[A/N]: And finally y'all get chapter 3.

I'm quite pleasantly surprised by the Misora love here, I've had more than one review point out that Misora should have been in the previous episode. And yes, you are correct. By the timeline of canon, Misora would have shown up right after Rockman's first encounter with Brachio Wave, which did happen in episode 9. However, with the extra content shoved into episode 9 (leftover conclusion from episode 8, the extra scouting of Gori and subsequent monologing by Berserk), the first encounter with Brachio gets pushed back into episode 10, and subsequently Misora's appearance as well.

Don't worry about her, friends, I'll be sure to get Misora the screentime she deserves! She does show up in this chapter! After Brachio takes up like. The first half of it with his exposition. or something. yeah.

Anyways, hope you enjoy it!

Episode 010 - Brachio's Wish!

"Hah! I knew it, Dossy was real!" Kizamaro cheered, watching live footage of the event on his computer. As the camera zoomed in on the appearance of the beast, he spotted a smaller human figure facing it down, and yelped in surprise as it was revealed to be Rockman.

"S-Subaru-kun, you're there too?! Ah, you should have brought me along…!" He kept fussing on in this way for several moments before sobering up.

"But if Rockman's there, then…what does that mean about Dossy? Is there something else going on…?" Worried eyes turned to the screen as Rockman pulled out some sort of amazing power to stop the tidal wave that Dossy brought up, and he soon found his irritation over Dossy phasing to worry as events continued to unfold.

"What's happening here…"

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The being was silent. Rockman stood in suspense, wondering if he had said something wrong. It loomed closer, and Rockman instinctively drew back.

"You called me…Brachio, was it?"

"Uh…un," Rockman murmured, seriously starting to doubt his chosen course of action. When the beast reared back its head, he flinched, awaiting an attack, or angry yelling at the very least.

"It has been a long time since I have been called the proper name," Brachio almost laughed. "But then, that power you displayed…if you have access to that, it is no wonder that you know.." He motioned to Rockman to follow. "Come. If this power is what I believe it is…it is not suitable to discuss this in front of the ignorant masses."

"…I understand." They couldn't talk in public, not if they wanted Gori to hear. To the surprise and dismay of those observing, Brachio turned to leave without another word, and Rockman merely followed.

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"Brachio…why are you attacking the humans?" Somehow, it was easier to address the being now, perhaps because they were merely floating along the lake, with Rockman casually riding on Brachio's back. In this sort of relaxed setting, any doubts seemed to have just simply vanished.

"In this form, I am called Brachio Wave," rumbled the being. "The reason is simple. I wish for them to leave, and allow for the peace of the lake to return once more."

"But attacking them won't do that…that will just make more of them come, and some of them might try to hunt you…they did come because they wanted to see you, after all."

"Mnn, you speak reasonably, Denpa child." Brachio mused. "But what am I to do? I cannot stop them from seeing me. Even not in this form, the humans continue to spot me, continue to populate this lake…so, why have you come, Denpa child? Your power, it speaks of the ancient ones themselves. Surely you come for different reasons than the others."

"Ah, un. We came looking for OOParts…do you know anything like that?"

"I don't know what you mean by OOParts, but I chased out a man from the lake earlier. He had attempted to infiltrate the ruins at the bottom of the lake. Is he one of your friends?"

"Gori Monjirou…he's after the OOParts as well, but he's not on our side."

"Hn. The only thing of note in those ruins is a stone made purely of Denpa. It exudes a great power and the essence of many people…and yet not quite the same essence as your power, I find. Is this what you seek?"

"That…that definitely sounds like an OOPart!"

"Hn, I see. Well then. That stone is of no importance to me, so you may take it…so long as you return the lake to a peaceful state once more."

"…I see. Thank you, Brachio Wave…"

"Wait." Suddenly, the spirits of the OOPart materialized next to them. "We are not satisfied with this."

"Berserk…why? Isn't this reasonable? If we can get the OOPart without fighting, then…"

"That is not it. We refuse to believe that this thing would betray its people so easily."

"I do not understand. Why do you accuse me of such a thing, Murian being?"

"You can tell, can you not? Of which tribe does the stone feel of?" Berserk demanded.

"If I am not mistaken, I believe it to be the essence of the Dinosaur," Brachio Wave coolly replied.

"Aha," crowed Berserk triumphantly. "We knew it. Those rivals of ours, our despised foes…why would you allow them to fall in our hands when you are direct servant under them, Brachio Wave?"

"Eh? Direct servant? I thought Murian denpa lifeforms served under all of Mu?" Rockman queried, confused.

"Once that may have been the case. Bu there was war, and the Denpa beings were split along factions. The Yetis and Brachios…they served under the that was most suited to their savage, beastly forms…the Dinosaur, our heated rivals. You are aware that you would not only be giving away something of great power to your tribe, but to someone allied with us, the tribe they despised the most?! We would not wish such a fate on our worst enemy, and you would betray them like this?"

"What do I care for the Dinosaur?" rumbled Brachio. "They and the rest of the Mu are gone. Their war and rivalries are over. I admit to feeling lost when I first reawakened on Earth…"

"Then, if you truly do feel lost, why do you not reawaken Mu, like your brethren? They have gone so far a to align themselves with humans of questionable character, ambition, and ability…why do you not do the same? It is clear that you have the ability to best them…" interrupted Berserk.

"You did not allow me to finish. I was once lost. I was, like the rest of my kin, created for nothing but battle. I craved to fight, but in this lake, I found nothing. It felt…strange. For the first time, I was with no purpose, and I found myself feeling an emotion other than bloodlust."

"Brachio…Wave…" Rockman was finding this Murian being to be a lot different than he expected. Had he ever been really able to just sit down and talk with a potential opponent before? It was a novel experience.

"Well…being alone soon taught me other things. To occupy myself without battle, to think and reflect. To wonder about the things I had once done, and why I did them…I could not come to any satisfactory reason. I had fought, destroyed, killed…all because I was told. I didn't know what to do, now that those orders weren't coming in to me…"

"So then, why do you not-"

"Berserk…wait. Let him finish. I don't know what you want from him, but at least hear him out. You all may learn something yourselves…"

"You dare…" hissed Berserk. "You dare to lecture us, to make us learn from those once beneath us?"

"I'm not making you learn anything, but you should keep in mind that Brachio Wave is free to do as he likes-and you are not."

"Human brat, you dare…"

"To speak the truth? Berserk, maybe I should repeat your words to War-Rock earlier-restrain yourself from speaking, and you can listen-or is that too…?"

"No, denpa child, you speak reasonably. Those voices from your power…they bring back memories that have become unpleasant to me. I wish that I had never found those ruins…!"

"Ruins? You mean the ones at the bottom of the lake?"

"Ah. I had found them while pondering my fate…recognizing the waves coming from them as those of my homeland, I entered them, hoping to find the direction that I had been seeking. " Brachio Wave shook his head. "What I found instead…even now, I shudder to remember it!"

"If you don't want to remember it, then-"

"Oh, but I must, if only to make your companions there understand…curse that dratted denpa stone! Merely getting close to it, I could sense its power, feeling it overwhelm me, and touching it? Oh, all the voices I heard; angry, spiteful cries commanding me to slay all their enemies, avenge their suffering, and to release them, all at once! Were these the true natures of the people who had led me so many years before?"

"Just like when Berserk tried to take over our body…" Rockman interrupted in a low, hollow voice. "That stone…it really is an OOPart, it must have tried to take you over too…"

"I see you recognize the feeling," murmured Brachio Wave. "All that anger, all those emotions threatening to overtake me and control me…I was terrified. I could receive no direction from these voices, not while they couldn't agree amongst themselves! So I fled those ruins, and endeavored to drive the memory from my head. I did not receive my current purpose and drive from them."

"Then where?" demanded Berserk.

"Patience," rumbled Brachio Wave. "I am getting to that story now. Would you believe, spirit of Mu, that it was one of these non-Murian humans, that you deem so insignificant, that changed me, and a child at that?"

"Impossible…"

"Not so. You see, before this lake had become so crowded and noisy, it had been cherished as a remote picnic spot. Many people from the small town bordering it came here to enjoy a bit of peace, have small get-togethers, and so it was with a small family of three. The parents had let their little girl wander away while they had been setting up the picnic, and she ended up falling into the lake itself. She was too far out for the parents to reach her in time. Her screaming, her parents' cries…it was too similar to those voices from the stone. I could not bear them…"

"Brachio Wave…" Rockman looked a little shocked, but then smiled softly.

"I can see that you understand where I am going with this," Brachio Wave nodded in approval. "Yes, I did help that child-I created some gentle waves that pushed her to shore. The happy smiles, the exclamations of joy…they were new and foreign to me, a pleasing contrast to the cries from that denpa stone. Watching this family, and others that came to the shore afterwards made me rethink my previous life."

"I was born into the beginnings of war. I watched the people I served degenerate into anger and hatred. What had started out as a noble intention of protecting their own had turned into greed and desire for conquest. I had known nothing of those pure joyful emotions that these humans expressed, and I was curious. And over time…they had become pleasing, in a sense. I disliked it when those happy emotions were disturbed. I found myself wanting to safeguard those moments, keep them happy…"

Brachio Wave sighed. "What I am saying is that living in this lake has given me a sense of purpose. I found a reason for me to fight other than for what I was told. The peace and sanctity of this lake…I will protect it!" growled the large beast with a determination that Rockman found admirable.

"I see. I think I understand now…" the boy mumbled. "But then, why are you attacking the humans now? Isn't that going to make it more noisy and disruptive and upsetting?"

"It's not that I want to attack them," Brachio Wave admitted. "But the rampant commercialization and construction they bring…it will lead to the same degradation of the people that it did to my previous masters. I know this!"

"So…you're afraid of it happening again," Rockman concluded. "But the reason they are coming is to see you…if you keep showing up, they'll keep coming."

"Strange…this is the first time I have taken over a human's body to access this form… they should have not been able to see me before to even get the idea of coming here."

"But…people have reported sightings of you for weeks, maybe months now…there must be something making them be able to see you."

"Then, I leave it to you, Denpa child. If you can discover what is making me visible to humans and help me be rid of it, I will allow you to take the denpa stone."

Rockman nodded and smiled.

"Thank you, Brachio Wave…"

"I should be thanking you, denpa child. It is a relief to know that someone else both understands and is willing to aid me. I'm counting on you."

"Mn! I understand. We'll do our best!"

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"Che…we still fail to understand why you do not simply overpower that denpa being and take that potential OOPart for yourself…"

"Berserk, you all know that I'm not in this for myself…I'm not here to make or attract enemies. If we can get the OOPart without attracting attention or making unnecessary problems, I'll do it."

"Tch. How a twig of a boy like you-even with the help of such a strange denpa being-could even come close to mastering our power…"

Subaru only shook his head and smiled as he tuned out Berserk's ranting and looked around him. Just as he had predicted to Brachio Wave, the last attack had only increased the human activity. The whole street was lined with stalls selling various foodstuff and souvenirs. The hustle and bustle gave off more of a city-like air than a remote lakeside town, and Subaru found himself sympathizing with the aquatic denpa being.

"Heh…this place really is busy…"

"Subaru–kun…" That voice…Subaru looked back in front of him and jumped in shock.

"Mi…Misora-chan?"

"Dossy's attracted a lot of attention," the pink-clad girl stated, looking around with a seemingly disinterested expression eerily similar to the way Subaru had been mere moments ago. She then fixed Subaru with a glare and he froze, knowing now that he was in trouble.

"Why didn't you tell me about this? Wanting to take all the glory for yourself, is it?"

"Ah, ah…sorry…" He didn't dare to meet her eyes.

"Well, whatever…" She folded her arms above her head and started walking off in the direction that she had come. "I'll forgive you this time if you buy me something to eat!"

"E-Eh?!"

"Come on, hurry up!"

"Yes, alright…"

"How are we held under the yoke of such a child…" Berserk muttered yet again.

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"Heh? So Dossy's really a Mu denpa lifeform?" Misora asked, her good humor restored thanks to the largest and most expensive treat the street vendors had to offer and a stroll around the lakeside to walk it off.

"Un. He said his name was Brachio Wave, and if we can find out what's making the other people albe to see him, he can lead us to something that sounds like it's an OOPart…"

"Is that so? But what does it take to make Denpa lifeforms visible?"

"Mm…maybe it's like Utagai-san's special field that he's working on…what about that thing Cancer Bubble was using to make a copy of you back then? It's how he's able to stay in his Denpa-Henkan form, isn't it?" Subaru asked.

"Yeah, as long if he isn't fighting too much, anyway. Something about fighting really drains the power from it. Anyways, I don't really know how it works, and I try not to mess with it too much, at least for Cancer's sake…"

"Mmm, but at least we know that it requires a lot of power to keep going…so does Utagai-san's experimental field, it gets unstable otherwise."

"So all we have to look for is something with a lot of denpa coming from it near the lake. This'll be easy!" Misora cheered. "With your Visualizer and my Star Carrier, we can scour this lake from top to bottom!"

"Mn! You're right, MIsora-chan!" Subaru smiled. "Working together, we'll definitely find the power source, whatever it is!"

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"I'm still finding it hard to believe…I hope Brachio Wave doesn't think that this is some kind of trick…"

"Don't worry, I bet he'll believe us if we explain it right! Do you see him yet?"

"Mn, not yet…" Subaru murmured, looking through the Visualizer. "Brachio Wave said he'd be hanging out by the human he was possessing, so we should find him around…oh no."

"Hm? What's the problem?"

"It's that guy from the TV station…he's been trying to prove that Dossy 'doesn't exist,' so it makes sense in a way…but being part of a TV crew, how's he supposed to keep himself hidden…?"

"TV, eh? No problem! I totally got this!" Misora grinned as she strutted towards the crew.

"W-wait, Misora-chan!" Too late. She was already talking to the "host."

"Ne, ne, you're the ones that are running the TV show about Dossy, right?"

Subaru groaned. What a way to start off. At least some of the crew members were star struck by the famous starlet. Perhaps that would help.

"Anyways, I was wondering about the whole Dossy craze, so maybe you could answer some questions for me?"

"I'll give you just one answer! Dossy does not, nor will it ever exist! That should do for all your questions, little girl!"

"H-Hey, Kyu-san! You can't just talk to people like that, especially not her! Do you realize who you're…" A male staff member. Typical.

"I don't care!" the man screeched. "I will state the facts as they show themselves, and the truth of the matter is this: Dossy does not, will not, exist!"

"Wait, mister, please-!" During the commosion, Subaru had finally managed to approach the group. "We really do want to ask you some questions, sir…"

"And I'm telling you-" The man stopped as he observed that the boy's eyes weren't focusing completely on him, rather, they were looking just slightly off at a point just above the man's head, as if something was floating just behind him. The difference was subtle enough for the observers to pass it off as a young boy looking up to a taller man, but to him, it was a sign to look closer, to sense for something.

As Misora continued to try to appeal to the man ("come on, one star interviewing another, think of the publicity! Please?"), he felt it. Those waves.

"Fine then. The rest of you…" He motioned to the film crew. "Pack up. We're leaving after this!"

The film crew instead just watched as the man stormed off with the two kids.

"Heh…even Kyu-san can't resist the charms of Misora-chan, huh?"

"Yeah, but…doesn't it seem like Kyu-san's been acting strange recently?"

"Mmm, maybe.."

"Oi, you there!" The crew turned to see the business tycoon himself, Gori Monjirou. "You're the group researching Dossy, ain't ya? Come with me, I'll show you proof she exists."

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"Kyu-san," Subaru and Misora found themselves by the lakeside quickly enough. Before they were alone, he had been regaling the two children with numerous "theories" to disprove the Dossy sighting in order to keep up appearances in front of the other humans (it seemed to work, if anything they paid more attention to the young starlet instead); but once they had reached a deserted part of the lakeside he stopped talking, fixing the pair of young children with a frigid stare.

"You, boy, you are the denpa child who spoke with me previously, are you not?"

"Un. How could you tell?"

"It was easy, once I began looking closer at your waves. The waves of that being you call Berserk are particularly distinctive…" "Kyu-san" seemed to shudder at the thought. "I commend you for being able to constantly be in the presence of such similar waves, much less communicate with them. Speaking of the denpa stone: our deal…"

"Ah. It's just a theory, but we were looking at developing technologies that would materialize denpa. None of them are perfect, but they all needed a lot of energy. So we tried looking around for a large source of strong denpa, and we saw a lot of waves coming from the center of the lake…"

"Where the Murian ruins are," murmured Brachio Wave's host human.

"Heh…that makes sense. I bet there's some super Mu tech in there!" Misora chirped. "It would make sense, ne? You did say that the special Utagai area was probably based off Murian technology, right, Subaru-kun?"

"Un…what did you see last time you were there, Brachio Wave?"

"Other than the denpa stone, nothing of note…"

"Heh…maybe your presence helped start up something, then…?"

"It is a possibility." The human host smiled. "Clever deduction, children. One last question before we investigate."

"Heh? What is it?" Subaru asked.

"It is easy to deduce how I, as a denpa being, can sense your presence. But how is it that you, as humans, can see me when others cannot? Your waves, compared to your denpa self, child, are somewhat insignificant in comparison, so I doubt you could sense me yourselves."

"Um…well, I have my Visualizer," here, Subaru fingered the glasses he was wearing, "and Misora-chan has her Star Carrier." Misora showed off her device, which garnered an interested stare from the man.

"Hm. Very similar to the terminals used by my old masters."

"Mn, we know."

"Is that so…" Brachio's host looked pensive. "So humans are beginning to discover the wonders of denpa once more…"

"Brachio…"

"I fear for the peace, child. Not only that of this lake, but for the rest of the world. That technology that drove my people to fight each other and enabled them to help destroy themselves…it is returning, and potentially on a larger scale than before…will you all destroy yourselves?"

There was silence as Brachio stared mournfully down at the water.

"No," Subaru growled out suddenly. "We won't let it." Both of the others looke at him in surprise as he steadied himself to continue.

"My dad…he was able to use denpa to make something like the Brother Band, something that he wants to link the entire universe together with…wouldn't it be amazing if everyone in the universe were friends with each other through the Brother Band?"

"A pleasing ideal, but a distant one, is it not?"

"Maybe…but until then, he left the Earth in my hands…I promised him that I would keep it safe! That's why we need to get the OOParts, so that others who want to use the power of Mu for bad things can't get them! That's why we need your help too, Brachio Wave. So, please…"

"I understand, child. I will guide you two through the ruins."

"Thank you, Brachio Wave…"

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"Bad news, Gori," Yeti said as he returned to the man's Star Carrier-like terminal. "I did a bit of recon on that Murian being. It looks like he's distracted from driving out the humans for now-"

"Damn it! I went out of my way to invite those meddling reporters for nothing? Now any publicity I could have gotten is marred! Tch…at least it's distracted, so we can move in on the ruins!"

"No, we can't!" growled Yeti. "The reason it's distracted is because Rockman is here and has somehow made it his ally! It's about to guide him and the pink denpa girl that sometimes accompanies him through the temple!"

"What?! We gotta stop them!"

"And how? All three of them are on par with us even if we got them separated from each other, and let's not forget about the fact that Rockman seems to be able to draw power from Berserk itself!"

"We just gotta get the drop on them somehow!" Gori fumed before suddenly seeming to get an idea.

"Hold on, now…"

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The trio of Rockman, Harp Note, and Brachio Wave made their way to the ruins in silence. It wasn't until Harp Note commented on how saturated the waves the water was that the other two said anything. Brachio Wave had not noticed the sheer presence of the Murian waves about and how abnormally much there was, as it was what he was used to-after all, it was very much like his previous land and all that he had ever known. It had not occurred to him that the amount of his native Murian waves would be considered abnormal by others. The realization only furthered Brachio Wave's belief that the two children were on the right track and that the ruins had only brought him more trouble.

Nothing about the ruins themselves were particularly special, despite both Harp Note's and Rockman's expectations. There were images and glyphs etched into the wall, but they were faded and eroded by the water. Not even Berserk could make anything out of them. Whatever protections that were supposedly in place were not active for some reason. Brachio surmised that they were simply deactivated or broken from all the years of disuse. As a whole, the ruins themselves were rather underwhelming, almost innocuous, and Rockman found himself wondering if this would end up as yet another false lead.

When they approached the center of the ruins, however, Harp Note seemed to falter.

"Ngh…the waves we felt when we were outside are really strong here…it's like that mountain's waves, but way denser!"

"Really?" Rockman blurted out in surprise. "That means that whatever is causing Brachio to be visible to people is nearby! Let's go!"

"Un!" Harp Note cheered as she began to follow Rockman. It was a few moments before they realized that Brachio Wave was not following them. Turning back, they saw that he seemed hesitant to continue going.

"Brachio Wave? What's wrong?" Rockman asked.

"Yeah! We're wasting time here!" yelled War-Rock.

"…I am wary of going further, child," Brachio Wave murmured after a long period of silence.

"Eh?" Harp Note yelped. "But why?"

There was no response.

"Brachio Wave?" Rockman's worried call seemed to snap the reptilian denpa being from his reverie.

"I apologize. You see…the next room is where I found the denpa stone."

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Episode Preview: So apparently, the only thing in the ruins is the OOPart itself…does that mean that the Dinosaur OOPart is what's making Brachio visible to everyone? That's simple enough! But…ugh, being close to it kind of…it kind of…hurts…nh…

Berserk: Oi, brat! Listen to me! Don't you dare end up conking out on me now, not against those filthy reptiles-

Rockman(?): Who's a filthy reptile?

Harp Note: Oh no, this is bad! We've got big trouble! Next time, on Ryuusei no Rockman Tribe: The Battle to Save Rockman! Roar, Dinosaur!

Bracho Wave: Those words you told me before, child, can you truly uphold them like this?!

[A/N]: rockman is too sassy with berserk. little boy's got the measure to deal with you, buzzing electric arrogant murian thing.

Aaaaanyway, hope you all enjoyed this chapter! And yes, I am stretching this episode to be a three parter arc as opposed to the anime's usual two-episode arc shenanigans. It's got an OOPart in it, it deserves to be stretched out. Or something.

I actually just didn't want this chapter getting longer than it already was. Har.

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