Hello! I'm ZekeSword and this is my first story on FanFiction and I hope that this is good!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MEGAMAN BATTLE NETWORK! ALL RIGHTS GO TO CAPCOM! (While some OCs' names belong to Capcom, this AU version is mine, and all OCs are mine)
So let's get on with it shall we?
A young man, about the age of 16, walked down a suburban street with the intent of forced leisure. This man had white jeans, red shoes with black decals, and a bright red sweatshirt with the collar popped up that left a black T-shirt visible. His short blond hair whose bangs slightly curve onto cobalt blue eyes that mislead strangers to think he was somewhat innocent. The man groaned with apparent discontent.
"This doesn't feel natural as much as I need it…" grumbled the man. A semi-deep and semi-gruff voice piped up from his hip.
"Can't say I blame you… but you do need it Zeke." Zeke took out his PET, where the voice originated from, from its holster and held it up at a comfortable level to look down to every so often.
"I know Zero… but I just can't shake these feelings…" Zeke complained. Zero was Zeke's NetNavi. Zero had bright red gloves and boots, yellow rimmed the tops of them with a small, curved yellow spike at the joints. Zero's torso included a black jumpsuit with a red chest plate with a green X-like pattern going toward the center of his chest, which is where his Navi symbol laid. The symbol had a green background with a blue quadrilateral pointing upwards, and a red quadrilateral pointing downwards, where the quadrilaterals overlapped appeared yellow diamond-like patterns. His helmet was black with a red V-shaped armor that rose above about three centimeters, which went straight back and flying off the helmet. The sides of the helmet entailed yellow plates similar to that of the red V-shaped armor plate, attaching to his cheeks and flying straight back and off the helmet. Perfectly in the crook of the V a green gem-like triangular pyramid laid. He also had a human face with green eyes that showed reason and emotion.
"I know Zeke… you miss Irene a lot don't you?" Zero sympathized.
"Not just her, I miss Alex too…" Zeke replied, "We went to him and Axl when we rebelled with Felix and Fenfir and we barely got away from him…"
"Indeed… but he did manage to separate us… and deleted Fenfir—"Zero began.
"—and killed Felix…" Zeke cut in, remembering the loss of his friend during the rebellion. Zero tried to lighten his Operator's pain.
"Zeke, we don't know where we would've been if they hadn't bought us the time to escape," Zero said.
"Yeah…" Zeke sighed, "very true… very true…" Zeke decided to change the subject, "Zero? Where are we again?"
Zero replied, "We are at an Electopian suburb…" Zero paused, retrieving the name from his memory banks, "Its name is DenTech City I believe…"
"Mmk," Zeke acknowledged Zero, "…Zero?"
"Yes Zeke?"
"…Do you think Irene likes me?" Zeke asked Zero this question multiple times with uncertainty before, not as much vice versa.
"I don't know," came Zero's usual reply to the question, "just like I know you don't know if Iris likes me…" this part of the response was unusual, most likely sparked out of boredom.
"Amen to that…" Zeke concurred disheartened.
"We'll find them Zeke…" Zero consoled Zeke, "and I'm sure we'll have our answer…"
"That's the thing…" Zeke said in a very emotional tone now, "what if the answer is 'No'?" Zero shook his head at his Operator's doubt.
"We'll deal with it when the time comes," Zero replied with a logical tone. Zeke and Zero have made such a team with this logical versus emotional mindset. Zeke can be very emotional, but can think logically when the situation is serious enough. Zero is the opposite, with a very logical mindset, but can get emotional himself with a serious situation at hand. This 'Yin and Yang' format of the mindsets of the Operator and the Navi allow almost perfect synchronization in battle. Zeke sighed.
"You're right… let's go meet some people then…" Zeke suggested. It was now Zero's turn to feel doubtful.
"Umm… how exactly are we going to do that?" Zero questioned. Zeke put some thought into this.
"Err… find lodging and schooling?" Zeke offered, hoping that would be feasible to achieve. Zero took a moment to think.
Zero replied, "That isn't such a bad idea… we'll have to come up with a story though, which I'll fabricate one." Zeke smiled upon hearing this.
Zeke beamed, "Thanks Zero! What'll I do without you?"
"To be honest," Zero spoke up, "really nothing." Zero couldn't help but have a giggle fest at his own joke. Zeke had a brief laughing fit, knowing how true that statement actually was. Zeke looked up to see two men about Zeke's age walking ahead of him, laughing and apparently talking about something that excited them. One was slightly taller than and twice as wide as the other man. This man had black basketball shorts with green and yellow stripes on the sides, as well as a green T-shirt, and green shoes. He was bald except for a nearly invisible spike, apparently towards the front of his head. The other man had black jeans, a white long sleeve, and a royal blue vest and shoes. He had messy brown hair with a sky blue bandana apparently keeping his hair from being too messy. Zeke cocked his head to the side, as if contemplating an action.
Hmm… wonder if we could try meeting those guys? Zeke thought to himself. Zero caught onto Zeke's suddenly curious look.
"Hey, Zeke! What's with the face?" Zero inquired. Zeke looked down at his Navi, caught off guard for being absorbed in contemplating.
"Oh!" Zeke started, "there's these two guys walking ahead of us that look like they're having, or going to have fun. You think we could try to tag along?" Zero just shrugged.
"Probably a good chance to see some Electopian battlers," Zero reasoned, "however… how will you approach them is really your call, I have no clue when it comes to that, and even if I did, it'd still be your call."
"Alright, I'll try to talk to them…" Zeke decided. Zero decided to give Zeke what he actually wanted anyway, since he was thinking about it.
"Try talking about something that deals with what most people would know about, like net-battling." Zero suggested. He knew Zeke had some issues with attempting to befriend strangers, so he decided to give that piece of advice just in case if Zeke messed up. Zeke nodded to acknowledge the advice. He then slipped his PET into its holster and ran up to the two men in and attempted to call out in a casual tone.
"Yo! Hey you two!" Zeke called, "Mind having a tag-along? I'm REALLY bored and I'm itching for some net-battling!" The two men turned to see who called out to them. The bigger man had slight distain for a second then smiled. The one with the bandana had an indifferent look on his face for a second, and then smiled as well.
"You wanna net-battle?" the bigger man challenged, "My buddy and I were just going to a friend's place where we normally net-battle! We won't mind having a new face coming," he took out his PET, "Right Gutsman?" A deep voice erupted from the PET.
"Oh yeah! Guts! New people always fun net-battle with! Guts! Maybe we'll win against this guy Dex! Guts!" Gutsman replied. Dex turned his attention to the man with the bandana.
"What about you Lan?" Dex asked.
Lan replied, "I'm sure Yai would like a new face every once in a while! And I'd like a new face to battle too!" Lan also slipped out his PET, "What do you think Megaman?"
"You read my mind," Megaman replied, "Net-battling friends is fun, but what's even more fun is net-battling strangers who would become friends! That's how we got our circle of friends in the first place."
"Thank you dudes!" Zeke gleamed, "My name is Zeke..." he pulled out his PET, "…and this is my Navi, Zero!"
Zero introduced himself, "Hello, I'm Zero, nice to meet you."
"C'mon! Let's get rockin'!" Dex yelled, and he, Lan, and Zeke s hooked their PETs back onto their holsters and ran, Zeke following where Lan and Dex were going.
This'll surely be cool! Zeke thought, Can't wait til I meet these guys' 'circle of friends'!
And here we have the first chapeter! Read and Review would be appriciated! I have the second chapter in progress, but I think at the latest it will be up in a week or so. What I intend is the following: Net-Battles, love, and a...nasty surprise! Stay tuned! :D
