Megaman Axess: Enter Twilight
Summary: Lan and the gang meet an orphaned girl in a local café with unusual abilities. How will this girl affect the battle against Nebula? Takes place during Dark Protoman Saga.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Megaman series, Final Fantasy series, or Naruto series. I do own one character and her navi, which will be revealed in this chapter. I also don't own the Prolouge, which was taken and adjusted from BN4.
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Prolouge
In the year 200X, advanced technology connects the world's nations via the Net. In an age where Networks control each kind of device, NetCrime is the only cost of inconvenience. Though as of late, NetCrime has escalated into the real world as well.
Chapter 1: Chance Meeting
"Tell me again, why am I going with you?" Chaud asked for the third time. Lan had found a music café in Dentech City, an was dragging Dex, Chaud, Yai, and Maylu with him to check it out.
"Would you rather be at HQ with Annetta, or checking out this place, which has a 4 ½ star ratting." Lan answered.
"That's rude Lan." Maylu said.
"Rude but true. Annetta can be a great person to work with when doing Official business, but outside of that she can be annoying, sometimes even a pain." Chaud said.
"So you don't like her?" Yai asked.
"My relationship with Annetta is strictly business Yai, not that it's any of your business." Chaud answered. Yai glared at Chaud, and was about to say something when Maylu cut in.
"I checked this café's webpage, and it's pretty interesting. They sell music at great prices, and operates like a small restaurant too. Sometimes they even break out the karaoke and netbattle machines."
Chaud sighed. "Alright, I'll check it out. But I've got a business meeting in 2 hours I need to be at."
After walking for a few minutes the gang finally arrived at the music café. It was a large building, located in the corner of a semi-busy street, on the border of what was known as the bad section of Dentech city. It was where many gang fights took place.
When Lan and Co. entered, the first thing they saw was the music racks lined up next to the door. To their left was a counter and cash register, specifically for the music section. This part of the store had blue carpeting with a red path leading to the café part of the store. Following the path, they made their way to the café, after going down a short set of stairs. The café was larger than the music section, containing 20 round tables with 6 chairs apiece, and a counter and cash register. The floor was black carpeting. To the side, there was a small stage with a sound system, karaoke machine plus TV, and a wide screen plasma TV, used for promoting select food choices and watching any netbattle take place. The group sat down at the table closest to the stairs, where a waiter came and handed them some menus. The group took note of an important looking man walking toward the stage.
"Attention all netbattlers!" the man started. "For those of you new to this restaurant take note that today is the day when the store offers 1 free meal if you can beat our store's top netbattler and head of security. Anyone who wishes to take the challenge please come on stage to my left, but take heed, the battle will be on the big screen for customer entertainment. That is all." This got Lan's table excited.
"A free meal for winning a netbattle! I'm in heaven!" Dex nearly yelled.
"Quiet down you dolt. The restaurant wouldn't have issued this challenge unless they were confident in their netbattler's abilities." Chaud said. A waiter came over and everyone placed an order. He came back a minute later with their drinks. Dex immediately chugged his drink down and stood up.
"Just you watch Chaud, this battle will be over in 15 seconds tops." Dex boast. Chaud turned to Lan.
"Can he even count to 15?" Chaud asked, causing Lan to snort into his drink.
"Alright everyone, the number 1 netbattler in ACDC town is here for his free meal!" Dex announced to the restaurant, taking his place at the netbattle machine. A snicker was heard from one of the store's back doors.
"With that kind of attitude, you won't last long." Leaning on the doorway, arms crossed, was a girl. She had long, sea green colored hair that was tied back into a ponytail. Her pale heart shaped face had violet eyes and a headband on it. On it was her symbol, the yin-yang sign with a shurican star overlapping it. She wore a black tight fitting shirt, black shorts, a silver belt, and black boots.
"What's that suppose to mean? Who are you?" Dex demanded.
"Name's Amara and I'm your opponent." Dex laughed at this. "Mind telling me what's so funny?"
"They sent a girl to fight me? Hahaha, you're right, this won't last long. I'll give it 15 seconds top." At this, Amara narrowed her eyes.
"We'll see." Amara said. She walked over to the netbattle machine and called out "Boss, set 15 seconds on the clock."
"Is she serious?" Lan asked.
"Dead serious, and by the look of things, I'd say it'll end in 8 seconds." Chaud replied.
"You really believe in Dex that much?" Maylu asked.
"I'm talking about Amara. If she's who I think she is, Gutsman won't just lose, he'll be deleted." Chaud answered.
"Are you serious?" Lan asked.
"Is that all you can ask?" Chaud shot back. Lan frowned but said nothing.
"Who do you think she is?" Maylu asked. Chaud took a swig of his drink before answering.
"The UnderQueen."
"The UnderQueen? But she's just a kid, like us."
"True Lan, but Serenade's operator was a kid who spent most of his life inside a hospital, and he's younger than all of us."
"He has a point Lan." Lan huffed at this.
"Oh be quiet you guys. Hey, the netbattle is about to start!"
Amara and Dex had both taken their positions on stage next to the netbattle machine, the plasma TV screen changed to the battlefield on the net, with a timer for 15 seconds in the corner.
"Jack in, Gutsman!! Power up."
"Jack in, Twilight!! Power up"
Both navis appeared on the field. Twilight had slim, black armor around her chest, shoulders, waist, and legs. She also had a dark purple jumpsuit that covered her body. She had fingerless black gloves, black boots, and a silver belt around her waist with a bag attach. Her icon was placed on the center of her chest and on top of her gloves. What really stood out about Twilight was the fact that her face, hair, and figure was almost exactly the same as Amara, the only difference being that her hair was a forest green.
"I heard every word Amara, these boys won't know what hit them." Twilight said. She reached into her bag and pulled out a large blade. It began to unfold, revealing it to actually be a giant shuriken . "Demon Wind Shuriken, Windmill of Shadows!"
"Hah, you think that weapon impresses us, you still don't stand a chance." Dex stated. "Lets do this Gutsman! Battle routine set!"
"Execute, GUTS"
The instant the timer started, Twilight vanished from sight.
"Gutsman find her!"
"Right, Guts Hammer!" Gutsman's hands merged together to form a large hammer which he slammed into the ground, sending shockwaves throughout the battlefield. Twilight appeared in the air, a mere foot away from Gutsman, the DWS spinning rapidly in her hand like a buzz saw. Twilight grinned before vanishing again for half a second then reappearing behind Gutsman. The DWS stops spinning and Twilight folds it back up before putting it back in her bag. Gutsman's arms suddenly fall off, followed shortly by his legs, and finally his head. All his limbs then dissipate.
A computerized voice states "Gutsman Deleted."
Dex stares in shock at his PET screen, the word Delete flashing across it. "Gutsman Nooo!!!"
"And the winner is Amara, with a time of 7.49 seconds!" The store owner announces. Everyone checks the timer and indeed there is only 7.51 seconds left.
"Wow Chaud, you were right!" Maylu said.
"Naturally." Chaud said with a smirk. Maylu rolled her eyes. Lan had a look of disbelief on his face, his cup still halfway to his mouth.
"Lan, are you ok?" Maylu asked, placing a hand on his shoulder. Lan jumped, snapping out of whatever daze he had been in, dropping his drink. The cup spilled his soda all over his shorts, causing Lan to yelp at the cold. Chaud nimbly caught the cup just before it hit the ground. When he saw Lan's wet shorts, he started cracking up, as did Maylu despite her best efforts not to.
"There's a bathroom next to the stage if you want to clean yourself up." Everyone turned and saw Amara grinning. Lan blushed and after locating the bathroom, made a mad dash in. This caused the entire table to laugh, even Dex gave a smile despite his loss. "Hey Lou, could we get a clean chair over here, someone spilled their drink."
"You got it kid." Amara turned to the group.
"So, is he always like this?"
Chaud grinned. "You get used to it, although this is a high for him."
Amara grinned as well. "If this is high, I'd hate to see low." Everyone snickered.
"A girl with a sense of humor, I like that." Chaud said. Yai gasped.
"Since when!?"
"Since Amara's humor is good, unlike most I hear." Yai decided then and there that she didn't like this girl one bit.
"Thanks. How'd you know my name?" Amara asked.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but you were the one who tipped the Officials off on that sex slave trade that was going on at the harbor last year." Chaud said.
"That's right, which must mean you're Chaud Blaze." Amara said.
"Correct, nice to finally meet you in person." Chaud said as he got up and offered her is hand.
"Pleasure's all mine." Amara said as she shook his hand. Maylu stood up.
"My name's Maylu Sakurai, and this is my navi Roll."
"Name's Dex Ogreon, you've already met me and Gutsman."
"I'm Yai Ayano, my father is the president of Ayano Tech. My Netnavi is Glide."
"Nice to meet you all, name's Amara Kisuragi and my partner is Twilight." Yai cocked an eyebrow.
"Kisuragi, as in the thieving family Kisuragi?" Everyone's attention shifted to Amara.
"Yeah, they were going to be my step family before they were murdered. Apparently they stole from the wrong crime lord. I transferred from Netopia to Electopia after the funeral." Amara said.
"Doesn't that make you an orphan?" Yai asked. Amara narrowed her eyes and walked right over to her, looking her straight in her eyes.
"Got a problem with that, kid?" Amara asked in a dangerously low voice. For a brief moment, Yai could have sworn she saw Amara's normally violet eyes flash red before returning to normal.
Yai shrunk back into her seat. "No." Was all she could get out. Amara nodded her head, satisfied with her answer. Just then the front door of the store opened with a crash and 15 guys rushed in, each with a gun.
"Alright everyone this is a stickup, everyone on the ground and hands on your head. Anyone try anything funny and you'll get a first class trip straight to hell." One of the men said, apparently the leader. As Maylu, Dex, and Yai went to the floor, they noticed that Chaud and Amara were gone. The robbers spread out across the store, grabbing anything of value from customers and staff alike. One of the robbers tried to jack in to the cash register, when a battlechip landed right in front of the sensor port.
"Didn't your mother ever teach you not to take what doesn't belong to you?" Chaud asked just before sending the robber flying from a right hook to the jaw. This caught the attention of the other robbers in the area. They each raised their guns toward Chaud and fired. Chaud dived to the side, grabbed some tableware, and returned fire. A glass plate shattered as it made contact with a robber's head, while another cried out as a knife stuck itself in his leg. The robbers were about to fire again when kunai came from out of nowhere and struck their hands, causing them to cry out in pain and drop their weapons.
Amara appeared in between three of the robbers, grabbed two by their arms and, with tremendous show of strength, swung around and threw them into the third. All three crashed into a table and didn't move. Amara jumped onto another table, leaped off that and drop kicked another in the back of his head. Two more robbers tried to rush her but Amara threw the guy she just toppled at them, knocking all three over. The two tried to get the third off them, but Amara leaped into the air, both feet coming down hard on their crotches, causing them to scream in pain, which caused everyone else to wince at Amara's brutality.
Chaud took the opportunity to close line another robber and kicked him in the head, just in case. He then picked up a piece of food from a nearby table and threw it at another robber. It hit the robber in the eye.
"OW, broccoli, I hate broccoli, Owww." Chaud did a leap kick and scored a hit to the robber's head, knocking him out. Meanwhile, the robbers on the upper level noticed they were losing.
"Pull out boys."
"Yes sir."
The remaining 4 robbers ran to the door when it suddenly opened, slamming into the leader's face, knocking him into the other three robbers.
"Whoops, sorry about that. Guess that's why you shouldn't run in a store." Lan said with a grin as he closed the door behind him.
"You little punk." Two robbers charged Lan, who merely hopped, activating the skates under his shoes, and bladed toward them. Lan caught both robbers by their stomachs, carried them for a second, then stopped himself, causing the robbers to fly into a third robber. One robber, the leader, smacked Lan into a CD rack, and made a break for the door. Amara appeared in front of the door, a ball of swirling blue energy in her right hand, just as the leader reached it.
"Leaving so soon, you haven't even ordered yet. Try my specialty, Rasengan!" Amara yelled as she shoved the ball of energy into the robber's stomach. The energy grinded into the robber's chest before propelling him across the store, slamming hard into the wall, upside down, before falling to the ground unconscious. Lan, who was only a few feet away from Amara at the time, summed up everyone's feeling in one word.
"Damn."
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Lan had taken the liberty of calling the net police when he first heard gunshots from the bathroom. He had then escaped through the bathroom window and gone around front, waiting for the robbers to try and escape. In 10 minutes the netpolice had arrived and the would be robbers were taken to the station. Everyone at the store/restaurant got a free meal as compensation to having to go through that ordeal. Lan and the gang were currently back at their table enjoying their meals.
"Man this food is great! Who would have thought that a music store could have such a great restaurant at the same time?" Lan said.
"Glad you like it." Amara said.
"That reminds me, what was that ball thing you shot at that robber Amara?" Lan asked. Amara cocked an eyebrow.
"Just how does good food remind you of my fighting techniques?"
"Well…That ball of energy, it's like a big meatball, and there are food fights that happen at school on occasion, so…yeah."
"I think he's calling you sloppy Amara." Chaud piped in.
"Wha-wha, no! I'm not calling her sloppy, I'm just saying the technique reminds me of meatballs, that's all." Lan quickly responded.
"It's true, anything would remind Lan of food." Maylu added.
"Riiiight, I'll take your word for it." Amara said.
"You never answered Lan's question." Chaud said. "I'm quite curious myself how you managed to propel a man from one side of the building to the other without some type of equipment." Amara sighed.
"If you must know, it's a technique that uses an energy called chakra, which is a mixture of stamina and spiritual energy. The technique I used, Rasengan, is chakra molded into a physical form, a sphere of whirling energy to be precise. When the attack comes in contact with a target, it grinds into that target causing major damage both on the outside and the inside. It requires a lot of chakra control to form Rasengan, but its well worth it in a tight spot." Amara explained. Everyone just stared at her.
"Er, what's chakra again?" Lan asked. Amara smacked her hand to her forehead and groaned.
"I think I can sum this up. It's an energy that people can use when they manage to combining both physical and spiritual energy together, right?" Maylu asked.
"Close enough." Amara said.
"Just where did people find out about this energy anyways? I've traveled all over the world and have never heard of it before." Yai asked.
"Not surprising, chakra is usually only used by ninjas, ninjas of a high caliber of skill at that. Few people are left in this world that can use chakra, the only pair that makes themselves known are the assassins Dusk and Shadowman, but they've only reached the tip of the chakra iceberg. There are numerous ways chakra can be used, sky's the limit." Amara said.
"Very interesting." Chaud said. "Unfortunately, I've got to be going now, or else I'll be late to my business meeting." He wiped his face with his napkin and got up, the others following suit.
"See you later Chaud." Lan said.
"Bye Chaud." Yai said, winking at him.
"Goodbye Chaud." Maylu said.
"Later." Dex said.
"Chaud." Amara said. He turned to her. "I heard what happened to Protoman. When you get him back lets netbattle sometime, kay?"
Chaud smiled. "You got it." Chaud then walked out of the building, called for his limo, and waited by the corner for it.
'Ya know," Chaud thought to himself, "Thing just got interesting around here."
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