Love Between Navis
By: Sailorjj07
14. Payback, Part 2
A/n: This fic is slowly drawing to close...I know it is, but I'm still sad. Anyway, I think I'll try to finish before Christmas, so you guys will either get an early Christmas present or a late one. THANKS TO THOSE WHO REVIEWED!
Disclaimer: I do not own!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Actions
(Me!)
The rain was deafening. It poured down on everything: buildings, people, and the street. It darkened the sky and made the black night even blacker. But despite that fact, it was the perfect cover.
"Lan, are you ready? You can still back out right now, if you want." Maylu whispered, leaning against the building she was so familiar with. The huge "At" symbol over the building was barely visible in the heavy pouring rain.
"Maylu, I can't back out now. To back out would leave you without any help at all." Lan answered, sliding along the wall behind Maylu. The stepped into a doorway that was set back from the rest of the wall.
"Roll, think you can break the lock?"
"I'm on it, Maylu." Roll replied, waiting for Maylu to jack her in.
"Megaman, shut off the security systems." Lan told his navi, jacking him in as well. Megaman nodded and ran off into the network for the building, scanning the area around him for the security systems. Maylu gave a small smirk when the lock on the door opened, and she slid in quietly, shutting the door when Lan stepped in.
"Good. Roll, go help Megaman."
"Roger that." Roll ran from sight in a flash, rushing to help Megaman.
"Maylu, do you know where we are?" Lan asked, keeping his voice and his footsteps as quiet as possible. Maylu nodded and led Lan down the hallway.
"We just came in through the back door. We'll go to my room first." Maylu told him, walking down the hallway with soft steps.
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!"
The voice came from further down the hall and the lights came on, one after the other, until the entire hall was lit.
"Oh crap!" Maylu cried, watching as a huge security team came down the hall from three different doors.
"Lan, I'm sending you the DA now!"
Lan listened intently as four large missiles imbedded themselves into the ground around the building, and Lan watched as the security guards stared in fascination as the Dimensional Area surrounded them.
"Now, Megaman, Cross Fusion!"
"Roll, Cross Fuse Now!"
Lan felt his DNA join with Megaman's data and smirked when he had access to his chips. He waited until Maylu smirked at him before yelling, "Sleeping Gas, battle chip in!"
A mist of sleeping gas seeped through the walls, causing all the security guards to fall to the ground, one behind the other.
"Lan, let's go, we don't have time!" Maylu was already halfway down the hall when she called to him, leading him to what had been her room. When they finally reached the door, they had to kick it down, because it was locked.
"Watch the door for me; I have a little data that I need to save to a minidisk." Maylu took a disk from where it had been resting inside her navi's symbol and inserted it into the computer that was in the room. "The data is loading...We need five minutes."
"The Dimensional Area will only stay up for fifteen. Think you can rush the process?"
"No."
"Darn it."
'Maylu, we can commit it to memory in two minutes. All you have to do is connect our antennas to the computer...I can do the rest.' Maylu heard Roll's voice echo in her mind and did as she was instructed. In two minutes, the data was scrolling in front of Maylu's eyes and she had to blink repeatedly to finally stop it.
"Okay, let's go, I can hear footsteps." Lan said, turning to face Maylu. She nodded and got up, running out of the room, while grabbing Lan's hand.
"This way!"
They took off down the hall and then turned left sharply, almost smacking into the wall of the new hallway.
"Where are we going, Maylu?"
"To the training area. That's where 'He' is."
"The person that kidnapped you?"
"Yeah."
Maylu stopped when she came to a large set of double doors. Lan gave her a slight smile and then helped her push the doors open. They stepped into a large, pitch black room and Lan could tell by the echo of his footsteps that the ceiling was high.
"Maylu, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, and you?"
"I can't see, but I'm fine."
"I can change that..." A voice came over a speaker in the room and all the lights in the room came on at once. There in the center of the room, stood the guy that had trained Maylu.
"Do you think a cross fused girl and her best friend can beat me? I'm the one who taught you how to cross fuse!" The tall, built young man strode forward with a large smirk on his face.
"But Maylu's not going to be here...It'll be just me and you." Lan stepped in front of Maylu and turned to her with a smile,"Maylu, go find the guy that kidnapped you. Make him pay without me there to watch. I'll handle this guy here."
"Are you sure?" Maylu looked between the two males, knowing that only one would be the victor. Hopefully, it would be Lan.
"Yes, now, go."
"Right." Maylu smirked and ran further toward the back of the room, where the was a single door and about seven flights of stairs. Without any thought she began to jump, from one pole to another, scaling six flights in two minutes. Flipping over the railing, Maylu ran into the door there, scanning the area for any heat signatures.
"I'm so glad you could join us, Maylu. We were just having target practice."
Maylu looked up to find about 150 men with guns, all aimed at her. Behind them, high above the fighting, on a platform stood Naraku with an insane look on his face.
With Lan
"So you trained Maylu? Then you must be really good." Lan was only making small talk to hype himself up for his battle. The guy looked a little older than him, not by eight years...more like three or four.
"Just wait until I show you how good I am." The guy reached behind his back and produced a beautiful blade, that shined when hit by light. Lan smirked; this would be interesting.
"So you fight with swords? I wonder who taught you." Lan asked, calling for a battle chip quietly. A long sword formed on his right arm and the battle began, with the older boy charging at him.
"My sister taught me. She's won contest after contest with her own blade, but it will be my turn to win very soon. I think I'll start with you!" The guy swung at Lan, who back flipped out of the way and slide across the floor, on his feet. Lan jumped up and pushed himself off the wall, flinging his body forward as well as his blade.
"Oh really? So your sister? Who is she?" Lan questioned, landing on his feet once again, when the older boy moved out of the way.
"I'm sure you already know."
The realization struck Lan so hard he stopped moving, to stare at the guy in front of him, "YOU'RE KYOKO'S BROTHER!"
"You're so smart, Hikari. My name is Tristen Kanzaki. Now, shut up and fight me!" Tristen yelled, running at Lan and punching him in the face. Lan felt his body fly in the air and straight into the wall behind him.
With Maylu
"So it was you..." Maylu knew her voice was dark and cold, but she didn't care. Now that she knew her kidnapper was Naraku Wildstar, he'd pay. He'd pay greatly and without parole.
"No duh! Are you really that stupid girl! It was me all along and I even paid Ms. Kanzaki's little brother to help me out! He trained you and you didn't even know who he was. You're so dumb."
"HOW DARE YOU!" Maylu was steaming with anger and was about to rush at Naraku, when a single man fired a bullet at the area in front of her feet.
"Make one more move, little Miss Maylu and you'll be so full of bullet holes you won't even hold water."
"Bring it, you bastard." Maylu began to run forward, toward all the guards in front of Naraku, despite the many bullets that flew past her. "Rock Cube, Battle Chip In!"
A huge cube of rock fell in front of Maylu and she stopped behind it, waiting for the guards to halt their fire.
"Now, Area Steal, Battle Chip In!"
Maylu felt her body being phased into another area and found herself directly behind all of the guards. "Take this you idiots! Aqua Tower, Battle Chip In!" A huge tower of water flew from Maylu's hands spraying all the guards with water and knocking them all apart.
"Shoot her, you fools, don't just lie on the floor!" Naraku shouted, watching as his guards scrambled to get up. But Maylu was already using their soaked uniforms to her advantage.
"Here's an example of the pain I went through! Elec Sword, Battle Chip In!" Maylu began to slash at anyone near her, hearing the spark and sizzle of her Elec Sword coming in contact with the water on the floor. In an example of anger, Maylu drove her sword into the huge puddle stretching across the room and smirked in the delight of hearing the guards' cries as the electricity spread across the area the water touched. She waited until every single man had fallen to the ground, before she stood up, turning to Naraku with a menacing look in her eyes.
"I'll show you what true pain is...You have no one to protect you now...You should be afraid...Because I don't know if you'll live after today. I haven't decided yet." With a vicious laugh Maylu, jumped up to the platform where Naraku stood, taking slow steps until she was directly in front of him.
With Lan
"Man, Kanzaki, you really should try to fight in tournaments. You'd be a great net battler." Lan told his opponent, climbing out of the wall again. He knew he only had about five minutes left in his cross fused form, so he had to make the best of it.
"I was a net battler until my navi was held hostage." Tristen stopped his barrage of attacks to bow his head, as if in prayer, then he looked up and Lan could see how much Tristen didn't want to fight him.
"He was held hostage?"
"Yes, my navi is being held hostage and that is why I stopped net battling."
"Who took him?"
"The same fool who took your precious Maylu."
"Who?"
Tristen gave a sigh and sat down, putting away his sword. He didn't want to fight anymore; he was tired of fighting for someone else. He gave Lan a tired smile and fell down, flat on his back, looking up at the ceiling,"Naraku Wildstar is the one that kidnapped, Maylu."
"Naraku!"
"Yeah, the little spoiled brat actually had the balls to kidnap the girl he obsessed over. You should've seen him...was crazy. He used to kiss her pictures right before he went to bed, and even...Ugh...You don't want to know."
"Naraku...was obsessed over Maylu?"
"Duh! Isn't that what I said? Hikari, for your dad to be so freakin' smart, you're really slow."
Lan, who decided to ignore Tristen's comment, put away his sword as well, sitting down beside Tristen.
"Me and Naraku we used to really good friends when we were younger, but then he met Maylu and I saw how crazy he became. This was when you were in like third grade! It surprised me that a 3rd grader could obsess over someone so much, but I was in 5th grade at the time...I didn't know how serious he would become about Maylu."
"Did you ever care for her like he did?"
"Heck no! Maylu's pretty, but she ain't worth goin' to jail for. Sorry, Hikari, that just isn't my thing."
"Then why are you helping Naraku?"
"Does Maylu ever get frustrated at how slow you are? Why do you think? Cause he kidnapped my navi, that's why! I wouldn't even be talking to that loser if my navi was under his control." Tristen said, trying to hold back some of his frustration.
"How is he controlling your navi?"
"The same way he controlled Maylu and Roll. Problem is, the device he put in my navi is a prototype, and he doesn't know how to get it out. He promised me if I helped him turn Maylu against you then I could have my navi back, but then she went and escaped him, so he told me that until we got her back, I couldn't get my navi."
"So he's pitting you against us..."
"Exactly."
"If you promise not to betray me, then I will get you your navi back, Tristen. And I'll tell the police that you were only a victim of his lying and manipulation." Lan said, an idea lighting in his mind.
"You'd tell the cops that for me? And would you convince your father to help me remove that device from my navi?" Tristen asked, sitting up.
"Yeah, I was just about to say that." Lan held out his hand and Tristen took it, shaking it firmly.
"It's a deal then. So now let's go save your girlfriend." Tristen grinned and ran toward the door at the other side of the room, with Lan following him.
"SHE IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!"
With Maylu
"Maylu...I did this to be with you...You know that, right?" Naraku gave Maylu a pleading look and she almost halted in her steps. Then she shook her head and kept walking closer until Naraku found he had backed up into a wall.
"You could've written me a note! Or sent me an e-mail! Or called me! But no, you kidnap me AND nearly rape me! How can you show someone you want to be with them like that! How!"
"Maylu...Please, you've got to believe me..."
"I don't believe anything that comes out of your mouth." Maylu took a step closer until she was looming over him, and that's when a pleasured smirk crossed his face.
"You should, but since you refuse, I guess I'll just have to kill you. Don't worry; I'll keep your body close to me..." Maylu backed away in horror at his suggestion and then gasped as the Dimensional Area fell away, separating her and Roll. Her PET clattered to the floor, as Maylu felt Naraku's hand connect with her face.
"You knew..."
"Once again, your stupidity amazes me. Of course I knew! How can I teach you to cross fuse and not know how long the Dimensional Area lasts? That would just be idiotic on my part."
"..." Maylu only glared and picked herself up off the floor.
"Ah, poor Maylu, without her navi to protect her and give her power, she's defenseless."
"Shows how much you know." Maylu muttered, running forward with her fist raised in the air behind her. She punched Naraku square in the face, making him take a step back slightly.
"You think that hurts? Little girl, you don't know pain."
"I'm the same age as you, so I can't be that young, idiot." Maylu kicked her leg up, but Naraku caught it, pushing her leg back. Maylu stopped it and dropped the ground, kicking Naraku at his feet and knocking his feet from under him. She watched as he fell flat on his back and stepped on his chest with her heeled boot.
"I can see up your shorts, Maylu. My, what a treasure you hold..."
"You jerk!" Maylu pressed her foot down hard into his chest and heard his sharp intake of breath.
"M-Maylu...You're so stupid!" Naraku grabbed her leg and pulled her down next to him only for him to roll away and stand up. He ran over and kicked Maylu, causing her to fly into the metal railing around the platform. Maylu felt the blood trickle from her nose; it had come in contact with the pole before anything else.
"So now she learns..."
Maylu got up, holding onto the railing and wiping the blood away from her nose. Her glare was still as fierce as ever, not letting up for anything.
"Maylu, that look of pure anger is just so cute..."
"Shove it, you idiotic fool." Maylu slid into a stance that she had taught herself and then motioned for Naraku to come at her with a smirk on her face.
"You think you can do anything to me? You're nothing but a stupid, useless girl, who I planned on making mine." Naraku did as he was bid and placed Maylu in a choke hold, which she got out of quickly.
"If I'm so stupid and useless, then why do you even want me?" Maylu flipped out of the way and moved behind Naraku, kicking him in the back. It was gonna take more than a little slap to get her down.
With Lan
"Don't you guys have an elevator!" Lan cried, tried of going up stairs. Tristen just grinned and walked up the steps, not tiring at all.
"The elevators on the other side of the building. How come you're so lazy?"
"What are you talking about! I'm not lazy!"
"No, you just haven't tried to better yourself. So you tire easily. That's not good because when you cross fuse it already takes a lot out of you, right?"
"Well yeah, but-."
"There is no but. What happens if you tire out so much that you make you're cross fusion break. That could endanger not only you, but those around you." Tristen looked at Lan, shaking his head, and then turned back around. The past a huge five and kept walking.
"Then maybe you could teach me how?"
"Perhaps..."
With Maylu
She never knew where he had gotten the little dagger from, but now things were serious. Maylu could feel her body tiring from not only the cross fusion, but from the slashes of the dagger all over her.
"Isn't that considered unfair?"
"Who said anything about being fair in the first place?" Naraku was having fun cutting her. Seeing her blood against the cold steel floor gave him a satisfaction he couldn't understand.
"Yeah, I don't even know why I thought you were sane enough to think of fair."
"But, Maylu, my dear, I am so very sane."
"No, you're so very insane."
"Dear, I'm going to have to punish you for that mean little comment." Naraku sliced the air and that was all he could get because Maylu jumped away, her back colliding with the rail. Naraku ran at her and she flipped over the railing, landing on the floor below in a bleeding heap. Naraku hung over the railing, watching as Maylu moaned and moved slightly, and with evil excitement ran down the stairs next to the platform.
"Maylu!"
The door at the edge of the room, burst open and Lan ran forward, a look of fear and worry on his face. Behind him, Tristen walked in slower than Lan, looking around at the bodies laying all over the floor. He knew they weren't dead; they're breathing echoed in the room, but they would be out for a long while.
"Maylu, are you okay?" Lan fell to his knees beside her, watching as she managed to sit up and face him. He saw how horrible her cuts in bruises were and touched a bleeding cut across her cheek gently.
"Lan...I'll be alright...Are you okay?"
"Maylu, I'm fine, but you look terrible..."
"Oh, I know. I just got ruffed up a bit, is all..." Maylu could feel her vision fading fast and she passed out, tired and in pain. Her breathing was slow and steady after a few minutes, but Lan knew she needed help soon. As he laid Maylu comfortably on the ground and stood up to face Naraku, a terrible thing happened...
Naraku stabbed Lan in both his arms. He had snuck up behind him, and Tristen, who had been examining the men on the floor hadn't noticed.
Lan gave out a loud cry, causing Maylu to open her eyes and watch as Naraku stabbed Lan in his arms and both his legs. Lan fell to the floor and Tristen jumped in front of him, sword out and ready.
But as vibrant hexagons began to cover the outer walls of the room, Tristen knew he had another job to do, because another Dimensional Area had surrounded the building and two familiar navis stood in front of Lan, Maylu, and Tristen.
"Hey, you! I won't let you hurt Maylu anymore!" Roll cried, anger evident in her voice. Lan, who was in very much pain, crawled over to Maylu and sat her up, so that she could see her navi in front of her.
"And if you lay a hand on Lan again, I won't let you leave this room!" Megaman yelled, his cannon arm held at the ready.
"But how-?" Lan asked, quietly. Maylu only smiled and watched her navi.
"Don't worry you two. Help is on the way and we'll finish this guy for you. We want our revenge too!" Roll turned around, grinning at her Net Op. Megaman only nodded and began to fire a round of blasts at his enemy...Naraku.
End Chapter 14