CHAPTER 1

"The Experiment"

Lan was at his desk working on an invention.

"Lan! LAN!" Megaman shouted.

Megaman sighs.

"He always gets like this when he's working on an invention." Megaman said.

Lan sighed and stood up.

"Done." Lan said.

Megaman just looked at him.

"So, Lan...what HAVE you been working on this time?" Megaman asked.

"Well, I'll tell you what it is if it works. It's kind of a crazy idea." Lan said.

Lan picked it up.

"Lan…" Megaman said, still curious over his net-op's latest idea.

Lan put it on and pulled out something that looked like a weird PET it was attached to the device. That light we all know hit the jack in thermal and Lan collapsed.

"LAN! ARE YOU OKAY!" Megaman shouted as he watched his partner fall to the floor.

A net-navi appeared behind Megaman the net-navi face was covered.

"Who are you?" Megaman asked while facing the unknown navi.

"I am Marriorman." He said.

"And unlike you I don't need a net-op." He added.

"Marriorman?" Megaman asked.

'NOT another solo net-navi.' Megaman thought.

"That's right." Marriorman said.

Thoughts of Lan were still racing in Megaman's mind.

"LOOK, I DON'T have time to deal with you! My FRIEND'S in trouble!" Megaman said coolly.

"I don't care." Marriorman said and charged Megaman.

Megaman managed to leap, dodging his opponent

'What's this guy's problem?' he thought to himself.

Marriorman attacked Megaman again. This Megaman used, being able to get a few hits off the other navi. However when he did Lan reacted.

"Lan?" Megaman asked while in a state of shock.

The navi face was revealed it was Lan.

"Lan, what's going on? How are-" Megaman started to asks, with his mind still racing with a million questions.

"We'll finish this later." Marriorman said and with that he was gone.

Megaman then turned his attention to his friend, hoping he'd been dreaming when he saw Lan. Lan's body still lay unconscious on the floor.

"What's going on?" Megaman mused, knowing that Lan needed help and fast.

Lan's mother looked up when she heard the thud but, she thought Lan had just dropped something. Megaman heard her coming up the stairs, unsure what to say when she saw her son. She knocked first when she didn't get an answer she opened the door. She gasped seeing Lan. She ran to him. Looked at him a minute before calling his father.

"Mrs. Hikari, I'm sorry...he was just showing me his newest invention and then there was this light..." he tried to explain.

Mrs. Hikari nods

"It's ok, Megaman." She said waiting for Dr. Hikari to get home.

Megaman gave the woman a weak smile.

"I'm sure, he'll be fine." She said.

"I hope so." Megaman said nervously

"I know so." She said.

Soon Dr. Hikari arrived and Megaman told him about Marriorman and he was off like a shot after grabbing Megaman PET, he was trying to find Lan's friends.

"Are you sure about Marriorman being Lan?" Dr. Hikari asked as he ran down the street.

"Yeah, he LOOKED just like him. What I can't understand is why?" Megaman answered.

"You know that new invention of Lan...I think it's the cause." Dr. Hikari said as he ran down the streets.

"Really? But how?" Megaman asked, still a little confused.

"I'm still working on that part." Dr. Hikari said.

"Uh, any idea where Yai, Tori, Dex and Maylu are?" He asked.

"Hmm, they'll probably at their homes...want me contact them?" Megaman asked.

"Yeah." Dr. Hikari said stopping to catch his breathe.

Megaman messaged to Roll and others in net-city.

"GUYS! I need your help. It's about LAN!" Megaman shouted.

"I'm stuck in a net battle Maylu and I'll be their as soon as we can. But, right now were battling a new solo-net-navi." Roll replied to Megaman.

"I'll be there soon, HANG ON!" Megaman said rushing to help his friend.

'I hope I'm not too late.' Megaman thought.

When Megaman arrived Marriorman and Roll were in the middle of an intense net battle.

"ROLL!" Megaman shouted, after realizing WHO her opponent was.

Roll looked at Megaman.

"What is it, Megaman?" Roll asked.

"That navi, I faced him before...it's LAN!" he said much in the same way as in their 1st confrontation.

Marriorman shook his head a moment and the mask came off. But, something was different this time.

"Lan...it's me Megaman, don't you recognize me?" he asked in a gentle voice while slowly making his way towards him, trying not to give the other navi a reason to shoot at him.

"Megaman...what's going on?" Marriorman asked confusion on his face and in his voice.

"Lan...don't you remember anything that's happened before now?" Megaman asked.

"I remember testing my latest invention and then I was here." Marriorman said.

Megaman let out a sigh as he began to bring his 'brother' up to speed. Marriorman frowned.

"Sorry about that Megaman." Marriorman said.

"It's okay; you didn't know what you were doing." Megaman said a slight smile was on his face.

"I'm glad I snapped out of it before I deleted someone." Marriorman said.

Roll and Maylu watched in amazement at the scene before them...needless to say that they were shocked and a little confused.

"I wonder what will happen when I jack out." Marriorman said.

"Hmm, I don't know...you might return to your body. But, I'm not real sure." Megaman mused.

"We'll find out." Marriorman said.

"Marriorman logging out."

'I hope this works.' Megaman thought.

Lan got out of bed and ran after his dad. And grabbed the PET and appeared on that screen.

"It worked Megaman." Lan said.

"That's good." Megaman said, relieved.

"Yeah, I know...I didn't think that would work. My invention I mean." Lan said.

"I know, Lan, I know." Megaman told him.

"Well now we know. Wait...what day is it?" Lan asked.

Lan realized what day it was and ran down the street towards the school at full speed.

"At least he's back to normal." Megaman said to himself

"I am so late." Lan said as he ran.

Megaman chuckled to himself.

'Yep, things are DEFINITELY back to normal.' Megaman thought.

Lan ran into class and flopped into his seat out of breathe.

"Well I TRIED to wake you up on time." Megaman said.

"I know." Lan said catching his breath.

Megaman just shook his head When Lan thought the teacher wasn't paying attention to him and started to do a little tweaking.

"That ought to do it." Lan said softly.

"What ARE YOU up to now?" Megaman just had to ask.

Lan didn't realize how long he'd been working and the bell for the end of school rang.

"Well remember how my body collapsed when I last used my invention?" Lan asked gathering his things.

"Yeah..." Megaman said, curiously.

"I was just fixing that little problem...next time that won't happen." Lan said putting his backpack on.

"I hope so...I was pretty scared that something awful had happened to you!" Megaman told Lan.

"Sorry, I worried you." Lan said as he headed out the door.

"I know." Megaman said smiling.

Maylu ran up to Lan out of breathe.

"Maylu, what happened?" Lan asked.

"Someone's attacking net city." Maylu said.

"Megaman, you ready?" Lan asked.

Lan pulled out Megaman's PET.

"Let's go!" Megaman shouted.

"Jack in Megaman! Power up!" Lan exclaimed.

"There's mess of viruses, Lan!" Megaman said.

Lan put on the emersion glass and pulled out Marriorman's PET. Marriorman appeared next to Megaman.

"Mega buster battle chips in download." Marriorman said and Lan did it.

"I still have control of my body now." He said.

"That's good, I could use the help." Megaman told him.

"Let's do this, then." Marriorman said.

"RIGHT!" Megaman said.

Soon the duo destroyed all the viruses,

"That was a LITTLE too easy...something…" Megaman started as he retracted his mega buster.

"I know." Marriorman said.

Megaman was still looking around to be sure there weren't more viruses. Marriorman was watching Megaman and didn't notice a virus appear behind him.

"LAN, BEHIND YOU! WATCH OUT!" Megaman shouted, having seen the virus come up behind his brother.

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