Chapter 1
ACDC Town: Lan's Room
"Lan! Lan! Wake up! You'll be late for school!"
A blue PET on a desk, beeping loudly as a voice from it continued to call to its operator. Movement in a nice, comfy bed occurred as a young boy remained sleeping.
"Lan! Wake up! Come on! LAN!"
The boy awoke from his deep slumber, finding his PET vibrating rapidly on top of his desk. Lan Hikari got out of his comfortable bed and approached his blue PET where his navi stopped his shouting.
"Megaman why do you have to be so loud?" questioned the tired boy.
"Because you take forever to wake up; now get ready, you're going to be late for school if you don't hurry up." answered Megaman in a tone of anger.
"Fine. Calm down. Sheesh." responded Lan in a sleepy voice.
He walked over to his dresser and prepared to get ready. A few moments later, Lan sat on his bed, looking down at his PET as him and Megaman spoke for a moment.
"Did you finish your essay Lan?" asked Megaman.
"No. I was too busy organizing my battlechips. Why?" replied Lan in a confident tone.
"IT'S DUE TODAY!" exclaimed Megaman.
"It is! Oh man! I can't turn it in now! What am I going to do!" cried Lan as he ran around the room.
"Well one thing is to GET YOUR BUTT TO SCHOOL!" cried Megaman.
"Quit bossing me around Megaman!" shouted back Lan.
"Well I'll quit bossing you as long as you quit being lazy!" remarked the blue navi.
"I'M LAZY! WHO IS THE ONE THAT SENDS YOU BATTLECHIPS! HUH!" pointed out Lan.
"Forget about it right now! Just get going!" stated the blue navi.
"OK! I'm going!" exclaimed Lan as he prepared to march out the door.
He rushed out of his room, taking his PET and backpack along with him. He ran passed the dining table and snatched some breakfast that his mother made.
ACDC Town
Lan skated along the sidewalk, hurrying over to school. All he was worried about was the reaction Ms. Mari would give him for not doing his essay. He continued to skate along the sidewalk when a guy stepped in the way. Lan quickly came to a halt as he knew who this guy was.
"Chaud! What are you doing here?" questioned Lan in confusion.
"It's been a while Lan, how are you?" asked Chaud.
"I'm doing okay. You?" answered Lan.
"I'm fine. Anyway, I need to talk to you. Meet me at the park after you're done with class. Oh and come alone." replied Chaud.
He turned around and began to walk off. Lan remained there, silent, just staring at Chaud until he was out of sight. Though the young netbattler realized that he was really late for school and this would anger Ms. Mari even more.
"Oh man! School!" he cried as he skated off, heading towards his destination.
ACDC Town: School: Ms. Mari's Classroom
Lan arrived in the class, but quietly as Ms. Mari was busy reading a magazine. Everyone else was reading books as well for their navis were downloading the homework for the night. He sat in his seat and pulled out a book as well. He aimed his PET to the board, preparing to jack him in.
"Megaman, jack-in, power up!" he said quietly.
A beam of red shot from the PET and into the board's jack-in port.
"Lan!" exclaimed Ms. Mari.
"Uh-oh. Yes, Ms. Mari?" said Lan in a tone of worry.
"Come to my desk please." said Ms. Mari.
He stood up and left his desk, showing up before the angered teacher. Everyone but Mayl was laughing as they saw Lan arrive at her desk.
"Everyone quiet! Continue reading!" exclaimed Ms. Mari in a furious tone.
The students quickly stopped their laughing and quickly returned to their reading. As for Lan he returned his glance to Ms. Mari. though as soon as he did, he found her very angry. Ms. Mari remained silent for a moment as she continued to glare at Lan, angry with his present actions.
"Why are you late?" asked Ms. Mari.
"Oh um… I overslept." answered Lan but sort of quietly.
"Again? this has been the fifth time, Lan." Ms. Mari remarked in a calm tone.
"I know. I don't really mean to oversleep but I can't help it." he complained.
"Ok. You may return to your seat." Ms. Mari said.
Lan turned around and began to walk to his seat.
"Oh Lan?" said Ms. Mari.
"Yes?" he asked as he turned around.
"Please turn in your essay before you sit." Ms. Mari said as soon as she picked up the magazine she was reading.
"Um… Ms. Mari?" questioned Lan.
"Yes Lan?" asked Ms. Mari in an irritated tone.
"I…….didn't do it." he answered.
At that moment, Ms. Mari placed her magazine on her desk and closed it. She remained silent, eyes closed, gathering her thoughts which she was prepared to convert into words. The class dropped their books and looked up, anxious to know how she would react. Mayl continued to read her book, knowing what would happen. Yai was on the edge of her seat as she waited patiently to know what Ms. Mari would do. As for Dex, he was busy drawing pictures of Gutsman, fascinated by his artwork even thought others thought it was lame. Ms. Mari stood up, ready to tell Lan how she felt.
"HOW COULD YOU NOT DO YOUR ESSAY!" exclaimed Ms. Mari in a grand tone of anger.
All Lan did was stand there as Ms. Mari began. He felt a bit disappointed with himself, and knew that Ms. Mari would act like this. All the netbattler could do was stand there and listen to what his teacher had to say. A few minutes later, Ms. Mari was now panting for her speech was quite a long one. The students, except for Dex and Mayl, were all shocked by it. Their eyes were wide, their mouths open, and all of them were sitting in their chairs, remaining silent as Ms. Mari prepared to say something else.
"Lan Hikari! You have detention! You must stay here during break and during lunch" demanded Ms. Mari.
"But Ms. Mari!" complained Lan.
"NO BUTS! During break, you will do the bookwork I will assign for you and then during lunch you will eat it here. Once done eating, you will continue with the bookwork. You will turn the work in after class to make up for your essay. If you do not finish it I will give you an F!" cried Ms. Mari.
Lan quickly nodded his head and returned to his seat. He opened his favorite book and began reading. Ms. Mari sat down in her chair, gathering her breath. All the other students remained silent as they hit their books once more. The bell suddenly rang and everyone but Lan placed their books down. They all left the classroom, leaving only Ms. Mari and Lan.
School: Hallway
Mayl, Dex and Yai all stood in a circle, talking to each other and their navis joining in on the conversation.
"Poor Lan. He has to stay in and do classwork." pointed out Dex.
"It serves him right. That lazy bum always slacks off, and now he is paying for it." said Yai.
"Oh come on Yai. go easy on him. I mean, yeah he does slack off, but you don't have to be so mean." Mayl said, trying her best to defend her best friend.
"I hate to say it Mayl, but I agree with Yai." Roll said as she scratched her head.
"Roll! I can't believe you wouldn't stand up for Lan!" exclaimed Mayl.
"Though Miss Yai is right. Lan does slack off a lot. It does serve him right to do classwork. Hopefully this will teach him to work harder on his schoolwork." stated Glide.
"I disagree. Slacking off is great to do, it lets you spend your extra time." remarked Gutsman.
"I'm with Gutsman." said Dex.
"Oh you two. Come on, the bell is going to ring soon, we better go inside." Mayl said.
The girl was right, the bell did ring and all the students quickly entered their classrooms.
School: Ms. Mari's Classroom
In Ms. Mari's class everyone was talking with a partner for she had assigned a group project. Yai was stuck with Dex and Lan was grouped with Mayl. Mayl went up to the netbattler, who was almost done with his classwork.
"Hey Lan. You doing okay?" asked Mayl.
"Yeah, I guess so. I really hate doing this though." he said in an annoyed tone.
"Well that's what you get for not doing the essay. Why don't you stop and we'll plan our project?" pointed out Mayl.
"No thanks. Perhaps we can plan it at lunch? I'm sure she'll let me go to lunch if I finish my work early." Lan said.
Mayl was a bit surprised with what he said. Usually he would plan on finishing his work after school, but finishing it early was something new. She sat beside him, giving him a nice smile. Lan stood there, smiling back. All he could do was enjoy the presence of his best friend, before he was forced to return to his bookwork.
"Ok then. I guess I'll see you at lunch." Mayl said as she stood up.
"Ok. See you at lunch Mayl." said Lan.
Mayl walked over to a group of her other friends while Lan returned to his irritating bookwork. Two hours later, the bell rang once more, a sign that lunch had begun. All the students left the classroom, while Lan walked up to ms. Mari's desk. the teacher was busy grading essays by the students that actually completed the assignment.
"Ms. Mari?" asked Lan.
"Yes Lan?" replied Ms. Mari as she graded the essays.
"Um…I finished my work." he said as he placed the sheets of paper before her.
Ms. Mari stopped her grading as she looked at the paper Lan bestowed upon her. She was quite shocked to see the work complete. she looked up to him, giving him a slight grin.
"Nice work Lan." she said.
"Um… so am I free to go to lunch and hang out with my friends?" questioned Lan.
"Well, have you learned your lesson?" asked Ms. Mari.
"Yeah. I guess I have." he said with a smile.
"Then you're free to go. Good work Lan." said Ms. Mari before returning to the essays that weren't graded yet.
Lan gave off a smile once more and ran out the door. the netbattler saw his friends and hurried on over, glad that he could spend time with them.
School: Front
Mayl, Dex, Yai and Lan were all standing outside the school, enjoying the lunches that they had. Mayl ate a tuna sandwich and drank a bottle of iced tea. Dex ate two sandwiches of peanut butter and jelly, along with a carton of milk. Yai had some nice lobster, strawberry soda and strawberry shortcake. Lan had a nice bologna sandwich, with a bottle of water and an apple. After eating, the four went over to a corner and began to have a little conversation. though Mayl and Lan had to cut it short for they were busy planning their project.
"So what should we do our project on?" asked Mayl.
"What types of subject can we do?" questioned Lan.
"Anything that deals with netbattling." answered Mayl.
"Well how about an actual netbattle or something?" suggested Lan.
"Hmm, that is good but it needs to be sort of educational." she thought.
"Then we can do some virus busting instead and show them what chips are good to use and what chips are bad to use." he said.
"That's basic stuff. We need something more…complex or difficult." Mayl pointed out.
"then we can show them program advances." Lan pointed out.
"yeah! That's good. Ok, we'll do virus busting but with program advances." Mayl said.
The two ended their little and regrouped with Dex and Yai, who were now at the entrance to the school. the bell rang and all students returned to their classes.
School: Ms. Mari's Classroom
In the classroom, all students were busy talking to each other as they waited for their teacher to arrive. Lan, Mayl, Yai and Dex were all around Lan's desk, discussing what they should do after school.
"Let's go eat." said Dex.
"No! Let's go to my house! We can eat the best cuisine ever!" remarked Yai.
"Uhh, no thanks Yai. Hey how about we go to some hot springs?" asked Mayl.
"Sorry guys. I can't hang out with you after school. I have stuff to do." Lan said.
Lan grew silent after saying that statement. Mayl, Yai and Dex all did the same, thinking about what the netbattler had said. Suddenly the door opened but a figure fell to the floor. All the students went up to the figure, noticing it was Ms. Mari.
"Ms. Mari!" exclaimed Mayl as she ran to her teacher's side.
"What happened?" asked Yai.
"I don't know. She seems to be unconscious." pointed out Mayl.
At that moment, Ms. Mari began to snore. All the students stood there in shock. They remained silent for a few minutes until they all bursted into laughter. Lan stood beside Mayl, who was busy trying to tell the students to stop laughing. He kneeled down, seeing the sleeping Ms. Mari snore to her heart's content. Suddenly the air conditioning vents started to spew a gray gas. Yai went under one, looking up as the gas reached her.
"Aaah! It's sleeping…gas." she said before falling to the floor and entering a state of slumber.
All the other students scattered as they tried to escape the gas, even though it was pointless. Suddenly the students began to fall asleep as well, all except for Dex, Mayl and Lan.
"We have to do something!" exclaimed Mayl.
"But how? The air vents don't have jack-in ports!" cried Dex.
"Come on, we can get out of here. We have to find the machine in charge of the air vents." Lan stated.
The three quickly went out, but as soon as they left their classroom, they found all students and staff members on the floor, fast asleep. They quickly ran towards the machine room, since they suspected that the machinery responsible for the vents would be there. As they passed each room, they found many people sleeping, no sign of them able to wake up.
School: Machine Room
The three finally arrived to the Machine Room and noticed one of the machines operating and moving about like crazy.
"That must be it. Come on let's go." Lan pointed out.
The three ran towards the Machine and aimed their PETs at the jack-in port for it.
"Megaman! Jack in! Power up!" cried Lan.
"Roll! Jack in! Power up!" exclaimed Mayl.
"Gutsman! Jack in! Power up!" shouted Dex.
Cyberworld: Air Vent Comp
Megaman, Roll and Gutsman arrived in the Air Vent comp. As soon as they came to from the transfer, they noticed many viruses around.
"Come on you guys, we have to stop these viruses!" cried Megaman.
"Ok Mega. Let's go!" shouted Roll.
"Guts! Guts! Gutsman ready to go!" answered Gutsman.
So the three split up and headed to their desired section of viruses.
