Ch24
Netto looked at the two new Advance PETs in front of him. A blue one with Rockman's crest and a green and white one with Slur's orange crest on it. "How do you guys like your new PETs?"
Rockman nodded. "Mine is great Netto-kun."
Slur also nodded. "I enjoy mine too. I already installed some safety features both of our PETs."
"Good I'm glad you both like them," he said. Slur was a little skeptical about getting a new PET but with everything going wireless they needed to be ahead of their game. Still Slur insisted on adding some extra security measures to both PETs to prevent prying eyes.
"Oh Slur did you want to come with us to Scilab? Dad wants to show me something," he said.
Slur shrugged her shoulders. "Fine so long as they don't put me under a microscope. Will that boy Shun be coming?"
"Yeah he said he wanted to talk," he said. Shun Obihiro often came to his place to hang out or just talk about life. Though occasionally they did talk about WWW, Gospel, or whatever cyber crimes have been happening. "He's a good kid we area already becoming good friends."
Slur nodded. "Yes he does seem decent. Though I fear what he mentioned about Wily wanting to take me out."
He nodded the mood in his room becoming tenser. "Yeah I know. WWW has been oddly quiet." He ran his hands through his head. "The internet in general has been too quiet though I hear street crime in Net City is growing."
Rockman nodded. "We can't let our guard down. For all we know they could be monitoring us. Then there is Forte, we haven't seen him since Gospel."
Slur frowned. "Yes that mad dog of a navi. He was strong but he is definitely a wild card."
"Yeah he is strong," He said resting in his seat. They learned about Forte form his father who was deemed to powerful so Scilab tried to kill him and he has hated humans ever since.
"Anyway that boy Shun would make a good ally," Slur said. "I think with these rising threats it is good to have allies and this boy looks up to a lot."
"I agree," he said. "He smart and a good net battler too. I know he is just beginning to open up with people and he wants to make the right choice."
Slur nodded. "We cannot do this task alone, if you believe your friends can be of benefit to us then I will not be against them being allies."
His other friends were good backup too if he needed them but their skills were still amateur at best when it came to battling criminals. Besides if we face off against another asteroid navi they wouldn't last.
Duo had been oddly silent. According to Slur her communications with him weren't that memorable and her boss seemed to care more that she was getting along with him than anything else at the moment.
"Oh Netto-kun any news on that boy Enzan?" Slur asked.
He shook his head. "From what I hear he is still with Meijin-san. I haven't seen him in a while though." He sighed and looked at his navis. "I know he did a lot of bad things and is a prick but he is a person who would not make a good enemy."
"I agree," Slur said. "Even if his reputation among the Net Police is in tatters he could easily make a comeback. Him investigating us would not be good, for now I say we keep it low."
"True. Personally I think we should be cautious but at the same time not make more enemies than we might have," he said. "It would be good to have allies.
He didn't know who or what Wily was doing but he wasn't stupid enough to believe that they didn't have enemies plotting against them as they spoke
The doorbell ring. "That must be Shun." He quickly ran over to the door and opened it revealing the silver haired boy.
Since he first met him Shun had changed. While he was still reserved his complexion was much healthier and he smiled much more. "Hey Shun come on in."
"Hey," Shun said as he walked in with a suitcase in hand. "Are your parents home?"
He shook his head. "No. My mom is at the store and my dad is at work. You can go ahead and get settled in the guest room."
Shun nodded. "Thanks." Shun often stayed at his place since he didn't have much family left. His parents didn't mind in fact his dad liked to talk to him about various theories.
After his friend unpacked Shun came to his room. "So you got the new PET too?" Shun asked as he took out his new advance PET with Freezeman in it.
"Yeah one for each of my navis," he said as Freezeman entered the PC to talk with Rockman and Slur.
"Nice anything new with you guys?" Shun asked as he pulled up a chair.
"Not really. Do you mind looking over some security features I put on Slur's PET?" He asked.
"Sure," Shun said as he took Slur's PET and began to look through it. His brow furrowed as he looked at the details. "This is really advance stuff where did you learn this level of cyber protection?"
"Oh you know Slur knows a thing or two," he said with a nervous laugh.
Shun raised an eyebrow and set Slur's PET down. "Well the security you put on this is strong as a bank. Are you afraid someone might steal her or something?"
That's the least of my problems. "Well with what you said about Wily I have to be prepared for anything," he said as he watched their navis hang out on the internet. Despite appearing calm he could tell Slur was eyeing Shun cautiously.
"I get that," Shun said looking at him with a deep gaze. "Do you even know who made her? I'm still puzzled on why Wily wanted her dead at all costs."
He froze where he sat an avoided Shun's gaze for a moment. "Slur's situation is complicated. It's not something she likes going into. I know who made her but I respect her autonomy and wishes."
"I see," Shun said looking at Slur on the screen. "I could tell she is powerful."
"She is. I won't let anyone harm or use her," he said looking at her on the screen "We've been through a lot together."
"Well if anyone tries to harm you or your navis I'll stop them," Shun said firmly. "You are the first person to be my friend and you and your family have already done so much for me."
He looked into Shun's eyes and saw determination and trust in them. "Thanks man that means a lot," he said. "Anyway my dad wanted to invite you to Scilab, something about a new project he is working on."
"Oh yeah he mentioned that." Shun said. "Do you know what it's about?"
He shook his head. "He didn't say. Come on we should get going my other friends will be there too."
Shun nodded as they grabbed their PETs. He looked down at Slur. "You sure you want to go?"
Slur shrugged. "I don't mind. Just as long as nothing happens to me."
"Nothing will," he said firmly as he attached his PETs to his side.
Outside his house he found Meiru and Tohru waiting for him. "Hey guys you ready?"
Meiru nodded. "Yeah we are. How are you Shun-kun?"
Shun nodded. "I'm well thanks." His new friend was still awkward around his other friends but thankfully Meiru and Tohru were kind to him.
"What does your dad want to show us?" Tohru asked as they made their way to Scilab.
"I'm not sure but he was very excited," he said. As they approached Scilab his heart beat in his chest as he gripped Slur's PET. I won't let anything happen to her.
As soon as they entered the lobby they were greeted by his father. "Netto glad you could be here come follow me," his dad said with a smile.
"What did you want to show us?" He asked as they were led to an area with a lot of machines. In the room below them, there was a chamber with a man inside.
"That is Gorou Misaki he and his navi Prismman are trying attempt cross fusion" His father said.
"Cross fusion?" he asked.
His father nodded. "See that barrier around him? It's a dimensional area and its designed to blur the lines between the real world and cyber world. Cross fusion allows an operator to fuse with their navi in the real world with the help of a synchro chip."
He looked down at the man in the chamber as he inserted some weird chip in his PET. "Attempting cross fusion," a voice said over the intercom.
A bright light enveloped the man in the chamber. He covered his eyes but the eyes quickly dissipated. The man in the chamber fell to the ground clutching his chest.
His father sighed. "He has been trying all day but so far we haven't had any luck." Walking over to an intercom his father pressed a button. "Misaki take a break you've been working too hard." Misaki frowned but nodded as two assistants helped him out of the chamber.
"What are we missing," his father sighed.
An alarm blared throughout the mainframe. Meijin burst through the door "Dr. Hikari we are experiencing an attack on our network!"
His father swore as images of viruses appeared on the computer screen. "Dad don't worry we can do this," he said his friends nodding in agreement. "Plug in Rockman! Plug in Slur!"
"Plug in Roll!"
"Plug in Iceman!"
"Plug in Freezeman!"
Their navis appeared on the internet. Slur and Rockman eyed their surroundings carefully as a group of viruses appeared around them followed by a large beast themed netnavi.
"Grr," the navi hissed. "I'm Savageman agent of nebula."
Slur summoned her light swords. "Me and Rockman got this the rest of you take care of the viruses."
Freezeman nodded. "As you command."
Savageman charged at Slur who easily blocked his attack with a series of chains . "Canon slot in!" he said.
A canon appeared on Rockman's hand as he fired at the navi point blank. "Vulcan slot in!" He said. Slur fired a series of rounds at Savageman each strike hitting the navi as he struggled against the chains.
"What an impressive navi," Meijin said.
He nodded noticing him watch Slur out of the corner of his eye. We can't show off here. "Slur hold him down let Rockman take it out with a program advance."
Slur looked at him and nodded as the chains around Savageman tightened. "Sword, Wide Sword, "Long Sword slot in!"
Rockman activated the program advance the tower of light looming over his head as he brought it down on Savageman. The navi let out a howl as it logged out.
"Good job guys," he said. Freezeman and the others had defeated the viruses.
However, the ground shaking. "What's that?" Meiru yelled.
Looking outside they saw what looked like a colorful dome around the building. "A dimensional area," His father said his eyes wide in shock. "But how?"
The alarm in the building rang as they saw a figure downstairs that looked like a vampire themed net navi.
"No the synchro chips!" his dad said as the navi broke the container with the synchro chips.
"Damn it," he swore as he grabbed his PETs. An idea came to his head, it was a risky one but he wasn't going to let some navi steal his dad's work and harm them. I have the dimensional chips on me if something goes wrong but still this is a shot.
"Everyone wait here I'm going to stop him," he said.
"What are you crazy?" Meiru yelled.
"Netto it's too dangerous," his dad said.
But he was already at the door. "Don't worry I go this trust me." He turned to Shun and looked him in the eyes. "Take care of them if something happens."
Shun nodded. "I understand."
He ran down the stairs his heart racing his chest he ran down the stairs and came face to face with the vampire navi. "Stop!" he said as the navi dropped a few synchro chips and turn to him.
"Little boy why don't you run away," the vampire said as another navi appeared next to him.
His eyes widened as he saw Savageman appear. "Lord Shademan I am here." The navi glared at him. "Shall I take care of him?"
Shademan laughed. "Do as you please but first we have to tears this place down. I'll leave that to you. So long little boy."
"Wait!" he yelled but Shademan knocked him down sending him flying against the wall.
"So you're the boy we were told to eliminate if we can?" Shademan asked with a laugh. "I'll suck you dry and let your corpse rot!"
"Netto-Kun!" Slur yelled as he caught his breath.
"Don't worry I have an idea," he muttered as he grabbed a synchro chip on the ground. "Slur do you want to try it?"
Slur's eyes widened. "Are you serious?"
"Why not," he said as Savageman destroyed various computers and Shademan advanced on him one of his arms full of synchro chips. "He'll eventually come after me and my friends, I won't let that happen."
He slowly got up gripping Slur's PET in his hand. "Will you do it with me?"
Slur looked at him her eyes wide but she nodded. "Fine. Lets see what this practice is about."
He smiled at her. "Lets go. Synchro chip in." There was a flash of light, his left illuminated with that sigil Duo gave him. He thought of Slur and how he wanted to use her to help his friends from this enemy. Then a surge of energy enveloped him.
This power it's so strong. It was like an electrical current passing through his body but stronger. It was almost as if he were in Duo's presence again but it was alike a protective layer around his body.
When the light dissipated he looked down at his body and gasped. "Wow," he said looking he had Slur's white hands, his body enveloped in her green armor. The only difference were the stylized lines along his torso, arms, and helmet.
"Netto-kun this feels amazing," Slur said her voice betraying the awe she felt.
He nodded. "Come on lets do this."
Shademan hissed and he charged at him. He snapped his fingers and a flurry of chains grabbed the navi and electrocuted him. Shademan screamed as he dropped about half of the synchro chips he was holding. "Oh no you don't!"
He charged at the navis, his speed was so quick he almost collided into him. "Take this!" Using a light sword he blocked Shademan's claw.
"I'll destroy both," Shademan snarled as he tried to attack him.
He moved quickly on his feet to avoid the attacks, it was to move as if you were walking on a cloud but he managed to gain his footing.
Shademan slashed at him, he stumbled back and snapped his fingers as chains restrained the vampire navi and restrained him.
"Netto-kun snap your fingers and summon chains," Slur said. "Picture them enwrapping him then think of electricity zapping him like a bug."
"Sounds good!"
Shademan slashed at him, he stumbled back and snapped his fingers as chains restrained the vampire navi and restrained him.
He then summoned a light sword and pierced the navi's chest. Shademan screamed as he was logged out.
Savageman turned to them and growled his eyes narrowing on them. "So you're that navi. I'll tear you to shreds."
That navi? His body tensed, this attack was definitely planned out. Taking a deep breath and thought of Slur's swords, in a flash a pair of lights swords appeared in his hands.
Savageman lunged at them. He dodged out of the way and slashed at the navi causing him to howl in pain.
"Mam I'm quicker," he said as he leapt away from a claw.
"Sounds good," he said as Savageman roared and charged at them.
He snapped his fingers. A series of chains caught Savageman mid air. "Take this!" he snapped his fingers as the enemy navi was electrocuted and spears stabbed him from the ground.
Savageman howled as he was logged out. Looking outside he saw the dimensional area disappear. "Wow that was amazing," he said as he felt the transformation end.
"It was," Slur said as she left his head.
However, as it ended his vision slowly went white. His body trembled as he passed out. The last thing he heard was Slur yelling his name.
Dr. Regal smiled as he held the synchro chips in his hand. We'll take her down one way or another. With the power of the dark chips we will prevail.
Shademan failed in getting all of the synchro chips but he only needed a few.
The door opened to reveal a familiar woman in a long dark coat followed by a man in a brown coat. "Glad you are both here."
Barrel and Yuriko walked in their faces calm as they looked over his laboratory.
Yuriko looked at him calmly "What do you need us to do? I take it we are fighting Duo's agent?"
He nodded and placed two synchro chips on the table. "Practice with this, we'll take them down one way or another.
Yuriko and Barrel picked up a chip and looked at it curiously. Barrel looked him in the eye, he could see the determination in them. "Sounds good."
Barrel looked up at him his face calm. "My contact in Sharo is providing some help, Colonel has already rendezvoused with him."
"Is the navi strong?" He asked.
"He is. Though they may be resistant to help if Darkloids are involved," Barrel said.
"I see," he sighed. "We'll need all the help we can get."
