Disclaimer: MegaMan Battle Network is made by Capcom
The Millennium Comet
By True-InTha-Blue
Chapter 2
The Night... was relatively peaceful. Lan slept like a log, despite of the bright lights and police car sirens from the park were the meteor sight was. MegaMan stayed up more, adding even more protection to the house and network. By 4 AM, the NetNavi, despite of not needing sleep, decided it would be good to give himself a break. The stasis would be good keeping him from over thinking thing.
That could be reserved when Lan woke up.
And awake Lan did, not even being alerted by his NetNavi. Why would he? It was summer break.
And while normally Lan would be thankful to sleep in, the events of the night came rushing back and needless to say-
"MegaMan! How come you didn't wake me up?"
This snapped the Blue Bomber out of his stasis. Well, those were words he never thought he would hear Lan say.
"Lan... you like sleeping in." He said deadpanned.
"But outside! Last night!" The pre-teen pointed to the window. A distance away you could see the Sci-Lab vans still around the park.
The NetNavi sighed, far too tired (figuratively) to deal with his NetOp's stubbornness. Yes, he was the dead brother of Lan who he loved dearly and would protect him from anything... But it was hard to do that when said brother kept rushing headlong into said anything.
"Whatever..." He rubbed his eyes in irritation. "At least get dressed first..." He said to his NetOp who was rushing towards the door in his PJ's
Lan blushed. "Oh... yeah. Right."
Two minutes later.
Lan was already outside skating towards the park... Outfitted still the same gear as he always wore.
Seriously, where did this kid shop at?
MegaMan has gradually become concerned about this.
Regardless, they reached the park soon after with many scientist still about.
"Dad!" Lan cried seeing his father.
Yuichiro turned and boy did he have dark rings and bags underneath his eyes.
"Dad!" Lan said again and paused. "...You look dead."
Yuichiro sighed. "Well that's what happens when you pull an all nighter. Wait till you get to university life. Then you'll know."
Lan shrugged before trying to look at the meteor that was still in the Kinetic Displacement Barrier (or KDB). And was surrounded by various of scientist and even military personnel.
"So what have you discovered?"
Yuichiro grimaced. "Besides emitting a signal that is exactly like the Network on Earth... It's also completely indestructible. And... that is it, unfortunately."
"Nothing? Indestructible? Seriously?" Lan was taken aback.
Yuichiro nodded. "Yes... We have tried various of methods to try and get a small sample of the crystal growths on it... But nothing has penetrated the shell, let alone even scratch the surface." He took an irritated breath. "And we're trying to keep the military from using more volatile methods to break it. We don't know how it will react but so far the biggest argument we have against them is so far the object seems completely harmless...for now."
"Wow." Lan kept trying to see it. "So... That's it?"
"That it." His dad said simply.
Lan of sort, deflated. He really wanted to see something cool. A mysterious object from space usually resulted in something cool.
MegaMan sensed his NetOps disappointment, while he wanted to scold Lan not considering his own safety as well as others, instead he chose the more tactful route. "C'mon Lan. We should just let Dr. Hikari continue his work. We don't need to distract him. How about we find a nice netbattle in the Cyber City?"
That seemed to lift the human's mood a little. "Yeah... Guess you guys will eventually find something." He said to his dad.
"Maybe." The elder Hikari didn't know if finding something about this object would be beneficial or not.
Hopefully it is the former.
And so Lan with MegaMan headed back to the house with the intent to release some of his disappointment with the tried and true method.
Violence.
In the cyber world, MegaMan stalked the streets (he wasn't stalking) for anyone who was up for a nice quick battle.
And while there were a lot of NetNavis around, suspiciously more than usual. Though none of them seem to wish to battle. Instead many of them were in groups and were simple just walking along with smiles on their faces pointing at different sites in the city.
Wait.
Come to think of it, MegaMan has never seen these NetNavis before... Was it some type of foreign field trip?
No, that couldn't be right. There were too many. Probably a few thousand.
And apparently, those who MegaMan did recognize were just as confused as he was to the new visitors.
Not to mention... once in awhile, he saw these strange newcomers staring at him... dare he say it, in awe?
And before he could ask them what was wrong, they scurried away whispering things that he couldn't hear.
This day kept getting weirder and weirder. That thought caused our hero to pause.
Wait... could that strange meteor from space be related to these strange... NetNavis?
It seemed a bit farfetched... However... with all the crap he's gone in his life, anything goes.
"MegaMan, what's up?" Lan asked seeing his Navi pause in the middle of the street. The human didn't seem to notice the newcomers. That was normal for humans, most Navis looked the same to them. That was just their nature.
MegaMan shook his head. "Nothing Lan." Even if they were related, MegaMan didn't want his brother to get mixed up in things again. He really had to find something to distract his NetOp before Lan caught on. Luckily for our hero, he spied with his green eyes, something familiar. It was Roll, Glyde and GutsMan! Standing with similar confused expression standing one of the squares that dotted the city.
"Lan, look." He pointed to his friends. Those guys meant that Lan could talk to Mayl, Yai and Dex and therefore distract him from this.
Instantly the human twin brightened. "Oh awesome! Hey guys!" He called out to the of the NetNavis' NetOps screens nearby them.
"Hey Lan!" The human greeted each other.
Aaand, left the NetNavis to their own devices as they chatted with each other. They were used to it though.
"So what's up?" MegaMan asked them. Obviously, he was referring to the current situation.
All three of his friends shrugged.
"Gutss... No one knows." The large Navi shook his head.
Glyde had a similar expression. "It's seems to be a mystery, many others are trying to figure out what is going on today. Many NetOps though assume there is an event."
In other words, the humans are remaining ignorant to the strangeness of the situation. And that meant less anxiety and panic. And because of that, NetNavis were doing their job right.
Roll kept looking around. "It's strange... This... and...outside... What happened last night? I heard sirens and lights from the real world. Mayl heard them as well."
Glyde and GutsMan were unaware of this judging by their surprised expression. Probably because Dex and Yai lived on the far side of town.
MegaMan frowned. "Yeah... the alarms I just installed went completely crazy. Unfortunately that woke Lan up. It was an object from space that landed in ACDC park... Yet it didn't damage anything. Sci-Lab along with Dr. Hikari were already on sight and thankfully he and I were able to convince Lan to go back home."
"That is good..." Roll said with relief. She knew how anxious MegaMan got when Lan was in a not so safe environment.
"Yes... Did you see what it was?" Glyde prodded.
The looks of curiosity were on all of them. Though MegaMan couldn't blame them. They wanted to know what it was to keep their NetOps safe. It was their job.
A mysterious expression twisted its way on the recarniated human. "Its... I never seen anything like it. Some strange crystallized growths on it. Wasn't even that big. Glittered like stars at night." He looked back at them. "Lan asked Dr. Hikari what they have found so far... Apparently that thing is indestructible. And... Well..."
"What?" The three of them whispered with worry.
MegaMan gave a quick glance towards the NetOps' screens. They were a little distance off and turned away from the group of Navis. Still, he lowered his voice. "...The object... had the same signal as the Internet... Exactly the same."
Worry and fear cast over the three.
"That's should be impossible." Glyde whispered with disbelief.
"Gutsss... what does that mean?"
Roll clenched her fist. "It means we stay cautious, keep alert and keep our NetOps safe."
MegaMan nodded agreeing with her. "Exactly... Especially with those strange NetNavis here."
They turned to him.
"You think they and that meteor are related?" Roll asked.
"Hopefully no." But then MegaMan glowered. "But knowing my luck... ." He then gave them a concerned look. "You guys stay safe too. Anything happens, come to me, there are few things on the net now that I can't defeat." This was an undeniable fact. You save the world over six times and you get pretty dang strong. Still, this whole thing made him uneasy.
"Right." The three Navis nodded.
"So... what to do?" GutsMan gestured with his head towards the NetOps who were talking about the meteor. That was going against the goal they wanted.
"Have any ideas?" MegaMan asked referring to the NetOps to get their mind off the current event.
They all got into thinking positions. All their matrixes whirling at a thousands of possibilities (literally, but Gutsman ranked more on lesser percentage than a thousand) to ways to distract humans.
"Ah ha!" Glyde exclaimed with a snap of his fingers. "I believe I have a proposition."
"Let's hear it then." Roll said eagerly.
"Well. It's something that has only been out recently but Miss Yai has taken a liking to it. It's an old card game before the age of NetNavis. A digital one. Recently it has had updated graphics with added NetNavi functionality so that we may participate with our NetOps. While it does require some strategy, there are many ways play and there is something for everyone. Not to mention flashy and has explosions so I assume it will attract most young humans."
That... actually was a good idea. Flashy strategy card game? With explosions? Simple but a great way to distract any young child or pre-teen.
So the game was 'Legacy' based of an old MMO that was really popular for humans quite a few decades ago. Like Glyde said, the graphics were updated to fit to the current Net, however the micro transactions were absolute non existent. Probably for a good thing. But most of the cards had to be exchanged for either junk data or simply gained by doing regular matches, the single player mode or different challenges.
There were classes based off of the MMO which had different abilities and many, many different cards with different effects. Basic, easy to understand, and would keep hyperactive pre-teens from getting into trouble.
Hopefully.
"Oooooo Laaaaaan!"
It worked.
It worked really well.
Yai who had already been playing some what jumped at the chance to show off what she learned (and win over them) for the first few matches.
Mayl was a quick learner, though, grasping rules quickly already making different decks to counters Yai's.
Dex was going full frontal with power decks... But so far it has been off and on.
Lan had a slow start, mainly because he didn't seem to have an interest in such an old game. But seeing how much fun his friends were having the teen went to join in.
He was catching on fast... Really fast.
But all four were having fun and seem to have completely forgotten about the current events.
Exactly what the NetNavis wanted.
They were all supervising the scene of their humans standing side by side.
"Mission Accomplished." Megaman said as all four of them hi-fived the one next to them.
There was a saying among NetNavis.
Happy NetOps are a NetNavis ultimate goal.
Simple... but true.
Green eyes spied some viruses in the distance, slowly making their way towards the card game. Probably attracted to the new data going around.
The Blue Bomber smirked. Might as well have some of his own fun.
"Wassup?" GutsMan questioned when the Blue Bomber walked passed him.
"While I do want peace, the last thing I want is to get rusty." He said breaking out his MegaBuster before charging towards the viruses with only buster at hand.
Thankfully, for once! He was able to keep all his powerups and upgrades in the new model of PET.
Well... maybe upgrades/powerups weren't a good term for it. In fact, it never was.
In reality... they were keys... to unlock the inhibitors on him.
MegaMan's creation wasn't exactly a peaceful thing. Kinda violent, kinda violital, brutal and extremely unstable.
After all, there was a reason it was called 'The Ultimate Navi Project'.
Dr. Hikari figured out that raising your infant son soul from the dead and making him into the deranged killing machine was not exactly a good idea. Yeah... MegaMan might of had caused a massive blackout surrounding half of Electopia. He might of had nearly caused several natural disasters by disrupting the Environment System.
... And may or may have not indirectly sent several officials to the hospital by the mental strain of having synchro with their Navis that he deleted.
Brutally.
In fact... MegaMan was extremely vicious back then. Maybe it did have something to do with him as an infant being inserted into a hard soulless machine that caused him to lack control needed to handle the overwhelming power. Or it could have been something else completely.
Regardless, Dr. Hikari took measures to limit access to MegaMan's power, making his default his least powerful form. Using limiters... many, many limiters.
Seriously if they were visible, MegaMan would like a bondage slave.
The Navi Cust, Change. Bat and all those useful items that helped release said limitors...were cast away and thus making his program default back into that weaker part.
'NOT ANYMORE!' MegaMan thought with glee raising his MegaBuster and blasting a hole clear through the virus.
Now MegaMan's own friends joined in on their own version of fun. Roll slicing, GutsMan punching, Glyde shooting all these viruses along the way.
Without their NetOps noticing, the NetNavis had successfully deleted the viruses in utter elegance.
It was a good day for them. As NetNavis they were proud, PROUD! On how efficient they were being today.
And it seemed like one of their matches the kids were having was wrapping up.
"AHHA! BLACK HEART, THE DRAGON LORD! SUMMON ALL THE DRAGONS!" Lan cried unleashing his trump card (ahem).
Which in a spectacular exploding fashion and roars did Lan's dragons proceeded to destroy everyone else's minions and titans.
Mayl groaned in defeat, Dex was tearing up and Yai was steaming at the epic lose they all suffered.
Lan pumped his fist in victory. ""Yes! My dragon deck combined with the Spirit Guide class proved unbeatable."
"That's because you only won that one match so far with it!" Yai yelled at the boy's screen.
"Yeah! And my undead Mega Slime should have taken your Summon Rock down if it wasn't for that stupid Holy Shield of yours." Dex also put in his two cents.
Needless to say by now the NetNavis had no idea what their operators were actually saying.
"I believe the human term of this is, Geek Speak." Glyde explained calmly. The rest nodded sagely.
"Eh... Lan's always been secretly a geek." MegaMan said with a shrug.
Roll added to that. "Mayl's a music nerd."
"Gutss... Dex is no Nerd or Geek." Gutsman crossed his arms in pride.
No one else had the heart to argue that Dex was indeed a geek. Or weeb in some cases.
A/N: The author themselves would like to say they do not codeem the people who are, infact said author is also a geek, nerd and a little bit of a weeb, as evident of writing fanfiction.
"Okay that has been fifteen matches so far..." Mayl counted. "Wow. We really got ourselves carried away." She said with a sweatdrop.
You could see Yai shrug in the human world. "Eh. Still it was a lot of fun playing with friends. Far better than playing against the default AI of the game. It's so archaic. But that's what you get from old games."
"Didn't I play against you as well Miss Yai?" Glyde imputed.
"Yeah." But then the heiress scowled. "But I know you always let me win."
"Sigh... Guilty."
GutsMan gently patted the Servant Navi's back. It was admirable that Glyde was so dedicated to his duty was a servant Navi despite of his NetOps wishes. He was truly committed to his role.
"Yo MegaMan! We still need to find a NetBattle." Lan said to his Navi.
Oh yeah that's right... MegaMan was not opposed to a Battle but he was surprised that Lan still wanted to after fifteen rounds of a card game.
Then again, it was Lan.
"Sure thing." He agreed.
Glad at his Navi's response, Lan narrowed his eyes. "Now then..." He was looking at his friend wondering which one who should pick.
Then a shudder passed through the spinal code of the Blue Bomber. His eyes widening at the sensation. Something powerful was around... The feeling was like when he faced Bass, when he faced Nebula Grey, when he faced the Cybeast with nothing but a buster.
And then it stopped. Suddenly and without warning.
"Wha...?"
"Is something wrong Mega?" Roll asked seeing his expression.
MegaMan didn't know what to say. "Ah..."
"Excuse me?" A mellow voice came from behind them all.
End of Chapter 2
I do hope people do like this story. I promise it will become more exciting the further it goes along.
I just want to make proper build up and construction.
I promise it won't be your average MegaMan fanfic.
So hope you enjoy it and please review.