Love Between Navis

By: Sailorjj07

9. The Newest Rule

A/n: Lookie! I've updated again!

Disclaimer: I do not own!

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Actions

(Me!)

"Maylu, this is crazy! Why are we trying to get revenge on Lan and Megaman? They never did anything to us!" Roll cried, when Maylu finally turned her sound back on. Something was wrong with Maylu.

"Oh, but they did. They left me to rot in the worst place imaginable. They didn't even try to search for me." Maylu answered her voice cold and quiet. She walked slowly into the building and walked calmly down the hallway.

"We did! I even helped Maylu!"

"No, they didn't."

"Yes, they did, Maylu! I was there!" Roll had tears forming in her eyes by the time Maylu looked down at the PET.

"You were there?"

"Yes, Maylu. I was there. They tried to find you. They really did."

"Honestly?"

"Honestly."

"Then I don't know what came over me. I must have been suffering from being locked up for so long."

"You were locked up?"

"Yeah. Locked up, in the dark, with him coming to visit me all the time."

"But we were trying to find you Maylu. We really were."

"Don't listen to her." The male voice came from behind Maylu's ear and she quickly turned. All of the lights went out in the hallway before she could see his face.

"Why did you lie to me!" Maylu cried, glaring at the figure she could make out in the dark.

"I didn't lie. It was all the truth."

"It wasn't. You said they stopped searching for me! You said they didn't even care about me! You lied!"

"I was afraid your little navi would do something like this. Luckily, I have a solution." Maylu watched as he lifted up a little remote and pressed a button in the center. Suddenly pain shot through her body and she heard Roll cry out as well.

"A new rule. Roll, you will keep your mouth shut. You and your OP will do as I say. You will obey my every command and you will not question me."

"Or what?" Roll asked, glaring at the figure.

"This…." The button was pressed again and both OP and navi let out another cry. "You see, I have the power to control the pain you feel. You disobey me and…" He pressed the button again, holding it longer this time, "You feel a lot of pain."

"That's sick and twisted!" Maylu cried, only to feel pain again. Roll cried out as well, feeling the pain Maylu felt.

"And it's working. Tomorrow, you start your first mission. We have to lure Lan and his little navi to us. Let them know we can watch them. We should have fun with this, right sweetheart?"

Maylu glared and spit at the figure's feet. He pressed the button again, holding it much longer than before. Maylu fell to the ground, trying not to cry as loudly as she wanted to.

"You'll learn to obey."

The Next Morning

"LAN! LANNN! ROLL IS GONE!" Megaman nearly had a heart attack when he couldn't find Roll. He had fallen asleep watching her, but he never heard her leave.

"What!" Lan jumped out of bed and ran to his computer, watching as Megaman searched around his home page.

"Roll is gone. I can't find her!"

"Do you think the people that took Maylu, took her as well?"

"I wouldn't be surprised."

"Darn it!" Lan slammed his fist against his computer desk, sitting down in the chair. He sighed and watched as Megaman did so as well.

"So what do we do now?"

"We look for them both. Maylu and Roll."

"Good idea. I'll let everyone on the list know that they are missing." Megaman nodded, and logged onto the net, immediately setting to work.

"And I'm going to school…" Lan said, partly to himself. He walked slowly into his bathroom and went about his morning rituals.

Elsewhere

"Maylu, tell me that you really aren't going to be this way forever! You can't just go back and forth!" Roll cried, from her place on the desktop of an unknown computer. The computer ran really quickly and was much better than the one Maylu had at her house. Maylu was sitting on a big pink bed, tying up a pair of dark red leather boots. She had woken up and they were beside her bed, along with a black skirt and dark red shirt. The shirt was an off the shoulder, with little white rhinestones down collar.

"Roll, be quiet. You don't know what I'm doing." Maylu walked up to the computer and gave Roll a look that she couldn't quite understand.

"What do you mean?"

Maylu leaned toward the computer, lowering her voice to a whisper, "I've been faking, Roll."

"Faking?"

"Yes, faking. You seriously don't think that I'd just switch over from being Lan's best friend to hating him totally. I can't do that. So I'm just faking until I can get out, but with this newest little device of his, I can barely do that much. I'm thinking of a way to get out of this mess without getting injured, but right now I can't really think of anything."

"So you aren't mad at Megaman or Lan?"

"No! I know they tried to save me, but I had to fake just to get you back."

"OH! I get it now!"

"SHHHHHHHHHHH! Roll, not so loud! You'll give us away!" Maylu whispered fiercely, looking at the door. Roll looked at the door as well and both gave a sigh of relief when no one came through it.

"So what are we gonna do now?"

"Wait until we receive orders."

"Receive orders?"

"Yeah. The guy who runs this place has something against Lan which means that we are going to end up having to do something to him. But I believe he also wants to make us stronger and when I say stronger I mean, cross fussing."

"You and I are going to be taught how to cross fuse?"

"That's what he wants us to learn."

"But that's crazy! I can barely do three program advances in one battle and he wants me to cross fuse!"

"We'll do it."

"You think so?"

"I know so, Roll." Maylu winked at her navi and stood up, turning around in her chair and facing the door. She stood completely still until the door open, revealing an outline of what looked like a boy. He was very tall and was very strongly built, as if he worked out all the time. His hair was black and down to his neck, while his chocolate brown eyes looked Maylu over. He gave a nod of approval and then smirked at her.

"I'm not the guy holding you, so don't trip out on me. The boss actually wants to see you. He said something about training you. Luckily, for you, I'm the one who got the job. Isn't that just great?"

Maylu rolled her eyes and moved Roll in her PET. She then turned back around and faced the older guy in front of her, "I guess it is. Let's just hope you can train me without any problems. I know how you guys are and I don't need you drooling while I'm trying to learn."

Roll was surprised, she had no clue Maylu could play off being so….bad. It was interesting to watch.

"We'll see."

"Yeah, I guess we will." Maylu walked out of the door, with the guy following behind her. She knew her way to the unknown "boss".

At School

"Roll's been kidnapped too! What's going on?" Serena cried, sighing. Rini nodded, and patted Megaman on the shoulder.

"I'm sure we'll find her. No ones been searching as much as you have."

"But we still haven't found anything!"

"Give it a little bit. It's only been three days and you're already stressing like crazy. Knowing Maylu, she'll find a way out of wherever she is and come find you." Serena grinned at Lan, trying to reassure him. He only nodded and looked toward the front of the classroom where their newest teacher was droning on about something or another.

'I miss Maylu so much, and I still can't find her! What kind of friend am I? I can't even find my own best friend and I know for a fact that she's somewhere in this city! Maylu, I wish there was a way I could talk to you. Just once, just so I can see that you're alright. Maylu, please be alright.'

BBBBBBBBBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTTTTTTTTT!

Lan looked down at his waist to find that his PET was shaking like crazy. It was the newest feature on the newest PETs, a silent mode. Lan took his PET out of the case slowly, then adjusted the volume slightly, so that he could hear what Megaman was saying.

"You have an e-mail. And it's from Maylu!"

"WHAT!"

The entire class turned and looked at Lan, who laughed sheepishly and told them to continue with what they were doing. When the class had finally turned he breathed a sigh and then looked back at Megaman.

"What's it say, Megaman?"

"It says that she took Roll back."

"She took Roll back? How?"

"She doesn't say. She also says to be very observant today."

"Be very observant?"

"Yeah." Megaman looked at the e-mail and reread it. He was glad that Maylu had gotten Roll back, but he wanted know why she hadn't came to be there either.

'Maylu, what are you up to?'

"Lan Hikari! Pay attention when I call on you!" Lan's teacher threw a book at his head, which he dodged nicely. When Lan looked up at his teacher, she was glaring evilly at him, while he laughed nervously.

"I'm sorry!"

Elsewhere

"If you're going to cross-fuse, you need to know how to fight. When I told you I want you to kick me, I mean I want you to kick me!" Maylu kicked the bag as hard as she could, still maintaining a certain amount of grace and balance while she did it. Her trainer smirked approvingly at her.

"Again."

"Did I mess anything up?"

"No. Now again."

Maylu kicked the bag the same way she had done the first time and knew she would be sore later.

"She's making such wonderful progress." A voice came over the speaker against the wall. Maylu looked toward the ceiling where an enclosed observation box was, bathed in complete darkness. She knew the person who had kidnapped her was there, but she never knew why he watched her. He had been watching her since she had started training that morning and never left.

'I can't wait until I figure out a way to get this stupid thing off of me! I will not be controlled like some dog! I won't!'

"Maylu, pay attention! I said hit the bag again and then we'll start with your tumbling."

"Tumbling?"

"You're going to have to learn how to dodge in a dimensional area. And I refuse to have anything I own blundering around like an idiot. Only Lan does that." The voice said, adding a very cruel laugh at the mention of Maylu's best friend.

"O…….Of course." Maylu kicked the bag out of annoyance this time and it smacked her trainer in his chest.

Roll simply sat on the computer desktop in the training room and watched as Maylu began to start her tumbling. She had heard every word they said. 'I don't understand how Maylu allows them to talk of Lan like he's not our friend. She's trying not to do anything to get herself hurt, but I wonder what she will do if they ask her to harm him. I will not fight him. I can't hurt Megaman just because someone commands me. I won't do it.'

"Maylu! What are you doing! That is not what I did!" Maylu's trainer screamed at her and then Roll felt a bolt of pain run through her. She and Maylu cried out together, at exactly the same time, each thinking the exact same thing.

'Someone is going to pay for this pain.'

With Lan

"School is so weird without Maylu and Roll." Lan whispered to Megaman, while his teacher began another lecture.

"It feels weird."

"I know." Lan glanced at the clock. "5………4……..3……….2………..1!"

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRINNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!

The bell for school to be released rang loudly and clearly, causing a mass of students to empty the classrooms out into the hall. Lan was getting out of his desk when the teacher called his name.

"Lan, please stay after. I need to talk to you."

Lan gave a sigh and stayed in his seat, wondering what his teacher wanted from him. He knew he hadn't been paying much attention, but ever since he started the 8th grade, he'd been like that. So why was his teacher having problems now? The fall semester was almost over anyway.

"Lan, come here please." Lan got out of his desk and walked up to his teacher, who was erasing the dry-erase board. Lan stood on the other side of his teacher's desk, and watched her erase whatever was on the board.

"Lan, I know that you're not a bad student. I know that you do all your work and that you learn things quickly and commit them to memory very well. But your attention span leaves a lot to be desired. I'm going to have to ask you to pay more attention in my class or I'll have to call your parents. With Maylu going missing and all, I can understand that you'll have a few problems, but this has been going on for the entire semester. Please try harder next time, okay?" Lan's teacher turned and looked at him solemnly for a second before she burst into a gentle smile, "You're free to go now. Thank you for listening."

Lan nodded at his teacher and walked out of his class, with Megaman laughing at him.

"You got in trouble!"

"Megaman, you should get in trouble too, I think." Lan gave Megaman an evil grin and cackled evilly at the end of his sentence. Megaman pretended to be afraid and then they both burst into to laughter.

"What would I get in trouble for?"

"For laughing at me, of course!" Lan started to walk down the hallway, and then slowly stopped. He heard music playing. "Megaman, do you hear that?"

"No, what is it?"

"I don't know, Megaman." Lan turned left in the hallway and followed the music that he heard. As he got closer, the music got louder and Lan could tell that it was a piano playing.

"I hear it now, Lan. You don't think its?"

"It can't be, Megaman. It can't." Lan broke out into a run as the music continued to get louder. Soon he found himself on his way to the middle school's choir room. He came to a halt in front of the door. "Here we go, Megaman." Lan drew in his breath and opened the door, walking slowly into the room. He shut the door behind himself, and then made his way over to the piano. The song was coming to an ending when he stepped closer to the piano and saw a red head looking down at music.

"So you came. I thought you would."

The music began to grow softer and softer, becoming a soft background to the girl on the piano.

"Lan, have you missed me?"

Lan released the breath he was holding, relieved to find Maylu safe and sound in the choir room.

"Lan, you aren't answering my question."

The music grew softer still, barely being heard.

"Of course I missed you Maylu! I was looking all over for you!"

"Really? That's amazing, Lan. Because when you looked for me, I wasn't found. Why is that?"

The piano music died and Maylu stood up, glaring fiercely at Lan. She tried to make the glare as real as she could; the boss was watching. Lan took in her appearance, noticing the burgundy top and black skirt. He also took note of the boots she wore and the bruises on her legs. He began to wonder what happened to her.

"Well? Why is that, Lan? Why couldn't you find me!"

"Maylu, I-….I tried, honestly, I did…..But I couldn't-"

"Shut up! No one wants to hear your sorry, stupid excuses! If you really looked for me, you would've found me! You would've been there for me when he hit me! When he touched me against my will! Why weren't you there!" Maylu was glad her mother had her take those few drama classes in 6th grade, they were helping a lot. Maylu looked close to tears.

"Maylu, I didn't know. I'd never leave you to something like that. Maylu-"

"SHUT UP! I don't want to hear it anymore! Lan, you're going to pay for leaving me with him!"

"Maylu! Why?"

"Lan! You left me! You didn't even look hard enough for me! You didn't care!"

"I did too care! Maylu, I spent three whole days searching for you! THREE!"

"You should've spent six! Or eight! You didn't even keep looking when school started again!"

"That's because my mom wouldn't let me!"

"This has nothing to do with your mother, Lan! This is all YOUR fault! All of it!" Maylu glared at Lan again and then went over to the piano. She picked up the music and threw it up in the air. Four sheets of music turned into almost forty and it seemed as if a snow storm separated Maylu from Lan. When all the paper had fallen to the ground, Maylu was gone. Lan stood in the choir room, shaking. He wanted to cry, but couldn't. He wanted to be mad, but the anger would not come to him.

'Why? What's wrong with me?'

"Lan, I guess you should clean this up." Megaman said quietly, the song from the piano still ringing in his head. He had heard the whole thing, but hadn't dared speak.

"Yeah, I guess so…" Lan bent down to pick up the sheet of music closest to him, reading the name of it. "Megaman, the song was called, 'Read This'. What a weird name for a song. And the composers name is, 'Ahm not Mad'? What kind of name is that?"

"'Read This'? I've never heard that song before………….Unless……….. Lan, gather all the sheets with that title on it."

"Why?"

"Because I asked you to."

Outside of the Choir Room

"Roll, you were right. Megaman caught on as soon as he saw it." Maylu smiled down at her navi, who nodded back.

"I told you my Mega was smart!"

"Yes, you did." Maylu peeked through the little window in the door to the room and then leaned back against it. "Roll, I'm sorry that we have this thing forced on us. I know you don't want to hurt Megaman."

"Its okay, Maylu. Until we get this thing off of us, we can't really do too much of anything."

"Exactly. Roll…..Here's our newest rule; just between the two of us….We will try as much as we can to not hurt Megaman and Lan. Without making the Shadow aware of us."

"Alright. Memorized and kept." Roll grinned at Maylu, who nodded and ran down the hallway quickly, staying close to the shadows.

End Chapter 9