Part 5
Note to readers: Sorry for the delay in trying to continue the story everyone. It's just been a tough week for me while I was trying to find some new ideas for this next part. In any case, I'm glad that I was able to finish it late than never. Now, I would like to thank the group called Generation-A for their continued support for this story as well as my life. I would also like to thank Anime Master Zero for giving me the inspiration to go on with my stories. He keeps reminding me what I want to do my stories for. Thanks alot man. I would also like to thank Generation-A for allowing me to use the characters Air Jay and Maliska for my stories. And don't worry, they are going to be in this part of the story.
I would like for you all to keep in mind that I'm trying my very best to do a very good story. I would also like to remind you that the anime and game characters mentioned in this story do not belong to me but to their rightful owners mentioned in the Part 1. Due to the language that would soon be in this fic, the rating of this story would have to be changed in order to be suitable for teens and adults. Also, both Air Jay and Maliska belong to Generation-A and Shogar and Shade the Red Shadow as well as Nightmare Parasite are created by me. Thank you for your attention and now enjoy!
While watching the events unfold within its own dominion, Nightmare Parasite began to chuckle to itself as it watched through the many bubble like windows within its own private sanctuary. With the powerful Chaos clone creature was Professor Diol watching along with his master. What the creature and its servant saw was numerous images of its enemies Miguel and Sylphiel along with the Mobians the Chaotix in separate situations. They also saw another human with skunk-colored hair having in his possession a piece of the Chaos Emerald that he got his hands on by chance.
"Now, this seems to be interesting, Lord Parasite," the aged saged said to the liquified creature as he was becoming interested with what's happening in the world that they've sent Dilgear and the pirate spirits to. "One piece of this Chaos Emerald seemed to activate on its own is in the hands of a young human boy while its near-completed progenitor is in the hands of those humans and their comrades. It's also emitting an energy that's just too powerful for any type of machinery that the world has to handle."
"But there's more to it than that, Diol," Nightmare Parasite said to the sage while never taking its three green eyes off of the bubble-like screens. "You see, the powers of the Chaos Emerald is not only causing some natural interferences from within that world, but it is also causing the very fabric and boundaries of its reality to break down as well. In short, the dimensional fabric that the plane of the Cyber World which is connected to the human world is starting to fall apart."
"Are you saying that about any creature that inhabits this Cyber World near the plane of the humans could just walk into their realm whenever they like, Lord Parasite?" asked the voice of the vampire named Shade the Red Shadow appearing before them.
"Exactly, my marvelous creation," Nightmare Parasite replied to its creation as it continued to watch the events on the many screens. "You see, what that human Miguel and his friends had just unwittingly introduced into that universe is a very potent and yet unknown element to the people of that plane of existence. A being going into that reality isn't enough to trigger an interference in that world's natural process in evolution. But a powerful item, like the Chaos Emerald, that just entered into a world that doesn't have any special procautions against its very potent energies could very much do the trick. As a result, the dimensionl barrier of the Cyber World that exists along with the world of the humans would start to break down. Therefore, allowing not only the inhabitants of the Cyber World to cross over into the human world, but other beings from another universe as well."
"Why that's simply amazing, Lord Parasite!" Professor Diol said to the powerful liquified creature as he was astonished with the latest info being given to both him and Shade. "Who could've thought that a little green gem like that could possess the latent ability to break down and rip the very fabrics of that reality? Well, I could tell you that the humans that inhabit in that world would get more than they bargained for when they tried to study and harness its intense cosmic energies."
"But what of that werewolf called Dilgear, Master Parasite?" the vampire asked his Master with a curious tone in his voice. "What should we do with him if he should fail in his mission to bring that Chaos Emerald to you as you intended? It's pretty clear that the human Miguel has the ability to wipe out those spirits that you've summoned to accompany him in his quest."
"I wouldn't worry about that, Shade," Nightmare Parasite said to its powerful vampire creation while not taking its three green eyes off of the screens. "Thanks to the genetic enhancements that Diol made to Dilgear, he should be more than enough for that human Miguel and his friends could handle. Plus, the people of that world will soon have a taste of the terror that I planned on bringing to the world of where both the Ruby Eye and the Red Dragon Lord. Hee! Hee! Hee!
"But just in case things do go wrong, I'm planning on sending you to that world in order to look after the werewolf as well as take care of some...unwanted pests that would choose to get in the way of my plans. But before you do that, I want you to order some of your subordinates to go to your post and guard your brothers and sisters while you're away! Now go and spread some fear and terror to any humans or creatures that dare to get in the way!"
"As you wish, Master Parasite," Shade responded to his creator just before pulling his long and red cape over his head and started to vanish into a cloud of cold and red mist without leaving a trace of his existence.
As both Nightmare Parasite and Diol continued to watch the scenes developing inside of the world where their enemies are at, the creature soon felt the presenses of two beings entering the into the room that they're in now. That was when it heard the young and upset voice of Air Jay saying to the two of them, "Yo, man! What's up with that! How come that suck-up vampire gets to have all of the action while the two of us are stuck here doing nothing! Now, this is just bullshit!"
"Well, Air Jay, maybe both Lord Diol and Parasite would allow us to if you're not so much of an asshole with all the others!" Nightmare Parasite heard the female Maliska saying to her companion as both it and Diol turned to see them at one of their usual fights. "I mean, do you really think that you could beat that any of those guys even if you tried? I mean, you couldn't even beat a potato and they're soft enough to be your mama!"
"Says who, bitch?" the raven-haired teen responded to the fiery-haired girl with a twitch on his eye. "I mean, the last time that I've recall you ever being as suck up as that pretty boy of a vampire is for when both Lord Diol and Parasite said for us to be the servants of that guy! I even saw a little shade of red starting to developing on your face...!"
"SHUT UP, AIR JAY!" Maliska said to the the long-haired teenaged boy just as she started to gather up blue energy within her hands. "At least I'm not some whore loving boy that's obsessed with some girl's huge breasts and is attracted to her fat a..."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" Air Jay responded to the girl's words with an angry tone that matched the fiery aura that surrounded his body.
Just as they were both going to launch their attacks towards one another, Nightmare Parasite began to erect an invisible barrier between the two just as it spoke, "That's enough of this spat from the two of you. Now, I suggest that the two of you calm down before things start to get rather messy."
As soon as they both heard those words, both contenders lowered the strength of their attacks until they were calm once more. While turning its attention towards the glaring rivals, the liquified creature began to the two of them while sounding a bit amused, "Now, Maliska. Air Jay. Why is it that drives the two of you to attack one another for whenever you both have an arguement? Whatever the reason, I have task for the two of you so that you could both be rid of that extra hot air between you. I want the both of you to go into Lord Ruby Eye and Ciepheid's world and capture as many Bra Demons that you could gather. Bring them back to this dimension by any means, but I want them brought back here alive."
"You've got to be kidding me, man!" Air Jay said to Nightmare Parasite with a sort of annoyed and disappointed tone in his voice. "Why do we have to get this job? Why not get two of your other Generals do that for you? They could easily get those demons of yours in mere seconds!"
"Allow me to be the one to answer that for you, Air Jay," Diol said as the old sage looked as if he was upset with his creation. "You see, we still don't know whether both you or Maliska have enough power to deal with the mission that will soon be at hand. So what better way to test your powers than on a pack of powerful wild Bras Demons?"
"And now for your second question, young man," Nightmare Parasite said to the black-haired teen as it looked at the two humanoid creations of the old sage. "You see, both Drakon and Shogar are already assigned to more important tasks at hand. Drakon is gathering pack of dragons for his own army at Ciepheid's and Ruby Eye's world while Shogar is in another universe gathering advance computer data for one of our very special and old guests. They also have orders to eliminate any obstacles that would get in their way."
"Just who is this guest that you're talking about anyway, Lord Parasite?" Maliska asked while at the same time bowing respectfully at the liquid life form.
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about him, Dear," the Chaos clone said to the female while at the same time turning its full attention back towards the numerous bubble-like screens. "He's just a mere scientist that has the same ambitions as any other old scientist. But, I'll explain everything to you once you both have returned from your mission and once Shogar has returned with the data that he was suppose to get."
"Well, at least that perverted black phantom isn't going to be anywhere near me for a while," the red-haired teenaged woman said while as letting out a sigh of relief just as she turned towards Air Jay's direction. "Come on, Air Head, we got us some demons to gather."
"The name's Air Jay, bimbo!" the raven and long-haired teenager responded to his female companion just before the two of them disappeared out of existence to begin their task at hand.
While hearing the voices of both Vector and Mighty reassuring that both Charmy and Espio are going to be fine thanks to their abilities, Miguel heard almost about everyone in the room sighing with relief about what they just heard. He even heard their Navis starting to feel both amazed and relieved about what they just heard about their visitors.
The teen then suddenly heard the voice of Higsby saying to the two of them while speaking in a curious tone, "Well, now that that's been cleared, could the two of you tell us exactly what you are and what planet do you come from?"
As soon as he heard those words come out of the chip collector's mouth, Miguel started to hear the voice of Vector clearing his throat just as he said, "Now, as for me and the rest of my pals, we're known as the Chaotix!
"We're a group of people that come from a planet named Mobius. We're known as Mobians. The truth is, our kind never really had any encounters with humans like you for some time. Well, the one human-like being that we know is called Dr. Eggman Robotnik! He's just some doctor that's an expert in making powerful and yet crazy robots to terrorize our planet. As for where he actually came from himself, that's a mystery. So, that's about all that we could tell you for now."
After the green crocodile's explanation, the teen saw the expressions of the entire group of game/anime characters from the MegaMan NT anime series staring at them like they couldn't believe what they just heard.
Miguel then heard the voice of Lan saying to them while still feeling a bit shocked about what he along with his friends just heard, "Well, I got to say that you guys have a rather interesting world that you guys live in. It also must be tough having to deal with that Robotnik Eggman character spreading all sorts of terror to your world."
"Hey, there's no need for you and your friends to start making a bit deal about it, Lan," the armadillo said to the head-banded boy while at the same time trying to sound polite. "Right now, our world should be the least of our concerns. What I'm most concerned about is what happened to both Espy and Charmy."
That was when Miguel spoke up by saying, "Well, I wouldn't worry much about those two right now, Mighty. With their abilities, I doubt that the people around here would be able to spot them. But what I'm concerned about the most is what happens if those Net Saviors found out that I was in that building that caused all that interference with my Ra-Tilt spell."
"Ra-Tilt? Just what in the world is that, Miguel?" he heard the voice of Tory asking with a curious tone in his voice.
Just before he could have the chance to explain about the astral spell, the teen suddenly heard the voice of Sylphiel cutting in while speaking in a polite tone, "Well Tory, the Ra-Tilt is a spell that could be used to attack a target's astral body from the astral plane. It doesn't cause any physical damage to buildings or huge structures of the sort, but it can be dangerous for when aimed at a large group of humans that still have their spirits. It could also be used against a large amount of ghosts if the person is to be outnumbered. But it could nearly wipe out the spirits of hundreds of people within a city as well."
"Well, gee! Thanks for that little source of information, Miss Sylphiel," Miguel heard the sarcastic voice of Roll saying to the shrine maiden with her tone of voice. "Why didn't you mention that little detail for when we...?"
That was when the pink Navi's words were soon cut off for when her own operator saying with a rather scolding tone of voice, "Roll, that definitely wasn't called for! Besides, no one human was in the building for when Miguel used that astral spell of his to get rid of those pirate ghosts that threatened to kill us!"
"S-Speaking of w-which, what w-were they a-anyway?" Miguel heard the voice of the blue Navi MegaMan asking out loud while at the same time feeling afraid. "Could someone explain to m-me what were t-those things that just came out of n-nowhere and demanded f-for that Chaos Emerald that t-they wanted?"
That was when the teen turned his full attention towards Lan's direction and saw him raising his P.E.T. towards his face in order to see how his Navi was doing. That was when the same thought hit his mind just as he answered, "Well to be honest, we don't know. We haven't met up with anything like those ghosts back in my world."
He then turned his attention towards both Vector and Mighty and said to them, "How about you guys? Have you seen these types of ghosts like these back in your world?"
"No, Miguel. I'm afraid that neither me or Vec has seen anything like those ghosts before," the armadillo said as he looked as confused as Vector was.
"You got that right, Might," Miguel heard the green crocodile responded to his friend while turning and seeing him as confused as his friend. "I mean, the only things that we were used to fighting were the 'bots that Eggman sent at us. We've never actually had to fight with real live ghosts before."
"Well, ghosts aren't really uncommon in the world that I've come from," the teen heard Sylphiel saying to the everyone with a thoughtful tone in her voice. "However, I've never really heard of ghosts that could take on the forms of pirates. Also, I noticed that these type of spirits sort of emitted small amounts of the Chaos Emerald's power within them. There's no way that they could be ordinary ghosts dressed up as pirates."
"Well whatever the reason, I think that we should just find a way to regroup with both Charmy and Espio so that way we could figure this whole thing out," Miguel said to everyone in the entire group. "From what we just saw, things are bound to get worse if the people here were to find out now that people from another world just came into this one. So I think that as soon as the four of us find out where both Espio and Charmy are and regroup, we should just lay low until we finally that last piece of the Chaos Emerald and then we could get back to our own worlds.
"We can't just leave those two wondering around in this city by themselves. Plus, there's the concern about someone coming across the last piece of the emerald. For all we know, that person could've discovered how to harness that one piece's energy and using it for whatever reason he or she might have for it. We can't just leave this world with that shard of the Chaos Emerald still out there somewhere."
Just before he could hear anyone ask a question about the situation, the teen heard the voice of Ms. Mari saying with a rather shocked tone, "Oh my goodness! I almost forgot all about the Halloween Horror Night! I still have to get it done right before Halloween, which starts next Tuesday! What am I going to do? After all of the craziness that just happened to all of us a while ago, how am I going to get all of the planning and decorations done in time? Even with the help of the kids, I can't do this all by myself!"
That was when Miguel heard the voice of Vector starting to speak to the bun-haired teacher by saying with a calm tone in his voice, "Well, I don't know about all of you guys, but I'm really starving! I haven't eaten anything since we've arrived in this world!"
"Vector! Now is not the time to be thinking with your stomach!" the teen heard the voice of Mighty saying just as he turned towards the armadillo and saw an annoyed expression on his face. "How could you think of food for when two of our friends are at this very city feeling cold and hungry...!"
Miguel heard the words of the the annoyed armadillo being cut off for when he, as well as everyone else, heard the sound of someone stomach growling like a tiger. That was when he soon realized that the loud growling sound came from the stomach of Mighty himself just as he turned and saw the Mobian blushing with a bright shade of red on his face.
"Well, looks like Vector isn't the only person that's starting to grow hungry!" the teen heard the voice of Lan saying to the armadillo as he turned and saw the boy smiling at the Mobian. "Now, that I think about it, can anyone tell me what time is it now?"
"It's about to be about 5:30 p.m., Lan," responded the voice of the blue Net Navi MegaMan responding to his operator with a serious tone. "From what I recall, mom said that you were suppose to be at home right before that time."
"Well that's sort of strange for you, Lan," Miguel heard Maylu saying to her childhood friend with a giggle in her voice. "Usually for when it comes to food, you're the first one to go running home. By now, your mom's probably making that curry dinner that you like so much."
"Ack! That's right!" Lan replied to the young girl's words just as the older teen watched the young head-banded boy starting to go out towards the door. "I've promised my mom that I'm going to get back home as soon as I'm finished with the meeting! Oh, all of that curry is going to waste! I got to go!"
"Hey! Wait a minute, Lan!" Miguel heard the voice of Tory saying to him. "What are we going to do about...?"
Just before the brown-haired boy's could reach him, the older teen saw Lan starting to starting to exit the room while at the same time fastening the roller blades that were attached to his backpack and was out the door before anyone could blink. "Whoa! I guess that Lan must be really hungry," Miguel heard Dex saying to everyone with a surprised tone of voice.
"Yo! That little dude can't just go out on the street like that, Dex!" Vector responded to the large kid's voice just as the older teen turned and saw the green crocodile looking pretty annoyed at Dex. "I mean, for all we know, those green ghosts could still be out there and could jump him at any moment!"
"(Gasp!) Then that would also mean that my poor little Mega would be in trouble too!" Miguel heard the cybernetic voice of Roll shouting out loud just as he noticed that she was beginning to worry as well as becoming a bit too dramatic. "He's just simply afraid of ghosts. If any were to happen to terrify him so much, then I'm..."
The pink Navi's words were soon cut off for when Maylu spoke to her through her P.E.T. with a nervous, and yet amused, chuckle, "Um, MegaMan isn't a helpless baby, Roll. Besides, he's got Lan with him whenever he's in trouble and he knows that there's no such thing as ghosts."
"I'm afraid that I'm happen to agree with Vector on what he said, Miss Maylu," Miguel heard the voice of Sylphiel saying to the pink-haired girl just as he turned and saw the worry starting to develope on her face. "Someone has to go with Lan and make sure that he gets back home safetly. A boy like him is just too defenseless if any of those ghosts were to attack again."
That was when Miguel started to speak insistently towards everyone else as he went towards the door that Lan went, "Then I'll go with him. Despite those roller blades make him fast to keep up with, I can catch up with the kid. And now that I'm all newly refreshed with energy, I can get pass the security system and head pass the gate before it can have the chance to activate again.
"The rest of you stay here and wait until I see that Lan is back home safely. If any of those pirates dared to show their faces, I'll be sure to give them fight that they would never forget. But I'll only be able to use some ice attacks or small attacks just so I won't be able to hurt the people of the area that might get in the way. Also, I might be able to find either Espio or Charmy around the area. Perhaps they both might have something interesting to tell us."
Just before he could hear anyone give out a protest, Miguel soon heard the voice of Vector saying to him with a voice of confidence in his voice, "Don't you worry about a thing, man. We'll hold down the fort here while you be sure that the kid's okay on his way home and while finding both Espy and Charmy on the way!"
"Heh! Thanks for the support, Vec!" was all the older teen could say just before he turned the knob of the door and began to open it.
Before he could have the chance to open it, Miguel heard the voice of Sylphiel saying to him with a pleading tone in her voice, "Miguel! Wait a moment!"
As he turned towards the shrine maiden's direction, the older teen saw his female friend's lovely face starting to look a bit worried at first. But then it was replaced by a warm gentle smile as she spoke up again, "Please be careful and come back safely."
In response to Sylphiel's words of encouragement, Miguel gave her a warm smile back to her while ignoring all of the mischievous stares and giggling coming from everyone in the group. Even the two adults Higsby and Ms. Mari were becoming interested in what was happening in front of them. Before he could hear anyone make a comment about what just happened in front of them, the teen was soon out the door and headed out of the way in order to find where Lan might've gone.
As soon as she saw him going out through the door, Sylphiel started to become a bit flushed and shocked at what she just felt and what she just told Miguel. She was so deep into her thoughts about the subject that she didn't listen or even notice all of the others starting whisper amongst themselvs about what they've just seen.
"Now why did I just say that to Miguel while in front of the others?" the shrine maiden thought to herself while still having a mental picture of Miguel's face in her mind. "I mean, sure that I've grown accustomed to his company during our times together, but I didn't think that it would become that serious. Well, he does always treated me like a person that could make her own decisions and he's always so understanding for whatever decision that I've made. Perhaps..."
Just before she could finish her thoughts, Sylphiel soon began to shift back into reality for when she heard the voice of the little girl named Yai saying to her with a rather playfully and mischevous tone in her young voice, "Tee! Hee! Hee! Why, Miss Sylphiel! If I didn't know any better, I'd say that you have some sort of crush on that guy Miguel!"
For when she heard those words, the shrine maiden soon began to blush at what the young blonde girl said. Just as she was about to say somthing about what Yai said to her, Sylphiel heard the voice of the older girl Maylu saying while giggling, "Hee! Hee! Hee! I have to agree Yai, Sylphiel! You do seemed concerned about Miguel just before he went out that door! Otherwise, you wouldn't be blushing at what we just said!"
"Now girls, stop making fun of miss Sylphiel," the shrine maiden heard the voice of the bun-haired woman saying to the young girls while speaking in a gentle and yet stern tone of voice. "I'm sure that it's none of our business for if she has a crush on someone in her life. Let's just stick our noses out of this!"
"Thank you, Ms. Mari," Sylphiel responded to the woman with a polite tone as she tried to get rid of the red shade on her face. "But I'm not really offended by the girls' curiosity. It's just that their talk about my feelings towards Miguel caught me off guard. I really wasn't expecting that kind of talk from the..."
Just before she could finish the rest of her sentence, the shrine maiden heard the voice of Vector saying to Maylu with a sly tone in his voice as she turned to look at what they're going to do. "Well, I might be crazy for saying this, girl, but I think that you might be a bit jealous of her."
"Jealous? Jealous of her how!" the pink-haired girl asked the green crocodile with a furious and serious tone in her voice while Sylphiel saw a bright tone of red appearing all over her face with either anger or embarrassment.
"Whoa! Calm down, Maylu! Vec didn't mean to sound so personal!" Mighty said all of a sudden just as the shrine maiden saw the armadillo going in between them before a fight could ensue. "But I'm afraid that I have to agree with him on this one. I mean, you were a bit angry and well, a bit jealous of how that kid Lan looked at Sylphiel back at the..."
Just before she could hear Mighty say the rest of his sentence, Sylphiel heard the voice of the pink mechanical being known as Roll saying to the Mobian with a rather miffed tone, "Hey! Listen you! Maylu has every reason to be jealous of Sylphiel! I mean, just look at her! Sylphiel has got the most gorgeous face that you've ever seen as well as nice dark hair! She also has a good and nicely portioned body that would make any boy drool over her! She's also nice and very helpful to others! She's...!"
That was when the shrine maiden heard the pink Navi girl's voice being cut off for when the she heard the bulter type computer program named Glyde on Yai's P.E.T. device saying in a polite manner while clearing his throat, "(Ahem!) Roll, I hate to be the one to point this out to you, but I think that you might be a little too...!"
Just before she could hear what the polite Navi was about to say, Sylphiel saw what appears to be a ghostly window appearing right out of the P.E.T. device of Maylu's and the image of the human-like pink girl program was on it. From the way that she saw the look on the Navi's face, she could've sworn that she was looking at the face of her fiery and hot-tempered friend Lina Inverse. Sylphiel also saw that face of Maylu was the same way as her digital friend is towards Yai's own device and gave the gentleman like Navi a death glare that would be enough to send shivers down anyone's spine.
"The two of them together look like that they could be a match for Miss Lina for when she gets mad," the shrine maiden thought to herself as she continued to look at the scene with a sweat drop forming behind her head. "I got to do something to calm them down before..."
Sylphiel's thoughts were soon cut short for when she heard the voice of the man named Higsby starting to say to everyone while at the same time going towards the door along with Ms. Mari, "As much as I would like to hear this little death match about to unfold, I have to get back to my Chip Shop. I left NumberMan back there in charge of the place with Shuko while I was trying to help with the Halloween Horror Night."
"And I have to get home to expect some calls from the school concerning about what just happened to us today," she heard the bun-haired woman saying while seeing her heading towards the door with Higsby. "I guess that I might even expect to have to cancel the whole thing in order to ensure the safety of the students there."
"Well, just allow me to get Glyde away from both Roll and Maylu so that he could be sure to keep the security system disarmed for you both to leave, Ms. Mari," the shrine maiden heard the voice of Yai saying just as she saw the young girl pulling her own device away from the annoyed Maylu and Roll and pointed it towards the huge control consol of the entire treehouse that they were in. "Glyde, go to the security system's main server and make sure that both Ms. Mari and Higsby get out of the mansion's grounds. Once they're out, arm the security system once more."
"I'll do it at once, Miss Yai," Sylphiel heard the voice of the young girl's Navi as she also heard him being so eager to do so.
"Probably to just get away from both Miss Maylu and Roll," the shrine maiden thought to herself as she watched both Ms. Mari and Higsby leaving the tree house as she chuckled softly about the thought before realizing what she was thinking. "Wh-where are my manners? I was just thinking that poor Mr. Glyde being frightened by both those girls angry expressions on their faces. I guess that some of Miguel's personality as well as some of Vector's are starting to rub off on me."
With those thoughts done in her mind, Sylphiel began to hear the voice of the boy named Tory saying to her while seeing him coming up towards her, "Excuse me, Miss Sylphiel, but could you tell us more about the magic that you've used on your world? I'm still a bit more curious about it."
"I would like to know as well, Miss," she heard the voice of the big boy named Dex saying to her while at the same time feeling a bit interested in the subject. "So, what kind of magic are you capable of handling other than healing other people with it?"
"Now that I think about it, just how is it that you were able to learn your magic, Miss Sylphiel?" the shrine maiden heard the now calm voice of Maylu asking her with a bit of curiosity in her young voice.
"I would like to know that as well," said the voice of the now calmed down computer program Roll as Sylphiel looked at the both of them and saw the eager look on their faces. "Were you born and raised to be a healer?"
"GutsMan want to know too!" she heard the gruff voice of the one called GutsMan saying with a bit of eagerness in his voice as the shrine maiden saw his image appearing on the same screen as Roll did for when she faced the one called Glyde.
"So do I!" shouted out the voice of the cute Navi that they called IceMan for as he too appeared the same way as his strong-looking friend did through his own P.E.T.
"Why don't you tell us all that story, babe," Sylphiel heard the voice of Vector saying to her as she turned towards his direction saw him sitting in one of the chair and ready to listen to what she has to say. "From when we first met both you and Miguel, you really didn't tell us about where your from and what family you were raised from. So maybe..."
"Vector! You and the others should be more respectful to Sylphiel!" she heard Mighty saying to his friend with a stern tone in his voice as well as the group of eager kids. "For all we know, she could've experienced something terrible during her life before she even met any of us! All of you should be...!"
That was when the shrine maiden cut off the armadillo's words by saying to him in a gentle tone of voice while trying to hide away all of the sadness within her own heart, "It's alright, Mighty. Thanks for your concern, but I think that all of you deserve to know about my life. I mean, if I just keep everything to myself, then I would only become a bitter person. Miguel was the one that taught me that the first time I've met him."
"Whoa! I had no idea that you felt this way about your past, Miss Sylphiel," she heard the voice of Yai saying to her with a sad tone in her voice. "I never should've made fun of you if..."
"No, it's okay, Miss Yai," Sylphiel responded to the young girl as she started to wipe away her own tears filling inside her eye with her hand. "I know that it still hurts me on the inside, but I've learned to forget about the terrible things that happened in my past and moved on. But once in a while I have to tell people all about my past eventually."
"Miss Yai, both Ms. Mari and Mr. Higsby just exited the mansion's grounds without much trouble," the shrine maiden heard Glyde saying to his owner while at the same time feeling like his calm and polite self again. "Now, is there something else that you would be requiring?"
"No, that would be all, Glyde," Yai answered while at the same time speaking in the same polite tone as her Navi while seeing her supposely huge shining forehead beginning to sparkle with light as she smirked. "You just happened to be on time for Miss Sylphiel to tell us the story of her own past."
"You got that right, little girl," the shrine maiden heard Vector speaking to the young blonde girl just as he turned towards her back toward her direction with a friendly smile. "Now, Sylphiel, tell us about your past by telling us where your born. Just stop for if you're feeling that you couldn't take it any more."
As soon as she heard those words come out of the crocodile's mouth, Sylphiel soon stopped her own tears in her eyes and spoke to everyone with a calm tone just as she began her life story, "Well, everyone, it all started like this..."
As he continued to rush all around the neighborhood in order to get to his home, Lan thought about what both Miguel and Sylphiel as well as the two that call themselves Mobians just told them about the Chaos Emeralds as well as the worlds of where they came from.
"Man, can you still believe what those people just told us, MegaMan?" the head-banded netbattler said to his Navi as he continued to keep his full focus on the road. "I mean, we just had one of the most powerful forces in the entire universe and it could become dangerous if it fell into the wrong hands. Not only that, but two of them are really friendly aliens from another world while that pretty girl named Sylphiel is from a world that has people that could use magic. I'm not too sure if I could handle this."
"Well, I'm afraid that we have no choice but to accept what we just heard, Lan," MegaMan answered to his operator with a voice that sounds just as unsure. "I mean, it would explain all of those strange things happening all around this area. I mean, not to mention the fact that the guy Miguel and Sylphiel are able to use abilities that no normal human could do in this world."
"Hey, don't forget about those animal-like aliens with them, MegaMan," Lan responded to his Navi while still keeping his focus on road ahead. "I mean, you've got to admit that they are the strangest thing since the appearances of the Darkloids in the real world. Let's not forget the time for when you went back in time for when the 'net was barely began to thrive. And let us not forget about the appearance of your dark side with new Darkloids as well as Duo and Slur planning to destroy the world."
"Okay! Okay, Lan! I get the point!" the blue Navi responded to his operator with annoyed huff before speaking again. "(Sighs) It looks to me that we seem to attract strange occurrences more than anybody in the entire world has been. Just what else could happen?"
As if it were to answer the blue Navi's question, Lan suddenly heard the voice of the teenaged young man named Miguel shouting out, "Hey, wait up Lan!"
For when the head-banded boy heard those words, he stopped his skating long enough for him to catch a glimpse of the young man that looked as though he'd been on a all day fun run. As he saw him trying to catch his breath, Lan began to ask him in a tone of amazement, "Miguel! Just what are you doing here and how did you just managed to catch up to me while I was probably fast enough to be about five blocks away from Yai's Mansion?"
As soon as he some him catching some of the oxygen into his lungs, the head-banded boy saw the person from another world finally looking at him straight at the face and said to him with a serious tone in his voice, "Lan! Just what the in world are you doing? Do you have any idea just how dangerous going out in the streets alone could be? Did you forget all about those pirate ghosts that just attacked you a while back? For all we know, they could still be out there waiting for you to be all alone so that they could try to get the Chaos Emerald away from you?"
For when he heard those words come out of Miguel's mouth, Lan was stilled shocked in amazement for as he spoke to the young man, "I was the one that asked the question here, pal! Man, you're starting to sound just like my parents! Okay, first of all, how was it even possible for you to be able to reach me while I was on my skates and secondly, who are you to say that I shouldn't be able to go home by myself?"
"Says the same guy who got himself into trouble with four evil organizations more times than anyone could count," he heard the voice of MegaMan saying to him with a smart aleck tone in his voice.
"Quiet, You!" the head-banded boy said to his Navi with a annoyed tone of voice while at the same time keeping his attentions towards Miguel's direction.
"Well for your information, Lan, I just happen to run like this for when I was in my school's track team," the visitor from another world said to him with a calm tone just before it turned serious. "Now, as for the reason for me to be here, don't you know how reckless and dangerous it is to go out on the streets at this time? I mean, what if one of those pirates were to get the jump on you without any of us to kick their butts for you?"
"I could've just contacted Mr. Famous through my P.E.T. and have this entire area surrounded by a Dimensional Area so that me and MegaMan could Cross-Fuse," Lan responded to Miguel while holding up his P.E.T. towards the outer worldly visitor's direction. "The two of us could've taken care of those pirate freaks on our own without your help, thank you very much!"
"Oh, I'm sure that MegaMan would be in a perfect condition to help you achieve Cross-Fusion in order to do so," Miguel responded sarcastically as Lan was still staring at the older teen with a serious glare. "Oh, and they're not ordinary ghosts either, in case you've forgotten. I could also take care of those green ghouls with my own powers of mine as well as with this!"
As soon as those words were spoken, Lan saw Miguel starting to reach onto his back and seemed to grab nothing but thin air. At first he thought that the guy was probably starting to lose it by doing that action. But what both he and his Navi saw next is what really surprised them. What they saw was a huge but decent sized sword from out of the air of his back. The weapon that he saw was almost as large as his body.
The way that the sword was forged, it looked as though it were something from the Middle-Ages. But the shape and design that he saw on it was completely different from any sword that he'd ever saw in any museum that he's ever been. It was shining with a bright silver and golden light on it's surface. On it's long silver blade was a four-pointed red star.
"Just what in the world is that thing, Miguel?" the head-banded boy asked the older teenager while he stared into the sword with a amazed and shocked look on his face.
"Whatever it is, Lan, it's emitting a very large amount of energy like in that Chaos Emearld we've seen before," he heard the voice of MegaMan saying while carrying the same tone as his operator's. "But it seems to be stable enough. Not like the magnetic field that the Chaos Emerald was emitting."
"Just where did you get that sword from anyway, Miguel?" Lan asked the outer world visitor while seeing him putting the sword back in its rightful place on his back and fading out of sight.
"Well honestly, I'm as much in the dark about this sword's origins as much as you two," Miguel answered while looking at Lan's direction with a shrug in his voice as it soften up a bit. "The first time that I've used this weapon was against a sorcerer from Vector and Mighty's world. His name was Ixis Naugus and he was as power hungry as bad guys come."
"I'm guessing that this has something to do with those Chaos Emeralds as well?" Lan asked the older teen while at the same time removing the wheels from the bottom of his shoe.
"Well, yeah. That's one way of putting it," Miguel responded with a soft tone in his voice while at the same time checking to see if anyone was watching them. "At the time, I didn't know how the sword went into my hands to begin with. All that I could gather from that time was that it's called the Star Sword and that it could grant and control the unlimited powers of a Chaos Emeralds. Powers that are enough to conquer the entire world or even a galaxy if he or she wanted."
Those last words were what really got Lan interested the most. "Whoa! Can a sword like that really do all that? There's just no way!" he heard the voice of MegaMan asking the older male teen just as he started to walk towards his home.
"Well, believe it or not, it could also destory an entire planet with the help of a spell of some sorts, MegaMan," Miguel replied as the head-banded boy saw him starting to walk along with him towards his home. "The first time that I've ever had to use something that dangerous was the final fight that I've had with Ixis. He was trying to merge his home dimension, the Zone of Silence, with another world that I've come across in the past with friends similar to both Vector and Mighty. However, they're a bit different from what the Chaotix look like.
"Anyway, Ixis had just absorbed the power of seven of the Chaos Emeralds and has fused himself with a large portal that led towards his home dimension. Just as he was about to pull the planet into his home dimension, I just transformed with the power of the Star Sword and began to battle with Ixis. Just as he was about to finish me off, some ancient text just sort of appeared in front of my eyes and I began to chant them. They were in an entirely different ancient alien language of sorts, but I was able to read it as if it were plain English."
"Now that's something that I've got to tell the guys about," Lan responded to the teen's words while feeling more than eager as to the conclusion of the story. "So anyway, you were able to beat this Ixis Whatus guy with a spell that could destroy the entire planet right?"
"Well, that's right, Lan. I was able to beat him," the older teen answered to him with a sort of distant and even shuddering tone of voice just before he continued. "I was able to use the Desolation Blade spell to destroy Ixis's entire body and wipe him out of existence. But what he said to me right before that really scared me. He said that I've just released something that is far more powerful and dangerous than any God or Monster that's ever been in Sylphiel's world. A nightmare that would bring the entire universe to its knees. That nightmare came in the form of a creature named Nightmare Parasite Chaos."
That was when Lan started to notice Miguel stopping right in front of the neighborhood electronic store with a rather angered and upset expression on his face. The boy also noticed that the older teen used a rather hateful tone in his voice while he spoke that the sentence. Just as he was about to ask him about what was bothering him, Lan saw Miguel starting to suddenly come out of his angered gaze and started to scan the surrounding area frantically. The young Netbattler was a bit confused for when he saw the outer-worldly teen doing that all of a sudden as if he were looking for someone spying on him.
"Miguel? Just what in the world are you doing?" Lan began to ask Miguel just as he tried to understand what just happened. "You looked as if you've saw a ghost or something!"
"L-L-Lan! C-C-Could you please not say or mention g-g-ghosts?" he heard the voice of his little blue Navi saying to him with a quivering tone of voice as Lan lifted up his P.E.T. and saw his friend hiding himself inside of its structure. "You know how m-m-much that I can't stand the s-s-sight or story about those t-t-things!"
Just as he was about to reassuring his Navi about what was going on, the head-banded boy heard the voice of Miguel saying to him while at the same time speaking in his usual friendly tone of voice, "Oh, sorry, Lan. It's just that I thought that I've sensed something from somewhere around here. It just seemed really close and then it was gone."
Lan began to sigh with relief for when he heard those calm words come out of the older teen's mouth. He also heard his blue Navi starting to sigh with relief too for when he heard no more talk about ghosts. That was when the boy began to ask, "Miguel, why did you look so angry all of a sudden and what's with this creature called Nightmare Parasite Chaos anyway?"
Just as he was about to hear the answer to his question, Lan saw the older teen staring at the direction and spoke to him with a rather low and serious tone in his voice, "Nightmare Parasite is a disgusting creature that was made to destroy everything in its path. (Sighs) Look, let's just drop that subject and get to your house as fast as we can, alright?"
Before he could have the chance to ask about how personal the topic was, the boy heard the voice of his Navi saying to him in a serious and gentle tone, "Lan, I think we should just drop it. It must've been pretty personal if he became mad like that. So, talk about something else."
"Alright, MegaMan. I get the hint," Lan said to the blue Navi while at the same time thinking about something else to say to Miguel in order to get his mind off of the topic that he spoke about before. That was when it hit him and he spoke, "So, are you and that girl Sylphiel an item?"
As soon as those words came out of his mouth, the boy saw the older teen starting to stare at him right in the face with a shocked tone just as he said with a rosy blush on his cheeks, "Just what are you talking about, boy? I do not have a crush on Sylphiel! I mean, sure that she's beautiful and she's also the sweetest and most gentlest woman that I've ever met, but...!"
Just before he could hear the final words come out of his mouth, Lan saw the embarrassed expression that now laid across his face. The boy began to snicker a bit for when he saw the look that Miguel made on his face. That was when he heard the older teen began to chuckle a bit for when he just realized what just happened and what Lan tried to do for him. Even MegaMan began to join in as Lan saw the friendly smile starting to develope on his face.
"I set myself up for that one, huh?" he heard Miguel saying to him while feeling happy and more like himself again. "Thanks for doing that to me in order to cheer me up, kid. You're pretty okay to hang around with. No wonder your friends like you so much."
"Well, it's just what I do," the boy responded to the older teen with a smile on his face just as he too began to calm down. "I mean, I'm not the kind of guy that just stands by and watches a person suffer with their own pain."
"Well, Lan is an okay guy to hang around with, Miguel," Lan heard the voice of his blue Navi saying to Miguel while sounding friendly to the visitor from another world. "But when it comes to depending on him to get up on time, saving the last piece of food, or even doing his own homework, he's a bit of a..."
"Okay, MegaMan! You don't have to rub it in you know," the boy said to his Navi friend with an annoyed tone of voice while at the same time lifting the P.E.T. towards his face. "Why do you have to say that to the guy for, MegaMan? I know that I can sometimes stay up too late at night and I'd have trouble waking up in the morning. But that's still no reason to just tell the guy all that!"
"All I'm saying is the truth and nothing more, Lan," MegaMan responded to his operator's words with a bit of a defensive and smart-aleck tone in his voice. "Maybe if you could just get yourself up early more often, then maybe I wouldn't have to...!"
Just before he could hear his Navi getting the chance to finish his sentence, Lan heard the voice of Miguel gasping in a panic as he turned away from his P.E.T. and saw the teen scanning his surroundings all over again. That was when the head-banded netbattler began to become curious as he said, "Now what's going on, Miguel? Don't tell me that you've sensed another ghost?"
"Lan, h-how many times d-do I have to tell you not to mention t-t-those things?" he heard MegaMan shouting out to him in a frightened tone while hearing his Navi beginning to shake with fear about what he just heard.
Just before he could get his little blue friend to calm friend to calm down, Lan heard Miguel beginning to say to him with a somewhat calm and yet unsure tone of voice, "Oh, it's probably nothing, MegaMan. I thought that I've sensed something with a large amount of energy where we are now. But I guess that I might've either imaged it or it could've just went away."
"J-J-Just exactly what did you s-s-sense, Miguel?" the boy heard his Navi asking the older teen with a curious and yet still frightened tone of voice. "Don't t-tell me that it's one of those c-c-creepy pirates that we've just saw at the school before!"
"No, it's not them, MegaMan," Miguel said to the Navi while Lan saw him still scanning the area with a sort of creeped out expression on his face while at the same time on his guard. "It's as if I'm being watched by someone with great power. But it's as if he or she didn't exist in this world, but from an entirely different plane of existence. But I could assure you that it was no ghost."
"Well, if it's not a ghost, then what else could it be?" Lan asked the older teen while wondering about the very thought in his head.
"Well, let's just forget about that for now and just get you safely back home before anything else happens," Miguel responded to the young boy with a rather concerned tone of voice. "Let's just get out of here before anyone around here starts to get too suspicous about why we're here talkin' for too long. Now let's move!"
Lan didn't need to be told twice about where he needed to go. For when he heard those words come out of the older teen's mouth, the boy started to run towards the street where his home awaited which is about a few blocks away.
As soon as he saw both MegaMan's operator and the strange young man running out of the scene, Bass began to ponder about what he just heard a few moments ago.
"Now this is rather interesting," the Black Shadow thought to himself as he pondered on the many things that he have heard from the strange human named Miguel told him about these stones called the Chaos Emeralds as well as the weapon called Star Sword which is now in his possession. "Why would a young and pathetic human like him hold a powerful weapon that could conquer a galaxy and destory an entire planet easily? He shouldn't be allowed to wield a sword of such power! What kind of being would allow a human like him to safe guard it!"
As he felt his anger engulfing his entire being, Bass felt all of his energy starting to erupt all around the cyber world of the human electronics store that he was in. All of the Navis inside of the cyber space of the store began to panic as they had their own operators logging them out of harm's way. Even the wondering viruses began to tremble with fear as they ran away from the powerful disturbance as quickly as they could. As soon as he was calm and himself again, Bass started to think about his next move before taking any further action.
"Well, judging from the way that young human Miguel was able to sense my presense, I'd have to stay away from him for a while," the cloaked-Navi thought to himself as he thought about the way that the human Miguel was able to sense his power and presence. "I'll just wait for the right moment to strike for when that boy's weaken again. That's the moment for when I'll make my move in the real world.
"For when the time comes for MegaMan's human NetOp to call upon a Dimensional Area in order for him and that blue Navi to perform their little Cross-Fusion trick, I'll be able to enter the human world in order to confront that human face-to-face. The human with that Star Sword weapon of his. He'll be so shocked for when he sees me in the real world as well as the power that I've possessed, that he'll have no choice but to give the power that he over to me. Soon no human or Navi would be able to stop me. As for those animal creatures that I've heard that foolish human talking about, I'll choose to spare them since my business is only with the humans. I would be able to conquer this world and this entire universe with an iron fist!"
Just as he was about to leave the cyber district of the electronics store, Bass felt something that was unlike what he had felt before. The energy that he felt is almost like as if whoever or whatever possessed it doesn't seem to actually exist in this world. But after a few moments passed, the Black Shadow was no longer able to feel the incredible energy that he felt.
"What is this strange energy that I'm now feeling?" Bass thought to himself as he started to scan throughout his surroundings in order to find whatever caused the large amount of energy that he felt. "I know that the boy could've emitted this sort of energy or otherwise I'd know where he is by now. This energy feels like as if a being has just entered this world with powers that could bend the very fabric of space itself. Whatever it is, it's gone now. I've got to find the right opportunity for jump into SciLab's Dimensional Generator in order for me to enter the human world. Until then, Miguel, I'll be waiting to claim that power you have in your body and use it to conquer the world soon."
With those thoughts done in his mind, the Black Shadow disappeared from sight before any of the Net Saviors' Navis were to arrive in the scene.
As both he and Charmy continued to eating the delicious food that the human woman Mrs. Hikari made for dinner, Espio's tongue was dancing with delight as the curry tingled his taste buds with its flavor. Sure, it was a bit spicy at first, but once he got a better feel of it, the purple chameleon was able to adapt. Despite the spice it had, the meal was just terrific.
"And it appears that Charmy thinks so too," Espio thought to himself as he turned to watch his young bee friend continuing to stuff spoonfuls of the food into his mouth. "Well, as much as I would like to have more of this curry, both me and Charmy have other business to take care of.
"I'm sure that Vec and the guys must be someplace that's far away and out of sight from the people of this world. Well, at least that Mrs. Hikari only thinks that we're kids wearing strange costumes. The rest of the people that we've come acrossed in the streets thought so. So, I guess that if we're able to pull it off, I'm sure that the others would be able to do that as well. I guess that in the meantime, I have to finish up this curry and..."
That was when the purple chameleon could have the chance to finish his thoughts, he heard the youthful voice of Charmy saying to the woman who was with them on the dinner table, "Mrs. Hikari, could I have another bowl of curry please?"
Espio saw the woman giving a beautiful smile towards the young bee as she said to him with a cute soft giggle, "Of course, young man. Boy, you sure do love this curry as much as my son Lan does. I swear, that he eats almost as much as a cow."
Feeling a bit curious as well as interested about what the woman said about her son, the purple chameleon began to ask her, "So about your son, Mrs. Hikari, what is he like other than the fact that he eats too much?"
After hearing another soft giggle coming from her, Mrs. Hikari spoke to Espio as she took the empty plate away from Charmy to give him another portion of curry, "Well, he's a young boy that sort of has a problem trying to wake himself up in the morning and always seemed to be more focused on Netbattling than on his school work. But despite his faults, he's a nice boy to the people around here and always tries to help others in need."
"Well, it sounds like this son of yours is a cool guy to hang around with, Mrs. Hikari," the purple chameleon heard Charmy responding to the woman words with a interested and happy tone in his voice. "I'm sure that your son has lots of friends to play around with."
"You wouldn't believe how many friends that Lan has during one of his little adventures," Mrs. Hikari said to the young small bee as he saw her filling his plate with another batch of the curry that she made. "But, I'm not suppose to talk about it since I made a promise not to since...well, never mind."
Before he could have the chance to ask about what she meant by those words, Espio heard the ringing of a door bell coming from the front door of the house. That was when he decided to just drop the subject and started to walk towards the front door as he spoke, "Don't worry Mrs. Hikari! I'll go and answer the door for you! It's the least that we could do after the meal that you've given us."
"Thank you, Espio. That's very nice of you!" he heard the human woman saying to him with a happy tone in her voice as he saw her pass out a plate full of curry to Charmy.
"You're welcome," was all that the purple chameleon said to Mrs. Hikari politely as he marched himself towards the door and began to thought to himself. "Well, after what that nice lady did for us by making that dinner for us, it's the least that we could do. Besides, no one in this world so far suspects that both me and Charmy are really visitors from another world. So it wouldn't hurt to try to act as a human boy a bit longer to another person or two before leaving to rejoin the others. It's not as if one of them would appear right in front of the door and yell out 'Surprise!' and ask what both me and Charmy are doing here."
Just as he finished with those thoughts in his mind, Espio reached for the door knob and began to turn it. For when he pulled and open door, the purple Mobian has his eyes opened wide for when he saw his human friend Miguel at the front door. Along with him was a young human boy with brown hair and eyes. He also had a blue head band that contains a strange symbol containing yellow, black, and red in it. He also wore an orange vest and a pair of tight black shorts.
"M-Miguel! Just what in the world are you doing here?" Espio said to the human teenager as he is still surprised with his friend's sudden appearance with the young boy next to him. "And just who is this kid with you?"
"What do you mean some kid!" he heard the voice of the head-banded boy saying to him with a rather annoyed tone. "For your information, I happen to live here! Now, what I want to know is what are you doing in my home!"
Just before either him or Miguel could have the chance to speak in order to calm him down, Espio heard the voice of Mrs. Hikari saying while feeling a bit happy about who she just heard, "Lan? Is that you? Oh, I'm so glad that you're home! And you've brought some company that recognized our guests!"
"Espio! Just what in the world is going on around here?" he heard the voice of Charmy saying while at the same time starting to see the young bee walking up towards their direction and saw what was going on while having some food in his mouth. "Miguel? (Gulp!) What are you doing here? Just where did Vector and the others went?"
As soon as he heard the those words coming out of Charmy's mouth, Miguel was about to open his mouth to say something for when he heard the voice of Lan's mother, Haruka Hikari, speaking with a polite and overjoyed voice, "Oh, so you must be both Charmy and Espio's friend? Well, I'm so glad to hear that. I could see that you've met my son and I'm grateful that you've brought him home to safety. Are you a part from the group that Miss Mari is gathering in order to prepare for this upcoming Halloween?"
Just before he could allow Lan the chance to speak, the older teen began to say to the woman with a polite tone, "Well, sort of, Mrs. Hikari. I was actually looking for two friends of mine while our group was looking for your son's school. We got separated while looking for it and we got lost. But it seems that you've found both Espio and Charmy for us while we were looking for them. And judging from the way that Charmy has his mouth filled with food, I'd say that they've enjoyed your meal. But I'm afraid that we have to go back with the others before they begin to worry."
"Aw! Do we have to, Miguel?" he heard the voice of the young bee Mobian saying to him while licking the last bit of food in his mouth while speaking again in protest. "I mean, I still haven't finished the delicious curry that Mrs. Hikari made for dinner!"
"You made curry, mom!" he heard the voice of Lan saying to his own mother with both surprise and happiness as he turned to see the head-banded Netbattler drooling over the thought of having his favorite meal.
"Lan, you're starting to drool all over the carpet," he heard the voice of MegaMan shouting out to his operator as he saw Lan snapping himself out of his little day dream. "You didn't even get a bite out of mom's food and you're already starting to drool a river out of your mouth."
Before he could hear the boy respond to his Navi with a comeback of his own, Miguel heard the voice of Espio saying while at the same time seeing the purple chameleon stare at the device that Lan got out from his waist, "Whoa! A little blue boy inside of a hand-held computer that could make smart-aleck remarks! Now that is something within this world that we...!"
Just before he could allow the older Mobian to finish his sentence, the teen began to cover the ninja's mouth as quickly as he could. He then saw the confused and yet surprised expression on Mrs. Hikari's face as well as both Lan and Charmy. As quickly as he could, Miguel began to think of something that might help with the situation. Fortunately, he heard the voice of Lan saying while at the same time trying to avoid what just happened, "I wouldn't worry about what Miguel did in front of us just now, mom!
"It's just that Espio has just never seen a real P.E.T. from the country that he, Miguel, and Charmy just came from. He just gets excited for when he sees new things in front of his eyes, but that's a long story. Miguel, don't you think that it's time for you and the guys to get back to rejoin the rest of the group?"
The teen was a bit surprised at Lan's attempt at avoiding what Espio said just now for when he saw MegaMan in the P.E.T as well as his reaction to it. Just before he could hear the voice of Charmy about to speak about what just happened, Miguel started to pick up the small bee and said to the head-banded netbattler as well as his mother while trying to make himself sound busy, "Oh, yes! Thank you for reminding me, Lan! Well, Mrs. Hikari, it's a pleasure to meet you and I hope that you and your son have a good evening! Come on, Espio, let's roll!"
As soon as the teen saw the chameleon understanding his words with a nod of his face, Miguel started to run out of the sight of both the mother and her son as he saw Espio joining in his run. While continuing to carry the small be in his arm, the teen soon found himself turning towards an abandoned alley. For when he finally arrived there, Miguel put the little bee down on the ground and waited for Espio to catch up to them.
For when he saw the purple chameleon appearing from the entrance of the alley, Miguel started to speak to the two Mobians while using a rather miffed tone, "Just what in the world are you guys doing eating at a woman's house while we're now at a very important mission to find the pieces of the Chaos Emerald?"
As he waited for either of them to answer his question, the teen started to hear the voice of Charmy answering while speaking in an innocent tone of voice, "I was just getting a little hungry for while both me and Espy are trying to continue looking for one of the shards of the emerald that suddenly appeared out of nowhere in a green pillar of light near an alley for when the two of us bumped into each other while going in the same direction where it was. That was at that moment for when we both met Mrs. Hikari."
Before he could ask any further questions about what happened after that, Miguel heard the voice of Espio saying to him in a rather serious voice as he turned and saw the chameleon blushing a bit, "Well, you see, Miguel, Mrs. Hikari thought that we were lost kids in Halloween costumes. She has no idea that we are from another world. In any case, she invited us over to her house and we sort of accepted the invitation. Like Charmy said, we were both hungry."
"Okay, now that answers several of my questions," Miguel said as he looked at the two of them with an annoyed and yet relieved sigh before speaking again. "Now, for the trickest one: did the two of you know where the emerald shard is now?"
That was when Charmy began to answer the teen by saying in a sheepish tone, "Well actually, we don't know, Miguel. For when both me and Espy bumped into one another for when we both saw the pillar of green light at the same time. We didn't see who took the emerald just as pillar of light disappeared."
"Right where we both met Mrs. Hikari, the pillar of light suddenly disappeared right before we could have the chance to investigate," the teen heard Espio adding to the young bee's words with the same sheepish tone in his voice. "I assumed at the time that it was most likely taken by someone from this world. But as Charmy said, we just didn't see who took it or where that person went."
"Sounds the two of you didn't have much luck with finding the emerald shards like we did," Miguel said to the two Mobians as he leaned his back against the wall of the alley. "You see, while the two of you were looking for the emerald shards all around the city, the both me and Sylphiel felt the incredible energies of the Chaos Emerald being emitted from that building that we all just woke up from.
"The two of us were separated from both Vector and Mighty for when we felt those energies coming from the school building. As soon as the two of us found the source of the disturbance, me and Sylphiel found a near-completed emerald in the hands of Lan, the boy that I've come towards the front door with, who was also being accompanied by his friends at the time. They were also being surrounded by a bunch of spirits that are dressed as pirates. They've threatened to take their lives if the emerald wasn't handed over to them. That was when things got a little hairy and we ended up explaining a lot of things as well as get some unwanted attention."
"We know, we both saw it on the local news on T.V.," he heard the purple chameleon saying to him while not feeling too enthusiastic. "Both me and Charmy saw your picture all scrambled up and couldn't be seen clearly. But from what that news lady told us, the city now thinks of you as a sort of terrorist or something and she saids that some people called the Net Saviors would do what they can to have your picture identified."
"Well, thanks for that piece of info that I needed to know," the teen responded to Espio with a sarcastic and non-enthusiastic tone. "I think that it's time for us to re-join the others before someone or something starts to get too curious about what's going on around here. Just hold onto me tight as I use the Chaos Control to get us back with all of the others. It's going to be a bumpy ride, so hang on tight."
As soon as his words reached the two Mobians, Miguel felt their hands going over to his arms just as he began to concentrate on finding Sylphiel's own Chaos Energy. For when he finally found the speck of the shrine maiden's own Chaos power, the teen soon started to brace himself for as he shouted out, "Chaos Control!"
For when he shouted out those words, Miguel soon found himself, along with both Espio and Charmy, in the green tunnel of light that is between both time and space before reaching their final destination.
End of Part 5