This is an AU fic about the first episode of
Megaman NT Warrior. (Gee, no kidding!
The name of the fic kinda says it all!)
DN stands for Different Navi.
Let's see what happens!
Megaman NT Warrior DN
AU Story
Chapter 1: Navi's and Blazes!
Lan Hikari sat on his computer chair, holding his blue PET.
He had just installed the data disk, and his sky-high hopes for
a new Personal Net Navi, had plummeted to the ground.
"... That's it?" Lan asked his Net Navi.
"That's it." The Navi stated plainly.
"Oooh!" Lan groaned loudly and fell over his desk.
Lan put his PET back into the data reader and rose to his feet.
He didn't bother with shutting any of it down.
Lan more or less fell onto the bed, letting his slippers fall off his
feet as he did so. Lan buried his face in his bed sheets.
"And I thought that it was the program for my Personal Net Navi!
Thanks a lot, dad!" Lan grumbled.
Downstairs, Haruka was looking at a picture of herself, Lan, and
her husband, Yuuichirou. She sighed and gazed at her
photographed husband.
"Aah, like father, like son. Our boy is turning out just like you."
Haruka exclaimed.
She looked up at the roof with a half-sad, half-worried look.
Several hours later, Lan was fast asleep in his bed. He hadn't even bothered
to switch into his P.J. Lan rolled over before settling down.
He slept calmly.
Then, the PET's screen lit up with a soft blue light!
Lan's plain Net Navi appeared on the screen with a new window behind him.
"Your Customised Program Download is now complete.
Configuring data now." The Navi stated.
The Net Navi stood still in the PET for a few seconds, then it dissolved into
data. Dozens of computer windows popped up everywhere on the PET's screen
and new programs were installed at a fast pace.
The plain Net Navi appeared for a second, then he shattered into data.
New data took it's place immediately and took the form of a new Navi.
Windows popped up, emptied programs and data into the PET and closed themselves.
This procedure repeated itself throughout the night.
Lan slept like a clubbed log on Valium.
The next morning was a sunny one. But, Lan didn't wake up.
"Hikari... Hikari... Hikari! Hey! Lan Hikari!" A voice called softly at first,
but when Lan didn't get up, it got harsh.
Lan rolled over before falling out of his bed. Needless to say, it woke him up.
Lan got back onto his feet while rubbing his sore head.
"Hey, man... It's too early for all that shouting, okay?" Lan exclaimed.
The brunette shook his head in an effort to get his brain working.
"Hey, over here." The voice called.
"Huh?" Lan looked from left to right, but he still couldn't see the owner of the
voice.
"Over here. Inside your PET." The voice stated.
Lan immediately directed his eyes to his blue PET.
What met his eyes came as a complete shock to him.
Standing inside of his PET, was a tall Net Navi. He was clad in a black bodysuit with
blue stripesand a red armor that covered his chest. He had red boots with white
tips and red gauntlets with black gloves. The Navi had a red helmet covering his head
with a horn sticking up from it, a white circle ran around the horn. His long silver hair
reached all the way down to the backside of his knees.
Lan's chocolate brown eyes met with a black visor that looked like a strange kind of
sunglasses. It hid his eyes completely.
Lan's eyes then fell on the Navi's symbol. It was the same mark as the one on his blue
bandana. Lan then noticed that the Navi had the same symbol on his gauntlets.
The Net Navi was staring back at the young brunette without any emotion whatsoever
on his face.
"Good morning. You are Lan Hikari, right?" The Navi said.
Lan blinked, his sleep-fogged brain finally rushed up to full speed again. He nodded at the
Navi's question.
"W, who are you?" Lan asked.
The Navi bowed his head a few inches as he answered.
"My name is Protoman. Your Personal Net Navi. I was programmed by your father,
Professor Yuuichirou Hikari." The Navi introduced himself.
"Protoman?" Lan repeated.
Protoman nodded.
"Yes. As of today, I am your Net Navi." Protoman stated.
Lan stared at the PET in complete silence. 15 full seconds passed without neither of them saying
anything. Protoman finally broke the silence by asking:
"What's wrong?"
Lan sat down on his chair while never letting his eyes wander from the PET.
"I don't get it..." Lan mumbled.
"What?" Protoman asked.
"My dad promised that he would make me my own Personal Net Navi when I reached
Fifth Grade. But..." Lan trailed off.
"But?" Protoman asked again.
Lan looked up into the ceiling while waving his hands around a bit.
"You're not really what I had in mind. I was hoping for a big and strong Net Navi! Oh-ho...!
I want my old Net Navi back." Lan said and dropped his head.
Protoman felt a small amount of irritation and a bit of disbelief at his Operator's words.
Mostly irritation.
"Hey, wait a minute now! I'm not just some puny little- " Protoman began, but he never got to finish.
His scanners suddenly located a massive amount of heat coming from downstairs.
"Lan! In the kitchen!" Protoman yelled.
Lan raised his head immediately.
"Huh?" He uttered.
A loud scream made Lan fly through the door and down the stairs, but not before grabbing his
PET.
"Mom!" Lan called worriedly.
A horrible sight met Lan as he entered the kitchen. His mother was standing before their oven, which
was burning! Lan ran up to her and gasped as a wave of heat blasted him in the face.
"Whow! What happened?" Lan yelled.
Haruka turned to her son with a scared expression on her face.
"The oven suddenly started burning! I can't put it out!" Haruka exclaimed.
Lan immediately spun on his heel and ran over to the fire extinguisher. He grabbed it and returned to
his mother's side. Lan quickly fired it's contents at the burning oven. The fire died... For a full second.
The oven's electrical system flashed, then strong flames burst out from it!
Lan stared in disbelief.
"I can't put it out! The oven's computer must have been hacked!" Lan exclaimed.
"Lan! Lan!"
Lan looked down at his hip where his PET was. Protoman stared straight at the burning oven.
"Jack me into the oven's computer! I'll scan the Net and check things out!" Protoman said.
Lan looked down at his Personal Net Navi.
"There's no time!" Lan exclaimed.
He didn't know what to do. If he Jacked Protoman into the oven's computer,
then the connection cable might burn off! Or, Protoman might get deleted!
"JUST DO IT!" Protoman barked.
Lan looked at the burning oven and made up his mind.
"If you say so! I'll do it!"
Lan extinguished the fire like before and threw the red tube out of the way. He ran forward
and pulled out the connection cable.
"Jack-In! Protoman! Power-Up!" Lan yelled and plugged in the cable.
Protoman was immediately transmitted from the PET, through the connection cable, and into
the oven's computer.
Protoman immediately saw what was wrong. Dozens and dozens of viruses were running around,
destroying the systems one by one. There were many Metools, and a few fire-viruses.
"Viruses! I thought as much! Time for some Virus Busting!" Protoman said.
The red Navi clenched his right fist and it morphed into a red sword. Protoman charged straight into
a group of Metools and delivered a perfect sword swipe. The small viruses were deleted at once.
Protoman blurred out and appeared in the air, right in the middle of a ring of fire viruses.
The silver haired Navi stuck his blade out and spun around once. As he dropped down to the ground,
the fire viruses died. Protoman charged towards another group of Metools. The viruses raised
their pickaxes and slammed them into the ground, sending multiple shockwaves at the red Navi.
Protoman pulled his sword back and air started to spin around it.
"Sonic Boom!" Protoman yelled and slashed the ground.
A big shockwave was released from his sword and it raced forward along the ground.
It hit the Metools' shockwaves and cancelled them out!
The Metools' eyes widened as Protoman jumped into the air and came down with his blade on them.
Barely a minute later, all of the viruses were gone. Protoman stood on the still smoking ground,
looking around for more viruses. He turned and saw a fire a distance away.
Protoman was just going to fire off a Sonic Boom to put the fire out, when a silouette appeared in the
middle of the fire! The silouette resembled a tall Navi with broad shoulders.
Then came a voice:
"Blazes! What have you done, meddling Net Navi?"
Then, the silouette disappeared. Shortly after, the fire dispersed on it's own.
Protoman stared into the smoke with a passive look on his face.
His sword changed back to his hand. (Was that the culprit?) Protoman wondered.
With the viruses gone, the fire died out shortly in the oven.
Haruka looked up from behind the kitchen counter.
"The fire's out!" She said and let out a relieved breath.
Lan grabbed the connection cable and announced:
"Jack-Out!"
Lan pulled out the cable and looked at his Net Navi with a big grin on his face.
"That was great! No, you were great Protoman! Forget what I said about you being too small!"
Lan exclaimed excitedly.
Protoman looked down into the floor of the PET.
"I only did my job as a Net Navi. Nothing more, nothing less." Protoman declared.
Lan laughed at this.
"Ah, come on! Ease up, man! You're making it sound like you're my servant, or something!
You're my Net Navi for crying out loud!" Lan laughed.
Protoman looked up and raised an eyebrow slightly behind the visor.
Lan looked at him with a confident smile.
"And you know what else? I bet that you're even strong enough to beat Dex's Gutsman!
Hey, we could kick butt at the N1 Grand Prix Net Battles!We would own everyone there!"
Lan exclaimed.
Protoman nodded.
"Hn, of course." Protoman exclaimed.
Lan chuckled at him.
"Man, you sure do have confidence! Dad probably thought of that when he made you!
An Operator with confidence and skill have to have a Navi that mirrors him!
You're my partner! If we're going to fight in the N1 Grand Prix, then we'll do it together!
You can count on my assistance with Battlechips, as long as I can count on you with
executing the attacks!" Lan exclaimed.
Protoman's eyes widened slightly behind the visor, which Lan didn't see of course.
Protoman hadn't been expecting this from his Operator.
He had expected his Operator to use him as a tool. But that didn't happen.
(Part...ners?) Protoman repeated the word in his mind. For some reason, it felt right. As if it had
always belonged there.
He quickly regained his composture.
"Understood. I will do my best." Protoman said.
Lan wagged his finger back and forth.
"That's better! But you're still a little stiff! We'll have to work on that sometime later!
Now, let me just eat my breakfeast and then we're off to school.
Protoman nodded.
"Understood." Protoman said.
Lan smiled at his Net Navi. He looked a little small, but he had the strength and speed to make up
for it. Lan didn't know where the feeling came from, but he was sure that him and Protoman were
going to become the greatest team ever! After learning how to get along first, of course!
"Alright then! Breakfeast time!" Lan declared and pumped his fist into the air.
Protoman sweatdropped. (This kid really has a lot of energy. And when I say a lot, I mean A LOT!)
Protoman exclaimed in his mind.
Even so, the red armored Navi couldn't help but smile a little bit.
15 minutes later, Lan was skating towards school with a full stomach and a content look on his face.
He spotted a familliar someone up ahead and a cocky grin spread on his face.
Lan upped his speed and came up sideways with the large boy.
"Hey Dex!" Lan said.
Dex turned and broke into a big grin himself.
"Lan! I'm surprised you'd show your face around here after losing to me yesterday!" Dex said.
Lan's grin widened.
"I challenge you and Gutsman again! Meet me in the Study Hall after school!" Lan declared.
Dex laughed.
"He he he! You must LIKE losing!" Dex said.
"No way! Tomorrow, you won't be showing your face!" Lan said with confidence dripping off
every word.
Lan skated ahead of Dex and the larger boy upped his own tempo.
"Yeah! We'll see!" Dex said.
Dex knew that his friend had some kind of new trick up his sleeve, but he couldn't figure out what.
(Meh! I'll beat him! Just like yesterday!) Dex thought.
The big boy started skating his kick-bike faster and entered the schoolground.
"Hey, Lan! Do they actually let you have Net Battles at school?" Protoman asked with a raised eyebrow,
which Lan of course couldn't see because of the visor.
"Not really! But if you don't tell anybody, I won't!" Lan said with a big smile on his face.
(He's...kinda naive. Well, I'll just have to talk to him after school. A Net Battling Operator can't be naive if
he doesn't want to lose all the time.) Protoman thought.
Just as Lan put away his skates outside the school, the bell rang. The brown haired boy immediately zipped
through the corridors, up the stairs, down another corridor, and lastly, to his classroom.
Lan stopped outside the door to catch his breath a little.
"You seem to have done that before. Exactly how many times a week are you late, Lan?
Surely not ALL of the time... Right?" Protoman said.
Lan coughed and straightened his shirt. Protoman sweatdropped. He really DID have to talk to his Operator
after school. Or maybe, at his lunchbreak.
In classrom 5-A...
"And so, a micro-worm can attach itself to a program and then travel undetected as an attachment to
standard E-mail. Once it wriggles into a computer system, it will duplicate itself and start..."
Class 5-A were all seated in their desks. They were currently listening to their teacher, Ms. Mari, who
was reading from a book about viruses.
Suddenly, Dex stood up and looked like he had just been slapped in the face. Everyone turned to him in
slight surprise and wonder. Maylu started giggling, and soon the whole class joined her.
Ms. Mari put down her book briefly and looked straight at the now-blushing Dex with a stern look.
"Settle down, Dex. The bell hasn't rung yet. If you're going to be sending E-mail messages, then do it
after school. Okay everybody! Let's get back to the lesson!" Ms. Mari said.
The giggling and laughing escalated after this. Dex sat down, blushing royaly.
It turned out, that Dex had sent Maylu an E-mail about a date. But Roll, Maylu's Net Navi, had
made it clear to Gutsman that her Operator had her piano lessons to think about.
When Gutsman persisted, Roll quite frankly, beat him all the way back to his PET.
While the others were laughing away at the poor Dex, Lan was leaning in close to his PET with a serious look
on his face.
"An evil Net Navi?" Lan wisphered to his Navi.
"Yes. That's what it looked like to me. Not only that, but it was fully interlased in the Cyber-Fire!"
Protoman wisphered back as discreetly as he could.
The red Navi was currently seated in a desk among other Net Navi's who were all laughing away at the poor
Gutsman. They had all heard about what happened. The Net Navi's didn't really have to sit in the
virtual classroom and listen to the teacher Navi.
They could just sit and relax in their PET's while either recording the lesson, or listening to it from there.
Protoman however, had decided to sit among the others. He was intent on not missing a single word of
the lesson, as he had a feeling that his Operator certainly would. But right now, Protoman was recording
the lesson. While trading whispers with Lan.
Lan frowned.
"Then the Operator of that Net Navi must be the one who's responsible for all those terrible fires!" Lan wisphered.
"You got that one right." Protoman wisphered back.
Elsewhere, in a dark mysterious room...
The silouette of an old man stood before a TV screen, which showed a red haired young man. It was the only
source of light in the room.
"Your fire viruses were destroyed by a wee red-raddish." The red haired man reported.
The red haired man's accent announced that he was scottish.
The old man looked up at the man on the screen with a sinister look.
"Was it a too-good a Net Agent that short-circuited my plans?" The old man asked with hatred in his voice.
"No. A Net Navi. I'll wager a cart-full of kilts on it." The man on screen said.
The old man turned (if possible) even more sinister at this.
"Mister Match... If he shows up again... I want you, to DELETE him!" The old man exclaimed.
Mr. Match let out a small but sinister smile at this and reached underneath the screen.
"Aye, Mister Wily." Mr. Match said and turned the screen off.
The screen went black, and so did the whole room.
Back at ACDC elementary school...
The school day was over and most of the students were going home. But two students stayed.
They were both standing by a big Net machine in the Study Hall.
"Here goes, Dex! Get ready! Jack-In! Protoman! Power-Up!" Lan exclaimed and pulled out the connection cable.
Dex grinned cockily and pulled out his own connection cable.
"Heh! Jack-In! Gutsman! Power-Up!" Dex exclaimed.
They both connected their PET's to the Net machine, and their Net Navis were transferred into it.
Protoman landed inside the Net machine a second before the much bigger Gutsman appeared.
Gutsman took a few steps towards the smaller Protoman while making sounds like a gorilla.
Protoman however, was completely unfazed by the other Navi's apparent bulkiness and power.
"Gimme a break, Lan! Your Personal Net Navi is THAT wimpy little guy?" Dex exclaimed with a big grin.
The big boy was REALLY sure of himself by now. Dex was sure that he'd win. Again.
"He's NOT wimpy! He's Protoman!" Lan defended his Navi.
"Ahahaha! Do you really think you're going to beat MY Gutsman, with THAT tinzy NOT-Navi?"
Dex taunted.
"You know, you can give up now if you want, Dex!" Lan shot back.
"HA! You're the one who'll give up! Gutsman! Time to show Mr. Sunglasses who's best!" Dex said.
"Go get him, Protoman!" Lan yelled.
(You don't have to tell me twice!) Protoman thought. He cared little for the other duo's threats.
But even so, he didn't quite like having his skills and abilites made fun off.
Protoman raised his fists. He would show this gorilla of a Net Navi who was, and who was NOT
a Not-Navi!
BATTLE START
"Guts, guts, Gutsman! Heed the best!" Gutsman yelled while pounding his chest.
Protoman set off into a running charge.
"Bring it, bucket-head!" Protoman barked.
Meanwhile, at Maylu's...
Beautifull and soothing music flowed out of an open window in the house next to Lan's house.
Sitting in her room, by the piano, was Maylu. She was currently warming up before starting the
lesson for real. Her eyes left her playing hands for a second to see if she was on the right track.
After confirming this, her chocolate-coloured eyes returned to her hands.
Downstairs, the oven started flashing and small lightning bolts flew around inside of it.
Little did the piano-playing redhead know, that this was the start of something rather unpleasant.
Back at ACDC elementary school...
In the Cyber-World, things were going at a fast pace. Gutsman was slamming his fists down on the
ground repeatedly as he tried to crush the other Net Navi. Protoman however, dodged every single
blow the bigger Navi tried to land. Protoman jumped back from another punch, but stiffened as he
felt a solid wall press up against his back. He looked up and saw Gutsman towering over him.
"Gutspunch Battlechip In! Download!" Dex picked up a chip and slipped it into his PET.
Gutsman raised his fist and it glowed with a yellow light, then it grew to at least twice it's
normal size! Gutsman pulled his arm back in preparation.
"Ah!" Lan's eyes widened in surprise and a little bit of fear.
"It's ALL OVER!" Dex chuckled.
Gutsman swung his giant fist at Protoman, but the red armored Navi stuck his hand out and actually CAUGHT
the giant fist in his palm! Quite easily, one might add.
"What?" Dex exclaimed in disbelief!
Lan went through the same reaction at first, then he grinned and balled his free hand.
"Alright, Protoman! Blast him!" Lan yelled.
Protoman nodded with a small smile.
"Yeah!" Protoman exclaimed and pushed the giant fist back, making the bigger Net Navi
stagger.
Protoman immediately launched a counter-attack by racing forward and letting loose with a
multiple-punch combo! Gutsman could do little more than block his fast attacks.
Protoman continued driving the big Navi backwards untill he decided that it was time to end things.
He quickly raised his leg and delivered a powerful, but also very accurate side-kick!
Gutsman went flying and hit the ground.
Dex grabbed his PET and shook it franticaly.
"GET UP! Get up, Gutsman! Don't let that little wimp beat you!" Dex yelled in panic.
"Wait 'till you see THIS! CyberSword Battlechip In!" Lan called and raised a chip,
FINALLY, it was time for him to take his sweet revenge!
But before he came even close to downloading the chip, a panicked scream rang out through the
Net machine!
"SOMEONE HELP!"
Both Lan and Dex froze in their tracks and looked down into their PET's to see where the scream had come from.
A clear blue beam came down from above and deposited none other than Roll!
The pink Net Navi turned to Protoman with a distressed look on her face.
"It's Maylu! She's in trouble!" Roll stressed.
Protoman took a step forward with a serious look on his face.
He was already changing into his "attack first, ask later" mode.
"Maylu? What kind of trouble?" Protoman asked.
Lan had mentioned someone named Maylu earlier that day, but he couldn't quite put his finger on who
it was exactly. Protoman shook it off immediately though. There was trouble on the rise.
"Here's the UpLink!" Roll exclaimed and pulled open a window.
An image of a coughing Maylu surrounded in smoke appeared before them. She was using the kitchen
counter as a support, but the smoke was taking it's toll on her. The smoke came from her oven...
Which was BURNING!
"Everything exploded into flames!" Roll exclaimed in mild panic and with a high level of distress.
"This can't be happening!" Dex said, horrified.
"It IS happening! Protoman, listen! You've gotta Cyber-Link there through the Internet!" Lan commanded.
"Transmitting! Alright! Let's do this now!" Protoman turned away from his Operator and nodded to
the pink clad girl.
"Uh-hu!" Roll nodded and they both streamed out of the Net machine.
"You go too, Gutsman!" Dex said with a stern look.
"Guts...!" Gutsman said and streamed out of there as well.
Lan skated faster than he had ever done before! He was desperate to get to Maylu before she was hurt
by the smoke, fire, and the heat emanating from it!
Not far behind, was Dex. The large boy was riding his kick-bike faster than ever! He was still a bit slower
than Lan, though.
In Maylu's house, things were really heating up! The read haired girl sunk lower to the ground while
coughing harder with each breath!
In the Cyber-World, 3 Net Navi's streamed in!
Protoman immediately raised his arms to protect himself from the wave of heat that emanated from the
Cyber-Fires.
"Now this is one big firewall!" Protoman exclaimed.
Protoman then morphed his hand into his sword and started sending off Sonic Booms in every general direction!
Elsewhere, Mr. Match was following the fire viruses' progress. He looked up at the screen when the three
Net Navi's streamed in.
"Hm? Well, look who decided to join the barbeque! Torchman! Delete that annoying Net Navi!" Mr. Match
said and picked up his PET.
"Heads up! Here comes the scorch!" A metallic voice answered from the PET.
Three fire viruses were deleted as a Sonic Boom sliced through them.
Standing back-to-back with Roll and Gutsman, was Protoman. The red Navi lowered his sword.
"Those were the last three as far as I can see." Protoman said.
"You stopped 'em just in time, Protoman!" Roll exclaimed as she turned to him.
Then, a big ball of fire dropped down from above! Protoman sensed it coming and he reacted immediately
by grabbing onto Roll. He jumped away, pulling Roll with him. The fireball hit the ground and exploded a second
later. As soon as they landed on the ground, Protoman saw the same silouette as before inside the
Cyber-Fire!
"Who are you? Show yourself!" Protoman barked.
The figure inside the fire revealed himself by parting the fire with his hands! It was a tall Net Navi with
blasters instead of hands with a burning torch on top of his head. He looked just like a big torch with
arms and legs! He was dressed in red pants, gray boots, and red upper-body armor.
"Torchman, little man! Time to bring things to a BOIL!" The Net Navi answered and fired off another
fireball!
CRASH!
The burglar alarm went off as one of the windows were broken. A brown haired boy rushed in through it.
Lan spotted Maylu on the floor and immediately zipped up to her. Lan grabbed Maylu and put one of
her arms around his neck while lifting her up with the other. Maylu then opened her eyes and let out a
light cough. She turned to see who picked her up from the floor and was surprised to see that it was Lan.
"Maylu! Are you alright? Maylu! Speak to me!" Lan urged.
Maylu removed her hand from her mouth briefly.
"I'm okay..." She managed.
Outside, Dex finally arrived. He staggered forward a few steps, completely out of breath.
"May...lu...!" Dex gasped.
Just then, the door opened and revealed a staggering Maylu who was leaning on a coughing Lan.
"Maylu!" Dex called and rushed over to them.
Lan passed Maylu over to the bigger boy and started coughing out the smoke he had inhaled.
A light beeping coming from his hip caught his attention and he brought up his PET to eye-level.
On the screen, was an image of Torchman firing fireball after fireball, and a silouette of Protoman
was also displayed. One word in red letters was written on the silouette.
CAUTION
In the Cyber-World, the real Protoman was currently standing with his arms crossed before him while
taking blast after blast! He took a few more, but then he was finally knocked back! Protoman flew off
his feet and landed a distance away, beside Gutsman.
"PROTOMAN!" Lan yelled.
He looked up at the smoking house.
"I've gotta upload the Battlechips to Protoman... Before it's too late!" Lan said gravely.
Lan turned to Dex and Maylu.
"Dex! I'm leaving Maylu with you!" Lan announced.
"Wha?" Dex looked up from Maylu with a surprised look.
Lan covered his mouth with a small rag and rushed back inside the smoke-thick house.
"Wait, Lan! No!" Dex called.
Torchman fired multiple strong fireballs and two of them scored hits on Protoman and Gutsman!
The two Net Navi's flew back onto the ground. Torchman started walking towards them.
"Mehahahaha! Ha ha ha ha ha! HE HA HA HA HA!" Torchman laughed evilly.
Protoman got back up onto his feet and cursed under his breath for letting himself take a direct hit.
Gutsman struggled back onto his feet and growled angrily.
"G, Gutsman... COMING!" Gutsman yelled and charged the fire-Navi head on!
"Drah! No! Wait, you fool!" Protoman called, but it was too late.
Torchman raised both his blasters and lowered his head so that the torch pointed forward, then he let
loose with a huge blast of fire! It hit the charging Gutsman head on! He yelled in pain, flew back, and
promptly...
GUTSMAN LOGGING OUT
Outside, Dex raised his PET with a look of anguish on his face.
"No! He's Logging Out! GUTSMAN!" Dex yelled.
Maylu looked at her smoking and soon-to-be-burning house with worry. (Lan...!)
Inside, Lan had made it to the burning oven. He took a deep breath and connected his PET to the oven.
An electric bolt went from his PET and into it's Net Navi Program!
The white circle on Protoman's head shone with a strong white light and the silver haired Navi looked
up. Small fireballs rained down on him, but he stood firm.
"You ready, Protoman?" Came Lan's voice.
Protoman smiled.
"It's Proto-time!" Protoman replied.
"LET'S GO! Blaster Battlechip In! Download!" Lan yelled and slid a chip into his PET.
Protoman's right arm started glowing with a red light, and Torchman halted his attacks to see what was going on.
"What?" He called.
Protoman's arm morphed into his sword, just without the blade. The part where the blade usually was
started glowing as the silver haired Navi put his hand on it and raised it above his head.
Protoman then brought his arm down and fired off a glowing yellow bullet! It flew forward a bit before splitting
into many, many smaller versions of itself and rained down on Torchman!
"Aaaarggh!" Torchman yelled in pain and disbelief.
He crashed down onto the ground soundly. Protoman's Buster changed back into his hand after this.
But the fiery Net Navi got up again quickly.
It was for naught though, as Lan heaved out another Battlechip.
"Now try THIS! CyberSword Battlechip In! Download!" Lan yelled and slid another chip into his PET.
Protoman's right hand changed into a glowing red sword. He brought it up to his chest, then he charged forward!
"Haaaaaa... HA!" Protoman raced up to Torchman and sliced his left arm clean off!
"What, no...!" Torchman stuttered in shock and disbelief.
Data started leaking out from the remains of Torchman's arm.
Protoman stopped a distance behind him and turned around with a confident smile.
Torchman looked ready to EXPLODE in a fiery rage, but his Operator had other plans, apparently.
"Log Out, Torchman!" Came Mr. Match's voice.
Torchman grumbled to himself but did as he was told. He held up his remaining arm and what was left
of the other one and Logged Out.
TORCHMAN LOGGING OUT
Protoman changed his sword back to his arm and stared at nothing in particular. Untill a certain
pink-clad girl Net Navi jumped onto him and hugged him close with a big smile on her face.
"You did it!" Roll exclaimed happily.
"Hn...of course!" Protoman replied.
The red armored Navi tried, but he couldn't quite keep the smile that was tugging at his mouth away.
In the real world, the oven had stopped burning. It left only a ruined oven and a few burned kitchen drawers.
Outside, an ambulance had arrived to take Maylu to the hospital. Even though she hadn't been severely
hurt, they still needed to check up on her. After all, she had been the one closest to the fire for the
longest time. That, and she nearly passed out.
As the ambulance drove away, Lan heaved a sigh of relief. While Dex sulked on the ground.
He sat and cried over Gutsman's easy loss. Lan let out a happy smile.
"I'm so relieved Maylu wasn't hurt. And I gotta say, we've got YOU to thank, Protoman!" Lan exclaimed.
Down in his PET, Protoman grinned.
"Hey, come on! I didn't take on 'ol smoke 'n choke all by myself! Even though I could have taken him
by myself, your Battlechips were actually a wellcome treat. It made the battle go by faster." Protoman said.
"So, you'll allways be there to help me, no matter what?" Lan asked.
"Hn... Of course!" Protoman replied.
"Well in that case, you can do my homework for tomorrow. And make it snappy!" Lan said.
Protoman sweatdropped. And here he was thinking that his Operator had matured... No such luck.
The red clad Net Navi decided to be a little strict with Lan.
"You'll never ever be an adventurer OR scientist if you don't do it yourself!" Protoman exclaimed.
This set Lan off.
"Hey, have you been talking to my mom, or what? I don't have to take this from you!
You can be REPROGRAMMED!" Lan yelled in mock-rage.
At this, all Protoman could do was laugh. He laughed and laughed untill he couldn't laugh anymore.
And by that time, they were already home.
Yes! Another day, another story! Hope ya'll liked it! I'm so very sorry for the lack of chapter updates on my other stories! I am going to start working on all of them right now! Hopefully, we'll have a whole pack of updates in a day or two! 'Till then, see ya!