Okay, I'm taking my chances here. I started this story some time ago.

Forgotten Love: Memories
By Hatto-Chan (My name in fanfiction.net)
Main pairing: Rockman.EXE & Roll.EXE
Footage: Season Stream
AN: I began this fanfic with the inspiration of "Chobits" by Clamp. The main fact here is that Roll loses her memory, but she will be able to remember everything, not in Chobits, where Tchii doesn't. The main villan of the history will be Dark Rockman.
Disclaimer: I do not own or any related characters.
Spoilers: Dark Rockman saga
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Prologue

".. So, Medi-san?" Rockman asked, though somehow he already knew the answer, ".. How's Roll..?"
The female medic navi sighed deeply before responding.
".. There's no easy way to say this, so I'll just say it and done." Medi breathed, "Roll's sick, Rockman.. And you know what happens when Navis are this sick, don't you..?" she asked, feeling bad for she couldn't do anything more to help her pink friend.

Rockman shrugged. He knew Roll was bad, he knew she was sick, but he didn't expected her to be this bad. His eyes meet the ground. The blue bomber wanted to help Roll, but he didn't knew what to do. Everything was going just fine between them, the two navis were best friends, but when Rockman decided to confess his feelings for his pink friend.. His world got shaked and crashed down, breaking into millions of little Data pieces. Rockman didn't wanted to lose Roll.. It took him so long to find that the girl loved him back.. It took him eight long years to find that Roll had the same feelings as him. Rockman couldn't shake out of his head the fact that his sweetheart, his dear Roll, the net navi he ever cared for like this, was sick because of him. The female navi's sickness was triggered by her heart, in short, Roll's stored feelings for Rockman weren't able to stay stored any longer in her heart. The feelings were too great, and her heart was too small to contain them. Rockman still remembered when it all started, when Roll's.. illness begun.

-- Flashback --

Four days ago...
"Hey there, Roll-Chan!" Rockman greeted, waving.
"Hi, Rockman.." Roll waved back.
The blue navi noticed that there was something different about Roll. Something that was wrong. Her green eyes had a different expression. It was a.. was it an expression of sadness? Yes.. it was.. Roll had such sad eyes, that it tore Rockman's heart, almost breaking it in two. He shrugged when he noticed that she also had an almost empty eye color, and her cheeks were extremely red. Was she sick? No.. Not his Roll-Chan, she's always so happy and cheerful.. Why would she be sick like this?
"Ah? Roll-Chan? Are you ok? Are you sick?" he asked, worried about her.

But Roll didn't replied. Her sad eyes were simply looking forward, idly, and she looked as if she wasn't even there with him. Rockman took one step forward, getting closer to the female navi. As he was about to talk again, Roll spoke.
".. R.. Rockman.." called Roll. Tough, her voice was also different.. it seemed that she was.. weak.

The blue navi's worried expression deepened as the girl suddenly lost her balance and almost fell to the ground, but Rockman dashed over to her, and he held Roll in a firm embrace, so that she wouldn't fall.
"R-Roll-Chan!?" Rockman asked. He felt his blood pressure getting faster for he was getting nervous.
".. R.. R-Rock.. m-man.." Roll was weak and Rockman felt her slowly fading away...

-- End flashback --

".. R-Rockman..?" a voice broke through Rockman's thoughts, it was Roll's weak voice.
The blue bomber snapped back to the reality and he held the girl's left hand with his both hands and sat in a chair, close to her. Roll was lying on a stretcher in one of Sci Lab's maintenence rooms. She had been there for a while now.

Rockman's father, Mr. Hikari, was doing everything he could to fix Roll, but it wasn't that easy, for her heart keep on getting worse everyday. The only solution was to make a massive restart on all of Roll's systems, but it would mean that all of Roll's memories and feelings would abandon her mind and body. Rockman couldn't take Roll's memories, neither all those feelings, away from her. He couldn't. He didn't wanted to.. but then again.. he knew that the girl was suffering badly from her illess. Silently and discretely, but yes, Roll was in deep pain. The only way to relieve the female navi from all her pain was the worst thing she -and him- could ever think of doing.

"H-Hey there, Roll-Chan." Rockman said. It was easy to notice that he was almost crying, "How are you feeling today?" he asked.
".. H.. Heavy.." Roll breathed, ".. When can I go home, Rockman..?"
"Not so fast, Roll." Medi said, as she went over to the couple, "You still need to stay here some more time for observation."
".. For how long..?" Roll asked.
"I'm not sure. A few more days, probably." replied Medi, "But take it easy, and hang in there, okay, Roll?" she smiled to her pink friend.

Roll gave her medic friend a weak smile back and nodded, as she turned back to Rockman and Medi slid away to talk with Mr. Hikari to report Roll's situation.
".. Rockman.." Roll gazed at him with her weak expression, ".. I want to go home.. I don't want to stay here.. I--" Roll would have said more, but she was already getting tired and her words were broken by Rockman, who stood up and tried to calm her down.
"Roll-Chan, Roll-Chan, hey, hey, calm down." Rockman brought his hand up to her cheek and stroke it gently, and he smiled softly for her. It was he could do. "Take it easy, okay? You'll be fine."

The pink navi's eyes got watery and her tears ran down her face, some of them weting his hand, tough Rockman didn't even bothered about it. He was too worried about her. He sat again over his chair and Roll, weakly, grabbed his hand, the one that was holding her cheek, and a sad expression filled her eyes as she keep looking at him.

".. Rockman.. I'm scared.." she said, though, almost whispering. ".. My heart hurts so much.. I can't move.. I'm afraid I'll--" she was interrupted.
"Hey, hey, don't talk like that, Roll-Chan..!" Rockman tried to calm her down, but even he didn't knew what to do.
Roll couldn't speak well. She knew what was going to happen to her, but she didn't wanted to acknowledge it right now. Neither Rockman wanted. But she knew..

".. Your father has been doing his best to fix me, but.. it's no use.. I'm not getting any better.." said Roll. She was slowly realising her fate.
"Please don't talk that way, Roll-Chan.." Rockman said, as he almost broke in tears. He couldn't stand the fact that Roll would forget about him. About everything they went through. He couldn't. He didn't wanted to.
"I'll be alright... It's gonna be okay, so, please don't worry, Rockman..." she smiled softly to him.



Chapter 1 - Fallen Memories

"I'll be alright..."

Those words keep on echoing in Rockman's head during these past days. He couldn't take it. He still can't stand the fact that his sweetheart is gone. He doesn't want to aknowledge the fact that the Roll he knew is gone forever. Rockman keeps on flashing back that day.. That day where Roll's memories were gone from her mind, now reduced to a mere memory chip.. Meiru insisted in keeping Roll's previous memories, for she couldn't delete her best friend's thoughts.. The day where.. his Roll died..

-- Flashback --

".. I guess this is it.."
Rockman couldn't even speak, his sobs didn't allowed him to do so.
".. This is.. g-goodbye.. Rockman.."
Between a few sobs, the blue navi was able to pronunce a few words.
".. Please don't leave me, Roll-Chan.. Please don't go.." he pleaded to her.
".. It's okay, Rockman.." the pink navi was able to smile again, ".. We'll meet again soon.."
".. It won't be the same as before.." he sobbed, "I don't want to lose you.."

-- End flashback --

"Rockman.." A voice came from the outside of the PET. It was Hikari Netto, his younger brother. "Come on, Rockman.. You have to get out of there someday, y'know?"

But no reply came back. Rockman could hear his brother perfectly well but he didn't said anything back to him. Actually, he haven't spoke anything during these past days. He is just sitting in the darker corner of his HomePage. Rockman locked himself in it and he cut down the video speeches and e-mail recievings, so that nobody would see him inside. But Netto knew he was there, it is his brother we're talking about actually. Ever since Roll's green eyes closed themselves to Rockman, all he did was call out for her name, over and over again, before entering in a state of shock. Now he doesn't even sleep much, and when he does, his dreams are hunted with Roll's memory. Flashes of memories he had with her.. moments.. thoughts.. gazes.. and.. that kiss they exchanged between one another.. It was such a sweet, yet, funny moment.. it was an accident, but even so, Rockman will never forget that time with his sweetheart..

-- Flashback --

"Eh.. Roll-Chan..?"
"Hm? Yes, Rockman?" Roll asked with her sweet usual smile.
"Ca-Calm down, b-but.." Rockman replied, trying to steady Roll, ".. You have a.."
"What? What?" Roll was already beginning to panic with Rockman's expression.
"You have a b-bug--" he didn't had the time to say more.
"BUG!?" Roll got up from the bench and began to jerk her arms around her and above her head, to shake the bug away, but she didn't knew where it was, for she didn't let Rockman say so. "Get it off! Get if off! Get it off!" she could only bark at Rockman.
"W-Wait, Roll-Chan.." Rockman had got up as well and he was trying to calm her down.

During the time that Roll was shaking her arms like crazy and Rockman was trying to help her, the little bug had already flew away from them and it was very far from them, when..
"A-Ah?"

Roll tripped over the bench's foot and she fell over Rockman, making the two of them crash to the ground. As Roll fell on top of Rockman, she accidentally fell with her face very close to his, and a reflex from him was all that was left to do. Lifting his face up, Rockman connected their faces and their lips together in a rushed, but, soft kiss...

-- End flashback --

"Come on, Rockman! Get out of there, already..!" Netto called. "I know you're in there. Come on out..!"
"... Go away.." was his reply.
"Ah, finally an answer! Now I can give you the good news!"
". . ." no reply came this time.
"I just got out of the phone with Papa." Netto said, cheerfull. "He said the repairs of Roll are done!"

Exactly what he needed to hear.

Rockman perked up by the time Netto said "Roll". He got up right away and un-cut the video speeches. His stare fell over Netto in the same minute.
"What are we still doing here? Let's go, Netto-kun!" Rockman barked at his NetOp.
"Calm down, Rockman. Papa told me to tell you a few things." said Netto.
"Huh? What is it?" the blue bomber asked right away.
"Papa told me to tell you that Roll is a little different now." Netto replied.
"Different? How come?" Rockman asked again.

"Papa said that Roll is as if she's starting a new life, that she has no memory of her previous life for now, as in, she doesn't remember neither you, nor nobody from the group. Only Meiru-chan because she's her NetOp. Also that Roll will be able to remember everything, but not in a rushed way, it's like she has amnesia or something like that. It has to be with easy steps, as Papa said." the bandana boy explained to his brother.

Rockman looked sad to this. She actually did forgot everything about him..
".. I see.. When will Meiru-san pick Roll-Chan from Sci Lab?" Rockman asked.
"After school." Netto replied. "And the rest of the group is going too to greet Roll when she wakes up, so that her very first memories is the whole group!" Netto replied.
". . ."

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After school, everyone was at Sci Lab to wait for Roll to wake up. Rockman was there as well, although he knew he must not show any emotion of affection towards the female navi, he wanted to see her, more than anything in the world. Those past days that went by without Roll looked more like years for Rockman, for he was always locked in his HP. But now he was finally going to see his sweetheart once more. Mr. Hikari adressed to Rockman one last time before starting Roll's programs again. He opened a net-window that apeared in front of the blue bomber.
"Rockman.." he said.
"Hai, Papa.."
"You know you can't-" Mr. Hikari was interrupted before he could finish.
"Show any emotions, hai, I know, Papa.." Rockman's words made him look down for a few moments.
"Alright then.." Mr. Hikari closed the window and pushed a few buttons of his keyboard, "Program .. Iniciate!" he pushed a final button.
In the Sci Lab's ntework, a few sounds were heard, meaning there were running programs moving arund, a.k.a., Roll's programs. In the waiting room, all the net navis were waiting for Roll to wake up, and yet, Rockman stood behind all of them.

"It's gonna be okay..."

Those little words echoed in Rockman's mind as he heard the door, in front of the group, opening and a pink thin female shape came inside of the waiting area, rubbing her right eye. Aparently, she seemed to be a little sleepy. Everyone, both NetOps and net navis, looked at Roll entering, and the female navi noticed she was being stared at as she yawned.

".. Oyo..? Why are there so many people staring at me..?" Roll asked, still rubbing her eye. "Do I have something on my face, Meiru-chan?"
The pink navi looked up at the net-window where the NetOps were and she noticed that Meiru was crying, and Netto was trying to comfort her, which left the navi puzzled. Rubbing her eye a bit more, she spoke again.
".. Meiru-chan? Are you okay? Are you sad?" asked Roll. She seemed to be.. oblivious to everything that was going on.
The red-haired girl was able to put herself together and speak.
"H-Hai, Roll, I'm okay, and I'm not sad. These are tears of happiness." She explained, whiping her tears away. "The whole group came to see you!" she added.

"Oyo..? Group?" Roll asked, tilting her head to the side and spotting the rest of the group.
"Yes, Miss Roll. We are all your friends who came to visit you." said a tall navi, coming next to her. "My name is Glyde.EXE." he introduced himself with a bow.
"Ooh, I see.. Hi, Glyde-sama!" Roll spoke cheerfull. Just like she was before.
Another tall navi ran to Roll. He was red and yellow and he was big.
"De gutsu! This is Gutsman.EXE, de gutsu!" he introcuded himself, with his big smile.
"Hi there, Guts-chan!" Roll greeted with a giggle, for she found that navi funny.
Then, another navi came. He was much shorter than the other navis. He was shorter than Roll himself.
"Hey! My name's Inceman.EXE. Do you remember me, Roll-Chan?" he asked.
Roll sat in her knees and looked at Iceman for a few moments. She then smiled and replied.
".. Hai! You're Iceman-chan! I remember you!" she claimed with her smile. "I remember everyone! From Glyde-sama to Iceman-chan! You look like a puppet, Ice-chan!" she commented.

Iceman slightly blushed as Roll gave him a quick tight hug and then getting up and look around, spotting someone else in the room. He was a also taller than Roll and he had long white hair, his eyes were covered with a dark visor, and she couldn't see his eyes, which puzzled her a little. The female navi walked over to the crimson red navi.
"Hi there, Sir." she greeted. "Who are you?" she asked.
The crimson navi turned to Roll and replied politely.
"Blues.EXE, Miss Roll." he said, always serious, yet, polite.
The crimson navi's voice dashed over her head, and a flash of memory appeared, it was Blues.
"Ooh, I remember you now, Blues-sama! But.. Why are you always so serious with everyone?" Roll asked, puzzled.
"That's just the way I was programmed to be, Miss.." Blues replied.
"Oh, okay, okay." The pink navi didn't asked anything else, for she spotted another navi. He had around the same size as her, and his outfit was dark-blue with a light-blue stripe on both of his sides. His hair was spiked up to his sides and his green eyes crossed ways with hers. It was Rockman.

At first, Roll didn't reacted, she just looked at him, and he looked back at her. Everyone, both navis and NetOps, were waiting to see how Rockman and Roll would react at the sight of each other. Although he knew he couldn't hold Roll has close and tightly as he wanted to, Rockman's urge to hug her was still tremendly huge, but he held himself. Then, always oblivious, Roll spoke.

"Hello there. I think I don't remember you, are you new in the group?" she asked, leaving everyone with a shocked expression.
How it hurt! To hear your sweetheart saying she cannot remember you! Rockman shrugged and didn't replied. He felt an urge to run away, though he held himself again and stood where he was as Roll took a few more steps closer to him and held her hand up.
"My name's Roll.EXE. Nice to meet you, Sir!" she greeted, oblivious, but always with her smile.
Rockman couldn't react, but then Glyde moved in and helped him -them- out.

"Miss Roll, this is Rockman.EXE. You two knew each other before you lost your memory. You two were very good friends. It's normal you cannot recall about him now, but it'll will come with time." Glyde explained as he smiled to the pink girl.
"Oh, I see! Hi there, Rockman-san!" the pink navi still had her hand up and her smile as well.
"Euh.. You don't need to call me "Rockman-san", Roll.. Chan.." the "Chan" part wasn't suposed to come out, but it slipped out of his lips.

Rockman gave himself a mental slap and held Roll's hand, not tightly, but firmly, and for like two seconds, a few thin electric flashes dashed around Roll's body and her eyes changed. They got empty and a few flashes of light ran by them, as if she was making downloads. Another flash of memory appeared, but this time, the memory was foggy and dark. Roll could see that it was someone who was close to her, but she couldn't place it. The memory seemed to be another navi waving at her, but who could it be? (AN: Yeah, right, who could it be..? That one is pretty obvious.. --) Rockman didn't even had time to get woried, because it was all so fast. Luckily, Glyde recorded the electric flash in his own memory files. Roll then quickly blinked a few times and tilted her head to the side and smiled again to Rockman and shook his hand.
"Okay.. Rokku-chan!" she giggled at the boy's nickname.
The blue navi simply gazed at her without say anything else, same for everyone else.

"Rokku-chan." Just like that. No emotion at all...

End of chapter 1