"Keller." Called a voice. Keller stirred a little but remained asleep. "Keller." The voice called again. I must still be dreaming…Keller thought fuzzily as she tightened her hold on her pillow. "Seriously? I can't believe this…Keller Locklear! Wake up!"
"Ahh!" Keller screeched as she fell out of her bed. "Jeez, chill out with the yelling." She grumbled as she got up off the floor.
"Keller, over here. In your P.E.T," called the voice.
"What about my P.E.T?" Keller murmured as she sat up.
"Just look." The voice insisted.
With a yawn Keller got up and looked at her P.E.T. Her silver eyes grew wide as she looked at the black, and pink Navi standing in the center of the screen.
"Morning, Keller." The Pink Navi smiled.
"Who are you?"
"Isn't it obvious?" The Navi laughed her emerald green eyes laughing. "I'm Blayde."
"Blayde?" Keller echoed in confusion.
"The one and only!" Blayde grinned. "I'm your custom NetNavi programed by your dad, with a little help from your mom."
"My own custom NetNavi." Keller murmured as she got up and started changing.
"That's what I said, didn't I?" Blayde quipped.
"Hmm…" Keller murmured.
"Something wrong?" Blayde asked, tilting her head to the side a bit.
"No offense, but I thought you'd be… I dunno a little…taller and maybe look more threatening." Keller said as she walked over to her closet in search of a shirt.
"And?" Blayde prompted, knowing there was more to it.
"I want my old Navi back." Keller whined.
"Hey! I'm not the first short Navi in existence," Blayde quipped, as she moved to the other side of the screen her pink hair swaying behind her.
"I know." Keller said as she grabbed her shirt and pulled it on.
Once dressed Keller turned to get a full look at her Navi. Instantly she was reminded of, Megaman, Roll and Protoman. The Navis that worked with the NetSavers Lan Hikari, Maylu Sakurai, and Chaud Blaze. Keller's dad had obviously taken all three of the Navis' most striking, physical qualities and incorporated them into Blayde.
Blayde had a dark pink helmet with thick horizontal pale pink stripes like Megaman's, with pale pink hearts on either side that connected to transparent silver energy ribbons like Roll's and short black spikes on either side of the stripes like Protoman's with her long pink/white ponytail poking out. Her armor was dark pink, covering her chest, hips, lower thighs down to the tops of her dark pink and pale pink boots. She had a black bodysuit underneath which was visible from her shoulders to half of her upper arm, the lower half of her torso and her upper thighs. The silver ringed emblem on her chest was mostly dark pink with a two triangles diagonal to each other connected by a slim line of black, a black heart tipped arrow crossing it with a triangle at the top and streaks of pale pink at the edges. The bands of her gloves were pale pink where they started just above her elbows. Her hair was a champagne bronze and her eyes were a bright emerald green.
"I know you're not." Keller said as she quickly checked her normal outfit that consisted of a dark pink quarter sleeve top, a short black skirt with black spandex shorts underneath, dark grey stockings and a pair of pink flats. "Now come, on. We've gotta get to school." Keller said, slinging her backpack and guitar case over her shoulder and strapping her PET to her waist.
"You know you'll make it a lot faster if you cut across the park." Blayde said from her PET just as Keller ran down the stairs.
"Good point," Keller admitted as she grabbed her skateboard and dashed out the door.
In one swift motion she threw the board letting it roll down the driveway, just as it was about to go into the street she ran and jumped on it, turning it as she did. Then Keller easily maneuvered down the street and to the park.
"Now, that was awesome." Blayde said from her spot on Keller's hip.
"That was nothing." Keller laughed as she carved through a group of morning joggers with ease.
"Keller! Don't you think you should slow down?" Blayde asked as they raced across the park.
"We'll be fine! I know what to do." Keller said as she neared the gates of Trinity Middle School.
"Then I hope you figure our what to do before you crash."
"What are you talking about?" Keller asked.
"Why don't you look up ahead." Blayde suggested.
Keller looked up and saw that if she didn't do something quick she would crash into the fence. Doing what she knew best Keller waited until the last moment and jumped over the fence.
"Keller!" Blayde called to her NetOp.
"Chill out blade Blayde. We're okay." Keller said as she easily landed on the board on the other side of the fence. Some of the students stared at her in shock, she just grinned. I'm not the Trinity City skateboard champion for nothing. Keller thought as she maneuvered through the crowd across the courtyard.
"That was close." Blayde sighed.
"That was nothing." Keller laughed as she hopped off her board.
"It's a miracle that you made it to school alive."
"Oh, please…I could make it here blindfolded."
"Is that a good thing?" Blayde asked with a laugh.
"It all depends on who you ask." Keller laughed.
"Hey Keller!" Someone called from behind. Keller turned around to see Kyra running up to her.
"Hey Kyra." Keller grinned as she picked her skateboard up.
"You ready to get your butt handed to you when we NetBattle after school today?" Kyra asked with a grin.
"You're gonna be the one who's gonna get her butt handed to her." Keller grinned.
"We'll see about that." Kyra laughed as the bell rang.
"I'll see you at the arcade after school then!" Keller called out as she ran down the hall and up the stairs to her first class.
-"You ready to kick some butt, Blayde?" Keller asked her Navi as soon as the last bell rang.
"Let's show them what we've got!" Blayde cheered excitedly as Keller jumped on her board and carved through the crowds in the hall and raced out the door.
"I thought you weren't gonna show." Kyra said as Keller walked into the empty arcade. The place was empty aside from them. Apperently two famous NetBattlers were duking it out at the park and everyone had gone to watch.
"You're gonna be wishing I hadn't." Keller smirked as she pulled out her PET.
"We'll just see about that." Kyra grinned.
"Jack in, Blayde/Lark! Power up!" The two girls shouted at the same time, pointing their PETs at the panel on the mini arena.
The two girls watched as a cream colored light followed by a dark pink light crashed down to the floor of the cyber arena. The lights faded to reveal their Navis.
Lark had a cream colored helmet with gold wings on either side and gold stripes running vertically. Her armor was gold as well, and covered the upper part of her chest, shoulders, and knees. She had a cream colored bodysuit underneath which was visible from her shoulders to her elbows, the lower half of her torso and the lower part of her thighs. Her gloves and boots were gold, the boots having a short heel with angel wings attached. The gold ringed emblem on her chest was mostly white with a few streaks of cream and gold. Over her eyes there was a solid gold visor, and attached to her back was a pair of huge cream colored wings. The bit of hair that you could see sticking out of the back of her helmet was a soft fawn brown.
"That's your custom Navi!" Kyra cried out, looking at Blayde with an amused smirk, "You can't honestly expect to beat my with that little gnat!"
"She's not a gnat, she's Blayde, and we're gonna show you just how good we are." Keller spat back.
"I'm gonna tear you to shreds, pipsqueak." Lark sneered as she looked down at the pink haired Navi.
"Bring it on." Blayde smirked, her antennas pulsing with energy.
The words BATTLE START flashed.
"Start shredding her." Kyra said to her Navi nonchalantly.
"With pleasure." Lark smirked, "Lark Scream!" She let out a sharp screech that turned into a sonic boom.
"Cute." Blayde smirked, she blew a kiss that turned into a heart once in the palm of her hand. "Blayde Blast!"
She threw the heart, turning it into a sonic boom. The pink sound wave crashed into the gold one, canceling the attack out. Astonished and angry that her attach was blocked so easily Lark charged at the pink Navi. Blayde dodged cleanly and then swept Lark's feet out from under her.
"CyberSword Battle Chip in! Download."As Blayde's arm turned into the sword Keller smirked, "Start shredding, Blayde."
"Already done." Blayde smirked. She charged at Lark full speed.
"Not so fast, munchkin." Kyra smirked, "AreaSteal Battle Chip in! Download."
"DashCondor Battle Chip in! Download." Keller countered.
Blayde was already running at full speed so when the condor uploaded she became a pink blur. Before Lark could teleport anywhere else Blayde managed to get a good hit on her. Her sword slicing through one of Lark's wings.
"Awesome Blayde." Keller cheered.
"That was just a lucky shot. Let's see how you handle this. Invisi3 Battle Chip in! Download."
"Try and find me now, pipsqueak." Lark taunted as she disappeared.
"No problem, smoke her out Blayde. MiniBoomer1, MiniBoomer2, MiniBoomer3 Battle Chips in! Triple download."
"Come out, come out wherever you are." Blayde taunted as she threw the MiniBoomers, covering the area in smoke. "There you are." She grinned, spotting a figure a short distance to her right."
"CyberSword! Battle Chip in. Download." Keller said at the same time.
"Nice try Lark, but you can't get past me." Blayde smirked, easily slicing through the unsuspecting Navi.
"Lark, logging out." The computer announced.
"I'm impressed." Kyra grinned.
"I'm not." Said a nasally voice. The two girls turned to see Melody Wilkes standing in the door way. "Let me show you what a real NetBattler looks like. Jack in! Euryale, power up!"
A lavender light crashed down to the cyber floor. Euryale had a dark purple helmet with black snake like hair sticking out the back. Her armor was dark purple and she wore a grey cocktail dress with lavender leggings.
"I'd love to stick around and see this, but I've gotta go help my mom at the aquarium." Kyra said as she rushed off.
"Now that she's gone, let me show you what a true champion looks like." Euryale smirked.
"Bring it on." Blayde said as she took a fighting stance.
The words BATTLE START flashed for the second time.
"TorentialWave!" Euryale cried out, a wave of cyber water rising up and racing towards Bladye.
"BlaydeBlast!" The blast easily disintegrated the wave making tiny drops of water spray in every direction.
"Try this on for size. AquaTower Battle Chip in! Download." Melody smirked.
"AquaTower!" Euryale cried out, the tower of water materializing and heading straight for Blayde.
Blayde chuckled and shook her head. Using her speed she dodged the tower and headed straight for Euryale. When she was close enough she jumped up and flipped right over Euryale's head.
"BlaydeFlash!" Blayde grinned, her antenna's whipping forward and hitting Euryale repeatedly.
"AH!" Euryale screeched as she was hit with shock after shock of electricity from Blayde's antenna.
"Finish her off Blayde! ElecSword-"
"Keller! We have an emergency!" A voice interrupted. The Navi's froze as a golden beam of light crashed to the ground. Lark materialized an instant later, her wings fluttering as she wrung her hands with worry.
"Lark! What's wrong?" Blayde and Keller asked at the same time.
"All the tanks in the aquarium are overflowing, the place is filling with water! I'm trying to fight off the viruses, but I can't get to Kyra. I need your help."
"We're on our way." She turned to Blayde, "Blayde you go on ahead. I'll catch up." Keller ordered her Navi.
"On my way right now." Blayde said as she streamed out.
"We'll finish this later." Keller shot a look at Melody before she raced off to the aquarium.
Once Keller was gone Melody smirked and looked at her Navi.
"How's that idiot BubbleMan doing with his assignment? " She laughed darkly.
"The aquarium will be completely flooded in about ten minutes." Euryale said coolly.
"What about Kyra?"
"According to BubbleMan she's trapped in the salt water tank and her oxygen tank is running low. We'll have her out of our way in no time."
"Good. and will be happy to hear this. Once we have that pathetic excuse for a NetAgent out of our way we can focus on getting rid of those pathetic Darkloids. With them out of the way we can take over and bend the city to our will." Melody laughed.
"I didn't expect a little tyke tike you to follow through with the plan so easily." Said a voice from the shadows.
"It was easy. I just gave BubbleMan Euryale's passcode to the system fire wall and told him to do whatever he felt was necessary." Melody explained as emerged from the shadows.
"You've done a good job so far Melody. I expect you to keep it up." She said as she made her way to the doors then stopped. "Oh. I almost forgot to give you this." She casually tossed a black chip at the girl.
"A DarkSynchroChip?" Melody said in surprise.
"You've earned it, and I have a feeling you're going to need it soon." The woman explained, and with those words she was gone.
"Euryale, lock the aquarium system down. I don't want anyone getting in or out." Melody said coolly as she left the empty arcade.