll said, nodding.
Lan moved to book from the screen and started to go through the book. "It starts with an 'A', right?"
"It's the symbol for at." Megaman said, sitting down next to Roll.
"So which company is the symbol for 'at'?" Roll asked, tired of waiting.
"There's like 80 of them." Lan scanned the pages looking at all the different emblems. Some were colored, some were dotted, some were squiggly, and Lan was getting worried as he looked at them all.
"Which one is in our area?"
"Oh right!" Lan nodded and started to read addresses. "There are six in our city alone."
"Six?!" Roll cried, surprised at how many companies used the same symbol.
"Yup. So how so we narrow down the search now?" Lan asked, taking a piece of paper and writing down names.
"We try to figure out which one would have a motive. After we ask Maylu's mom and dad if they know any of these people." Lan took the paper and folded up in his pocket. Megaman and Roll stood up, while Lan put his vest back on.
"What do you want us to do?" Megaman asked, watching Rush get up to follow Lan.
"I want you two to look for these six people. You can each look for three and by the time I get back I'd like profiles on all six. Ready for the names?"
"Yup." Roll and Megaman said, together.
"Chikku Mitomara, Satori Mitomara, Nehelina Amada, Akuma Alverton, Kyoko Kanzaki, and Suzaku Wildstar."
"Wow, interesting names. The Mitomaras, what are they?"
"Married. They use the same emblem. Owners of one of the largest import companies in the world."
"I see. Roll, you get the three girls and I'll get the guys."
"How do you know which is what?"
"By the names. You get: Chikku, Nehelina, and Kyoko. I get Satori, Akuma, and Suzaku. Got it?"
"Yup! I'm gonna go to ACDC Square and see if I can find any info from some navis, then I'll start looking on the web." Roll said, and in a flash of pink light, was gone from Megaman's homepage.
"And I'm gonna go look in SciLab Square for some info and then get on the web as well." Megaman smiled at Lan, and disappeared in a flash on blue light, while Lan ran downstairs with Rush at his heels.
With Lan
"Do you know any of these people?" Lan showed the paper to Maylu's parents and watched as they both looked at the paper.
"Amazing Lan. We know all of these people!" Maylu's mom said, rereading the list of names.
"Can you tell me anything about them?"
"If it helps you, then yes we can." Lan took a pencil out of his pocket and sat in a chair at the kitchen table. Maylu's dad followed, while Maylu's mother went into the kitchen and came back with a plate of cookies and some milk for Lan. She handed her husband a cup of tea and then sat down with her own cup of tea in front of her.
"Ok start with the Mitomaras." Lan said, biting into a cookie softly.
"Well they are the most wonderful couple I've ever met. They had a bad flirtation with one another before they go married about four months ago. Maylu was the one that got them together and they even asked her to play at their wedding."
Lan wrote down some of the things Maylu's mother said, under the list of names, "Keep going."
"They own "At Your City", very corny name, but their company is one of the richest in the world. They are the ones that bought Maylu her piano." Maylu's dad pointed at the piano in their living room, while Lan continued to jot down notes.
"Ok, and what about Ms. Amada?" Lan took another bite of his cookie and a sip of milk.
"Ms. Amada is one if the sweetest women in the world. She so nice and kind and caring and she's been voted, 'Best Employer of The Year' for almost eight years. She's pretty young to be the owner of the world wide famous jewelry store, 'Beautiful'. She choose her emblem because it reminded her of the very thing that got her into the jewelry business, a necklace that her mother had given her before she died." Maylu's father answered, sipping his tea when he was done speaking.
"How young is Ms. Amada exactly?"
"Why, she just turned 20 four days ago." Maylu's mother replied, getting up and going into the kitchen. She came back with a tray of rice balls, which her husband helped himself too. He was really worried about Maylu, but his wife had advised that they both continue to eat because they knew that if they stopped they wouldn't eat again until Maylu came back.
"She really is young." Lan said, finishing his cookie and starting another one.
"Yes, but she's very sweet. She and Maylu met when she was looking for a birthday present for me. Maylu had asked for some help and she just happened to end up meeting Ms. Amada. Now whenever Maylu needs her watches fixed or if she just feels like visiting she goes to Ms. Amada's shop."
"Maylu's always been nice like that, going out of her way for others," Lan took another bite of his second cookie, "And now for Mr. Alverton."
"Mr. Alverton is a British man from England, of course. He owns the world's biggest music store and makes thousands of dollars every day. His store is called, 'Melody' after his mother. He and Ms. Amada are dating, so he changed his emblem to hers." Maylu's father said, eating another rice ball. He didn't know how hungry he was.
"Those two adore each other so much. Anyway, he met Maylu when the Mitomaras took her to buy her the best piano his store had. He was surprised when they paid for the piano in full and wanted to meet the people who bought the piano and the person who was going to play it. He's really nice to Maylu and he's really good friends with the Mitomaras, as is Ms. Amada." Maylu's mother ate a rice ball, while her husband reached for a third.
"It's like a big circle."
"Yes. It is." Maylu's dad replied, eating a fourth.
"Ms. Kanzaki?"
"She's a fighter. Her sword fights all the time and her navi does it as well. She met Maylu through Roll, who had asked if someone could teach her how to sword fight. Naturally, Kyoko's navi showed up and told Kyoko about Roll, saying that she felt she had talent. Kyoko then called Maylu and they met each other here in the living room. She knows Mr. Alverton and Ms. Amada because Mr. Alverton likes to watch sword fights. She was in a tournament and had won, catching Mr. Alverton's attention. They met after the tournament, and the three all became very good friends. She then met the Mitomaras at one of Mr. Alverton's business parties." Mrs. Sakurai answered, deciding to let her husband eat without interruption.
"Interesting..."
"And Mr. Wildstar is exactly what is name says, wild. He owns the clothing store, 'Wild Card', and his store makes a lot of money. He's one of the most fashionable men any of us know and his company makes alot of Ms. Kanzaki's clothes. She likes the style of them, according to what Chikku told her. Anyways, Mr. Wildstar worships the ground Ms. Kanzaki walks on, but she won't give him the time of day because of his constant one night stands. She's afraid she may get something from him." The two male in the room choked on their food and stared at Mrs. Sakurai.
"What? It's true."
"I know, honey, but he's still in elementary." Mr. Sakurai said, starting to eat again.
"Oh, he's in 6th grade, he'll be alright. Anywho, Mr. Wildstar does have a son, who he took from the mother a couple years back. The boy is yours and Maylu's age and he may even go to your school. That boy's spoiled rotten, if you ask me, and I can't stand to be around him. Mr. Wildstar met Maylu at Chikku Mitomara's banquet for company sponsors. Maylu was asked to play there and then she was talking when Mr. Wildstar's son pointed her out to his father. Apparently, the boy found our daughter attractive."
"But what about Mr. Wildstar's relationship with Maylu?"
"Oh, right now his son told Maylu that his father couldn't stand her. He said it was because she was such good friends with Ms. Kanzaki and he wasn't. If my memory proves me right, when Wildstar's son pointed her out to him, she was talking to Ms. Kanzaki and then when Ms. Kanzaki left, he asked her to try and get Ms. Kanzaki to talk to him."
"And Maylu told him 'no'?"
"No, she told she would try, but Ms. Kanzaki doesn't like him and Maylu knew it. So she told Ms. Kanzaki to go talk to him and she went up to Wildstar and punched him in the face. Then she screamed at him for sending an innocent girl to do his bidding."
"So why is he mad at Maylu?"
"He thinks she told Ms. Kanzaki to hit him."
"Oh ok." Lan underlined Wildstar's name several times before taking another cookie off the plate and drink the rest of the milk. "Thank you for your time, Mr. and Mrs. Sakurai. I promise I'll find out where Maylu is. You've been a lot of help." Lan left the house and went back to his own. He ran to the kitchen and asked his mom for the phone book.
"It's in the drawer by the phone." His mom said, going on about her business.
"Thanks mom." Lan took the phone book out of the drawer and started looking for phone numbers.
With Roll
"Now where is Kyoko's homepage?" Roll's antennas started to search the web for it. A beeping sound went off in her head, telling her that she had found it. She immediately transported herself to Kyoko homepage finding her navi, Kikyo sitting on the ground.
"Hey Kikyo!"
"Roll! What are you doing here? How are you? I just heard what happened to Maylu!" Kikyo hugged her friend, feeling bad for her but happy to see her as well.
"I'm doing alright. I'm staying with Mega right now."
"And how's that going?" Kikyo asked, raising her eyebrows.
"He's still hasn't noticed. But I'll get him to soon."
"I hope so. You two are the cutest couple I've ever met," The brown haired brown eyed navi grinned at her friend and then went to the screen of the desktop."Kyoko, look who came to visit us!"
Kyoko came in the room with a handful of tissue in her hand, "Who is it?"
"Roll."
Kyoko ran to the computer. Roll saw her sad brown eyes and knew she had heard as well. Kyoko's black hair was slightly tangled and you could tell she hadn't done much that day, "Have they found her yet? Please tell me the found her."
"I'm afraid not."
"Oh Roll; I'm so worried about her. No one has a clue where she's been taken to, but as soon as I found out who took her, I'm chopping off limbs."
"If I was in the real world, I would too."
Kyoko sniffed and wiped her slightly red, puffy eyes, "So what can I do for you? Are you looking for somewhere to stay?"
"No, I need to ask you some questions."
"About what?"
"Do you have any paper clips or anything metal with your emblem on it?"
"With the exception of my hair clip, no."
"Do you have it with you?"
"It's in my hair." She showed Roll her hair clip.
"Ok. Now is there anyone else who has that emblem made in metal."
"That jewelry store lady, Ms. Amada. She has one, but it was the one given to her by her mom and she has it on a necklace."
"Anyone else?"
"Ummmm....Wildstar. The owner of 'Wild Card'? He has two, one for him and another for his son. Then the Mitomaras each have one, Chikku has a hair clip like me and her husband has one for his tie."
"Hmmmmmmm....do the break easily?"
"The ones Wildstar has breaks all the time, but mine broke about once or twice."
"When was the last time it broke?"
"In the middle of a fight. The person had aimed for my head, but my metal hair clip got in the way. It was shattered, but my head was protected."
"Ok, now can you tell me where I can find Ms. Amada's homepage?"
"No, but I can call her and let her know that her help is needed. She'll be willing to help you, I promise. Have whoever you're staying with go visit her at the jewelry store."
"Ok. Thanks Kyoko."
"Your welcome, Roll." Roll waved at the NetOp and her navi, and left to share her findings with Lan and Mega.
With Megaman
"How can I get to Satori Mitomara's homepage?" Megaman asked a navigation navi in SciLab.
"That information is classified."
"How can I get to the business's homepage?"
"Get on the net train and go to Yoka. Then find the homepage there."
"Where?"
"In Yoka 2."
"Ok. Thank you."
"Your welcome." Megaman walked away and got on the net train. "I hope I don't run into any viruses on the way. I need to get back to Lan A.S.A.P." Megaman ran off the train when it stopped at Yoka and ran to Yoka two.
"Can you tell me where the homepage for 'At Your City' is?" He asked a red haired navi standing on the side of the road.
"Yeah, it's right there." The navi pointed to the portal beside him. "But can I ask what you need there?"
"Oh, I need to talk to the owners. My NetOp's best friend has been kidnapped and he wants me to help."
"You're Megaman aren't you? Do you know Roll?"
"Yes, I do know her. Why?"
"Because her NetOp, Maylu, is good friends with my owner and his wife."
"Your Satori's navi?!"
"Yes, the name's Shijuko. What happened?"
"Maylu's been kidnapped."
"MAYLU'S BEEN KIDNAPPED?! Is Roll ok?"
"She's fine. She's staying with me right now."
"Oh you're so lucky. Roll's the prettiest navi, I've ever met."
"You think so?"
"I know so! I've never seen a navi with hair as blonde and beautiful as hers." Shijuko's gold eyes took on a dreamy look and Megaman wanted to punch him. 'He better quit thinking about my Roll like that or I really will hit him.'
"Anyway, I'll take you to my NetOps homepage and you can talk to them both and meet Chikku's navi too."
"Chikku has a navi as well?"
"Yes, but I've never seen her before so this will be yours and my first time meeting her."
"Ok." Megaman followed Shijuko and they both went to Satori and Chikku's homepage.
With Lan
"Hey Roll! You're here!" Lan said, sitting down in front of the computer with Rush going back to the corner of Lan's room.
"Yup and I have some info for you from Kyoko. She says that the person who that metal symbol belongs to is more then likely Mr. Wildstar."
"I was just about to say that I think it's him too." Lan read over his notes on Suzaku Wildstar.
"Yeah, he's not a very nice guy. I was there when Kyoko punched him in the face. It was really funny."
"I bet it was. Anywho, the guy is totally in love with Kyoko and he thinks it's Maylu's fault that he got hit in the face at the party."
"That's why he's been so mean to her...I knew something was up."
"Yeah, well...Where's Megaman?"
"I dunno, he's not back yet."
"Well I hope he gets back soon. I have a plan."
"Well tell me about it."
With Megaman
"CHIKKU! SATORI! I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU!!" Shijuko cried, waiting for the owners to get to the computer.
"Shijuko, what's with all the yelling?" Satori Mitomara had silver hair and silver-gold eyes, and was really well built. Megaman thought Satori should be carrying a sword. He had on a white muscle shirt and some jeans.
"We have a visitor." Shijuko said, grinning at his NetOp. He turned and looked at Megaman. "This is famous Megaman."
"Ah! The blue navi that packs a big punch." Satori sat down in front of the computer and smirked at the navi,"What are doing in my house?"
"I came to ask you some questions. Maylu Sakurai has been kidnapped and we have a list of suspects. You and your wife are on the list." Megaman said, watching the man's facial expressions.
"Honey, what's Shijuko yelling about? I heard him all the way downstairs." Chikku Mitomara was a tan skinned woman with bright pale green eyes and silver-white hair to her lower back. She had curves in all the right places and it didn't help anyone that the blue dress she wore was form fitting. She had a hair clip holding some hair behind her ear. "Oh, Shijuko meet Chii." Chikku jacked her navi into the computer and Shijuko watched as a yellow light flashed and an emerald eyed, orange haired navi in yellow appeared on the computer. She was as curvy as her owner and was as pretty as her too. Shijuko stared at her as she smiled at them, sitting down on the ground.
"Hi Shijuko." She said, motioning for him to sit down next to him. Shijuko, whose mouth was still agape, sat down next to the beautiful navi, not saying a word.
"Who's this little blue navi, Satori?" Chikku said, smiling and waving at Megaman.
"The most famous Megaman."
"Oh my! What an honor! What brings you to our home?" Chikku sat in her husband's lap and giggled when he kissed her on the cheek.
"I came to ask you some questions." Megaman said, smiling at the couple.
"So, Megaman, what are the questions about?" Chii asked, giggling at Shijuko's actions. She shut his mouth for him and waited for Megaman's answer.
"Maylu Sakurai has been kidnapped and my NetOp and I are trying to find her. We have six suspects and you two are on the list."
"MAYLU'S BEEN KIDNAPPED?!" Chikku cried, her pale green eyes going wide.
"Yes. We had just been talking about it when you got in here, Chikku." Satori said, looking worriedly at his wife.
"So what do you need to know?" Shijuko added, finally getting out of his dreamy state.
"Well we found something in Maylu's room where she was taken. It was some form of your emblem made of metal."
"Our emblem? Four other people have our emblem, you know." Chikku answered, looking sadly at Megaman.
"Yes and that's exactly why we're asking all of you questions."
"Then ask away." Satori said, putting his arms around his wife's waist.
"What's your relationship with Maylu?"
"She's like a little sister to us. We bought her a piano for bringing us together and from what I've heard she plays it everyday." Satori answered him, with Chikku nodding in agreement.
"Yeah, she's really good at it too. Roll and I have heard her play alot."
"You know Roll? So you're the Megaman she talks nonstop about!" Chii cried, grinning at him.
"And your NetOp must be Lan Hikari. Maylu talks about him so much, we feel like we know him." Chikku said, smiling at Megaman.
"Do they?" Megaman asked with a blush.
"Yeah! Man, Roll doesn't ever stop talking about you!" Shijuko added, grinning at Megaman as well.
"Wow. I never knew that."
"Well now you do."
"Ok well, next question. Do you have any idea who you think might've taken her? Somebody who has the same emblem as you."
"My bet...Wildstar. He's hated Maylu with a passion ever since that night when Kyoko punched him in the face for trying to get Maylu to help him. He's the only one in our circle that doesn't like Maylu. Ku, what do you think?" Satori asked, looking at his wife.
"Wildstar is the only person I would think of that would have a motive. I can't believe he'd stoop to kidnapping a young girl, but it's possible. He's really mad at her."
"I'll have to tell Lan about this. Thank you all for your time. You've been real helpful. See you guys later!"
"Bye Megaman!" The entire group said when Megaman disappeared in a flash of blue.
With Lan
"Well that's about it. Now all we have to do is tell, Megaman and were set to go." Lan said, watching as a blue beam of light appeared and Megaman emerged from it.
"Lan, the Mitomaras think it's Wildstar." Megaman said, smiling at Roll and then turning back to face his NetOp.
"So does Kyoko." Roll added smiling back.
"Well then that leaves us with three people. Ms. Amada, Mr. Alverton, and Mr. Wildstar." Lan said, dividing it up between the three,"Megaman, you can go visit Mr. Alverton. Roll, you can go to Ms. Amada and I'll to Mr. Wildstar. We'll meet back here at 1, this afternoon. That gives us all...an hour and a half."
"Ok, then I'm out." Roll said, going to the net.
"Me too. Lan, good luck." Megaman disappeared back to SciLab.
"You too, Megaman. You too." Lan ran out his room with Rush on his heels.
End Chapter 5