Rockman EXE
Guardians of the Light Circle
Episode 7: A present from Cupid
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 Sakurai House...
The group had finally calmed down, after having a huge discussion about what movie to watch.
"That's it! I'm done with this complaining!" Flora's voice stopped anyone else from speaking, "If I hear another loud noise, then... OUT OF MY HOUSE!"
"Onee-chan..." Meiru sweatdropped. She stood up and comforted her big sister, while trying to calm her down. "I think that you're being to harsh..."
"Don't worry Flora-chan! See? We are all calmed now, right?" Yaito pulled Netto, Dekao and Tohru together, with her in the middle. She faked a laugh and the rest followed, even though theirs was more nervous.
"How about a movie that has to do with everything that we want?" suggested Tohru. He let go of Yaito's squishing hug and took a movie from Flora's collection. "This one looks good"
"Let me see!" Netto grabbed it from Tohru's hands and put it right in front of his face. But as he read the title, someone took it away from his grasp.
"I also wanna see!" Dekao firmly maintained the movie case in his hands, while the rest of the group squished each other to look, behind Dekao.
"What's it called?" asked Yaito. She was nowhere near as tall as Dekao, so she ended up having to stand next to Flora.
"It's called 'A present from Cupid' it's a really good movie! I have watched it many times, I think that you guys might like it!" Flora opened the palm of her hand. At that moment, the movie case flew out of Dekao's strong grip. It floated right on top of Flora's hand.
"Why'd you do that for?" Dekao ran towards the green-eyed girl and tried to snatch the movie case, but failed. She dashed towards Meiru's bedroom door, with a not-human speed.
"Because we are going to watch this" explained Flora, right before she dashed away once again, this time her target being the living room.
"Hey wait up!" everyone ran downstairs and watched as the brown-haired girl was already inserting the C-D into the brand new DVD player.
"What happened to the old one, Onee-chan?" Meiru walked towards Flora and stood right next to her. "Did you buy a new one?"
"Yep, and this one just came out, actually!" commented Flora. She shifted her weight from her knees, to her legs and walked towards a beige leathered couch, "I pretty much changed everything, you like it?"
"Yeah! It's really shiny and... ooh... now that's comfy..." the red-haired girl laid on the couch, enjoying its soft surface.
"Does the movie have action?" both Netto and Dekao spoke at the same time, right before they jumped on the couch.
"Are there any jokes in it?" asked Tohru.
"Is it romantic?" Meiru and Yaito's eyes sparkled. They got closer to Flora and stared directly at her dark green eyes.
"It has everything that you mentioned!" chuckled Flora. The remote rose to the air and landed right on top of Flora's palm. "Wanna watch it?"
"YEAH!"
At Emmie's room...
Just like their operators, Rockman and the others were watching 'A present from Cupid'. They were sitting on digital chairs, Glyde and Iceman to the right, Gutsman at the far left, while Rockman was right in between the two sisters, Roll and Emmie.
Inside the digital screen was a tall man, with an elegant tuxedo, a long hat and a long, stylish black beard. Behind him was a girl, with short hair, with a few curls, and brown eyes. She was tied to a pillar and was struggling to break free, while calling someone's name. At that moment, a door flew open and another person entered the scene. It was Cupid, he wore a white T-shirt, blue jeans and red trainers. A long red cape hanged from his back, while in his hand was a red bow and a pink arrow.
"How dare you steal my baby-sitter, Thompson? I had to clean up the mess that you left and now this? What's wrong with you?"
The navis had burst into a round of laughter. Some of them had a few tears because of the sight. Cupid looked like someone who had just come out from the most hilarious play in all history.
"We've met again, Cupid and now I shall take my revenge! MWAHAHAHA!" the evil laugh of the tall man left an echo. Right in the middle of his laugh were three words, written in bold. 'TO BE CONTINUED'. The screen became pitch-black and disappeared. The lights came back and the room was once again clear.
"Now that was a really good movie", commented Rockman, as he wiped away the last few tears from his eyes.
"Do you have the next one?" asked Roll. She hugged her stomach, while taking deep breaths.
"Hasn't come out yet" Emmie stood up and stretched her arms out, to the skies. She gave a loud yawn and rubbed her eyes, the movie had been about two hours long.
"What should we do now, desu?" Iceman touched the ground and stood right in front of Glyde.
"Let's netbattle, guts!" exclaimed Gutsman. He had been waiting to netbattle for a while now. He took hold of Rockman with both his metallic hands and proudly spoke, "This time Gutsman's going to win, guts!"
"But Yaito-sama and the others are still enjoying the movie" Glyde's voice interrupted Gutsman's actions, even though he still had the blue-haired navi in his grip.
"Well that isn't going to be a problem..." Emmie took one of her flower-shaped pillows from her circular, master bed and threw it at the blonde-haired navi's face, "Anyone's heard of pillow fights?"
"Of course!" yelled Roll. She grabbed the pillow and threw it back at her sister's face. "I love pillow fights!"
"Take this Glyde, desu!" Iceman took one of Emmie's pillows and threw it, his target being Glyde's stomach. The gentleman dodged it and simply stood there, "What kind of game is this?"
Rockman quickly ran towards the pile of pillows. He dashed forward and hit Gutsman's face, with the digital pillow, "Just imagine that this is a netbattle!"
"Gutsman like this game, guts!" With one fist he pushed the closest pillow that he had in sight and threw it at the blue navi. He dodged it.
"Nice try Gutsman!" the blue-haired navi sprinted to the air and landed right in front of Roll.
"This is fun, right?" asked Roll. She turned her face to look at Rockman's bright, green eyes.
He chuckled and replied, while holding a pillow in between his strong hands, "It surely is!"
The blonde-haired navi looked up and saw Emmie, who was just above them. Roll took a pillow with her antennae and tried to hit the ginger-haired navi.
Emmie's antennaes stretched and went straight down, as she summoned her attack, "Emmie Whip!" They slapped the pillow away and threw two white pillows onto Roll's face. She fell to the ground, because of the blow, taking Rockman down with her.
"You have the same attack as me!" Roll lifted her head up and watched as Emmie's antennaes returned to their original shape.
"That's not the only thing that we have in common... hey Roll... I think that Rockman is having a hard time to get up..." Emmie laughed nervously and pointed at the blue-haired navi, who had Roll right on top of him.
"Oh! Sorry Rockman, I'll get up in just a second!" Roll lifted herself onto her feet and tripped. Right before she fell, Rockman had just stood up. She grabbed his arms to keep her from falling. This went so quickly that Rockman didn't have enough time to pull Roll back up, so down they went, once again.
"Ooow!" both navis whined at the pain. Rockman was on top of the blonde-haired navi this time. He raised his head to see what had just happened. In his sight was Roll's pale face. They gazed at each other. She looks so beautiful...
Roll's eyes begun to close as Rockman's face got closer and closer, almost hearing both their beating hearts and then-
"Are you two done yet, desu?" interrupted Iceman. He stared at the two, until something really hard hit him right on his head, "Ooow!"
"Baka! A few seconds more they would have kissed!" shouted Emmie, as she clenched her fists.
"Roll-chan?"
"Rockman?"
"Eh!?"
The two navis looked at Emmie and back to each other, snapping back to reality. Their faces became completely red, smoke coming out of their ears. Rockman immediately pushed himself back to his feet, his eyes staring directly at the ground.
The blonde-haired navi stood up and whined, with embarrassment in her face, "Mou, Onee-chan!"
"You ruined the show!" Emmie grabbed Iceman and squeezed him in her deadly grip. Fire was coming out of her, while her eyes were glowing. She shook Iceman hard, like a yoyo. "I'm going to squeeze you to death!"
"C-Can't... b-breath... desu..." Iceman was choking out words, but still felt the pain.
"Emmie-san..." Glyde sweatdropped and laughed nervously.
"Gutsman is glad that he's not Iceman, guts" Gutsman's eyes were wide. He took a step back, hoping to be as far away from Emmie as possible.
The ginger-haired navi's grip loosened, which was just what Iceman needed to escape from her fury, "Help me, desu!" He ran towards Roll and stood behind her, while shaking in fear.
Emmie took deep breaths, her eyes stopped glowing and her aura was once again calm.
"I think that a netbattle sounds good right now..." suggested Rockman, as he scratched his right cheek.
"Rockman!"
Netto's face appeared inside a digital screen, "Dekao wants to netbattle us, you're up for it?"
"You read my mind!" exclaimed Rockman.
"Great!" the screen disappeared and Netto's voice as well.
The ginger-haired navi stood right next Roll and telepathically spoke, "I need to talk to you, follow me"
"Okay", responded Roll. She walked towards her sister, but a blue hand stopped her, it was Rockman's. "Roll-chan, do you want to watch?"
"Gomen, I have to talk to Onee-chan..." explained Roll. The blue-haired navi looked disappointed, but understood, "O-Okay..."
The two stared at each other, but it only lasted for a moment. Roll turned around, while blushing heavily. "G-Good Luck" and with that said, her body transformed into tiny particles and she disappeared from his sight, together with Emmie.
Rockman simply stood there, his eyes had not moved from where they were. Roll-chan... at that moment... I felt different... I've never like this in my entire life...
He was lost in a pool thoughts, until they were interrupted by Gutsman's loud yell, "You ready Rockman, guts?"
He faced the metallic navi and spoke with pride in his voice, "Of course"
At Roll's room...
Both sisters were now in Roll's pink paradise. The blonde-haired navi sat in the middle of her bed, while Emmie sat on a digital chair. Silence covered the entire room, until one of them spoke.
"Onee-chan... what's happening to me? I have never acted this way... the urge to be this close to Rockman... I just... don't understand..." Roll's face was now hidden in her hands, for she did not wish to show the confusion to anyone. "And why did you want me to... kiss Rockman?"
Emmie sighed and she turned her head to see the despair that surrounded the blonde-haired navi, "Do you remember when Dark Star attacked Meiru with his sword?"
"Y-Yes" stammered Roll. Her hands dropped and her eyes moved directly to Emmie's lime-green eyes, "I-I remember..."
"And did you notice that right after Meiru-chan got hurt, she begun to glow?" the ginger-haired navi walked towards that bed and sat right next to Roll.
"I did... is something wrong with that?" asked Roll.
"When a guardian has an injury, their blood transforms into petals. These heal the wound and take away the pain... but..." Emmie stopped for a second, as if what was next was something that neither of them would want to hear.
"But?" Roll wanted to know, if she were a guardian, then she would need to know everything that she could, no matter how horrible it would be.
Emmie made eye contact with her sister, once again, took a deep breath and continued, "If this ever happens... your are not supposed to glow, light may come from the wound, but not your entire body. This is why Dark Star hurt Meiru-chan. He wanted to test his theory."
"But what does the glowing actually mean? Is it some kind of power that we have?" Roll was getting a little confused with this 'glowing' business.
"Not we... just you." Emmie's voice was direct and firm and her eyes did not show any emotions.
"W-What?" Roll stood up from the bed and stepped back, with shock in her face. Only... Meiru-chan and me...
"After the Guardian Game was over and before our final battle against darkness, Daisgaine knew that he wouldn't be able to protect Hatto, which is why locked his power inside Hatto, through her lips. This meant that if she would ever get hurt, a barrier would surround her, until her wound would be completely healed." explained Emmie.
Roll could almost not breath, while her heart beated faster and faster, as Emmie continued, "Once the battle was over, both halves of Hatto's soul shared that power, but only one of them contained Daisgaine's true power inside of them."
"S-So Dark Star attacked Meiru-chan... to see whether Daisgaine's power was inside of her?" the blonde-haired navi was starting to understand her, it made since to her and she knew that this was not good news.
"Not only that, but to also find out which one of you had the power... and I'm afraid that... he might have found what he was looking for..." the ginger-haired navi's face showed pure worry. She stared at her lap and clenched her fists.
"That means that... if he finds me and... k-kisses me... then Daisgaine's powers will be absorbed by him?" asked Roll, while hugging herself, to slow down her unstoppable shivering.
Emmie chuckled and responded, "Well I don't believe that Empress would like that... but as long as her protector is happy, I'm sure that she will forgive him, evenfor something like... that"
"But if all guardians and protectors were split into two bodies, then shouldn't Daisgaine be here too? As a human and as a navi?" It was true. Nature's loved ones had all entered the portal of time with her. It made sense that Daisgaine would have followed them as well.
"Yes and that's why I wanted Rockman and you to kiss" the ginger-haired navi smiled after saying this, a short giggle following.
"Wait... WHAT? S-So what you're say is that Rockman is Daisgaine's half soul?" Roll shocked and incredibly happy about this, since she would never want to kiss someone that was a complete stranger to her, "Are you saying the truth, Onee-chan?"
"I have felt the pureness in many souls and Rockman's is the only one that is identical to Daisgaine's... and Netto's too" Emmie was relieved about Daisgaine being both Netto and Rockman, besides Meiru and Roll were in love with them. This made the embarrassing part even less heavy for them.
"NO WAY... aah..." and down Roll, straight to the ground, as dizziness filled her body.
"Come on! At least be glad that it's the guy that your are so in love with!" Emmie went on her knees and looked at Roll straight in the eyes, "You were about to kiss him, you know?"
"AAAAAH! This can't be! I-I have known Rockman for ages, b-but enough to be that close to him and even less to actually kiss him!" Roll went from fainting all the way to running around the room in circles, while screaming like a maniac.
"You were about to kiss him", sighed Emmie.
"I'M NOT EVEN HIS GIRLFRIEND!" shouted Roll.
"You were"
"I wasn't!"
"Yes you were"
"NO!"
"Yes"
"NO! NO! NO! I WASN'T GOING TO KISS HIM!"
Emmie grabbed Roll by her shoulders, stopping her from running in circles. She made sure that the blonde-haired navi was making direct eye contact. "Are you even listening to yourself? If Iceman hadn't 'interrupted' you, all of us would have seen a romantic moment right there!"
Roll was now completely red, again, but this time, she couldn't hide it. She was looking straight at Emmie's eyes. Roll knew that if she ignored what her sister was saying, then seeing Rockman again would be a 'no-no'.
"Okay, Okay I get it! I'm acting stupid, I know, but this is just too sudden!" the blonde-haired navi got out of Emmie's grip and walked towards a digital mirror. She stood there, while gazing at her reflection, "I have always wanted my first kiss to be special, not for a dare, not just because I can't hold it any longer, no. I want it to mean something and-" Roll was interrupted.
"That kiss can be as beautiful as the way you see the romantic story of Romeo and Juliet, but I'm just going to remind you that Dark Star is the kind of person who doesn't wait. If he wants something, he is going to get it. And that something right now is you. I can be your personal Cupid if you want, but... we can't let Dark Star do whatever pleases him."
Emmie stopped and walked towards the edge of the room, "Come on, your boyfriend calls"
"He's not my boyfriend", murmured Roll, her cheeks being an intense red tone.
"Yet", correctedEmmie, while giggling at Roll's blushing face. Both their bodies became thousands of data cubes and they spread, leaving no sight of both sisters.
At Emmie's room...
"I won again!" exclaimed Rockman, as he landed after another win. He had won all the rounds of netbattles. Gutsman definitely was more of a challenger when Dekao was around.
"Aw... Gutsman lost again, guts", the metallic navi stared at the ground, with disappointment in his face.
"Don't worry Gutsman, you'll do better next time!" Glyde got closer to Gutsman and gave him a soft punch on his left arm.
"That's right, desu!" chuckled Iceman, who was right next to the blue navi.
At that moment, the two sisters appeared right in the middle of where the group was standing. Emmie lifted her face and spoke, while scratching the back of her head, "Sorry for keeping you waiting!"
"That's alright Emmie-san, it happens that you may sometimes need a little privacy and we absolutely understand" commented Glyde.
The ginger-haired navi laughed nervously at the comment, "I-I'm glad that you understand"
Roll turned her head and faced the blue-haired navi, who had just spoken to her, "Are you okay, Roll-chan?"
She looked at him straight in the eyes, while blushing, "Y-Yeah, everything is... fine"
Flora: Dark Star wants to take Roll's first kiss for himself! How cruel!
Emmie: I hope that she's able to tell Rockman her feelings... cause if she doesn't then I'm seriously going to get worried...
Flora: You won't have to worry cause we are here to help them!
Flora & Emmie: Coming next... A lovely first Kiss!
Emmie: We know that it's not Christmas yet...
Flora: But we just couldn't wait! Read and Review/Follow/Like and...
Flora & Emmie: Merry Christmas!
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