Chapter 9: ColorMan's Crazy Car Mishaps

Lan and the Mew Mews were waiting for Mayl to appear outside the Metroline. A few minutes later, Mayl appeared. "You're late Mayl." Lan said. "I'm so sorry! Please don't be so mad!" Mayl apologized bowing up and down in apology. "Hmph, you mean like you are every time I'm late?" Lan said sarcastically, Mayl and the Mew Mews sweat dropped. "Bygones! Oh Lan, I have to bring something to my grandma's… Sorry, but you and your friends can go to Dentown!" Mayl apologized again. "What! Why did I have to wait for you, then?" Lan said angrily. "Sorry! I'll make it up to you later!" Mayl said as she ran off to get something for her grandma. "Let's go Lan." Renee sighed as she grab Lan by the collar and drag him into the Metroline, the other Mew Mews followed. They bought a ticket to Dentown, when the heroes got to Dentown, the Mew Mews were amazed of the town. Lan got an email from the Official ML about the Waterworks virus; Lan knew that because he already took care of the Waterworks incident. Lan and the Mew Mews explore Dentown; they come across a summer school, they enter it and saw, "Ms. Mari!" Lan said shocked. "You thought I'm Ms. Mari? Nope! I'm her twin sister, Yuri!" Indeed, she looked like Ms. Mari, except she has pink clothes. "She only wishes she was as good a teacher than me!" Ms. Yuri boasted. Lan and the Mew Mews sweat dropped at that remark. "By the way, are you a twin?" Ms. Yuri asked Lan. "No." Lan replied, MegaMan looked down in sadness. "Is that so? Well I'll tell you this… We twins have a special bond! Hah!" Ms. Yuri said. "O…k…" Corina said. Lan jacked into the blackboard and MegaMan got another PowerUp, his stats are upgraded by one level, his Attack, Rapid and Charge statuses are 4. (A/N: I forgot to mention that PowerUps now give MegaMan a boost of all three statuses and there are five PowerUps in Saga 1, there will be five more PowerUps in Saga 2 and MegaMan's statuses will be 10 once he uses the PowerUps and in Saga 3, it will be the same for Saga 4 and MegaMan's statuses will be 15! How cool is that?) Our heroes left the summer school and explore the rest of Dentown, Lan got a email from Mayl two minutes later saying she will take the bus to Dentown Block1, and she attached a upgraded Roll chip for Lan in the email.

Lan soon got an email from the Battle ML, this time from Chaud, when he wrote about Lan and MegaMan being wanna be heroes, Lan was a little angry, but calmed down. Sooner than later, our heroes enter an antique shop run by a woman named Miyu.

"My name is Miyu… Welcome to my store. All of the antiques here have spirits… Can you feel them? I can feel the bright burning of the spirit contained in your NetNavi!" Miyu said. "Huh? What do you mean by that?" Lan asked, confused on what she said. "How about a NetBattle and you will understand what I mean." Miyu said, getting out her PET. "Ok." Lan said, getting out his PET as well.

MegaMan appeared in a spooky battle arena. "Whoa! This place gives me the creeps Lan." MegaMan said, looking around the arena. "Yeah, but don't be afraid, MegaMan. This arena also gives me the creeps." Lan said. Suddenly, another NetNavi appeared, his name is SkullMan, Miyu's NetNavi. "Are you ready for the battle of the spirits?" SkullMan asked in determination. MegaMan nodded. "Then let the feast of spirits begin!" Miyu said. "Battle routine set!" Both Lan and Miyu shouted. "Execute!" Both MegaMan and SkullMan shouted. SkullMan started first by breathing blue fire at MegaMan, but he dodges it, MegaMan return fire by firing his MegaBuster at SkullMan, damaging him a bit. "Not bad, let's see if you can handle this!" SkullMan shouted as he summons two bone blades and hurls them at MegaMan, but as always, MegaMan dodges them. "Okay, MegaMan! I'm sending you three Cannons! Slot-in!" Lan shouted as he inserted three Cannon chips, giving MegaMan the Zeta Cannon Program Advance. "Zeta Cannon!" MegaMan shouted as he turn invisible and fire rapidly at SkullMan, damaging him a bit more. SkullMan then detaches his head and it flew into the air, and it grows large and it was pummeling down to MegaMan, MegaMan dodges it. "Sword! Wide Sword! Long Sword! Battle Chips! Slot-in!" Lan shouted as he inserted the three chips and MegaMan uses the second Program Advance. "Life Sword!" MegaMan shouted as he used the powerful attack to hit SkullMan. "Unbelievable!" SkullMan shouted as he was jacked out.

"You have truly showed me the power of your spirit… That Navi should do well in defeating the evil spirits which surround us now… Here." Miyu said as she handed Lan her web address and link, and also a SkullMan Navi chip. "The spirits of your Navi and yourself shall grow together and become as one." Miyu said. "Uh, thanks." Lan said as he and the Mew Mews left the antique shop, they then head for the meeting place. "Mayl isn't here yet, is she?" MegaMan said. "What could it be this time?" Lan pouted. Renee suddenly notices something wrong. "Wait, guys, does the traffic light look odd to you?" Renee asked her friends. The group notices the traffic light, it was green both ways! "What the heck? It's green both ways!" Lan shouted, then two cars crash into each other. "An accident!" A man shouted as he looked in horror at the accident. "Oh no!" A woman shouted in horror. Then another accident happened. "What's going on here!" Zoey said. "Lan! You got mail! It's from… the WWW!" MegaMan shouted. "What the?" Lan said as he read the email, it said that the Dentown auto drive system has malfunctioned… The WWW have created a program for 1,000,000 Zenny! The people who read their mail went to Dentown Central.

"Those WWW bullies! Kicking innocent people when they're down!" Kikki said angrily. "I bet it's their virus bugging the traffic lights!" MegaMan pointed out. "I think so too! Let's delete that traffic virus!" Lan said, the Mew Mews nodded. Lan jacked in MegaMan in a nearby traffic light, the Mew Mews jacked in as well. MegaMan and the Mew Mews spoke to a green Mr. Prog, he told our heroes that the WWW have bugged up their programs, he also told them that by passing red and blue switches, the floor changes. They followed the Mr. Prog's advice, it took them a few minutes, but they reach the switch, MegaMan pressed the button and the lights were red again, MegaMan and the Mew Mews jacked out.

"Alright!" Lan shouted happily. "Let's tell everyone that we fixed the lights quick!" MegaMan told Lan. "Ok!" Lan said as he and the Mew Mews went to Dentown Central, it took them five seconds to tell the people that they fixed the lights, upon hearing this, the people left. Madd was angry.

"Why you little…! What the? Its you brats again!" Madd recognized our heroes. "You're the ugly dressed woman at the Waterworks!" Corina shouted. "You're a WWW Operator!" Lan asked. "That's right you meddling kids! And who are you calling ugly!" Madd shouted at Corina. "Hey, you're the one meddling!" Corina countered. "You don't know the trouble I've… Arrghh! This time I'll break all the traffic lights for good! Heh, heh! And I'll get you good, too, Lan Hikari!" Madd smirked evilly. "How did you know my name?" Lan asked, shocked that she knows his name. "That's right! I've been looking at your personal files… Ah, there's nothing sadder than losing the ones we love… And I think you're gonna be real SAD!" Madd mocked as she left. "Lan… I got a bad feeling about this…" MegaMan said with worry. Suddenly, the PET started ringing. "Lan! Phone for you!" MegaMan said as Lan answered it. "Who is it? Hello?" Lan asked. "Lan! It's me!" Mayl shouted. "Oh it's you Mayl… oh no!" Lan realized what's going on. "Help! I'm stuck in a runaway bus! All the lights are green and we keep speeding up!" Mayl yelled. "Mayl! Calm down! Where are you?" Lan calmed down Mayl. "Huh, Um, hold on…! We just passed Dentown Block 3 heading for Block 4!" Mayl told him. "Gotcha! I'll be there ASAP! Don't panic!" Lan said as he hung up.

"We better hurry or Mayl is in deep trouble!" Zoey shouted. Lan and the other Mew Mews nodded as they head for Block 4. Lan jacked in MegaMan, the Mew Mews jacked in as well. They take the same but different paths and they reach the color switch. "MegaMan! Hurry! Press the button!" Lan shouted. MegaMan nodded as he pressed the button. In the real world, Lan waited for the lights to turn red. "Stop!" Lan shouted, the stop beams came on, but the bus went pass them. "Oh no, we're too late!" MegaMan jacked out so did the Mew Mews. "Don't give up! We can still catch up with it!" Renee shouted as she and her friends head for the next traffic light. Lan followed them, but he and the Mew Mews were stopped by a ring from the PET. "Mayl?" Lan shouted. "Sorry, charley! So, you miss your girlfriend yet?" Madd taunted. "So you were behind this!" Lan said angrily. "Heheh! You better listen up, kiddo! I forgot to mention the virus I put in the bus gas program! "What!" Lan shouted shocked. "It makes the gas go backwards and then… KABOOM!" Madd said amused. "You wouldn't!" Corina shouted angrily. "Oh but I would! It should activate anytime now… I would hurry if I were you! Good luck, you need it!" Madd laughs evilly as she hung up. "She's starting to tick me off!" Lan growled. "I know how you feel, but we need to stop the bus!" Corina shouted as she drags Lan to the next traffic light. "Okay, this time we're going to stop that bus!" Lan shouted with confidence. Lan jacked in MegaMan, the Mew Mews followed as well. Another path navigation later, they were at the color switch. MegaMan pressed the button and he and the Mew Mews jacked out. In the real world, Lan waited patiently for the bus to stop, but it went past the stop beams, but got a little slower when the edge hit the back. "Darn it!" Lan shouted. "But we managed to slow it down, don't give up yet!" Zoey told him with confidence. They head for the next traffic light, while on the way, Lan got a email from Mayl that she heard the bus is going to explode and she is starting to panic. Lan knew that he cannot give up hope, seconds later; they arrive at the next traffic light. You know the drill. MegaMan and the Mew Mews got to the next color switch and MegaMan pressed it and he and the Mew Mews jacked out.

The bus got caught in the stop beams and it was starting to slow down by the electricity it absorbs. "Lan! Just a little more! We can stop it at the next light!" MegaMan said. "Right! This time we'll stop it for good!" Lan shouted as he and the Mew Mews head for the next traffic light, this time they manage to go ahead of it. "We got past the bus! We can make it this time!" Corina shouted. "Right!" Lan agreed as he jacked in MegaMan, the Mew Mews jacked in as well. They managed to get through the tricky paths and pressed all the color switches, MegaMan and the Mew Mews jacked out. In the real world, the bus was blocked from all areas and it stopped. "We did it!" Zoey said. Then the PET rang again. It was Madd again. "I'm sooo sorry, but it seems you're a little late!" Madd taunted. "What!" Lan shouted. "The gas program virus has been activated! You may have stopped the bus, but now it's going to blow! Hee! Ignition in, 3... 2… 1…" Madd counted down.

"MAAAAAAAAYYLL!" Lan screamed. But suddenly, nothing happens. "What the? It didn't explode?" MegaMan said confusedly. "What! ColorMan! What is the problem?" Madd demanded. "I'm sorry Ms. Madd! There was this cute little Navi there… But don't worry; I'll delete her right away! …See?" ColorMan said as he showed a screen with him attack Roll! "HELP!" Roll shouted as she struggles to fight off ColorMan. "Mayl! Are you ok?" Lan shouted. "I'm fine for now! But Roll's in danger!" Mayl said from the bus window. "Don't worry! We'll save her! Oh, and Mayl cover your eyes." Lan said as he jacked in MegaMan into the bus computer. Mayl was confused on what he said, but she closes her eyes. The Mew Mews used the Marks of S to jack in as well. In the bus's computer, ColorMan is winning. Then, MegaMan and the Mew Mews showed up. "Hang on Roll!" Zoey shouted as she and her friends and MegaMan rushed to the battle scene. "Now now, I'll delete you soon enough… Heheh! But first I'll watch you squirm a little!" Color Man taunted. "Somebody help!" Roll screamed. "Leave Roll alone!" MegaMan demanded as he aimed his MegaBuster at ColorMan. "Guys! Delete this guy quick! Or else the bus will…" Roll doesn't want to say it. "Ok! So you're ColorMan! Let Roll go! I'll be your opponent!" MegaMan said with confidence. "Sure thing, I'll delete you guys first, then her later!" ColorMan accepted as he rolls towards our heroes. "Stand back guys, I'll help MegaMan!" Corina said. "Huh? Are you sure, Corina?" Zoey asked. "Yeah, I want to teach Miss Ugly a lesson!" Corina said as she stands by MegaMan's side. "Okay! Battle routine set!" Lan shouted. "Execute!" MegaMan shouted.

"Get ready! Cause here I come!" ColorMan shouted as he summons two red and blue dummies that fired fire and ice at MegaMan and Corina. Luckily, they dodge the attacks. "Heart Arrow!" Corina shouted as she launches her attack at ColorMan, it hit him, damaging him a bit. "Why you!" ColorMan shouted angrily as he rolls his ball at MegaMan and Corina, they dodge it. "Sword! Battle Chip! Slot-in!" Lan shouted as he inserted the Sword Battle Chip. MegaMan dashes towards ColorMan and slashes him. "You'll pay for that!" ColorMan shouted even more angrily as he summons a fire and ice tornado and spins it at MegaMan and Corina, but like the other attacks; they dodge it and return fire by firing their attacks at ColorMan. "Now you really make me mad!" ColorMan yelled as he rolls his ball at MegaMan and Corina, but the two heroes dodge it as always. "Let's finish this!" MegaMan shouted as he charged up his MegaBuster. "Heart Arrow!" Corina shouted, MegaMan fired his charged shot and Corina fired her Heart Arrow, the two attacks combine and it hit ColorMan dead on. "No… way!" ColorMan screamed as he was deleted.

"Top that!" Corina smiled. "Roll! Are you okay?" MegaMan asked as he checked Roll's wounds. "Uh… oww…I think so. Thanks, Mega!" Roll said with a weak smile. "Are you sure?" MegaMan asked again. "Yeah, I'm fine. But what about Mayl? You better jack out!" Roll said. MegaMan and the Mew Mews nodded as they along with Roll jacked out.

(In the real world)

Lan and Mayl were facing each other, while the Mew Mews watch from far away from the bus. "Geez, all the trouble I go through…" Lan groaned. "Now Lan, be nice." MegaMan told him. "No, Lan's right. Thank you, Lan…" Mayl walked closer to Lan's side. "H-hey! What's the big idea coming up close like that?" Lan asked while blushing. The Mew Mews couldn't help but giggle, Roll giggle as well. "Oh Laaan… You're blushing!" MegaMan teased. "S-shut up! I am not!" Lan growled. "Hee hee! Well now, let's go get Yai's present! C'mon Lan! Let's go!" Mayl said happily. "Now you're all happy and everything! What's going on?" Lan shouted. "Well… It's a secret!" Mayl said with a smile as she left to go to Miyu's antique store. "He sure is dense…" Roll said with a smile. "You sure are dense Lan…" MegaMan joked. "Hey! Wait up!" Lan said as he followed Mayl. The Mew Mews watch the scene. "Aww, look at the two love birds." Kikki said with a smile. "Good job Corina. Your skills manage to put ColorMan to a stop." Zoey congratulated her friend. "Thanks guys." Corina said with a smile.

(Meanwhile, at the WWW's HQ.)

Madd is now reporting her failure. Wily was angry at her for her failure. "Please forgive me, sir!" Madd pleaded. "Fool! You have failed me again!" Wily shouted. "Please…" Madd pleaded again. "S-S-Silence! No more excuses! Get out of my sight!" Wily shouted. "Awhhh…" Madd said with her head down in shame. "C---C-C-Count Zap!" Wily shouted. "Yes Lord Wily!" Count Zap bowed down to his leader. "Listen up! Enough with these two-bit schemes! Let's take this town down once and for all! C-C-Count Zap! I-I'm counting on you! Understood?" Wily commanded. "I hear and obey Lord Wily!" Count Zap obeyed.

To Be Continued…

Next Time: The Fish Merchant, Masa.

A/N: Whew! Thought I'll never finish this chapter. But I did! So anyway Saga 1 is almost coming to a close. So I'll be working on Saga 2 once Saga 1 is finished. And Bass will appear in Saga 2. So until then! Musashi the Master signing out!