Megaman Battle Network – Sibling Rivalry
Chapter 2 – One Hikari too many?
Lan stood shocked at this revelation. A sister, was she meant to replace Hub?
"We have adopted Sarah Lan," his Father explained, "She has a terminal condition like Hub did but unlike Hub who just felt worse every day Sarah's mind is gradually deteriorating. Her mind will gradually deteriorate until she reaches a near vegetable state. Before her mind deteriorates more I intend to copy her mind into a NetNavi like I did with Hub."
"How will that kill her Dad? She'll still be alive right?" said Lan. He was upset, first a new sister and now he knew she will die like Hub did.
"Lan, the human mind also controls breathing and heartbeat subconsciously. If her mind continues to deteriorate then she will stop breathing and her heartbeat will stop," replied Megaman.
"Lan," said Lan's Mum, "You will have to sleep on the floor until we get the spare room cleared out."
"What!? I don't want to sleep on the floor," replied Lan.
"I'll sleep on the floor if you want Mrs. Hikari," said Sarah. It was the first time Lan heard her voice. It was softer than he expected it to be.
"No Sarah, you are not just here to get your memories copied, we are going to make the last few months of your life as comfortable as possible," said his Mum.
"But..." started Lan.
"No buts, go get a cover and I'll put some cushions on the floor for you," said his Mum, "Your Father is going to help Sarah move her stuff into the cupboard in the spare room."
Lan and his mum went upstairs to Lan's bedroom. "You have a lot to tell me Dad?" said Sarah.
"It's been a few years since I heard you say that, you will have to call me Mr. Hikari for a while if other people are here you know."
"Yes Mr. Hikari, so Lan's NetNavi is his brother?"
"We'd best get your stuff upstairs before your new mother yells at us," he replied, "Come on Sarah."
He grabbed some of Sarah's bags and went upstairs.
"Why are you ignoring me Dad?" said Sarah.
Lan lay on the floor that night thinking about what had happened. He looked at his bed where his new sister was sleeping. He found himself worrying about how long she had left, days, weeks, months. His mum had said months but Hub had only had weeks they said and he'd hung on for nearly 3 months. He looked over at her sleeping figure again, she was quite cute he realized. Shoulder length brown hair and pale skin. She'd obviously spent a lot of time in hospital over the last few years. He wondered how the others would take the news. Maybe he'd take her with them tomorrow.
The next morning Lan suggested to Sarah that she went with them to the town. He noticed she looked over at his Dad first who was having a rare day off but she agreed to go. Obviously excited she almost dragged him over to the Metroline 10 minutes earlier than they'd planned so Mayl, Dex and Chaiso got two shocks instead of one.
"Hey Lan your early for once," said Mayl, "Hey who's that?" she finished pointing to Sarah.
"Mayl meet my adopted sister Sarah, Sarah this is my friend Mayl," said Lan.
"Pleased to meet you," said Sarah.
"Same here, hey where's Dex?"
"Hey you guys!" yelled Dex as him and Chaiso ran up, "Hey who's that?"
"Lan's new sister," said Mayl, "Sarah this is Dex, don't mind him if he challenges you to a netbattle, it's just his way of saying hello."
"Say what's your NetNavi anyway," said Megaman not wanting to be left out.
"Yeah, I'd like to met your Navi," said Roll.
"How strong is it?," was all Gutsman said.
Sarah laughed and so did her Navi. "My Navi is a custom model by Dr. Hikari himself. Her name is Scyler."
"Cilla? What kind of name is that for a Navi?" asked Dex.
"No Scyler, it's pronounced 'Cy – ler'"
"How strong is it?" asked Dex.
"Don't you think of anything else Dex?" asked Lan.
"No, Dex is right, who's the best Netbattler here?" said Sarah readying her link and reaching into her pocket for her battlechips.
"That would be me," said Dex, "I'm the best in ACDC."
"Second best," said Mayl, "Lan and Megaman are the best around here."
"Ok then Lan, lets NetBattle!" said Sarah.
"Your on."
The NetBattle was short and sweet. Scyler and Sarah quickly beat down Lan and Megaman to the point where Lan logged out for the fear of Megaman being deleted.
"Third best I believe you are now Dex," said Sarah as she walked past him into the Metroline. The other four stood there out of the shock of Lan being beaten down so quickly. "You four coming or what?" said Sarah coming back up the steps and finding them in a state of shock. They quickly followed her to the Metroline.
Lan sat next to Sarah on the train, the others sat a few seats back. "I thought you were losing your memory," whispered Lan.
"I am," replied Sarah.
"How can you NetBattle so well then?"
"I'm a natural, what can I say?"
Lan sat back and thought about the battle, the BattleChips had flowed smoothly and she has anticipated his every move. Even the Program Advance he had learned from Chaud had failed. He had no idea how to beat her.
Megaman in the PET was thinking too. Aside from the fact that apart from the helmet and armour Scyler looked like Sarah, that didn't bother him as he was designed to look like Hub, he'd done a scan of Scyler before the battle and discovered that if you took away the obvious differences then she had the same matrix and core program as him.
Chapter 2 – One Hikari too many?
Lan stood shocked at this revelation. A sister, was she meant to replace Hub?
"We have adopted Sarah Lan," his Father explained, "She has a terminal condition like Hub did but unlike Hub who just felt worse every day Sarah's mind is gradually deteriorating. Her mind will gradually deteriorate until she reaches a near vegetable state. Before her mind deteriorates more I intend to copy her mind into a NetNavi like I did with Hub."
"How will that kill her Dad? She'll still be alive right?" said Lan. He was upset, first a new sister and now he knew she will die like Hub did.
"Lan, the human mind also controls breathing and heartbeat subconsciously. If her mind continues to deteriorate then she will stop breathing and her heartbeat will stop," replied Megaman.
"Lan," said Lan's Mum, "You will have to sleep on the floor until we get the spare room cleared out."
"What!? I don't want to sleep on the floor," replied Lan.
"I'll sleep on the floor if you want Mrs. Hikari," said Sarah. It was the first time Lan heard her voice. It was softer than he expected it to be.
"No Sarah, you are not just here to get your memories copied, we are going to make the last few months of your life as comfortable as possible," said his Mum.
"But..." started Lan.
"No buts, go get a cover and I'll put some cushions on the floor for you," said his Mum, "Your Father is going to help Sarah move her stuff into the cupboard in the spare room."
Lan and his mum went upstairs to Lan's bedroom. "You have a lot to tell me Dad?" said Sarah.
"It's been a few years since I heard you say that, you will have to call me Mr. Hikari for a while if other people are here you know."
"Yes Mr. Hikari, so Lan's NetNavi is his brother?"
"We'd best get your stuff upstairs before your new mother yells at us," he replied, "Come on Sarah."
He grabbed some of Sarah's bags and went upstairs.
"Why are you ignoring me Dad?" said Sarah.
Lan lay on the floor that night thinking about what had happened. He looked at his bed where his new sister was sleeping. He found himself worrying about how long she had left, days, weeks, months. His mum had said months but Hub had only had weeks they said and he'd hung on for nearly 3 months. He looked over at her sleeping figure again, she was quite cute he realized. Shoulder length brown hair and pale skin. She'd obviously spent a lot of time in hospital over the last few years. He wondered how the others would take the news. Maybe he'd take her with them tomorrow.
The next morning Lan suggested to Sarah that she went with them to the town. He noticed she looked over at his Dad first who was having a rare day off but she agreed to go. Obviously excited she almost dragged him over to the Metroline 10 minutes earlier than they'd planned so Mayl, Dex and Chaiso got two shocks instead of one.
"Hey Lan your early for once," said Mayl, "Hey who's that?" she finished pointing to Sarah.
"Mayl meet my adopted sister Sarah, Sarah this is my friend Mayl," said Lan.
"Pleased to meet you," said Sarah.
"Same here, hey where's Dex?"
"Hey you guys!" yelled Dex as him and Chaiso ran up, "Hey who's that?"
"Lan's new sister," said Mayl, "Sarah this is Dex, don't mind him if he challenges you to a netbattle, it's just his way of saying hello."
"Say what's your NetNavi anyway," said Megaman not wanting to be left out.
"Yeah, I'd like to met your Navi," said Roll.
"How strong is it?," was all Gutsman said.
Sarah laughed and so did her Navi. "My Navi is a custom model by Dr. Hikari himself. Her name is Scyler."
"Cilla? What kind of name is that for a Navi?" asked Dex.
"No Scyler, it's pronounced 'Cy – ler'"
"How strong is it?" asked Dex.
"Don't you think of anything else Dex?" asked Lan.
"No, Dex is right, who's the best Netbattler here?" said Sarah readying her link and reaching into her pocket for her battlechips.
"That would be me," said Dex, "I'm the best in ACDC."
"Second best," said Mayl, "Lan and Megaman are the best around here."
"Ok then Lan, lets NetBattle!" said Sarah.
"Your on."
The NetBattle was short and sweet. Scyler and Sarah quickly beat down Lan and Megaman to the point where Lan logged out for the fear of Megaman being deleted.
"Third best I believe you are now Dex," said Sarah as she walked past him into the Metroline. The other four stood there out of the shock of Lan being beaten down so quickly. "You four coming or what?" said Sarah coming back up the steps and finding them in a state of shock. They quickly followed her to the Metroline.
Lan sat next to Sarah on the train, the others sat a few seats back. "I thought you were losing your memory," whispered Lan.
"I am," replied Sarah.
"How can you NetBattle so well then?"
"I'm a natural, what can I say?"
Lan sat back and thought about the battle, the BattleChips had flowed smoothly and she has anticipated his every move. Even the Program Advance he had learned from Chaud had failed. He had no idea how to beat her.
Megaman in the PET was thinking too. Aside from the fact that apart from the helmet and armour Scyler looked like Sarah, that didn't bother him as he was designed to look like Hub, he'd done a scan of Scyler before the battle and discovered that if you took away the obvious differences then she had the same matrix and core program as him.