"Here, Netto. It's the vaccine chip. You'll have to wear Dark Blues out before you can use it on him." Meijin explained as he handed the chip over to the brunette boy who took it without hesitation. "I understand, Meijin-san." He said quietly. "There's no need for formalities. Just be careful." The scientist replied. "I will. Alright, Rock, let's go!" He said, looking down at his PET. "Right!" His Navi, Rockman replied. The brunette turned and sprinted out of site. Yuuichirou walked over beside the other scientist. "I hope this works." He said quietly. The other looked at him and nodded. "I know."
Enzan had heard everything and didn't agree at all. He had a bad feeling and he knew the plan wouldn't work. He started to walk off, to go after Netto, but a voice stopped him. "Enzan." He stopped and turned, seeing Yuuichirou looking at him. "Yes, sir?" He asked calmly.
"I want you to stay here and help me with the Dimensional Converters."
"But-"
"Netto can handle this. And if you go, it may interfere."
Enzan stared at the scientist for a long time, unsure what to say for the moment. "How can you be some calm about sending Netto in there? I know what Blues can do, even if the DarkChip has altered him. I have a bad feeling, something's going to happen." He said. Yuuichirou regarded him for a moment before replying. "I am worried about Netto. But he chose this. His friends are more important then his own safety to him, and I as a father have no choice but to let him do this. On the other hand, I as a scientist can help him at least this much. I don't like him doing this, but it's the time where he can make decisions for himself. And Dark Blues is powerful; I don't like this, either. But it's what has to be done." Enzan listened, and took it in before sighing. "Alright, Hikari-san. What do you want me to do?"
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Netto had attached his skates and was bladeing his way across to the place where the generators were set up. He was going to lure Dark Blues in, and then wear him down and use the chip on him. If everything went well, Blues would be back to normal and Enzan would have his Navi back. And if things went wrong... He shoved it out of his mind. Nothing was going to go wrong, he'd do it. He'd bring Blues back. He had no choice left; there was no room for failure.
"We're getting close, Netto-kun." Rock informed quietly. "Okay, thanks." Stopping an taking off his skates, he shrugged his backpack off and set them in a pile and walked the rest of the way to the abandoned hotel that he knew was there and took out his PET and looked down at it and nodded, signaling to Rock to send the email telling the others to start the Dimensional Converters.
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"He's ready. Start up the generators." Yuuichirou said quietly. Enzan nodded and started typing on the keyboard, activating them, while Meijin monitored the stability of it. "Everything seems fine. Now we wait, and hope we're lucky." The shaded scientist said. Enzan sighed. He knew Blues would be there. The bad feeling he had intensified and he just couldn't push it away. He hoped Netto would be able to handle it. He had a feeling that Blues would be the one wearing Netto out instead of the other way around.
"Be careful, Netto..." He whispered quietly as he went back to typing at the keyboard, feeding power and energy to keep the converters activated. 'Bring Blues back... And bring yourself back in one piece' With that thought and a quick prayer to any deities and spirits out there, he concentrated back on his work.
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"Dark Blues!" A large, deep voice boomed. In an instant, another figure appeared in a shower of pixels, grayish-white hair everywhere, red and deep purple armor glistening. Bowing slightly, the figure looked up at the being that called him through a blood red visor. "Hai, Laser-sama?" The Navi known as Dark Blues asked. Laserman stared at the Navi before speaking in that same booming voice. "There has been an activation of a Dimensional Area that is not one of our own. I want you to go and destroy the converters." Standing up, the other Navi smirked, turning on his heel, heading out without so much of any acknowledgement.
"Do not fail me, Dark Blues." The voice rang out through the place.
Dark Blues stopped, turned his head slightly, that smirk still there, mocking and smug. "Don't worry," He assured, voice anything but assuring, however. "I won't fail. You can count on it." Turning his head straight, and started walking again until he disappeared in a bunch of pixels. It was time... The moment he had been waiting for had now come. And he would make sure this would not fail.
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Netto looked down at the PET. "Ready, Rock?" His Navi nodded. "Yeah, let's do this." The converters had begun to appear. "Well... It's now or never." Netto murmured. "Crossfusion!" Both Netto and Rock cried as the Dimensional Area appeared around them. Netto slotted in the chip and his PET glowed before he let go of it, the effects of Crossfusion beginning. Rock's armor started to digitize and appear on him, blending and melding together like a puzzle until it covered his arms and legs. His symbol appeared and attached to his chest, before his body started glowing, the rest of the suit beginning to appear. The helmet came last, before his face guard slid around, covering and protecting most of his face.
R-Rock heard a sound and turned, jumping away just as a dark ball of energy hit the ground where he once stood. His head snapped up, eyes scanning, until they found their target - Dark Blues. The dark Navi laughed. "I see you've gotten better since the last time we fought." The Navi complimented as he jumped down from where he was ontop of a beam and landed on the ground easily. R-Rock's eyes narrowed and he snorted. "Only because you failed to destroy the new PET." If it affected the Darkloid any, they couldn't see it.
"I'm sure it's not just the PET that makes you strong. Why don't we test how powerful you really are?" Dark Blues said, arm turning into a sword. Hardly giving them any time to react, the Navi launched at them, swinging his sword at them. Split second instincts kicked in and Netto leapt out of the way just as the sword slashed the ground where he had once been. "Long sword!" Instantly, the blade transformed on his arm and he launched his own attack, slashing down towards the Darkloid. With a smirk, Dark Blues swung his own sword, blocking the attack and they were now held at a stand off, blades clashed, trying to throw the other off. "Come on, Netto." The dark Navi mocked, putting more pressure on the other's sword. "I thought you were stronger then that. I guess not." With a snort, the Darkloid pushed the boy back, breaking the other's sword, sending them stumbling off balance. He started to swing at him again. "You're weak!" He cried. /Netto!/ Rock cried. They were falling back and it was only a few seconds, but it seemed like forever. Netto's survival instincts kicked in and he twisted his body, arching his back, hands shooting out, making contact with the ground before he pushed; swinging his legs over himself in a flip, the blade from Dark Blues just nicking him a little.
Standing upright once again, he glared at the other Navi, who only grinned in return. "Impressive, I'm surprised." He said. However, he didn't really seem at all fazed. "The fight's just starting!" R-Rock cried as he jumped forwards, leaping for the Darkloid. Dark Blues slashed at the other, sidestepping so they couldn't reach him. R-Rock expected it and held his arm up, it changing into his Rockbuster. He fired pointblank, hitting the other directly in the chest as he passed by, right under the blade and hitting the ground, rolling, before jumping up to his feet. A surprised cry met his ears as he saw the Darkloid stumble back in shock. Giving him an opening, R-Rock took it. "Wide sword," He said, arm turning once again to a sword as he jumped, swinging the blade in a large, wide arc at the lagged Navi.
A horrible sound rang through the air, as the sword hit the Navi's DarkAura. Dark Blues laughed. As he turned towards them, a smug smirk on his face. "You forgot I had this, didn't you? I give you credit for the effort, though. It would have taken the old me down, I admit." He said, a frown of disgust on his face at mentioning his old self. "Yeah well, I happened to like the old you better then who you are now." R-Rock spat, shifting his weight into a defensive posture. "Too bad." The other said with a careless shrug, before he slashed for the other again. Bringing up their blade, the blocked. But they didn't see the other blade until it was almost too late. Stepping back, taking the pressure off of their blades and spinning to the left, the imbalance caused the Darkloid to stumble again and Netto took to the moment easily. "Yo-yo!" His arm changed to the bladed-looking yo-yo and he brought his arm back and swung.
The thing swung out, in a curved fashion, finding its target and it wrapped around the Darkloid's legs' going around several times, binding the Navi's legs together. With a hard tug, R-Rock up heaved Dark Blues, sending him falling back to the floor. Walking over he put his blade at the other's chest, eyes narrowed. "And you said I wasn't strong? Face it, you're the weak one." He said harshly. Dark Blues said nothing. "I think it's time to end this." Netto murmured. /Right, Netto-kun./ Rock agreed. Activating the vaccine chip, they leaned over, sword still pointed at the other as they touched the crest. The chip ignited for a few moments before it vanished - completely no trace of it at all. With a surprised gasp, R-Rock didn't even see the grinning Dark Blues swing at them. They were sent flying back from the hit with a shocked and pained cry.
"You really thought that chip would work?" He laughed darkly, "How naive." Standing up rather sluggishly, R-Rock's symbol glowed for a moment before it healed him slightly. "This isn't over." Netto spat. Dark Blues smirked.
"I think it is." He said.
"And does it matter what you think?" Netto shot back.
"It should."
"Why?"
"Because," Dark Blues started, an evil grin reappearing on his face. "If you don't want your friends hurt, you'll listen to me and do as I say."
"You're lying."
"Am I?"
/Netto-kun, we just got video mail from Enzan, but I can't open it. I can, however, play the audio back for you./ Rock said softly. With a slight nod, and affirmative sound, he kept his eyes on the Darkloid, making sure he made no moves.
"Netto!" Enzan's voice was panicked. "The Darkloids are attacking SciLab! Don't worry about us, though. We've managed to get away for now. But you have to destroy Dark Blues now. The vaccine failed, so you have to! But you have to hurry otherwise-" There was a sound of crashing and the audio was cut. Their eyes were wide and they looked over at the other with hurt, glaring eyes. The dark NetNavi smirked. "Are you willing to listen and do as I say now?" He asked. Hesitantly, R-Rock nodded, knowing they had no choice. "Good. I want you to de-crossfuse." /Don't do it, Netto-kun./ Rock said quietly. "I have to. I can't risk anything happening to Enzan or papa, or any of the people at SciLab." He said. With a soft sigh and nod, R-Rock glowed for a moment, before the suit burst off of Netto in a shower of pixels, before it reformed to his PET and he caught it. "Now what?" He asked the dark Navi. "You're going to come with me - alone. With no PET, no tracking device - yes, I know they put one on you." Said Dark Blues at Netto's surprised expression. "It's in your vest and headband."
Unzipping the orange vest, Netto shrugged it off, the article dropping to the floor. He looked down at Rock, eyes misting with unshed tears. "Rock..." He said softly.
"Netto-kun?"
"I'm sorry."
"So am I."
"Goodbye..."
With that, Netto shut the PET off and set it on top of his vest. His hand rose slowly up to the headband at his forehead. He took in a shaky breath as he slid it off his head and lowered his hand to his side, fingers unclenching to let it slide off to the floor, right next to the electronic device. He turned back to the dark Navi who was watching him, face expressionless. "Get your backpack and follow me." He commanded. Netto hesitated for a few moments, before he turned and walked to the corner where he had put his backpack and skates. Scooping it all up, he put the backpack on his shoulders and walked back to where the other was. With a simple flick, the Darkloid's sword turned back into his hand and he turned, beginning to walk away, looking back behind him. "Come," He commanded coldly. Following wordlessly, Netto trudged slowly after the evil Navi. He looked over his shoulder, casting one last, longing sad look at the PET lying there on his orange vest.
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"He's not moving any!"
"Maybe the tracker got knocked off."
"How? It couldn't be found!"
"Don't underestimate Blues, he's smarter then you think. Even if he couldn't find it, he probably knew you placed one on Netto." Enzan said amongst the bickering scientists, eyes narrowed. "He's not stupid. Why do you think he's the commander of the Darkloids? He's powerful, yes. But he's smart. He doesn't do things without thinking it through. I'm going there to see what happened." Without another word, the dual-haired teen turned, calling for his limo and exiting the SciLab building.
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Walking to the edge of the Dimensional Area, Dark Blues stopped. He turned back to the human that was Hikari Netto. "We're here." He said. Netto looked up at him. "Which is..?" He asked quietly. "Where your new life is." The Navi answered simply. He pointed over to a small crate. "Go open it up." He said. Turning, Netto said nothing as he walked over to the crate, knelt down and started prying the lid off. The lid popped off and Netto fell back. Dark Blues snorted in amusement. With a light glare and a few evil thoughts, Netto got back up and sat on his knees to peer inside the crate.
He gasped in surprise.
His hands pulled out an outfit and his eyes looked at it with surprise. "They're your size. You'll have to change into them since I don't want anyone recognizing you." Dark Blues explained at the questioning glance the brunette sent him. Netto set the clothes aside and looked back in the crate. With another gasp, he shakily picked up the item.
A PET.
"What is this for?" He asked, eyes glancing over to the Darkloid.
"It's so I can stay with you even without a Dimensional Area. I'll always know where you are, and what you're doing." The Navi answered.
"...I see." Netto said quietly, looking away back down to the clothes and the PET. The PET itself was an upgraded one. Though it wasn't his PET 2, it would suffice. It was black, and had crimson red slashes everywhere across it. The symbol was just like Enzan's, except where the yellow was supposed to be, it was orange. "I suppose the Dimensional Area is set to turn off once I log out, right?" The NetNavi asked. Netto nodded. "I thought so. I will log out and I want you to dress into those other clothes and put your old ones back in the crate. Then I'll tell you what to do next." With that said, the dark Navi logged out, reappearing inside of Netto's new PET. The dimensional area dropped, and faded. Setting the PET down, Netto picked up the clothes, stood up and slowly started to change into them, whispering to himself. "Why am I doing this?" A tear slid down his face as he thought of the reason why. The thought of his friends being hurt was enough for him.
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A car skidded to a stop and the passenger opened the back door and ran out, running over to the Dimensional Area, only for it to deactivate. Enzan ran in, looking around. He saw in the middle of the place a pile. He walked slowly over to it, and looked down at it. His eyes closed as misted at the sight. It was Netto's vest and headband. And lying ontop of the vest was his PET. Kneeling down, Enzan picked the electronic device up and switched it on. "Netto-kun!" Cried Rock's voice as soon as it came on. "Where is he?" Enzan demanded. Rock caught sight of the boy and his face was broken, confused, and upset.
"Netto-kun... Is gone. Blues took him. But what are you doing here? I thought SciLab was attacked?" Rock said. Enzan's face showed confusion. "SciLab attacked? Where did you get that from?" Enzan said. Rock glared slightly. "You sent it!" He accused. The dual-haired prodigy shook his head. "I was too busy monitoring and feeding power to the Dimensional Converters to send anything." He said honestly. Rock stared at him before the small Navi began sifting through files till he brought up a video window. "Watch." The smaller Navi said as it replayed the video mail.
Enzan watched quietly, eyes narrowing. "I didn't send this. Blues must have done it to trick you. And it worked. He knew Netto would give up if it concerned his father." He said. "And you." Rock said. Enzan looked at him. "Me?" He questioned, blinking. "Of course. You're Netto's friend. He considers you his best friend, and he didn't want anything to happen to you or papa or any of the people at SciLab." Rock said. Enzan sighed, standing up, grabbing the clothes and holding Rock's PET in another as he walked back to his limo and got in, commanding the driver to take them back to SciLab.
"Why does Blues want Netto-kun..." Rock wondered. "I don't know." Enzan replied truthfully. "I wish I did, though. I knew something bad was going to happen. If only I had come with him, I may have been able to stop Blues." He said quietly. Rock shook his head. "Hey, don't blame yourself, Enzan. These things happen. We'll find Netto-kun and get him back. And I know we'll also manage to bring back Blues." He said. "So the Vaccine Chip didn't work." Enzan said. Rock shook his head, ejecting the chips that were in the PET. "No, it didn't. It started to, but then it just...disappeared." He said.
Enzan sighed, rubbing his forehead. Things had gotten alot worse now. "I hope Netto-kun's okay..." Rock said unhappily. Enzan nodded slightly. 'Blues, what are you thinking?' Enzan thought to himself as he stared out the window. His grip subconsciously tightened on the PET in his hand. 'I'm going to find you and Netto and bring you both back if it's the last thing I do. I won't let Rockman go through this pain at losing his two best friends.' He promised silently.
DHC: Well, here is the first chapter. I hope you enjoyed it and will leave a review. I would very much like feedback. I will update Wednesday for you all. Questions and comments if you don't want to review can be sent to: SabataxDjango AT gmail .com Thank you all for reading this and I hope I won't dissappoint those who wanted more of Dark BluesxNetto. Until next update, ja!