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Netto sat under a sakura tree and sighed. Why was his life always so confusing? First, he was a loner with HBD, then he found out even his own father was "worried" about him, then he was kidnapped, brought to another world, had two HBD attacks, got it cured, then he met his own counterpart of this world. Can't forget what had just barely happened. Defeating WWW.
Netto looked up to see Lan walking towards him. Lan looked worried about him. Netto just smiled as Lan sat next to him.
"Was there something you wanted to tell me, Netto?" Lan asked. Netto paused a moment and then nodded.
"Yes. Do you remember when Wily and Mr Match kept calling me 'boy from another world'?" Lan nodded and Netto continued. "Well, it's true. I am from another world. Please don't get me wrong, this world is so similar to my world. Most likely because my world parallels yours. But I can't help missing it..." Netto looked up into the branches of the tree. "Did you know that I was sitting under this exact tree when they took me?"
"Who, Netto?" Megaman asked, curious. Netto just kept staring into the tree, his thoughts somewhere else.
"...WWW. Maybe I should start at the beginning. When I was born, I had a disease called HBD. I also had a twin brother named Saito. Several times I almost died from the disease. Back where I come from, there was no real cure for HBD, only medications that could be taken during an attack." Netto finally stopped looking at the tree and looked toward Megaman and Lan.
"So is that what happened in that weird place(wow. Discriptive, huh?) where WWW took us?" Megaman asked. He was pretty sure that was what happened, but he had to be sure. Netto nodded.
"Yes. I was having an attack then. You see Lan, WWW kidnapped both Megaman and myself. Probably to keep us from interfering with their plans. That's when we met. I had an attack soon after. I used the last medication I had to stop it. Thankfully, my brother's friend Daisy helped us escape from the WWW base and we ended up in your world." Netto explained. Lan looked suddenly confused.
"Don't HBD only happen when you're really emotional? Like really sad or really happy?" Lan asked. Netto smiled, the smile itself full of hidden pain. Lan winced slightly, seeing that pain.
"Do you mean friends? The happiness you feel when you have a friend?" Lan nodded. "I didn't have any friends. I was always the loner in everything. Who wants to be friends with a kid who could die at any given moment? Probably so that if I did die, they wouldn't feel any pain..."
Lan and Megaman just stared, mouths dropped and eyes wide. Netto saw this and was confused.
"What?" Netto raised an eyebrow.
"Hard to believe you two are the same person from different worlds..." Megaman said, shaking his head in disbelief. Lan then turned his attention to his navi.
"What? What are you talking about?" Netto sighed, Megaman had just made his job five times harder than it already was.
"He means that we're the same person Lan. Just from different worlds. Doesn't it surprise you or make you wonder why we both have the same last name and yet you had never heard of me? That's why. We had never really met until a few days ago."
Lan stared, looking beyond shocked. Before Lan could ask him anymore stupid questions, Netto asked them something.
"Lan. Megaman. Will you help me with something?" Netto asked, turning even more serious. Lan snapped out his daze and looked at Netto, also serious. Lan nodded.
"I need your help to stop the WWW in my world. A portal should appear to take me to my world soon.*sigh* I just don't know when. But when it does, will you come with me? To stop WWW?" Netto asked. Lan, although very shaken up by the news he had just heard, agreed.
"Of course. But what do we tell my parents? We can't just tell them that we're about to go off to your world..." Lan stated. Netto thought about that for a moment.
"Well... why don't we just tell them that I asked you to come to my house and help my friends, who are also in danger of WWW?" Netto suggested. Lan nodded. So both of them headed off to find Lan's parents. And for once, Netto felt light-hearted. Finally, someone understood his pain! Or... at least knew about it.
When the two found Lan's parents, they explained how they needed to go to Netto's house and help his friends. Lan's parents, of course, agreed. But reluctantly.
"Be careful you two!" Mrs Hikari said. Both Lan and Netto nodded and headed back to the park.
When they arrived at the park, all of them were surprised to see a glowing white circle in the air. Netto of course recognized it right away.
"That's it." He said simply. "Are you sure you want to come?" He asked Lan and Megaman.
"Of course we do! We helped make this mess so we'll make sure to help untangle it!" Lan said, wearing a broad smile.
"For once, Lan's right." Megaman said, earning himself an indignant 'hey!' from Lan. "You're our friend and we'll do anything to help you. You also helped us beat WWW. So we'll help you get rid of them in your world."
Netto nodded and walked through the portal. Lan followed Netto through the portal. After Lan walked through, the portal shrank to nothing.
Netto opened his eyes to see the park. He looked over at the sakura tree right nearby. Below it was a small cloth. Netto walked over to it and recognized it as the drugged cloth the person used to kidnap him. Netto frowned at it, and turned when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see Lan smiling at him.
"So? Is this your world?" Lan asked. Netto nodded, still frowning slightly.
"This is how I know." Netto pointed to the cloth in his hand. "This is the cloth that the person put on me when they kidnapped me. Oh well." Netto chucked the cloth into a nearby bush.
"No need to dwell on the past. Anyway, let's get to my house. But please remember we're cousins. Okay, Lan?" Netto asked.
"Of course. Where should I be from?" Netto shrugged.
"It doesn't matter. Just make sure it sounds convincing." Netto led the way to his house. It only took a few moments because he lived right near the park. His house looked exactly the same as Lan's house, only slightly bigger.
Netto knocked on the door, hard. The door slowly opened to reveal...
Wow. Even at the end of the story, I leave off on a cliffhanger. You readers must really hate me now.
Anyway, I hope you liked this story, "The Light in the Darkness". If you don't know why I named this story this, I'll explain. Before Netto came to Lan's world, he was extremely dark because of his illness. But when he did come, you see a spark of kindness from Netto. That's basically why. I could go into a lot more detail, but I'm sick and I don't want to.
Anyway, just review if you want more. I need five more reviews to start the next story. Just read and review.