Dentech City. A city where the computers, TVs and even the microwaves are connected to the internet. In short, the whole world connected to every electrical appliance imaginable. Traveling in this internet is made easy by the invention of A.I. Avatars that work and play in this CyberWorld, called Net Navigators, or NetNavi for short. People use NetNavis as friends, work colleagues, to uphold the law and even for spreading viruses. There are some who use them for fights, also called Net Battles. These battles aren't illegal, but can only take place in Internet City's NetBattle Arena. Such battles are a spectacular show of power and skill. Even the weakest Navi can still put up a great fight.

A small standard NetNavi was locked in fierce battle with a wizard-like Navi, both wishing to be the victor of this duel. The small Navi belonged to a 16 year-old boy called Matt Cage, who had a fondness for technology and wolves, of all things. He preferred to keep his hair spiked, and always wore black. The other Navi, was Woodwiz.EXE. He belonged to a 20-year old male who loves to get a good challenge. He always wore black too and wore a strange hat and carried a staff-like stick around with him everywhere. Normally, the two were friends, but all friendship was gone at the first mention of a NetBattle, replaced with rivalry and hostilities.

"Woodwiz! Use the Cannon!" shouted Ray, watching the event unfold on his Personal Terminal (PeT for short).

Woodwiz pointed to a blank area on the arena floor, and a Cannon virus appeared almost instantly, which began to fire upon the smaller Navi. Despite being small, he was rather nibmle, and managed to dodge most of the shots. He was knocked back by a lucky shot by the virus.

"Gah!" shouted Matt, watching things from his PeT. "Use this! Battle Chip! Shotgun! Slot in!"

His Navi aimed his buster at the Cannon virus and fired, the shot splitting into multiple shots as it neared. The Cannon was deleted, and then the Navi turned his attention to Woodwiz. He fired again, and the shots hit their mark, but left no visible effect on Woodwiz, who simply wiped some dust off his cloak.

"You'll need to do better than that" said Woodwiz. "Hand Blaster!"

Woodwiz held out one hand, and multiple shots appeared from it and flew towards Matt's Navi. The small Navi tried to leap away, but was too slow. He screamed in pain as the shots sent him flying backwards. He slammed into the edge wall of the Arena and slowly pulled himself up.

"Battle Chip! Shockwave! Slot In!" shouted Ray, preparing to finish off Matt's puny Navi.

Woodwiz raised the pickaxe above his head and slammed it against the ground, sending a tremor towards Matt's Navi, who only stood and watched as his loss became immenint. The shockwave launched the Navi into the air, but he never hit the ground. He logged-out before he hit the ground. The crowd cheered as Woodwiz claimed another victory, and then logged-out himself.

"Hah! You call that a fight, Matt?" jeered Ray. "It'll be a THOUSAND years before you can think of taking on Woodwiz and me!"

Matt said nothing. He hung his head in shame, spun around and walked off. He could never beat Woodwiz, nor lay a finger on him. Ray had a better Navi, better chips ... in fact, he was superior in almost every way. Matt made his way back to his house in ACDC town, which was a rather quiet section of Dentech City. Matt lived with his parents in a small, yet comfortable house. His mother worked around the house, while his father worked as an electrician in Jo-Mon's Electronics in Electown. He pushed the door open and trudged through the living room and into his bedroom, where he threw his PeT into it's Computer Connection Terminal(where the PeT plugged into a PC) then threw himself onto his bed, staring at the ceiling.

"Why do I always lose?" groaned Matt. "It can't be my technique, can it?"

"Our chances of winning versus Woodwiz.EXE are around 5.4" piped Matt's Navi in a high-pitched, robotic voice.

"Thank you, Mr. State-the-obvious" scowled Matt.

"You're welcome" replied the Navi, unaware of Matt's sarcasm.

Matt laid his head against his pillow and faced his wall, looking at the photos of his wolves he had back in Sharo.

"Man, you have no idea how much I'd give for a wolf-style Navi"

"A wolf-like Net Navigator would be highly improbably if you were to buy it. You would need to program your own Net Navigator from the beginning. You would also need a degree in Net Navigator Programming, along with a specialistin case of errors or defects"

"Just shut up, already"

"You have new E-mail. Would you like me to read it?"

"Who is it from?"

"It's from your Father. He says he can't make it home early tonight as he has to work late. He's also attatched some data, shall I open it?"

Matt leapt from the bed and over to the PeT.

"Yeah! Open it! I bet it's the new Navi I've been asking him for! I didn't think he'd ..."

The data had completed opening, and on the screen was the image for a Sword Battle Chip. Matt sighed and slotted in a blank chip so that the data would download. He got up and lay back down on his bed.

"I'm going to sleep now" he said, with definate disappointment in his voice. "Just do what you want now"

Within minutes of lying down, Matt was fast asleep. His Navi stood still for a few minutes after Matt had fallen asleep.

"What? Another attatchment on the E-mail? It's a PeT Operating System and a note. Hmm ... 'I know you'll like this - Dad'. Running Navigator Installation Program."

The screen on Matt's PeT went blue with white writing as the new data was installing, a white bar showing the progress of the installation. The installation took an hour to finish, then the screen went back to the normal PeT screen. Matt's default Navi still stood in the same position.

"Personal Terminal Operating System instalation complete. The Personal Terminal has been successfully upgraded. Running Navi.cfg"

Unknown to Matt, his Navi was about to change. His Navi's body began to disintegrate slowly into 1s and 0s. Eventually, it had completely disappeared. Then, the digits began to reform themselves, making different features to create something. They created an arm, a torso, a pair of pointed ears, a set of claws and even a tail. Slowly, they formed to create a Net Navi that resembled a wolf.

"Navi customisation complete. Wolfbase.EXE installed. Customisation ready for loading"

Still oblivious, Matt slept on, dreaming of getting the Navi he always dreamed of, a wolf who used fire masterfully and could finally defeat Woodwiz, once and for all. He rolled over but still slept. Wolfbase.EXE noticed this and shrugged.

"I can wait. Besides, it is kinda late. I might as well go on standby for now"

The screen of Matt's PeT darkened, and Wolfbase.EXE disappeared from view, leaving Matt's Father's note on the screen for Matt to read when he woke up. Matt had no idea of the surprise he would recieve when he woke up in the morning.