Got guts, guts, guts?

Disclaimer: All characters are propety of CAPCOM.

Lan had just dropped Maylu and Yai off at their houses, dex had gone on his own, and was heading home, when his PET beeped.

"Huh? What could that be?"

"Lan, it's mail...from Dex."

"Dex? Why would he be mailing me now? Anyway, what's it say?"

"All it says is: "Meet me in the park."."

"I wonder what he could want."

Several minutes later, Lan arrived at the park. Dex was already waiting for him.

"Well, I'm here. What is it?"

"...Netbattle me.."

"What? Why?"

"Back there..I was so helpless! I couldn't do anything to help! I need something to take my mind off it. Battle me!"

"O...k then." Lan was very relucant to battle him. He slowly pulled out his PET and prepared to battle. They were going to use the squirrel statue comp as their battle field.

"Jack in! Megaman! Power-up!"

"Jack in! Gutsman! Power-up!"

In a flash, both navis appeared in squirrle comp. Both took their battle stances as they prepared to battle.

"Lan, you sure you want to do this?"

"I don't want to do it as much as you, but we did agree to this, so lets get on with it."

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START!

The moment the bell went, Gutsman slammed his fists against the ground, creating a shockwave that knocked Megaman back. With megaman destracted, Gustman smashed his fists down again, causing several rocks to fall from the ceiling. Megaman quickly siderolled away, barely missing the rocks.

"Sword! Download!" Armed with the sword, megaman rushes forward, before Gutsman began to slam his fists again, causing Megaman to topple over. He continued to smash his fists against the ground, causing cracks to begin to form on the floor.

"He's not letting up! Megaman, hit him before he starts again! "

Dex pulled a chip out of his pocket and prepared to download it.

"Gutspunch! Download!"

Gutsman fist began to glow, but didn't change at all. The moment megaman came close, Gutsman bought his fist forward, slamming it into Megamans gut and sending him flying.

Gutsman began to beat his chest like a gorilla, going "Guts! Guts! Guts!"

"Gutsman! Lets keep this up! Geddon1! Gutsimpact! Download!"

Gutsman slammed his fist into the groung, causing the area to crack and break. Once the panels had cracked or broken, Gutsman prepared to punch again, only this time, his fist went flying through the air like a missile.

"Airshoes! Download!" Jets appeared on Megaman's boots, allowing him to fly over the fist and float over the broken ground. Still armed with his sword, he flew forward and brought the sword down on his shoulder. The only thing that happened, was the sword bounced off his shoulder.

"Guts, guts guts! Gutsman armor super strong. Your sword not work on me! Gutspunch!"

This time, megaman shot above the gutspunch, flying safely above gutsman.

"We can't go near him without him punching us. There has to be something...hmmmm."

"What is it Lan?"

"I have an idea. Gyser! Download!"

A small blue waterball apeared in his hand.

"Throw it into one of the holes!"

Throwing it down, it landed in the hole infront of Gutsman.

"Guts, guts, guts! What was that spose to complish?"

"You'll see.."

Suddenly, the ground underneath Gutsman began to rumble. Before he could get out of the way, a jet of water shot out from underneath him, sending him flying.

"Gutsa, gutsa, guuuuuuuuutttts!!!" For a heavy navi, he flew very far. He eventualy came down, smashing hard into the ground."Owwww..."

"Gutsman! Get up!"

"Guuuuuts..." moaned gutsman.

"Lets finish this Megaman! Flamesword, Elecsword! Download!"

A blazing sword of fire and a glowing blade of electricity appeared on each arm.

"Stepcross! Download!"

With both swords in hand, megaman rushed forward with exceptional speed. Before Gutsman even had time to blink, megaman had run both swords him in a cross shape, creating a red and yellow slash across him. Moments later, Gutsman disapeared in a shower of pixels.

Gutsman logging out

"...I lost...thanks for the battle though..."

Dex reached into his pocket, pulled out a chip and handed it to Lan. It was a Gutsman chip. "Here. Take it."

"No, I coul.."

"Just take it!"

Even though he didn't want to, he took the chip and added it to his folder.

"Tha.a..nks.. I should get going. My mom must be worried."

"Ok. See ya tommorow Lan!"

"See ya!"

With a wave goodbye, lan headed back home. He quietly opened the door and crept inside. He didn't see his mom so he guessed that she must of gone to bed. He quietly tiptoed upstairs and into his room.

"Phew, I am completely exhausted. Time for bed."

"Uh..Wait a minute Lan...Don't you still need to do YOUR essay?"

"UHHH! I completely forgot!!!"

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Meanwhile, at an unknown location, Flashman's operator entered the main chamber.

"I have returned."

A cold, raspy voice could be heared. "Did you get it?"

"Would I fail you my lord?"

"...Good...Now leave."

"Yes sir." With that, he left the room.

"Now it is you turn ." A door opened up and out stepped a tall, rugged man. His shirt and pants were torn in many places. He had scars and cuts all over his body and he looked as though he hadn't shaved in weeks.

"Do not worry master. I will destroy what you hate the most."

"Which is..."

"The smiles and happiness of children."

"Excellent! MWHAHAHAHAHA!"

A few days had passed since the Flashman incident. Lan was able to complete his assignment...at 3 in the morning. Finally, the weekend had come. Everyone, especially Lan, was glad that school was done for a few days. Some, like Dex, hadn't looked forward to the weekend cause all it meant for him, was homework and occasional detention. Today, something unusual was about to happen...

"Big brutther..."

A quiet voice could be heard coming from the metrostation. Moments later, a small boy stepped out. He looked about 8 years old or so. He had short curly hair, black shorts and a red shirt with a green + on the front. He looked lost.

"Big brutther!" He kept on calling for his brother, when a man with orange hair wearing a suit walked by.

"Hey mister!"

"Yes?"

"Do you now where my big brutther is?"

"Uh.."

"He's the number 1 netbattler in ACDC! You have to know him!"

"Uh...I'm sorry...I just got here and I'm very late..." Before he finished, he ran off.

"Big brutther! Where are you!"

"Finally! The weekend! What should we do first, Megaman?"

"Wh-t ab--t –ur ho--w-rk L-n?" Static was covering the screen, garbling what he was saying.

"What?"

"Y-ur h--ewo-k!"

"Oh. I can do that later. What's wrong with you?"

"I do-t k—w."

"Has this been happening a lot lately?"

"Yeah, Hey! It's working again. Ever since that fight with Flashman, it's been happening a lot lately."

"Could have been from Flashman's final attack?"

"Possibly. We should go to Scilab and get dad to check it out."

"Good idea. Lets go!"

"Oh, I just remembered. There's a rumor going around that the #1 netbattler's brother is in town today."

"What!!!"

"I know. It's probably just a rumor someone made up. Sorry to have brought it up."

After telling his mom where he was going, Lan rushes outside and heads for the metrostation. He is surprised when he finds a line up to the station. Yai and Maylu were at the front of the line.

"Guys, what's going on?"

"Some kid is blocking the entrance! I was going to go shopping today!"

"He says he's looking for his brother, the #1 netbattler in ACDC. Isn't that you Lan?"

"I guess I'd better see what he wants."

"Where's the #1 netbattler?"

'That would be me." Lan steps up. The kid takes one look at him and says, "Liar!"

"But I am the #1 netbattler in ACDC!"

"You're not my brutther! Go get him!"

"Why you little.." Yai was defiantly angry with him.

"Then who is your brother?" asked Maylu.

"You should know! He is #1!"

"Lan, lets go find this kids brother!"

"But he could be anyone! Where do we even start?"

"Let's start with the school. There's has to be someone who knows this kids brother."

"That's a good place to start. Let's go find the "number #1 netbattler in ACDC!"

Luckily for them, the school was open today for detentions and extra work. They began to ask everyone in the school, but no one knew who this kids brother was. Lan was about give up, when he overheard someone saying,

"Someone in class 5-a keeps calling himself "The number #1 netbattler"! What a hot head!"

"That's it!"

Lan quickly ran up to his homeroom. He pushed open the door and stepped in, but the only person inside, was Dex.

"Hey Dex!"

"Hey Lan! What ya doing here?"

"I'm looking for a guy who keeps calling himself "The #1 netbattler". His brother is waiting at the station. You know who it is?"

"Ya mean me!"

"Huh? What?"

"Never mind. He's here! Take me to him Lan!"

"Ok.."

Meanwhile, at the station, Yai was seriously ticked off.

"Now listen here! I planned on going shopping today and I will not be held up by a little kid! Now move if you know what's good for you!"

"No! I will not move until my big brutther gets here!"

"Why you little.."

"Easy Yai. Lan should be back any minute now."

As if on cue, Lan walked up at that very moment.

"Lan! Did you find that kids brother."

"I sure did.'

He steps to the side, letting Dex get past him.

"Chisao!" The boy turns at the sound of Dex's voice.

"Big brutther! It's you!"

Chisao ran to his brother and gave him a huge hug.

"Awww, that's sweet."

"I had completely forgotten that Dex had a brother. But wasn't he living in netopia with his dad?"

After Chisao had stopped hugging Dex, Dex started to explain.

"A few days ago, I got an email saying that Chisao was coming to see me. The only thing I ever saw of him were pictures. So you can imagine that I was overjoyed. I would of been here to meet him, but I got detention and had to stay at school. I'm sorry for causing this mess. "

"That's ok Dex. We're just happy you get to see your brother."

"But..there's still something I don't get."

"What's that Lan?"

"Why does he keep calling you "The #1 netbattler"?"

"Well...uh.." Dex seemed to have trouble finding an answer to that question.

"Because you are the #1 netbattler! Just like you said in all your letters! You always win. Especially against that Lan's navi! Right? "

"Uh…Ya! That's me! The #1 netbattler! I never lose!"

"Give me a break.." Lan said under his breath.

Both Yai and Maylu began to snicker and almost burst out laughing at the lie dex was telling his brother.

"Prove it to them brutther! Beat that forehead girl!"

"Hey!" Yai was angry at him again.

"No not her. I know! Beat this guy with the blue headband!"

"Me?"

"Ya! Beat that guys navi and show them how great you are!"

"Uh…alright Chisao! I show you how great I am!"

"Great. Now what?"

"Lan." Whispered Megaman.

"Yeah Megaman?"

"Why don't we let Dex win. If his brother sees him win, he never bother about it again. And besides, imagine what would happen if Chisao found out that his brother had lied to him."

"I guess your right. Ok. We'll let Dex win this time."

"You ready or what!"

"I'm ready. Prepare to lose!"

"Big brutther.." Chisao sounded worried.

"Don't worry little bro. I'm gonna win and show you how good I really am!"

"Jack in! Megaman! Power-up!"

"Jack in! Gutsman! Power-up!"

Once they had both jacked in, the took up their battle stances and prepared to fight.

"Gutsman will win!"

"Just try and beat me!"

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Start!

"Dashattack! Download!"

A green fishy virus appeared and soared past Megaman. He grabbed onto it and jumped on, heading straight for Gutsman. Once he was over top of Gutsman, he jumped onto his back and grabbed onto his neck. Gutsman started to struggle, until Megaman whispered the plan into his ear.

"We have to make this look convincing or Chisao might not believe it. Got it?"

"Gutsman gets it. Very good at acting. But what of Dex?"

"He probably catch on at some point. If he doesn't, tell him later."

"Got it."

"Get off me!" Gutsman grabs him from behind and throws him across the comp.

"You'll pay for that! Megabuster!" Megaman morphed his arm into his buster and began to fire. Several shots missed but some hit, doing no visible damage, just like he planned.

"What? How can that not take you down!"

"Gutsman super strong! Me will win!" Gutsman began to beat his fists against his chest, like a gorilla.

"Watch this Chisao! Gutsinpact! Double download!" Both of Gutsman fists began to glow. He sent one of his fist forward, sending it flying, like a rocket, across the field.

Seeing it coming, Megaman tries to meet it head-on. It hits him at full force, pushing him back, but he is able to keep it at bay. The moment he caught it, Gutsman threw his other fist forward, hitting the other fist, causing the other fist to suddenly push forward, and knocking Megaman back from the force.

The match went on for another 10 minutes. Megaman would attack, it would either miss or do almost no damage and Gutsman would retaliate, hitting Megaman almost every time. Chisao was watching the battle, excited to see how great his brother was. At this point, both navis were panting from the battle.

"You may have survived all my other attacks, but your lucks run out! Time for my most powerful attack!"

"Program advance! Cannon! Triple download!"

A cannon appeared on both of Megaman's hands, before brining them above his head, where they began to glow and transform. When the light faded, Megaman was holding an enlarged version of a cannon. The barrel of the cannon began to glow, as it brought in energy. After a moment, the barrel was glowing bright yellow, ready to fire.

"Zetacannon!" Pulling the trigger, 5 blasts of energy shot out at Gutsman. An attack of that power would finish him off…if he had aimed at him. He had aimed next to him, not hitting him, but creating the illusion that it did. It also created a huge cloud of smoke to add to suspense.

"There's no way he survived that attack! This battle is mine!" Lan was a very convincing winner.

"Really? Look again."

Lan tried to look surprised and bewildered as the smoke cleared and Gutsman was still standing, not a scratch on him.

"B…u…ut HOW?!?"

"Bout time I finished this. You've lasted this long, but your time is up! Areagrab!"

With unbelievable speed, Gutsman appeared infront of Megaman, preparing for something big.

"Program advance! Gutspunch! Triple Download!"

Gutsman fist began to glow before it tripled in size and strength.

"Zetapunch!" Slamming his fist forward, he was about to hit Megaman, when Lan jacked him out, making it look like he had beaten him.

"Ya brutther! You won!"

"Was there any doubt that I wouldn't?"

"No brutther. You're the best!"

"Come on. Lets get going."

"Ok."

Once they had left, Maylu whispered to Lan "That was a nice thing you did, letting him win. But ya think it'll go straight to his head?"

As if to answer the question, an email came at that exact moment.

"Lan, it's a message from Dex. It says, "Thanks for letting me win. I'm sorry for lying but what would he think if he knew I wasn't the best. He'd be disappointed in me. Take this as a thanks." The code to his security cube is attached."

"I guess that's his way of saying thanks."

"Ya. But we sh-ul- r-al- g-t go-ng."

"Not again! We should get going."

"Now that that's taken care of, lets get shopping Maylu!"

"Alright Yai. See ya Lan!"

"See ya Maylu!"

Once they had left, Lan took the next metro to Scilab to see his Dad.

"I hope he can fix the PET."

"M- t-o."

End of chapter