Disclaimer: I do not own Megaman Battle Network, NT Warrior or any of the characters from the games and/or anime. I really enjoyed the Megaman NT Warrior anime when it aired in Canada though I never knew about the Battle Network games that the show was based on until sometime later. Anyway I hope that this story would be good though my first Battle Network fic was made a long time ago but I deleted it because I didn't like how it went so here's a new fic set in the Battle Network universe.

P.S. I'm only going to be using the anime versions of the Battle Chips in my fic though with the exception of Area Steal, will retain their names from the game.

Megaman Battle Network: The Online Wars

By EmperorDraco7

"Lan! Lan!" came a voice from out of nowhere inside a bedroom where a boy with messy brown hair was fast asleep in his bed, mumbling something despite being told to wake up. "Lan, if you don't wake up you'll be late for school!" There was still no reply from the boy. "Hey Lan Hikari!" This led to the boy rolling himself off the bed and waking himself up.

"Huh?" wondered the boy, getting up and rubbing one of his eyes with a tired expression on his face. He was wearing light blue pajamas and he wondered why he was woken up when he was having a great dream. "Man, it's too early for shouting… plus I was having a great dream."

"It's about time you woke up." he heard the voice again and went over towards where it was coming from, stopping at his desk where his PErsonal Terminal, or PET for short, laid.

"Morning Megaman."

"Good Morning to you too Lan" said the Net-Navi named Megaman, relieved that his NetOp was finally awake. "Now hurry up and get dressed or you'll be late for school."

"What are you talking about…" Lan took a look at the clock and his eyes widened in disbelief upon realizing that Megaman was right. "Oh man, I better get dressed!" Sometime later, he was dressed in his black shorts, orange and white shirt and black shoes as he made his way down the stair. "Morning mom!"

"Good morning Lan, your breakfast is on the table in case you wanted to know" smiled Hakura Hikari before watching her son eat his breakfast. Once he was done eating, he made his way out the door. "Oh yeah, Mayl is waiting for you outside!"

"Huh?" As soon as he was outside, he took notice that a girl with red-hair was standing out the door and she was frowning.

"You're late!"

"Looks like Mayl's grumpy…." frowned Megaman.

Lan sighed while scratching the back of his head and said. "Nobody asked you to wait for me Mayl…." Even though he and Mayl Sakurai had been neighbors since they were younger, he does tend to get slightly annoyed whenever she scolded him.

"Did you say something Lan?" she asked with her armed crossed as she slowly approached him. "We better get going or we'll both be late for school."

He paused for a moment. "Why do we have to walk to school together all the time? I know we were friends since we were younger but still…." His response was Mayl laughing a bit.

"You dummy!" she replied. "We always have so much stuff to talk about."

"She means SHE has a lot to talk about" added Megaman. "So please try to pay attention and listen…."

"Be quiet!" snapped Lan before he and Mayl began walking to school, he recently lost count on the times they walked there together but then again he wasn't good at keeping track most of the time. It was at this moment they noticed several fire trucks passing by them. "Not again….

"You know about the oven incidents right?" whispered Mayl, frowning as they watched the fire trucks. "It's really strange for people's ovens to start spitting out fire all of a sudden… I wonder if it's another WWW Virus is on the loose."

Lan remained silent for a few seconds then said. "Maybe you're imagining things."

"Maybe…." She replied upon reaching the gates to the school grounds. "We're here; we better hurry and get to class!"

Once at the class-room, Lan was about to get seated when he was approached by none other than another of his friends Dex Oyama. "About time you showed up Lan!" he said to the brown-haired male.

"What is it Dex?"

"I challenge you to a Net-Battle!" said Dex, quite confident of his skills. "It will be my Gutsman against you Megaman!"

"You do know that Net-Battling in class isn't allowed!" came a female voice from behind and the two turned to see that it was Yai Ayanokoji, despite being the smallest in the class she's from a rich family.

"Stay out of this!" yelled Dex. "You know you got a big mouth despite being a little shrimp, besides Lan and I aren't bothering anyone."

"Well I guess… Wait a minute… Shrimp? You got some nerve talking like that to a lady!" snapped Yai, just then the sound of the bell was heard throughout the classroom.

Dex groaned at that. "Nuts, class is starting! Lan, once class is over you better be here and you better be ready to lose!"

Lan remained silent, nodding his head before the three got to their respective seats as their teacher Ms. Mari entered the room. "Hello class, shall we begin?" she asked with a smile on her face. "First Period will be about Virus Busting…. Now tell me, who read the Net-News recently?"

"I did!" answered one of the students. "It said that WWW crime is on the rise!"

"Excellent, that's extra marks for checking on your Net-News."

"Of course, you should know this information too Lan…." Lan heard Megaman's voice from in his PET.

Ms. Mari cleared her voice and said. "It's very important that we know how to fight against Viruses in the Cyberworld…. Of course, you need to be prepared on how to deal with them in combat."

"Hah!" said Dex, becoming quite confident when he spoke. "I'd like to see a virus from WWW go up against me and Gutsman!"

"Dex and his silly little "Gutsman"…" Yai let out a small sigh; needless to say he didn't like her response.

"What did you say?" he was about to say something else when Lan cut him off with his own reply.

"Relax; I doubt the WWW would bother with you anyway…."

Dex was scowling and sent Lan a glare. "Why you…" Suddenly Ms. Mari interrupted before he could finish what he was going to say to Lan.

"Quiet down!" she said with a serious expression on her face as she remembered where she left off earlier. "Today we're going to be using the common Metool virus so Jack in your PETs so your Net-Navi can access the net."

"You heard her Lan, Jack me in…."

"Alright Megaman" Lan replied to his Navi before Jacking in his PET, soon Megaman appeared in the Cyberworld, along with Mayl's Net-Navi Roll, Dex's Navi Gutsman and Yai's own Navi Glyde as well as the Normal-Navis belonging to the rest of the students in the class. Waiting for their arrival was a pink Normal-Navi.

"Looks like everyone's Navis are online" said Ms. Mari. "Now it's time to release the Metools, get ready everyone!"

"Okay, releasing Metools now!" said the Normal-Navi, sending out a couple of Metool viruses to see if the other Navis would be able to take them down without too much trouble.

Haruka was finished washing the dishes when she heard knocking. "Coming!" she said, making her way towards the door and opening it which revealed a man with a red beard, red neck length hair and wearing a technician's outfit. "Can I help you?"

"Hello there, I'm with NetSafety and I've come to make sure that your home panel is in working order" explained the man in a Scottish accent. "I trust you know about the oven incidents am I right?"

"Of course…. Come right in" replied Haruka, allowing the man into the house. What she didn't know was that the man was revealing a grin as he went towards the panel.

Class was done for the day and while the rest of the students left for home, Lan and Dex remained behind so that the two of them can have their Net-Battle. "You were lucky to have been saved by the bell" said the bigger male. "However now is the time to fight so don't cry if you lose!"

"Oh yeah! Bring it on!" said Lan, preparing for the Net-Battle. "Jack-In Megaman! Power Up!"

Dex followed suite. "Jack In Gutsman! Power Up!"

Once jacked in, both their respective Net-Navis appeared in the battlefield. Megaman stared at his opponent and knew that he would be a tough. "Hah! Give me a break Lan! Do you really think you can defeat my Gutsman with that little Navi of yours?" laughed Dex, not intimidated by Megaman's appearance.

"You know Dex…." said Lan with a serious expression on his face. "You can still quit if you want!"

"I'm afraid you're going to be the one to give up!" Dex replied back at his opponent and friend. "Gutsman, let's show Blue Boy whose boss!"

Lan held onto his PET's handle tight. "Go get him Megaman!"

Gutsman began pounding his chest. "Guts! Guts! Gutsman!" he then threw a punch straight at Megaman. "He's the best!"

"Bring it on!" yelled Megaman, easily dodging the punch before firing his Megabuster at him while watching as the shots were blocked by his huge fists.

Gutsman laughed a little before changing one of his fists into a mallet and slamming it into the ground. Fortunately Megaman managed to get out of the way on time. "Me number one Net-Navi!"

"You tell them Gutsman!" grinned Dex, slotting a BattleChip into his PET. "GutsPunch BattleChip in! Download!" Gutsman's fist grew slightly larger and threw a powerful punch at Megaman. "It's all over!" As soon as he said that, his eyes widened when he saw Megaman catching the fist. "What the?"

"Alright Megaman!" Lan shouted in awe. "Go get him!"

Megaman pushed away Gutsman's fist and began rapidly punching at him before eventually knocking him to the ground with a swift kick. "Get up Gutsman! Don't let that wimp beat you?"

"Now try this!" Lan slotted in a BattleChip. "Shotgun BattleChip in! Download!" Megaman's right hand changed into a weapon that had a similar appearance to his standard Mega-Buster but unlike his standard weapon, he fired rapid beams at Gutsman, who was barely able to protect himself from the shots.

"We're not going to let you win Lan!" both of Gutsman's fists changed into mallets and he sent a powerful shockwave straight towards Megaman. "It's over!"

"Not quite! Area Steal and Sword BattleChips in!" Lan remembered a combination he learned from Ms. Mari's class when fighting against the Metools earlier and he knew that he could use it to his advantage. Gutsman was shocked that Megaman was no where to be seen until suddenly, he was sliced from behind by the Blue Navi's sword.

"Gutsman Logging Out!"

Dex's face paled when that happened and all he could do was stare at Lan without saying anything. A few seconds latter, he finally spoke. "Grrr! You just got lucky!" he began yelling. "This battle doesn't count!"

"Yeah right Dex!" smirked Lan, jacking Megaman out. "Nice work Megaman!"

Lan arrived back home and as soon as he was inside, he noticed his mom and the NetSafety man near the home control panel. "Hi mom…" he said to Haruka while having his attention at the man. "Who is this guy?"

"He's a man from NetSafety and he is currently checking our home control panel" explained Haruka. "You know about the ovens exploding right?"

Lan remained silent, nodding his head as Megaman spoke. "That was the accident Mayl told us about this morning."

"There…" said the man, making a quick inspection of the panel before turning his attention towards Lan. "Like I told your mother, we think that it was a virus responsible for the accidents so we're here to check every one of the control panels in Den City to be certain."

"Well…I'm glad that it didn't happen to us" Haruka was relieved as their house was so far the only one not to have their oven explode on them. "Lan, you should go to your room so you won't get in the man's way."

Lan paused for a few seconds and eventually said. "Alright Mom…" He took one last glance at the man before heading upstairs to his room.

The PET began beeping, catching the two's attention. "Lan…" said Megaman. "You got an email." Upon checking to see what it was, the brown-haired NetOp was very surprised at what he saw.

"It's from Dad!" he spoke, almost not knowing what to say afterwards. "It says 'This is Dad. Sorry I couldn't get off work on Sunday but I'll be home soon. I made a PowerUp program for Megaman though it's a little big to send by email. I promise that I'll bring it home. The two of you make a great team so keep up the good work! - Dad'" he really liked the sound of that. "Wow… That's great!"

Megaman was about to say something when his face turned serious and he felt something not too far away. "Lan, there's something happening in the Kitchen!"

"Huh?" he asked.

"LAN!" they heard Haruka screaming, causing them to run downstairs and what they saw made their eyes widen. Their oven was on fire.

"What happened Mom?"

"It's the oven…." She was really shocked by what just had happened. "I was trying to make some hotcakes but look!" she pointed to the oven. "I don't know what I should do!"

"I don't get it…" muttered Lan. "I thought it was repaired earlier!"

"The repairman said it was fixed but it's on fire!"

Lan gritted his teeth and said. "Megaman and I better jack in to see what's causing the problem" he took his PET out of his pocket. "I bet a virus or a bug could be causing this!" Making his way towards the burning oven, he extended the cord of his PET and jacked into the oven's computer. "Jack In Megaman!"

Megaman soon appeared in the oven's computer system and made a quick scan of the the entire area. "Lan, the oven's programs are all here but there's something wrong" he told his Operator as he saw many viruses attacking the system and its programs with fire all over the place. "You're right; there are viruses behind this like you said! That's not all, the data signature's that of the WWW's!"

"It's just like Mayl said" muttered Lan with a scowl.

"From the looks of it, if we don't stop those viruses, they'll tear apart the Cyber-Matrix and everything will be in flames!"

"Alright Megaman, let do this!" said Lan, holding onto his PET. "If you need BattleChip, I'll send them to you from my PET!"

"Gotcha…" Megaman activated his Megabuster and fired at the viruses, deleting several of them with little to no effort. Lan was glad that his virus busting at class was paying off and soon all of the viruses were deleted. He went towards one of the programs and spoke in a soft voice. "Are you okay?"

"We'll be fine but…" the program was badly hurt and was barely able to respond to Megaman. "We don't know how these viruses got here but…. There is something controlling the viruses in the oven control center down to the right and if you can defeat it then the fire will stop…"

"I'm on it…." said Megaman before making his way towards where the oven control center was located though it won't be easy as he suspects that there would be more viruses in the system to attack him.

Meanwhile… the repairman, with his hat off and lying on the table, frowned as he watched Megaman fighting his way towards the control center on the big screen. "What do we have here…." He said to himself, realizing that the blue Net-Navi was planning to stop the fire from destroying the entire house though he had other plans for the meddler and his operator. "You know what to do… Fireman. Delete that annoying pest before he gets too far."

"Consider him scorched!"

Megaman finally arrived at the control center and as he suspected, he had to fight several more viruses but fortunately, they weren't too much trouble for his yet he would still need to deal with whatever's controlling them. Just then, Megaman was suddenly hit by a barrage of fireballs and it somehow managed to cut off his connection from Lan.

In the real world, the oven began letting out several explosions and forcing Lan to move back a bit while Haruka screamed. "Megaman are you there? Megaman!" There was no response and he was starting to become worried when he heard the PET make a sound like a phone ringing. "Who is it?"

Laughing was heard from within the PET as the repairman's face appeared. "There's no use trying to contact your Navi, Laddie. He's done for!"

"You're the panel repairman!" snapped Lan as he glared at the man. "What have you done to Megaman?"

The man grinned at those words and simply replied. "That was actually a disguise… I am with the WWW also known as World-Three. "

"So then all of those other oven explosions… They were your doing wasn't it?" His answer was the WWW agent laughing once again.

"Guilty as charge, though I'm afraid that you won't be able to help your Navi once mine is done with him…" The image disappeared and Lan growled in anger, knowing that he had to help Megaman fast. That was when he remembered something and made his way back to his room.

Megaman slowly regained consciousness and he realized what had happened before noticing that he was now surrounded by fire. "Lan, are you there?" he asked only for no response from his end. "Great, looks like we've been disconnected."

"That's the least of your problems…" said a menacing voice as a new Navi appeared from within the flames and glanced at Megaman.

"Who are you?"

"I am Fireman!" answered the enemy Net-Navi, aiming one of his arms at his opponent before continuing. "Now it's time to bring things to a boil!"

Lan got to his room and looked around to see where it was as it was only a matter of time before the fire spreads and the whole house would be destroyed. "It has to be around here somewhere now where is it?" He searched every part of the room until turning his attention towards the desk. "Of course! The Tool Box!"

He went to the tool box and checked its contents before finding what he was looking for as a look of relief was shown on his face. "There's the Watergun!" With that said, he quickly returned to the kitchen as fast as he could. "Stand back Mom!" he sprayed the inside of the oven.

"Thank Goodness!" said Haruka. "The fire's gotten a little better!"

"We're not out of the woods yet!" Lan told his mother and checked his PET to see that Megaman was being attacked by Fireman. "Oh great… I better reconnect to Megaman before it's too late!" He hooked his PET back into the oven's computer and Megaman felt his connection to Lan being reestablished despite having a real hard time with the enemy Net-Navi. "Megaman! Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Lan but I found the Net-Navi behind the oven explosion!"

"Okay Megaman, let's take him down!" said Lan, more than ready for battle against the WWW Navi.

Fireman was amused by this "Do you really think you really think you can defeat me and Mr. Match?"

"We won't know until we try!" Megaman wasn't afraid of him at all and showed it as he activated his Megabuster, aiming it at Fireman.

Soon Mr. Match's voice was heard laughing throughout Cyberspace. "I must admit, I never thought that you would last this long but now it's war! He said, doubting that they would beat him. "Like Fireman says, we're strong! Delete him!"

"With pleasure Mr. Match!" said Fireman, shooting balls of fire at Megaman and watching the blue Navi fire at them only to be knocked aside by the explosion.

"He's tough… but there's no way I'm going to lose!" frowned Lan, taking out a BattleChip and slotting it in the PET. "ShotGun BattleChip in! Download!" Megaman's Megabuster glowed and he fired multiple shots that caught Fireman off guard. "Now try this, Sword BattleChip in! Download!" The Buster transformed into a sword and he charged at Fireman, taking out his left arm with a single slash.

"Damn…." cursed Mr. Match, he couldn't believe that a single Net-Navi would be capable of this. "We got what we wanted, log out Fireman!" Without saying a word Fireman confirmed and logged out.

"Fireman Logging Out!"

"Alright we won!" said Lan, giving Megaman a thumbs up.

"Don't think that this is over kid!" growled Mr. Match, angry that he was defeated by a child. "I've still completed my mission and it is the first step in WWW's plan!"

Lan was confused by this. "What are you talking about?"

"You don't get it do you?" Mr. Match's voice was serious in tone. "I found one of the programs we need for our plan inside the oven of your house! Then again, I shouldn't have told you that but it wouldn't matter as there will soon be a war taking place and you'll all be dead! Farewell!"

"Huh?" wondered Lan in disbelief. "What do you mean? What program and what war?" Mr. Match was already gone by the time he tried to get his answer. "What is he talking about?"

The fire in the oven slowly died out and was soon no more as Lan jacked Megaman out of the computer. "The fire's out…." whispered Haruka. "Thank you Lan…"

"Great work back there Lan!"

"Thanks… You too Megaman" said Lan, though he had several things on his mind for some reason and he didn't know why.

"What's wrong?" asked Megaman with a hint of curiousity. "Are you worried about the WWW?"

"Yeah…." answered the brown-haired NetOp, closing his eyes in deep thought while thinking about what Mr. Match said to him earlier. "There's a lot of things I don't understand."

"I know…" Megaman nodded his head, frowning when he heard that. "It is our first time going up against them however there's no way they're going to control the net! Not if I have something to say about it!"

"I know… but what can we do? We don't even know when they're going to strike next?"

Megaman paused and thought about it for a few seconds then replied. "We're going to wait and be ready for them when they come… " he said in a determined voice. "We better get ready for bed!"

"Alright…" Lan nodded. "However I'm hungry, can I have a snack first?"

"You're hungry at a time like this?" wondered Megaman.

"Come on, just one bite?"

"Oh Lan!" Megaman shook his head while Haruka and Lan laughed a bit.

WWW Headquarters

"What?" yelled a menacing voice from the shadows, not believing what Mr. Match was telling him. "You're saying that your viruses had been deleted and you were defeated in battle?"

Mr. Match frowned and replied. "It's true… I never expected this to happen as well but never the less it did happen…."

"Was it a Do-Gooder Net-Agent that short-circuited my scheme?" demanded the voice, knowing that only Net-Agents and OfficialNet-Battlers were capable of standing in the way of WWW and its plans for controlling the entire net.

"Negative… It was just a blue Net-Navi named Megaman and his Operator Lan Hikari" answered Mr. Match. "Though Fireman and I are successful in acquiring the first of the four programs."

"Very well…Return to base at once!"

Mr. Match saluted. "As you wish… Lord Wily!"

Once the screen turned black, the man as Wily had both his hands on his cane and his eye hardened when he heard the name Hikari. "Why does that sound so familiar?" he asked himself. "I wonder…"

A/N: There it is! The first ever chapter of my Megaman Battle Network fic and I had to watch a full-playthrough of the first game as well as watch the first episode of Megaman NT Warrior in order to make this even possible. Also I'd like to apologize if I made any translation errors or grammar errors in this chapter. Hope you enjoy it.