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X.EXE
Here’s X.EXE!!
X is a healing-type non-fighting Navi who works as a researcher in Scilabs. He’s assigned to observe Zero.EXE, whose viral aspect is sealed off, leaving the child-like Navi free to explore the cyberworld. X was created by Tadashi Hikari, but was left incomplete until Yuuichirou completed him. His Navi mark is an old version of the Hikari crest, so he’s somewhat of an older sibling to Megaman.EXE.
Sometimes he bumps heads with Axl.EXE, the grey-hat hacker who helps Scilabs with their security protocols on occasion. He’s not fond of Axl’s abrasive personality and hates it when the Solo Navi picks on Zero. Zero doesn’t seem to mind Axl as much though.
My friend and I both felt that a lot of X.EXEs out there focused too much on X as a fighter and protagonist, and less on his pacifist side, so we opted to base him on his cyber-elf form, which has a holy/priest-like motif well suited for a healer.