Love Between Navis

By: Sailorjj07

6. The Suspects, Part 2

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"Talking"

'Thinking'

Actions

(Me!)

When Maylu opened her eyes, she could barely see anything. Her eyes drifted around the barely lit room, and she saw several boxes.

"Where am I?"

"You're in a warehouse, of course." A voice said, from somewhere in the room. Maylu then heard footsteps and as they arrived closer and closer to her, she began to feel an uncontrollable fear.

"Why am I here?"

"Because I want you." The footsteps had come to a halt beside her and Maylu felt a hand touched her face. "I'm afraid your cheek is still a little swollen from our last meeting. You move too much for your own good."

"What's that mean? What did you do to me?" Maylu cried, trying to fight the fear creeping on her. The hand on her face began to caress her cheek softly, and Maylu could feel the pain from her swollen cheek.

"I just had to slap you around a bit. You moved so much, I could barely get away with you."

"Slap me around? What is wrong with you? How can you say that so calmly?" Maylu asked, with a glare.

"Because I'm not the one getting hit. You are. So it doesn't bother me one bit." The hand moved to cup her cheek and a thumb ran across her bottom lip. "I've wanted to taste you for so long, my lovely Maylu. Will you allow me to? Or will I have to make you? It's all your choice."

"If it's my choice, then I say no. I don't know where your filthy mouth has been." Maylu glared at the person in the room, who was touching her.

"I assure you, you'll know soon." Maylu was then pushed into a kiss that made her want to vomit. Whoever kissed her had used way to much breath freshening spray and that was all Maylu allowed herself to taste or think about. Her mind was racing on ways to get out of the forceful kiss and she decided to take the first one that came into her mind. 'BITE HIM.'

Maylu bit down on his lip heavily, knowing she had made him bleed when he pulled away.

"You ungrateful wench!" The hand that had been caressing her moments ago, was now hitting her heavily. Maylu's captor backhanded her with a lot of force, making her swollen cheek swell even more. He backhanded her again, almost knocking her over, but the chains holding Maylu to the wall was the only thing that kept her up.

Maylu slumped against the wall, feeling all of her energy leave her. The hand came back to her face again, caressing her cheek.

"You'll learn to kiss me and like it. Or you'll be punished worse than what you just got." And then he left, leaving Maylu to sob all by herself.

"Lan...Please...Rescue me..."

With Lan

"So this is the 'Wild Card', Rush?" Lan asked, looking at the address he had written down on the paper. Rush barked, urging Lan to continue on.

"Well let's go visit Mr. Wildstar." Lan put the paper back in his vest pocket and walked inside, hearing a bell go off to signal his entrance.

"Lan, what are you doing here?" Lan looked up to see Yai talking to a boy from their class. He had curly orange hair and brown eyes. Lan recognized him as soon as their eyes met. He reminded him a lot of Chaud, the boy from their class. His name was Naraku Wildstar.

"I came to see Naraku's dad. Is he here?" Lan asked, trying to keep himself from glaring at Naraku. They just couldn't seem to get along no matter what they did. It wasn't only the fact that Naraku reminded Lan of Chaud, but also the fact that Naraku had a very large crush on Maylu. And Naraku was just an all around mother-less bastard. Lan couldn't stand Naraku, but for some reason he couldn't make himself hate him.

"Yeah, my dad's in the back. But what do you need to talk to him for?" Naraku asked, not keeping the attitude out of his voice. Lan Hikari was not only his rival; he was in his way.

"I just do." Lan answered, walking past Naraku and Yai. Lan felt tension in the air as he walked toward the cash register in the back of the store.

"I thought you guys had grown up about your little rivalry?" Yai asked, looking between Naraku and the barely visible Lan.

"Never." Naraku replied, using a tone that chilled Yai down to her spine. She tried to keep herself from shivering visibly, but couldn't hold it in. Naraku smirked at her, walking away to follow behind Lan.

"I need to speak to Mr. Wildstar. It's about the kidnapping of Maylu Sakurai." The clerk nodded and went into the back, leaving Lan to sit and wait for her to return.

"Maylu's been kidnapped? Please tell me you're lying." Naraku looked honestly and truly upset. As soon as the words left Lan's mouth he was left in a state of shock. Tears were forming in his eyes and Lan honestly thought he was about to cry. 'But when I heard I was close to crying as well.'

"No, it's the truth. Maylu went missing last night and I'm going to find her." Lan said, determination written all over his face.

"Got any leads yet? I hope my poor lovely Maylu is alright!" Naraku cried, looking very depressed. Lan rolled his eyes and watched as a man with blonde hair and a bright red hat came in the room. He had on cowboy boots and tight leather pants, and Lan was wondering how this guy managed to sleep with so many women.

"So Maylu's been kidnapped and you think it's me?" Mr. Wildstar said, a look of pure boredom on his face.

"I don't think it's you, but you are on the suspect list so I have to question you all. I'm trying to save you the embarrassment of having the cops come in your store and question you with the news recording all of it." Lan was not going to let this guy go unquestioned and Mr. Wildstar knew it.

"Fine, come with me. Naraku, quit standing there looking stupid and come on. And please tell me again why you dyed your hair orange." Mr. Wildstar said, making Naraku roll his eyes at his father.

"Because I got tired of it being blonde. Maybe I should let my hair grow out until my natural brown comes back."

"You got tired of being blonde? I paid 250 zenny so that you could get your hair dyed the perfect blonde color and then you go spend more of my money to get it orange. Just like your mother, always taking and taking."

"Dad, I am not like mom."

"..." Mr. Wildstar opened the door to a room in the back of his main store. It had mirrors all over it and the room was a cream color. He had black leather couches sitting in the room, and he motioned for Lan to sit on one. When Wildstar and his son sat across from Lan, he started the questions.

"So what is your relationship with Maylu?" Lan already knew the answer to this question, but he always knew it's better to ask the person than ask others for them.

"We get along well enough. Ever since she told Kyoko to hit me, I haven't been the nicest person in the world to her, but I sweat I wouldn't stoop to kidnapping her. She's a good kid." Mr. Wildstar nodded at Lan, as if to assure him he was telling the truth.

"I agree with you on that. So do you have any idea who it could be?"

"No, not exactly. You see, I know all the others think it's probably me who took her, but I wouldn't do something like that. I would never make Kyoko more upset with me than she already is." Naraku rolled his eyes at the dreamy look on his father's face, hoping he wasn't thinking about the female swordswoman in the middle of the meeting.

"So you care a lot for Kyoko?"

"Yeah, it's my most annoying flaw. I adore the ground she walks on and she's always upset with me. Oh well, she likes the clothes my store sells so I see her all the time."

"Hmmmmmm. I can't really think of any other questions to ask you at the moment. Oh, wait do you have your emblem in metal?"

"Yes, but the ones my store sells break all the time. The one I own is pure steel, very heavy. I use it as a paperweight. My son has one as well, but I don't know what he uses his for."

"I told you, it's a secret." Naraku replied, shifting in his seat.

"I thought you lost it?" His father looked at him with a questioning glance.

"No, I found it. Under my bed. It had fallen."

"Oh. Well, Lan there's your answer. Any other questions?"

"No. Not right now." Lan got up and the other two males in the room followed suit.

"Well if you do have any others, here's my card. Call me at any of those numbers. And let me know if you get any leads."

'Mr. Wildstar was a pretty cool guy, even though he wears leather pants.' Lan thought, as he took the card from him.

"Thanks Mr. Wildstar. See you later." Lan walked out of the room, but stopped when Mr. Wildstar spoke.

"I hope you find Maylu. She's probably missing you like crazy. The girl loves you, Lan. Don't let her think you've forgotten her."

"I won't. Thanks again, Mr. Wildstar." Lan continued on down the hallway, and then left the store, going back to his house.

With Roll

"Pearl, hi!" Roll said, to her friend Pearl. Pearl was Ms. Amada's navi that was really good at creating new jewelry designs. Pearl had bright pale blonde hair and beautiful bright blue eyes.

"Roll!! We heard what happened!" Pearl cried, hugging her friend.

"Is Akuma here too?"

"Yup. Nehelina was sobbing when he called us and now he's here."

A red light flashed and Mr. Alverton's navi, Atari, was running toward the two female Navis, "Akuma and I heard what happened Roll. We were really worried about you." Atari hugged Roll, and she hugged back, trying not to feel extremely sad.

"Atari and I were so worried about you." Pearl said, when Atari sat down beside her. He put his arm around her waist, making her smile.

"I'm alright. I'm staying with Mega and Lan."

"You're staying with your Megaman. Well then I'm happy for you." Pearl said, grinning. Roll nodded and watched as Akuma and Nehelina walked up to the computer.

"Look who came to visit us, Nehelina. It's Roll."

"ROLL!" Nehelina got as close as she could to the computer, very happy to see the little pink navi. She had been very worried about her and Maylu.

"Hi Nehelina. I'm here to question you."

A blue light flashed and Megaman appeared on the desktop as well,"Hi, I'm Megaman. I'm here to find Mr. Alverton."

"MEGA!" Roll cried, running and hugging him. Megaman hugged her back, surprised to see her.

"Roll? What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see Ms. Amada. I take it your here to see Akuma?"

"Yeah, and they told me he was here."

"And I am." Akuma appeared next to Nehelina, worry written in his face.

"Are you here to question us?" Nehelina asked, tears still going down her face.

Roll nodded, "Yes ma'am we are. Did Kyoko call you?"

"Yes, she called and told me to expect you. I had to leave work early though."

"And I'm sorry you had too."

"No, I choose to leave work. Everytime I tired to do something, I'd start crying, so I didn't get a lot of work done. Have you figured anything out yet?"

"No. We have it narrowed down to someone who is associated with Mr. Wildstar, but we're not sure who."

"I don't think it's him." Akuma said, nodding.

"Why not?" Roll asked, sitting down. Megaman sat down next to her watching the expression that crossed her face.

"Because although Wildstar is a little hostile with Maylu, he wouldn't kidnap her. He's too nice for that."

"Too nice?"

"Yes. When it comes to kids, Wildstar adores them. Why do you think he has full custody of his son? The kid's mother abused him."

"She did?"

"Yup. Wildstar went to see her a few days ago and he took me with him. That woman is in jail and will be for a very long time for abusing her son." Akuma sat down in a chair next to Nehelina, wiping some of the tears off of her face.

"I can't believe it..." Nehelina said, leaning back into her chair.

"Neither, can I..." Roll didn't know what to think or do. If it wasn't Wildstar then, who was it?

"It has to be one of his associates. All the people that work under you guys; it has to be somebody with the emblem." Megaman stood up and held his hand out to Roll. "Come on, let's go back to Lan's house. I know for a fact it wasn't these two."

"I hope you find Maylu, Roll." Pearl stood up and hugged her friend, giving her a tight squeeze for help.

"I do too. Bye everyone!"

"Bye Roll." And with a flash of pink and blue light, the two navis were gone.

At 12:55

"Lan, your back too." Roll said, sitting down on the floor. Megaman nodded, seeing the tired look on his OPs face. Looking for clues and looking for Maylu was really taking its toll on him.

"Yeah. It has to be somebody who works with Wildstar. Someone who shares his resentment for Maylu." Lan fell on his bed, closing his eyes.

"Yeah, that's what Megaman and I thought too." Roll was watching Lan as well, seeing how tired he was. "Lan, take a nap."

"What?" Lan sat up then, surprised at Roll.

"I said, take a nap. You look like you're about to die. How far did you skate to the 'Wild Card' anyway?"

"To the other side of Dentech."

"Exactly. Rest. Now. You won't do us any good if you can barely think straight." Roll said, watching as he shift on his pillow. He nodded and in an instant, he was asleep, leaving the two navis by themselves.

"Roll, thanks." Megaman told her, lying back on the ground.

"You're welcome." Roll laid back on the ground as well.

"So what are we going to do now?"

"I'm gonna rest. You should too." Roll said, closing her eyes. About five minutes later, she felt Megaman's arm go around her waist and she found herself lying against Megaman's chest. The two navis fell asleep together, with Lan snoring loudly in the background.

End Chapter 6