Love Between Navis
By: Sailorjj07
8. A New Problem
A/n: I've updated guys! It's been such a long time! Sorry, it's so short! I'll write more next time, I promise!
Disclaimer: I do not own!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Actions
(Me!)
Roll sat up slowly and looked around her, taking in the whole room. Lan was still asleep and Roll found, to her surprise, that she was still in Megaman's lap. She blushed and tired to get up quickly, hope that she wouldn't wake Megaman up.
"Roll, what are you doing?" Megaman's voice in her ear made her stop any and all movement, and Megaman knew she had been caught.
"N-nothing."
"Roll, why are you trying to get away from me?" Megaman was amused to say the least. He knew he had put Roll in a very embarrassing situation.
"I just didn't think you were comfortable with me sitting on you and all..." Roll turned herself in Megaman's lap and turned to see him grinning at her.
"Do you think I would've let you sleep on me otherwise?"
"Ummmm...no?"
"Roll, you're so smart when you want to be." Megaman tapped her nose, making her smile as well.
"I'm going to take that as a compliment, Mega."
"Hey, could you two like...Oh, I don't know, get a room?" Lan's face popped up in front of the computer screen, making both navis jump up. They both blushed brightly as Lan grinned at them, knowing he had caught them in the act.
"Lan, navis don't have rooms." Megaman replied, recovering quicker than Roll did.
"You know what I meant." Lan said, laughing. He then walked away from the screen and left the room going to the bathroom, is what Roll amused.
"There is one day left before Lan has to go back to school. So we have to do a lot of work today. Could you go visit some of the people on the suspect list again today? I think I have some questions to ask them."
"I think I'll go visit Kyoko again. I've been wondering how she's doing. Last time I saw her she was really upset."
"Okay. I'll tell Lan and we'll wait for you to be back."
Roll nodded and then went to the net, logging herself in.
At Ms. Kanzaki's House
"Roll, Kyoko's sleeping. But I have to go do a few things; do you think you could watch her for me?" Kikyo was happy to see Roll and knew she'd do a favor for her. Roll nodded and watched as Kikyo logged herself in, then turned and looked out of the computer screen at Kyoko. She was tossing and turning, mumbling things in her sleep.
"Maylu, I'm sorry..."
Roll stared at Kyoko then, listening intently to whatever Kyoko said. 'Why had she apologized to Maylu?'
"I...don't...know what...came...over...him..."
'Came over whom? What's she talking about?'
"I should...be able...to...control...my little brother...better...But he...he...won't listen to me..."
'What? Kyoko has a little brother?'
"So...he...took...you...and...disappeared...himself...Maylu...you...have...to...get...away from...him."
'She can't be serious can she? Who is Kyoko's little brother and how come no ones ever met him?'
"Maylu...you...have...to...get...away!" Kyoko jumped up, gasping for breath and she looked completely terrified. She shivered and began to take deep breaths, and Roll decided then to log into the net and go back to Lan and Megaman.
With Lan and Megaman
"Megaman, where'd Roll go? She wasn't taken too was she?" Lan cried, looking all over the computer screen. He noticed Megaman sitting calmly in the center, looking at Lan as if he was crazy.
"Lan, Roll is fine. She just went to visit Ms. Kanazki again."
"Oh." Lan sighed with relief, and sat down in the chair in front of the computer, calming himself down.
"Why are you so worried anyway?"
"I promised Maylu I'd keep Roll safe if anything ever happened to her! I can't just let her get taken and not keep my promise. Maylu'd kill me after we found her." Lan leaned back in the chair and stared up at the ceiling. He missed Maylu terribly, and he knew she was close. He missed her smile and her laugh, but something in his heart told him she was nearer than he thought.
"Don't you mean when?"
"When what?" Roll asked, sitting down on her knees behind Megaman. She put her arms around his neck, making him blush brightly. Lan stared at the little navi in pink and noticed the tears on her face.
"Roll..." Lan whispered, watching more tears flood down her face. Megaman turned and saw the sad look in her eyes and it seemed like a dam broke. Roll thrust herself into Megaman's arms, knocking him to the ground. She buried her face in his chest and began to cry, muttering unintelligible things in the midst of it all.
"Roll, I'm here." Megaman whispered, wrapping his arms around her slowly. He brought a hand up to stroke her hair, which was uncovered by her helmet at the time. He undid her braid slowly and softly, whispering comforting words as he did so, hearing Roll quiet down just a little. Lan nodded at the screen and walked out of the room, signaling for Rush to follow him.
"Roll, what happened? What's wrong?" Megaman said into her ear, causing some of her tears to halt. She wiped her eyes, moving herself away from Megaman just a little bit.
"Mega...Maylu...something's wrong with her...I felt it..." Roll felt a few more tears slide down her face and wiped them away quickly. She looked down at the ground, hoping she didn't embarrass herself anymore than she already had
"You felt what?" Megaman lifted Roll's chin up with her hand, and their green eyes met. Roll never noticed how close in color their eyes were until then.
"I felt a pain..." Roll moved Megaman's hand from her chin, placing it gently over the place where her heart would be. (If she was human. I dunno if navis have hearts or not.)
"Right here?" Megaman asked, looking down at where his hand was.
"Yes. Right here." Roll pressed her hand against his to emphasize her point. She gently released Megaman's hand, wondering why so many emotions were flickering across his face.
"And you think it has to do with Maylu?"
"Mega, I know it does. I felt it."
"What did it feel like?"
"Like something was just ripped away...like...she's so upset that everything else is trying to...leave...Megaman, we have to get to her!"
"We'll try, I promise..."
With Maylu
"Lan...isn't coming for me?" Maylu asked her captor, who smirked and nodded.
"No, my precious Maylu. He's not coming. He gave up on you about two days after I took you. He doesn't even care about you anymore! See? He went to your friend instead!" Maylu's captor held a picture in front of Maylu's face that made tears come to her eyes. In the picture Lan and Serenity we standing side by side, smiling widely at each other. As soon as the picture was moved out of her sight, Maylu began to feel a very strong sense of denial. "Lan didn't care for you at all. He only liked you because you were there. When you left, he stopped caring. Isn't that just like Lan to be so fake? To pretend he was your friend and then act like this behind your back?"
"No..." Maylu whispered weakly, trying not to allow her mind to be twisted and manipulated by the fool who kidnapped her.
"In you heart, you know the truth, my dear. You know he doesn't care about you at all. He could probably care less if I killed you or not...Don't you think?"
"Lan...isn't like that..."
"You defend him so weakly...Obviously; you are coming to see him like I do. I know how he has wronged you and if you want...I'll give you the chance to return the favor..."
"Return the favor?"
"Yes...You could make him pay for what he's done. For forgetting all about you and leaving you in the dark. For not telling you he hated the ground you walked on."
"He hates the ground I walk on..."
"Yes...and he hates you too. That's why he did this. That's why he hasn't come for you yet. Can't you see what he's trying to do? He thinks you've been broken...He thinks you will rot in this cell I have given you..."
"He thinks I'll rot..."
"But I can let you prove him otherwise. I will let you go, if you promise to return to me after your mission is completed." Her captor leaned down and wrapped his arms around Maylu, hugging her tightly, "And when your mission is completed, you can come and stay with me. I promise I won't treat you like he did. I will never forsake you. Or lie to you, my precious Maylu."
"Never?"
"Never."
Maylu felt more tears rise to her eyes and before she knew what was going on, she began to cry, finding a strong, dark comfort in the arms around her.
Later
After crying for two full hours, Maylu's captor left her with her mission in mind. She would make Lan feel all the fear and pain she felt, times whatever she felt needed to be bestowed on him.
"Lan Hikari, you are mine." Maylu stood up and fixed the clothes that were given to her, adjusting the mini skirt that hugged so tightly to her hips. She walked slowly up the stairs and out of the door, finding herself in a dark hallway.
"Ah, my Maylu, you look wonderful." The voice came from behind her and she let him wrap his arms around her waist, holding her against him.
"Thanks. So tell me, how am I supposed to get Roll back?" Maylu asked, her voice void of emotion. She couldn't really feel anything, but the anger that was threatening to burst through her veins and tear her apart.
"Steal her."
"It's that easy?"
"Of course. I have a brand new PET just waiting for you when you get back. All you have to do is bring me the old one with Roll inside it. You can do that, can't you?" The voice ran a hand down Maylu's thigh, making her frown slightly. But she bit back a remark and nodded sharply.
"I'm going to get Roll back. You better have my PET ready and waiting." Then Maylu strode out of the room and out of the building, into the night.
At Lan's House
"So you think Kyoko's brother may have something to do with Maylu's kidnapping too? Man, this is too much!" Lan sighed and plopped down on his bed, sighing loudly. He had just gotten back from visiting Kyoko when Roll told him about that morning.
"I'm not exactly sure it was him..." Roll said, quietly. She looked at Megaman, who was staring intently at the ground.
"Well we can find out later. Let's go to sleep for now. I'm beat!" Lan got under his covers and Megaman turned the lights out in the room. "Night you two!"
"Night Lan."
"Good night, Lan." Megaman replied, still staring at the ground. Roll watched him for a few minutes, before she decided to ask him what was wrong.
"Mega, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I was just thinking."
"Well don't think so hard. It looks like it hurts." Roll laughed softly at her little joke, but stopped when she realized Megaman wasn't laughing with her. She decided for a more direct approach. "Megaman, look at me."
Megaman turned and looked at her, making her wonder what it was he was thinking about so much.
"Whatever it is can wait. We both need to rest. So go to sleep and worry about whatever it is later."
"Alright Roll." Megaman nodded and closed his eyes and in minutes he was nodding off. Roll smiled to herself and sat down beside him, clasping his hand tightly.
Three Hours Later
"Lan's parents are so stupid. Why would you put a ladder directly outside your son's window and then get upset when he uses it to sneak out? Idiots." Maylu climbed the ladder silently and swiftly, knocking out a window pane quietly. She unlocked the window and opened it slowly, noticing Rush sleeping in the corner. She rolled her eyes at the sleeping dog and crawled through the window, touching the floor silently.
"Now where are you, Roll?" Maylu whispered to herself, padding softly toward the computer. She glanced at the sleeping Lan with a look of disgust before reaching the two PETs resting on top of the computer desk, next to the computer. "Let's go, Roll." Maylu typed a few things into the keyboard, leaving the computer screen off and watched as the screen on her PET lit up. She flipped it over quickly and turned the sound off; making sure no one saw the light from the PET.
"Roll, don't say anything yet. I've come to take you with me." Maylu said quietly, almost hoping her voice was enough to calm down Roll. Luckily it did, and all she managed to hear was a muffled,"Maylu?", as she climbed back out the window from where she came.
"Maylu, what are you doing back? How'd you escape?"
Maylu waited until they were very far away from the housing area when she answered Roll, "I came for vengeance, Roll. And you are going to help me carry it out."
"Vengeance? On who?"
"Lan Hikari and his little blue navi, Megaman." Roll gasped in horror, as Maylu turned the sound off on the PET and got on the subway, with Roll inside the PET on her hip.
End Chapter 8