The End Of Rivalry

Chapter 1: It's Getting Late

I do NOT own any of the characters (except Isabella) or items used throughout the story.

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Before you read the fic: This story takes place during the Axess series. A few things I've changed for the sake of this story is the fact the Megaman is Lan's twin brother Hub (wasn't in the anime) and that Dex and Yai are staying in DenTech.

ON WITH THE FIC!

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Rain poured down fiercely from the blackened night sky. Lightning flashed in the distance, followed by the booming thunder.

Normally, the night was a time for sleep and rest, but the thunderstorm turned one girl's opportunity for a beauty sleep into a living nightmare.

Yai sat upwards in her bet, holding her knees so she was in a fetal-position.

"Miss Yai, would you like me to try once more to get the sound-proofing system to run?" Glyde asked from her PET. She took her PET from her nightstand and brought it into view.

"No, thanks, Glyde," she replied, her voice shaking.

Thunder rattled the air, making her squeal.

"Besides, it's been broken for days," she added.

Lightning flashed, thunder roared, this time, closer to her mansion. Yai squeaked again, while she pulled the blanket from its end on her lap and she enveloped her entire body in it.

Yai had never told anyone but Glyde, that she was afraid of lightning. This fear was caused when Yai witnessed a man being struck by lightning on television when she was a child.

Outside, raindrops crackled loudly onto the hard pavement below. A young adult walked with quiet steps down the sidewalk around DenTech Elementary, his hands in his pockets and his gaze at the ground in front of him. Alongside him, a gate covered a large yard filled to the brim with various animal shaped bushes.

What caught his eye was the one light on in the mansion beyond the tall fence, and he knew it was coming from her room.

"Ever since that whole elevator incident during the N1 Grand Prix, she's been clinging to me like a lost child. What's wrong with her? What's her deal?"

He continued to look at the window, searching for signs of life. He stopped at the gate and took out his PET.

"3:25AM. Perfect."

He sighed and put his PET away from the rain, and he turned to continue walking. He stopped when he heard a voice coming from behind him.

"Mr. Blaze, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting," Glyde's voice came from the terminal at the gate. "Please stay here for a moment."

Glyde teleported from the gate terminal back to his PET.

"Miss Yai, Chaud is waiting at the gate."

Yai immediately took the blanket off of her head and looked out the window. All she saw was darkness and a Net Saver standing in the rain under a dim streetlight.

"Let me speak with him, Glyde," she commanded. Glyde followed her orders and connected the PET to the gate's terminal.

The terminal screen lit up once again, showing Yai's face with a look of (fake) frustration.

"What do you want, Chaud?" she asked rudely with mock-anger. She opened her eyes only to find nobody at the other end. Through all the heavy rain, she heard frantic footsteps taking off away from the mansion.

"HEY! How rude!"

Chaud continued to run down the sidewalk, not hearing Yai's voice behind him. He held his PET in front of him.

"Someone's attacking the Net? At this hour!?" he asked Protoman.

"That's what Famous' email said," the red Navi responded. "The Darkloid is trying to break through SciLab's firewall!"

"We need to get to a computer, and fast!"

--Lan's House--

Lan PET started to shake violently on his desk. The rumbling did not wake him up, but Megaman calling out to him was surprisingly enough to wake him.

"Ugh…" Lan groaned sleepily. "Megaman, why did you wake me so early?"

"You have a call from Chaud waiting," his Navi replied. "He says it's urgent."

"So… you woke me up from a dream about curry pancakes for a phone call?"

"YES, NOW ANSWER IT!"

"Hello?" Lan talked to his PET, waiting for a reply.

"Lan," Chaud's voice was filled with desperation. "SciLab is under attack!"

Lan awoke immediately, his eyes widening and his straight posture returning.

"THIS EARLY!?"

"Yes, I need you to jack Megaman into the Cyberworld in case I need backup."

"That's the first time I've actually heard you ASK for help!" Lan commented wittily.

"You smart-a**, Lan," Chaud fumed with frustration.

"Whatever. Jack in! Megaman, power up!" Lan exclaimed. "Stream to SciLab as soon as possible!"

"No problem, Lan," Megaman did as he was told. He arrived at SciLab a mere minute after.

Megaman swiftly touched the floor of the Cyber-Matrix, seeing a white-haired, crimson Navi in front of him.

"Nice to see you, Protoman," he greeted politely.

Protoman simply nodded.

"Megaman, there's a Darkloid attacking the firewall," Protoman briefed the Navi. "He knows not of our presence, but if we don't hurry, he will have full access to SciLab's mainframe."

Megaman now nodded, understanding and knowing exactly what to do. The cobalt-blue Navi scanned the landscape and spotted a black figure near one side of the large barrier protecting SciLab.

The Darkloid appeared to be cutting through the firewall like a knife to butter.

Megaman advanced swiftly, armed with his weapon-of-choice (his Megabuster, in case you didn't get it). Upon closer inspection, however, Megaman realized that this was no Darkloid.

Protoman advanced next to Megaman, drawing his red Cybersword and placing it in front of him, getting ready to swing. As he approached the Darkloid, he noticed this battle would not be easily one.

"Bass!" the two Navis gasped together.

The black and yellow Navi turned to face them, a smirk forming under his cloak.

"Cybersword!" Protoman yelled, still advancing. He attempted, and failed, to his Bass with brute force, as Bass had disappeared from sight. Bass reappeared behind Protoman and he shot blasts from his twin busters, the flaming projectiles coming at Protoman before he had a chance to move.

Protoman fell forwards onto one of his knees.

"Charged shot!" Megaman called out into the Cyberworld, shooting a large buster shot at Bass, who avoided it without trouble.

What Bass did next was completely unexpected. He disappeared from sight and his voice rang through the room.

"I will be back," Bass began. "And next time, try not to bore me."

The NetOPs looked on with shock.

"…That's it?!" Lan was the first to speak up. "He chickened out!"

"I don't think so," Chaud contradicted his fellow Net Saver. "I don't know why he left without even being hurt, but I think this whole thing was a set-up."

"Maybe you're right…"

"I probably am. Judging from experience, I would say I'm more right than you."

"Shut up. Megaman, jack out," Lan said, yawning the whole time, then licking his lips and staring to drool as something occurred to him. "Time to get back to my curry pancakes!"

"See you, Protoman," Megaman bade farewell to the crimson swordsman.

"Bye, kid."

Chaud summoned Protoman out from the gates of SciLab.

"Is there anything else I can assist you with?" Protoman buttlered his NetOP.

"Yes, can you get me a limo?"

-END CHAPTER -

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ALRIGHT! I'm back to finish this one off now!

Expect Chapter REALLY SOON!

-0Zero0