Rockman EXE
Guardians of the Light Circle
Episode 6: The return of Dark Star
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
At the Akihara Park...
"I go it! I go it!"
The weather was amazingly warm, perfect to go outside. Netto, Meiru, Dekao, Tohru and Yaito were enjoying a relaxing game of Frisbee. The Frisbee was in Meiru's hold, while the rest were spread around the field of grass. She threw the Frisbee towards Netto and he easily caught it.
"How are you feeling Meiru-chan? I heard that your sister brought you back home after that fire in the 'Night Fun' cinema", asked Yaito.
Once Netto had heard Yaito's question, his curiosity followed as he spoke in a wondering voice, "What happened after the fire, cause I really want to know too"
The game stopped at that moment, well everyone wanted to hear Meiru's story. She took a deep breath and begun to explain, "Onee-chan told me that she put me on my bed and cured my injuries... that's pretty much everything that she told me"
"You got hurt?" The idea of Meiru getting hurt made Dekao really worried. His feelings towards her made him protective about her safety.
"Oh no! Just a little scratch here and there..." replied Meiru, while shaking her hands rapidly from left to right.
"Now that's a relieve! I thought that you would end up in the hospital over the entire summer!" exclaimed Tohru.
"That would be a nightmare!" giggling was coming from Meiru and it was loud, it was almost laughter.
"It would be absolutely boring without you!" Netto voice joined Meiru's laughter, while everyone joined in.
The group sat on a long bench, while taking their lunches out, except Yaito, who was staring at them with a shocked look, "Are all of you going to eat, just like that?"
"What's wrong with eating lunch? I am pretty hungry you know!" complained Netto, as his stomach growled.
"You are always hungry!" everyone sighed, that boy's hunger levels were always at the highest point every time someone mentioned something that had to do with food.
Yaito lifted her right hand and pointed her index finger at Netto's face, "I'll show you what real lunch is!" With just one snap, butlers lifted a long table, with a silky red cloth over it and set it on the ground. Candles, luxury plates and expensive napkins were put all over the table. Everyone sweatdropped at the sight and sat on the throne-looking chairs that were being put by Yaito's butlers, at the edges. The menu was a glass of lemonade, a warm bowl of miso soup and a desiring banana split.
"Now this is what I'm talking about!" Netto licked his lips and devoured the miso soup, making a huge mess.
"This so good!" commented Tohru.
"Can I have seconds?" asked Dekao. He lifted arm and showed his empty bowl, while smiling.
"I'm glad that you liked! You can eat all you want!" announced Yaito, while turning her head to face Meiru, "So let me get this straight, you and your sister were born in a planet called Linphea, while three other girls were born in the planets Solaria, Andros and Obsidian. All of you became 'guardians of the light circle' and then you had this battle... and then... your sister turned back time, your mother gave birth to both of you and... that's all I got so far"
"That pretty much covers everything that I know..." explained Meiru, while staring at her glass of fresh lemonade, her reflection showing on the still liquid.
Netto stood up from his seat and lifted his fist to the air while yelling, "Don't worry Meiru-chan! We'll help you in any way we can!"
Meiru's eyes became wide, tears of joy filling them, while she blushed heavily. She ran towards Netto's side and almost tackled him, "Arigatou Netto!"
The brown-haired boy blushed as he felt the warmth of the redhead's hug. He looked at her face and smiled.
"Oi Netto! Let go of my Meiru-chan!" shouted Dekao, as he raised his fist and put it right in front of Netto's face.
"I didn't do anything..." whined Netto with an annoyed look on his face. He scratched the back of his head and sighed.
Tohru noticed Dekao's anger and quickly acted, "H-How about we do something else"
"Good idea..." agreed Yaito
Suddenly, the earth shook, as if an earthquake was happening. The clear sky had become a veil of darkness, covering the bright sun. People were panicking and screaming replaced the laughter of loving families.
"What's going on?" exclaimed Netto, while covering his face with both harms. A cold breeze begun to blow, and hard, it almost seemed like a devastating storm.
Obsidian Nightmare!
Thousands of sharp obsidian crystals rapidly reached the ground, cutting anything in their way. The group ran towards the exits of the park, while Meiru got closer to the dangerous attack.
The brown-haired boy noticed this and he changed his direction, now going to where Meiru was, "Meiru-chan! What are you doing?"
"This attack looks familiar!" shouted back Meiru.
The wind blew harder and Meiru was forced to stand on her knees, Netto following her same actions. The brown-eyed boy wrapped his arms around Meiru's shoulders to keep the cold from reaching her. At that moment, the powerful wind stopped.
"Nice to see you again, Hatto"
The two raised their faces to meet the eyes of the voice. Netto demanded with a furious voice, "Who are you!"
The voice chuckled, as he spoke, "I am Dark Star, the Protector of the guardian of evil and destruction, Guardian Empress" He was a boy. This boy was wearing a black suit, with purple lines at the side. His boots were made of obsidian stones and so was his helmet. His arms were surrounded by strong purple armour and on his left arm was a beast looking head, completely covered in obsidian diamonds. His age seemed to be around 14 years old. He had spiky brown hair and brown eyes.
Meiru's eyes met with the boy's eyes. She stood up and murmured, with an exhausted voice, "You seem familiar, have we met?"
"We surely have..." the boy lifted his left arm, the beast's mouth begun to open, a purple light shining from the inside, "... maybe this will refresh your memory"
A purple beam came out from the beast's mouth, its target being Meiru. Netto pushed her down, while shouting, "Meiru-chan!"
Sakura Petals!
The attack of the beam caused a cloud of smoke to cover the entire area. The boy chuckled as he stared at the empty space. The blurry space disappeared and the chuckling stopped. A girl with white wings and a turquoise sceptre in her hand was standing right in front of Netto and Meiru. Light pink petals fell, like raindrops, falling from dark grey clouds.
"You again!" Dark Star's voice was alarming and harsh; his fists were shaking, because of the anger that was transferring into them.
"I told you that if you ever put a finger on my sister..." the brown-haired girl's eyes begun to glow and she lifted her sceptre, holding it firmly in her grip, "... then I would be the one to end your life"
"Onee-chan!" called out Meiru, it was her sister Flora, but now she was in her guardian form. She had to be called by her real name, Nature.
Dark Star's left arm transformed into a powerful sword, a dark aura surrounding the sharp blade, "I'd like to see you doing that! Of course, both of us know tha-"
"Nature Arrow!" the green-eyed girl summoned a turquoise coloured arrow. She sprinted to the air and went over the powerful warrior.
"It's not going to be that easy to defeat me, Nature!" His eyes shone and became a glowing dark purple. He lifted himself to the skies and attacked Nature with his sword, "Dark Sword!"
Nature dodged the blade and was now upside down, her head being closest to the ground. She pointed her arrow in mid back flip and shot her arrow, hitting her target.
"AAAAAAHHHH!" Dark Star went straight down, the paths of the park being destroyed because of the powerful blow.
The guardian spun gracefully to the ground, a grin showing on her face, "You are no challenge Dark Star, I almost feel disappointed"
The brown-haired warrior lifted his face from the dirty ground and stood up. He turned around, now facing Netto and Meiru. He dashed forward, with incredible speed and was now right in front of Meiru's face.
Dark Star raised his sword and attacked her with a slicing blow, almost like Blue's Sonic Boom, only far more powerful, "Killing Slash!"
Meiru's eyes were wide open, but she could not scream, for the attack was too fast for her voice to catch up with. She hit the ground, like a puppet whose strings were cut in pieces.
"MEIRU-CHAN!"
Netto ran towards the red-haired girl. He lifted her upper body with his left hand, while he took hold of her soft hand with the other. He stared at the large cut on her stomach and trembled at its sight.
Meiru could feel the horrible pain, slowly spreading inside her body. Teardrops were wetting her pale cheeks, but they were not hers. They were Netto's.
He gazed at her chocolate-brown eyes and murmured, with fear in his voice, "Meiru-chan... hold on... y-you are going to be fine"
"I-I don't know Netto... aah... it really h-hurts" Meiru was horribly injured and if she was not taken to a hospital soon, her life might be at risk of being lost forever.
"Meiru-chan..." the brown-haired boy cried. He was tired of this. Having to watch her in pain once was something that he could handle, but this was too much for him. His heart was in pain at the sight of her state, "Meiru-chan... I lov-"
Her body was glowing. She was surrounded by a light pink aura and her wound was covered with hearts. She was almost floating, for her body was a couple of inches away from the ground. Their eyes stared at the wound and watched in amaze, as the hearts disappeared, the injury following.
"It's gone! I can't feel the pain anymore!" exclaimed Meiru in joy.
"I-Impossible! Hatto's soul has not even awakened completely, but her Rosa Mystica already is? That's nonsense!" shouted Dark Star, until a glowing sceptre went through his body, right to the middle of his chest, tiny crystals falling from the cut. His confused voice had completely transformed into a terrifying scream.
Nature took hold of the warrior's right shoulder, while resting her head on it, "This is why you should never underestimate us guardians, Mr Wolf"
"Te voy a matar, Sakurai Flora, Emmie" (I'm going to kill you, Sakurai Flora, Emmie)
"Ya veremos, Hoshikawa Subaru, War-Rock" (We'll see, Hoshikawa Subaru, War-Rock)
Dark Star chuckled with a mischievous grin on his face and his body froze, obsidian covering his entire body. The stone begun to crack and broke, leaving no trace of evil protector behind.
The skies returned to normal and the weather became warm once again. Netto, Meiru and Nature were standing in the middle of the Akihara Park, or at least what was left of it, for ruins had replaced its original beauty.
Netto helped Meiru up and looked at their surroundings, "That battle was only a few minutes long... and now look at this place, it's all ruined!"
"You won't have to worry about that", announced Flora. The two stared at the girl in confusion. She was now wearing a yellow jacket with long sleeves, a long turquoise dress, which reached her knees, long yellow boots with turquoise edges and a purple belt to hold her PET. A golden necklace with Emmie's symbol hanged around her neck and she wore eagle looking earrings. Her hair was in two ponytails and turquoise hair bands were holding them.
"EEEH!" Netto and Meiru were both very shocked, one moment she is this powerful guardian and all of a sudden she turns into this everyday girl (with expensive clothes).
"I'm going to imagine that I didn't hear that..." Flora rolled her eyes and lifted her arm to the skies. Cherry blossom petals covered the entire park, while fixing every broken object in their path. It was as if nothing had happened.
"Impressive" commented Meiru, while blinking a few times, just to make sure if she was dreaming, or not.
"Arigatou" thanked Flora, with a charming smile on her face.
"Netto-kun!"
"Meiru-chan!"
Behind them, Dekao, Yaito and Tohru were running towards them, with worry in their faces.
Dekao grabbed Meiru's hands and spoke, "Are you okay Meiru-chan? I was so worried!" he tilted his head to meet Netto's face and growled, "Netto, what did you do to my Meiru-chan!"
"Oh Nothing! I was just protecting her from almost getting killed!" shouted Netto, in a sarcastic way.
"What happened?" asked Tohru
"Well... umm..." Meiru was about to answer Tohru's question, when a voice entered her mind.
"Don't tell them!"
Meiru recognized that voice, it was Flora's voice, but she was not making any eye contact, nor was she speaking to her.
"I-I think that it's best to get out of here first..." explained Meiru, while trying to show a convincing face.
"I agree!" Yaito wanted to go somewhere else too.
"How about we go to our house?" suggested Flora.
The redhead stepped back in shock; her friends had never come to her house at the same time. Their parents were not even at home, because of some issues at work and simply coming up with this idea would mean that things were going to go absolutely well. The house was not even clean.
"Can't we go somewhere else?" Meiru wanted to convince her sister to not choose their home as a staying place.
"Why shouldn't we? I cleaned our home when you went out and this the best way of meeting your friends!"
"YEAH! LET'S GO!" Everyone took their things and followed the green-eyed girl, as she walked towards the edges of the park.
"O-Okay" responded Meiru, she needed to trust her sister, and hopefully what she was saying was the very truth. She turned to Netto and asked him, with a shy voice, "Netto, w-what were you going to say?"
"O-Oh nothing! I was just going say that...that I... didn't want to lose you! That's what!" Netto answered her question, while nervously laughing. I'm not going to tell her how I feel, not yet...
In the Planet of Obsidian...
The planet of darkness, where defeated evil spirits rested, while waiting to hear a chance to get their wanted revenge. In the palace of shadows, Dark Star was sitting on an enormous, black-stoned throne. With one hand, he hold his head, while thinking.
"What happened this time, sweetie?"
A hand reached Dark Star's left cheek and gently stroked it. Her touch was delicate and fragile, while her eyes were filled with danger and mischievousness, "Nature again?"
Dark Star harshly grabbed the girl's hand and brought it close to his lips, leaving a warm kiss on it. He sighed, "Oh Empress... I've tried to kill that girl so many times... and I still don't have a way of finishing her off!"
"Shhh... calm down, besides, there's always a next time" the guardian moved from the arm of the throne, to her protector's lap, "That girl is something and you know it. Fighting directly is not an option... we need to be smart..."
"What could I do without you, my beautiful Odile", chuckled the brown-eyed boy.
"Don't start with the teasing! Last time we ended up with dirty faces after you called me kitty cat! My Rosa Mystica represents a wolf, not a cat!" complained Empress. She stood up and walked towards the exit of the room, "I'm going to take a nap and don't even THINK about joining me!"
Dark Star watched as the girl left the room, taking her long, red hair and pure green eyes away from his sight. He showed an evil grin on his face while thinking out loud, "I can't stop loving that girl!"
At the Sakurai House...
In Meiru's room were a few bags, unfinished board games and messy pillows. Netto, Yaito, Tohru and Dekao had been allowed to stay for a massive sleepover at the red-haired girl's house, after a few quick chats and long discussions on the phone. At they very end, everyone got the 'yes' that they wanted. They were sitting in a circle, while deciding on what to do next.
"So... what do you guys want to do?" asked Meiru, after clapping a single time to catch the group's attention.
"How about we do a few rounds of netbattling... some karaoke... maybe a film... dinner and then we can do something else!" suggested Flora.
"I could never say no to a NETBATTLE!" exclaimed Netto, as if he had just won first place in a curry-eating competition.
"A movie sounds nice", agreed Tohru, "But we would need to make sure that everyone agrees"
Yaito stood up and excitedly pointed at Flora's face, "And how can we forget that we have a celebrity right in front of us! We can have a concert just for ourselves!"
The green-eyed girl took Yaito's hand and moved it to the side, "I would love to sing for all of you but..."
"But...?" everyone stared at her face, wondering what the problem was.
"But I really want to hear at least one of you sing!" explained Flora, while crossing her arms.
"EEEH?" shouted everyone.
"I said one of you!" yelled Flora back. Yaito went to the red-haired girl's side and spoke, with a huge smile on her face, "W-Well then! I'm that Meiru will be honoured to perform!"
"WHAT? Why me? I-I can't sing!" complained the red-haired. Her arms shook, while trying to show the sign of not wanting to.
"Nonsense! Hatto's voice was one of the most beautiful voice in all Linphea!" Flora knew that her sister completely disagreed with that idea, but she wanted her to have some fun, and this was the only way, "And you can sing with someone else if you don't want to do it alone!"
"O-Okay... I'll try..." murmured Meiru, while gazing at the ground, hoping that her embarrassing moment would end.
"Let's start with the netbattles!" suggested Dekao. He took his PET out, but was stopped in the middle of his action. A hand was holding the boy's arm and it belonged to the brown-haired girl.
"Doesn't a nice movie sound like a better idea right now?" asked Flora, with one eyebrow higher than the other, "Our navis want to know each other more, don't you think?"
"Y-Yeah, I guess you have a point there..." Dekao put his PET back to its holder and faced the brown-eyed boy, "Netto! After the movie is over, we are going to netbattle!"
"Sounds good to me", grinned Netto, with pride in his face.
"Now what should the movie be?" Flora stepped front, with a few movies. They were floating, so she wasn't really holding them.
"Action!"
"Comedy!"
"Romance!"
The green-eyed girl sweatdropped and stammered, "T-This is going to be h-harder than I thought..."
In Flora's Computer...
While the group of operators where arguing about what movie to watch, their navis calmly talked to each other. They were in Roll's room and laughter was all around the room.
"Now you guys have had some adventures alright!" giggled Emmie, who was standing right next to the blonde-haired navi.
"I think that being a crossfusion member was the best part!" Roll took the blue-haired navi's arm and pulled him closer, "Ne, Rockman!"
"Y-Yeah, it was really fun!" exclaimed Rockman, while trying to hide the blush on his cheeks. Why can't I stop getting embarrassed every time she does that!
Gutsman was not happy about his new view. He growled and charged towards Rockman, as he lifted his powerful fist, "Rockman make Gutsman angry, guts! Won't let blue boy get Roll-chan!"
He certainly punched something, but that something was stopping him from moving his fist. The yellow navi could see glimpse of ginger hair. Emmie had just stopped his attack, with just one hand.
"Getting angry for no reason is really bad for your health, you know?" spoke Emmie, who pushed the metallic arm away from her face. Gutsman stepped back, because of the force, and stared at the ginger-haired navi, with wide-open eyes.
"That was astonishing, Emmie-san" Glyde was amazed at the navi's strength. He'd never expected such a technique from Emmie, who was known to be a princess in her planet.
"And I'm in a good mood right now, you really don't want to see my angry side, trust me, it's a nightmare" warned Emmie. After seeing this, everyone knew that Emmie was powerful and this proved it, "Anyway, who's up for a movie?"
"MEEEE!"
"I thought so..."
Flora: I love sleepovers!
Emmie: Me too and I'm sure that this one is going to be a blast!"
Flora: Who knows... maybe cupid will be passing by...
Emmie: Ooh... I see what you're thinking... ^_^
Flora: ... and if you want to know what will happen in this massive sleepover...
Emmie: ... then stay tuned to the next episode!
Flora & Emmie: Coming Next... A present from cupid!
Flora: And since Christmas is coming... then we are going to give you a present!
Emmie: New chapter on Christmas Eve!
Ending Song:
Fureta yubisaki
Kokoro tomoshite
Nagaredasu senritsu
Ai o nozomu
Kizutsuketa eda no saki
Kuchite yuku sadame na no ?
Tozasareta toki no hazama ni mayoikonda
Chiisana hikari no shizuku
Yume no owari tada kimi dake o negau
Hitomi ni utsuru
Gin no tsukikage
Yasurakana senritsu
Douka towa ni
Kizamiyuku hari no oto
Aragaenu sadame na no ?
Chigirareta kono gensou o tsutsumikonda
Utsuro na hikari no rasen
Motomeru no wa tada shiawase na kotae
Hari iro no toki no hazama ni michite yuku yo
Odayaka na hikari no shizuku
Yume no owari tada sore dake o negau