Rockman EXE
Guardians of the Light Circle
Opening Song:
BoA – Every Heart
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(1:27 minutes)
Ending Song:
Kukui - Hikari no Rasenritsu
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(Full video)
(I don't own any characters of the series RockmanEXE)
Episode 4: Forgotten Memories (Before Opening Song)
Previously...
Sakurai...she has the same last name as Meiru, but I'm not going to tell her, not just yet...
"Netto, I want you to battle... Meiru-chan,"
Now that we have the chance to be together, you simply... stop trying to have a little fun... because of my safety... it makes me feel so... so...
"Meiru-chan! Meiru-chan! What's wrong? Answer me!"
"MEIRU-CHAAAAAN!"
Opening Song:
Ikutsu namida o nagashitara
Every Heart sunao ni nareru darou
Dare ni omoi wo tsutaetara
Every Heart kokoro mitasareru no darou
Nagai nagai yoru ni obieteita
Tooi hoshi ni inotteta
Meguru meguru toki no naka de
Bokutachi wa ai o sagashiteiru
Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara
Kyou mo takai sora miageteiru
Akihara Hospital...
"Meiru-chan..." Netto was sitting in the waiting hall, together with his father, Enzan and Meiru's parents. It had been a few hours after the netbattle was over, a netbattle that had left Meiru in the hospital.
Yuuchirou, Netto's father, lifted himself from his seat and walked towards his only son. He sat down and rested his right arm on Netto's left shoulder, "Don't worry my son, Meiru-chan is going to be alright, so please stop blaming yourself".
"How can you say that when you know that it's my fault?" Netto's voice was mixed with frustration, worry and anger all at the same time, "She got hurt and it's my-"
Netto did not get to complete his sentence, for he had been interrupted, "Even if you did hurt her, blaming yourself is not going to solve anything!" Enzan was starting to get irritated about Netto's way of thinking. He was acting as if anything that would happen to that girl, or anybody, would be his fault. "You didn't even attack and when you did, you purposely made sure that she would dodge it!"
It did make sense. Meiru had fainted, but not because of a severe attack. She had simply lost consciousness for no reason. Her strength was as high as it could be possible, therefore she should have been able to continue fighting.
Magari heavily sobbed, while her husband, Haruhi, comforted her by continuously telling her that everything was going to be all right.
A few minutes later, a doctor walked towards Hikari-hakase and spoke, "Hello, I am Akemi Sayuri" She bowed, while presenting her name, "I will be taking you to see the girl, please follow me"
Dr. Akemi guided Netto and the others to a room with a light purple door as an entrance. Before opening the door, however, she turned around and faced Netto's father, "I'm sorry, but not all of you can come in"
"Meiru's parents and Netto can come in first", answered Hikari-hakase. He looked at his son with a gentle smile; he knew that Netto had to see his best friend.
Netto smiled back and entered the room, right after Magari and Haruhi had passed through the light purple door. The room's walls were light blue, while the floor and furniture was heaven white. His eyes stared at the white bed, where the red-haired girl rested, with blankets covering her from her neck to the tips of her toes.
Meiru's parents walked closer to their daughter, while Netto kept on standing there. His entire body was not obeying her and his voice froze in a mist of silver snow. He could simply watch as the Sakurai family cried, felt hopeless and sickly worried.
"My sweet little girl", quietly whispered, as tears began to fall from her eyes once again. It was painful to see a loved one in this situation. Her health was perfectly fine and she had not broken any bones, or had experienced an infection.
Haruhi's heart was suffering, just as much as his wife. Meiru had lived a life pretty much without him. Ever since she had been born, his travels and trips seemed to become longer and longer. She still waited for his return and every time he would come back home, his loving daughter would welcome him with her arms wide open and a beautiful smile on her face. He had come back home, to where his family was supposed to be and even though Meiru was there, it was as if she was not there at all.
Sayuri guided the two heartbroken parents towards the exit, while Netto had still not made a single move. The room was empty and there were the two. Netto stepped forward and took Meiru's hand. He could feel the softness and the warmth all over him, as he lifted it towards his forehead and covered it with both hands, as his tears wetted her delicate hand. Meiru-chan... what have I done?
At Sci-Labs
Hikari Yuuchirou had returned to Sci-Labs, together with Enzan, and continued analysing and scanning Meiru's navi, Roll. Inside Sci-Labs' computer were Rockman, Blues, Searchman, Tomahawkman and Medi. They were standing right in front of Roll, who was surrounded by two spinning digital rings.
Mejin turned to directly look at the doctor's face, "Hikari-hakase, I have been doing the most advanced analysis possible, but I still have found no viruses, nor any damage in her system."
Hikari-hakase stared at the floating navi, who was still unconscious, even though her systems showed that she was in perfect conditions. I don't understand! Her programs are working as well as they can and she is still in an unconscious state...
In Sci-Labs Network
Rockman gazed at Roll's face, hoping that any sign of motion would occur, nothing. She was in the same position as he had found her hours ago.
"Exactly why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be with Dingo right now?" asked Medi. She had been hoping to have an alone moment with Rockman, but he was putting any attention to her.
"He said that he didn't need any help, besides I really wanted to know what was going on", replied Tomahawkman back.
He looked behind Medi and asked Searchman and Blues with a curious look, "And why are you two here?"
"Raika-sama wanted me to inform any news", replied Searchman.
"I follow Enzan-sama wherever he goes", answered Blues.
"Eh?" Tomahawkman was not surprised by their answers. They seemed very similar to each other.
Blues stared at Rockman. He knew that Rockman was worried about Roll, but he had not moved from his spot ever since Roll was sent to Sci-Labs. Roll... what happened to you? You were perfectly fine a few hours ago... I want to know... I want to help you...
"Are you alright, Rockman?" Blues was a little worried about Rockman, because if anything would happen and his help would be needed, the fear of Roll's safety would certainly become a distraction to him.
"I'm fine", that is all he said.
Blues did not expect anything else, well Rockman's heart was suffering, "Rockman, do you like Roll?
"I-I guess...I mean, NO! Of course not! No way!" Rockman's head moved from left to right, Blues had hit a nerve and hard. His cheeks were an intense red, as he stared at the ground, trying to hide his face.
Blues chuckled; it was funny how Rockman took things so seriously. He meant that question as a joke, but it ended up turning into enjoyable entertainment.
"I'M SOOO BORED!" whined Medi, she could no longer hold the irritated feeling of waiting for hours, just to see whether Roll would awaken, or not. She skipped towards Rockman and sat right next to him.
"Come on Rockman! Let's do something, Roll is going to be all right so let's get out of here!"
"You can go, I'm staying", replied Rockman.
"Aw come on! We can go and... umm... I don't know let's just go!"
"I'm staying"
"Just for an hour"
"I'm staying"
Medi's patience was reaching her limit. She stood up, grabbed Rockman by the arm and pulled as hard as she could, nothing. Rockman was too strong for her, so moving him from his spot was going to be a problem.
Medi stared at him with annoyance in her eyes and turned around, that way her back would face Rockman, "Hmph, you are so annoying!"
"HUH?"
Thousands of sakura petals were falling from the cyber sky, as if it was raining, but instead of rain, there were soft, pink petals, almost dancing down to the digital ground. The wind blew and the petals followed.
"What now?" asked Tomahawkman, while lifted his arms to cover his face.
"A virus!" exclaimed Searchman.
"No, someone is doing this!" explained Blues.
At that moment a flash of light appeared. Enormous wings lifted themselves to the skies, as the bright light kept on shining. The blowing force was coming from the wings and as they kept on flapping, anyone in its path reached the ground and laid there, while trying to stay away from the unknown white wings.
Rockman raised his head, hoping to get a better view and watched in horror as the powerful wings wrapped themselves and disappeared, taking Roll with them. The storm of petals was gone, while all systems returned to a normal state.
The blue-haired navi stood on his knees, for the emerald-eyed navi was taken away from him and he couldn't do anything to protect her. No... why Roll... I was standing there... I could have taken her place... but it had to be her...
He raised his head, looking at the aurora looking sky, while screaming her name. His call for her could have been heard all over the Net and her name was repeated, like an echo, endlessly spreading around the entire world.
Searchman and Tomahawkman rapidly took hold of Rockman's arms. They pulled him up and Blues told Medi to tell Enzan that he was taking Rockman to his PET. If Rockman was not stopped, he was going to end up mental, which would be strange for Rockman, for his personality is very calm. Medi answered with a hum and transferred herself into the real world, in a digital form.
Rockman did not stop shouting Roll's name during this whole time. Tomahawkman lifted his right arm and hit Rockman on the head, while shouting, "Rockman you have to stop, now!"
"We will find Roll, but she isn't going coming back unless you stop this nonsense!" Searchman's voice was serious, loud and a little irritated. Blues sprinted towards them and helped them out with Rockman.
The three navis took hold of the blue-haired navi and teleported themselves to Netto's PET.
In an unknown place...
Meiru laid on a blanket of pure, colourful flowers. The sky was clear and below the hills were thousands of buildings. The sound of cars, the laughing of children and the beautiful singing of birds could be heard below the hill of flowers. Meiru's eyes slowly opened. Where am I? What is this place?
She looked down and found herself in her crossfusion form. At that moment she heard a voice coming from behind her, "It has been a long time, Meiru-chan"
Meiru turned around, "Who are you?"
"I'm Sakurai Flora, your sister" It was the brown-haired girl, the one that she had met at home.
"M-My sister?" Meiru had never been told that she had a sister. She did not understand what was going on.
"That's right, and Roll is my sister!" it was another voice, however this one was from a navi. Her eyes were lime green and her face was as pale as snow. Her design was very similar to Roll's. The only difference was that instead of her outfit being pink and black, it was turquoise, pink and black. Her hair was in two ponytails, with two rings to hold them. The navi's hair was a soft ginger and it reached her knees. Her boots looked like snow boots and a raindrop shape was at the side. Her gloves were from her shoulders and around the top part of both her arms and wrists were two rings. Her icon was just like Roll's, except that a line separated the colours (If you the 'peace' symbol upside down, then you will see what I mean).
"My name is Emmie!" exclaimed the red-haired navi.
"You are my sister!" Roll was very confused too, besides it was unusual for a navi to have a sister.
"You will understand what we are talking about in just a moment!" announced Flora with a cheerful smile. She lifted her hand towards her face and she began to blow, as if she was blowing dust from her hand, but instead of dust, there were petals.
"I can't see anything!" shouted Roll, as she covered her face.
"Neither can I!" The storm of petals was strong. At that moment the two girls disappeared and so did Meiru and Roll's view. They were floating and under them was a school and in front of it was a girl. She had long red and chocolate-brown eyes. She was holding onto a golden locket. It had a diamond in the shape of a heart and silvers roses at the edges of it. She turned around and noticed that other children were chasing her.
"Hey look guys, Hatto just got something!"
"Let's take it!"
"I want it!"
The girl was running, but she reached a one-way road. Her back was against the wall and her face showed fear.
"Stop showing off Hatto!" a boy grabbed her arm and slapped her. The strength of the blow forced her to go straight to the ground. The boy was about to hit her once again, but at then, a hand stopped the boy. A red-haired boy stopped him. He pushed him to the ground and the boy shuddered in fear.
"It's Hikari Daisuke!"
"Run!"
"We can get that locket later!"
The children that had hurt Hatto ran to their homes. The brown-eyed boy looked at Hatto and saw a locket right next to her. He took it and raised his hand, with the locket at the top of his palm, "Are you all right?"
Hatto lifted her head and smiled with sweet eyes, "Thank you..."
The school, the streets and the two disappeared in flash of light. A ballroom replaced the entire view. People had beautiful gowns on, filled with sparkles and colourful fabrics.
At the balcony were two people. A girl and a boy were there and both of them had red hair and brown eyes. They were looking deep inside each other's eyes and both of them were blushing heavily. You could tell that they were deeply in love with each other. They closed the space between them, until they experienced a delicate and fragile first kiss. They wrapped each other with soft movements and kept each other warm.
At the top of the palace's roof was a girl with pond-green eyes and brown hair that went just below her knees. She gazed at the young couple and murmured with a worry in her eyes, "Hatto, you have finally fulfilled your dream and now your destiny will also be fulfilled."
She lifted a silver and turquoise sceptre and exclaimed to the skies, "The last guardian has been revealed, thus the search for the guardians has been completed!"
A light from the sceptre appeared and spread everywhere. The view was replaced once again, this time with a field. People were sitting at the edges of the field, while five girls were standing in the middle, Hatto being one of those girls. Each of them stepped in front and shouted.
"I am the guardian of nature and peace, I am Guardian Nature!"
"I am the guardian of evil and destruction, I am Guardian Empress!"
"I am the guardian of light and confidence, I am Guardian Serenity!"
"I am the guardian of water and courage, I am Guardian Ocean!"
"I am the guardian of love and friendship, I am Guardian Hatto!"
The oldest one of the, Nature, stepped in front and exclaimed, "We are the Guardians of the Light Circle, it is the everything that was created by God and we will protect it!" She took a deep breath, "Our powers, however, will not work without a leader and that is why we will fight each other and gather each others Rosa Mysticas! They are our souls and once all of them are put together in one body, the Supreme Light will be born!"
Most of the people were cheering, while the rest of the people were crying and wishing that this would not happen. The battle started and one by one, the guardians began to fall, moving no more.
"Eternal Purifying Sun Shower!"
"Deep Ocean Wave!"
"Last Lovely Valentine Sunset!"
"Supreme Dark Nightmare Eclipse!"
"Marvellous Dancing Sakura Kiss!"
Guardian Ocean was defeated and so was Guardian Serenity. Only three were standing, even though one of them was lying on the dirty ground, while two of them were hitting and clashing each other's sceptres. Empress sent hundreds of obsidian diamonds at Nature. She was exhausted and because of that, she slipped and fell on the ground. Hatto's strength immediately came back and she ran at full speed towards her big sister, as Empress lifted an obsidian sword, her target being Nature. She stood up, right in the middle of the field and as she called out her sister's name, the sword went right through her chest, red petals falling down to the ground. Nature caught Hatto before she fell and yelled, "HATTOOOOOOOOO!"
Her eyes were filled with tears and they went down her cheeks, staining Hatto's pale face. Daisuke ran towards Hatto, but was stopped by a blue-haired boy, Helio, a brown-haired boy, Mamoru, a red-haired boy, Nabu, a black-haired boy, Katsuki and a dark brown-haired boy, Dark Star. (Some names sound familiar don't they? ^ - ^)
Daisuke was calling his lover's name over and over, begging for her death to not be true. Hatto's eyes switched from her sister's to Daisuke's. She smiled, with sweet eyes and murmured, "I-I guess that... my time has come... I love you Onee-chan... thank y-you for... every... thing..."
Hatto had been killed, in front of Nature's eyes. She took out a silver feather and vines, filled with roses, wrapped themselves around Empress' arms, legs, waist and neck. She started to get dizzy and could no longer breath. You won... by using... a single... feather...
Empress fell to the ground and at that moment, each defeated guardian began to shine and from the light, hearted diamonds, surrounded by rings of light, appeared from the inside of each of them and they all floated towards Nature.
She laid Hatto on the ground, stood up and watched as her guardian symbol, at the top of her head, begun to shine, to change and instead of a crystal, it turned into a diamond, in the shape of a heart, with silver wings right behind it. Her guardian outfit turned into a shimmering white dress. It was white, short sleeves; diamonds around the collar and it reached her knees. A turquoise bow hanged in the middle of her chest and in the middle of the bow was her guardian symbol, the same symbol that was on her forehead. She wore long white boots that reached her knees and her white and turquoise gloves reached the top part of her arms. She also had silver earrings with the shape of eagles. Nature's wings were enormous and her hair was put in a half ponytail, which was tied up with a white ribbon that almost reached the ground, followed by Nature's brown hair.
A flash of light appeared right in the middle of the field and everything disappeared. A field of colourful flowers had replaced the battlefield. In the middle was Nature, who was standing on her knees. The rest of the guardians, the people who were once crying, or cheering and the clear skies were all gone. Darkness surrounded everything and Nature lifted her head and cried in despair. A golden sun... deep blue skies... but... I still can't see you... It's so dark... I'm lonely... but I don't want to be alone...
"I SACRIFICE MY LIFE TO BRING BACK MY WORLD! BUT I WILL BRING MY LOVED ONES WITH ME! NO ONE WILL BE ALONE AGAIN!"
With that, she raised her sceptre, her wings spread, and almost covering the entire field of flowers and everything disappeared. The people were lying on the fields, resting and sleeping. The darkness disappeared. The sun, the sky, everything had come back. Nature, however, was falling, together with her loved ones, into a portal. The portal closed and everyone got separated. Nature, Hatto, Daisuke, Helio and their families went through one way. Serenity, Mamoru and their families went through a different path. Ocean, Katsuki and their families entered a different path and Empress, Dark Star and their families went through a separate way.
There was an image of a hospital, where a baby girl had been born. A man was standing right next to his wife, while carrying a 2-year old baby girl with brown hair and pond-green eyes. A nurse carried a baby girl towards the mother and smiled, "It's a baby girl!"
The mother gazed at the red haired girl and looked at her with delight, "Your name was once known as the name of the guardian of love and friendship, but now I shall give you a new name, Sakurai Meiru."
Thousands of petals covered the scene, as Roll and Meiru reached the ground. They were both shocked, for what they had seen was a story that may become a truth that neither of them would want to believe.
The red-haired girl and the blonde-haired navi looked up and saw Flora and Emmie, standing right in front of them.
Flora looked deep into Meiru and Roll's eyes and spoke, "The Guardians of the Light Circle, together with their Protectors, had been split into two bodies and so did each of their Rosa Mysticas. Emmie and I have half of Nature's soul and together we are Nature herself..."
"... while you two share the soul of Hatto, the guardian of love and friendship. We have lived once and died. All of us have resurrected and have found each other once again. Meiru-chan, Roll-chan, both of you have been told the story of your first lives and we are your sisters", continued Emmie.
"Please understand that you are not who you think you are, you two are far more than just a human and a navi. You two are here to protect all of this."
Meiru was to afraid to speak, for the idea of being a completely different person frightened her, however Roll was able to speak, "If you are our sisters then how come we never met you?"
Emmie stared at Roll's face and answered, "When Flora was 4 years old, she was captured by a group of people, who had heard her sing, while our parents waited in line, at the airport. The lights went off and they took Flora with them. They had put her in a singing competition and she won. Flora and I found each other when she was 6 and over the past 12 years, we have been singers as a career."
"Why didn't Flora go to school?" asked Roll.
"When Nature had died, her age was 18, so once Flora went to school for the first time, her level of knowledge and skill could have been matched with an university student. " Emmie sighed and continued, "The memories of our first lives have returned and we have awakened our fellow ones. Now, we will protect the world from darkness, exactly what you have been doing so far."
Emmie and Flora took both of Roll and Meiru's hands and they lift off, from the ground, to the sky. At that moment, Roll was back to her PET and Meiru laid on a white bed, at the hospital.
She woke up and found herself shaking and hard. Netto was very surprised, but once he saw her, he gave her a welcome home, while Meiru was almost crying, but not because of the joy of seeing Netto. I'm the guardian of love and friendship... Guardian Hatto... but if my Protector is Daisuke... and he is meant to be here... then... who is he...
Emmie: Your dream has been fulfilled Flora!
Flora: sniff... sniff
Emmie: Flora? Why are you crying?
Flora: I'M JUST SO HAPPY!
Emmie: O-Okay... ANYWAY another chapter is over!
Flora: We thank Animecartoonlover36 for being our first reviewer!
Emmie: And XWF1000 for adding us to her 'Favourite Story' list!
Flora & Emmie: Coming next... Blooming Bonds!