Ahhh... Alright, not gonna mince any words here. This is my first Fan Fiction. Alright? You can hate it, but I only want constructive criticism. No "Oh, I hate how you did this." or "Yep, this sucks." without any helpful comments. Reviews are welcome. Now enough with this banter. Enjoy.

EDIT: Can't believe I forgot this...

Disclaimer: The Megaman Battle Network series and all its ideas... I own none of 'em! I own this story and the characters though (excluding Patch Hikari).

All was silent as eyes fell upon the gigantic, holographic image in the middle of the stadium. There stood a lone Navi, eyes covered by a gleaming red visor attached to what looked like a partial helmet, letting the Navi's shaggy black hair rest on his back. On its face was a look of boredom. Where its right hand would have been was a black and silvery base protruding grey energy in the shape of a sword. The standing Navi looked unscathed and bored as it let out a rather loud yawn for everybody in the crowd to hear.

After what seemed like forever, a booming voice pierced the stadium. "WOW! Now THAT'S what I call entertainment! After five quick strikes with the cyber sword, the current champ was blown away! Give it up for the new and mysterious champion, Silver Vanguard!"

The crowd went wild as it cheered, whistled, and screamed. Right below the huge hologram was a machine with two people on either side of it. The previous champion just sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. It was vexing losing as a champion, especially against someone who was completely unheard of before. However, he didn't have much time to think about that as this so called "Silver Vanguard" came up to him and extended his hand.

"Hey man, sorry about that. Hopefully your Navi gets better soon."

The former champion sighed as he looked at the guy who beat him. There was a grin on his face that showed a little bit of arrogance. Normally people would get pissed off, but he couldn't help but chuckle a little and accepted the handshake.

"Heh, he'll get better in no time. But seriously, Silver Vanguard can't be your name. Ever gonna tell me or the audience what your real name is?"

The Silver Vanguard just shrugged and turned around to look at the crowd. "Maybe someday... But not now." He walked away as the announcer went on to commentate.

"...And that's all for the 6th annual Dentech City Tournament! To all our viewers and listeners out there, stay in tune..."

Bells rang at DenTech High School as people poured out the classrooms. People began chatting about the Dentech City Tournament that happened the night before. That is, all except for one guy in class 2-F. Groaning with his face flat on his desk, he was rudely awaked by the bell. As he lifted his face up, the son of the greatest Netbattler in history (Lan Hikari) and his best friend, Patch Hikari, walked over and raised an eyebrow.

"Not the image one would expect from the- Eh? Hey, Marcus!"

The said boy just planted his face back to his desk and sighed. "Patch, what do you want? You know last night drained me."

Patch just ruffled the back of his short burgundy hair with a small smile. "Aw, it couldn't be that bad man."

Marcus grabbed Patch by the shirt and dragged him down to his level and spoke with a deep, low voice. "You try living a double life... I had to run through at least 5 different alleyways to get away from the paparazzi. FIVE."

After Marcus released Patch, he laughed, but quickly caught eye of a girl their age coming their way. "Hey, Marc. Ellie at your 12."

Marcus quickly shot up, long black hair flowing in the air. It quickly fell back down, covering his eyes and part of his glasses. To everyone else, she looked cute and that's about all they see. However, to Marcus, he sees the love of his life, perfect in every way possible. That flowing brown hair, those carefree brown eyes... His train of thought was soon broken as soon as Ellie began speaking.

"Hey you two! You guys heard of the tournament that happened last night?"

Marcus blushed as soon as he was brought back to reality and managed to speak up. "Y-Yeah... Cr-Crazy, right?"

Patch laughed as he leaned his elbow against Marcus' shoulder. "Yep! That Silver Vanguard was really something, wasn't he?"

Marcus mentally cursed Patch, but kept a smile on his face to hide his distaste with his friend. Ellie, however, squealed at the mention of the Silver Vanguard. "Oh my God! I love the Silver Vanguard! He looks so cool and the way he Netbattles... Oh my God..."

Patch covered his ear as she squealed and Marcus cringed a bit as the two listened to Ellie act like a complete fan girl. Marcus blushed as he listened to every compliment and by the end of Ellie's "speech," he was as red as a tomato. Patch tried holding back his laughter as he saw Marcus growing redder each time, but Ellie leaned in closer to Marcus.

"Hey, Marcus. Are you alright? You're as red as a tomato."

"E-Eh? Oh... Y-Yeah, I-I'm fine..."

"Are you sure?" She began reaching for Marcus' face, he suddenly got up. "Marcus?"

"I-I... I gotta go now!" Marcus quickly grabbed his bag and dashed out of the room, face growing redder every moment he ran past everyone. Oh God... Netbattling was never this hard... He made his way out of the school and got onto the metro just as it was about to leave. He sat down on a seat and sighed as he stared at the roof of the train. Oh my God... Did I really do that...? I wonder what she'll think of me now...?

Back at the school, Ellie looked the door Marcus ran out of and then looked at Patch. He looked amused and not at all concerned. It was like he figured this would happen. Before Ellie could even begin to ask, Patch walked over to his desk, which was only a seat or two away from Marcus', and grabbed his bag. "Wanna visit Marcus?"

Ellie just nodded as she walked to her own desk and grabbed her stuff. I hope nothing's wrong with him...

Phew... So guys! You like? Like I said, review! Please? Gimme something to work on! As for some terminology, I'll explain some here.

Navi: Net Navigator. Basically those human-like data that inhabits a PET.

PET: Personal Terminal. Think of your smart phone. Only even more better. With a Navi in it.

Netbattling: Basically when two Navis go head to head.

DenTech: The city where the story is most likely gonna take place for a majority of the beginning.