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Chapter 10
-20XX-
It has been 3 days since the last contact with the future. The Net Battle Tournament is starting today.
Sonia, Mayl, and Yai were already in the stands. "Hey, where's that Solo guy?" Mayl asked. "Shouldn't he be watching with us?"
"He was never good with crowds." Sonia replied. "I have a feeling he's not going to come into the stands, but instead will be watching by other means."
Yai was looking at them. "What other means are you talking about?"
Sonia looked at her Hunter. "Lyra?"
"He's here, but I can't find him anywhere in the viewing areas. He seems to be in the contestant's waiting room." Lyra replied.
"Oh no."
"What?" Mayl asked.
"I think Solo entered the Tournament." Sonia told them.
"That's bad?" Mayl asked.
"Very bad." Sonia replied. "Geo?"
"He's in the same room as Solo, but I doubt he realized that Solo was there. They seem to be in opposite corners of the room. I can tell Lan and Dex are also in there."
"And Chaud?" Sonia asked.
"Not there." Sonia sighed in relief. "He's on the other side of the stands."
"At least he's not participating. I just hope that Geo doesn't go up against Solo or Lan in the first round." Sonia stated. "That would be an overkill match."
Mayl looked at Sonia. "That it would be. Those kinds of matches are better suited to the Finals."
Sonia and Yai nodded.
-backstage-
There were 16 candidates. Lan, Dex, Solo, and Geo were among them.
"Alright everyone. The matches have already been set up. Check the board over there, to see your first opponent." The announcer stated. "The first match will be taking place through the door with your match number. The winner will exit through the other side. It's an anything goes, 10 minute match. Check the listings and when it gets to the top 4, the main arena will be used. Good luck. You'll need it."
Lan checked it out first. "Let's see... Our first opponent is... Wow, this guy loses the first round every time, and he always goes up against us. That's gotta be luck, Megaman."
"Remember, getting cocky will lead to defeat... Wait check out the others." Lan did so, and was surprised at 1 candidate in particular. "Solo? Damn. This tournament just got a lot harder."
"Judging by the way we are, we won't face any of them or Dex until the Main arena." Megaman stated.
Geo used his "Denpa Vision" (A/N: He named it this since it allows him to see the Wave world, to see the charts from a distance. "So, it looks like Solo entered as well. Not likely to face him until the Main Arena. It's either going to me or Rogue against Megaman or Gutsman in the final match. I can't say much for a fact, but us 4 have the best chance."
"I agree, Kid. You think we should double team Rogue?" Omega-xis asked.
"I think we should show him just how powerful we've gotten." Geo replied.
All of them went into their respective doors, and found their opponents.
The first round was a quick one. Lan, Dex, Solo, Geo and 4 unknowns went on to the next round. After that, Lan, Dex, Solo, and Geo moved on to the next room.
There were some serious walking distances between the rooms. Omega-xis has been fighting on his own, without turning into SF Mega. Solo went in as Rogue both times, and utterly annihilated his opponents in 5 seconds or less.
Lan, Dex, Solo, and Geo found themselves in the same room. "This is weird. This is the same waiting room." Lan stated.
"No, it's not." Geo stated. "The last one had no refreshments. This one does. Plus, there are more doors on the last one, than there are here."
"Anyone here surprised that we are the 4 finalists?" Dex asked.
"No." Lan replied.
"Nope." Solo replied.
"Nu-uh." Geo replied.
"Oh good. So we're on the same page. By the way, I've heard that Solo has been disappearing for his matches, but the battle still goes on unhindered." Dex stated.
They all looked at each other. Solo spoke up first. "Well, at least I know I'm going to have some kind of challenge."
Geo smirked. "I'll check the listings. Why don't you guys get something to drink?"
"You want something, Geo?" Lan asked.
"Water will do." Geo walked over towards the battle charts. He smirked at this. 'I guess I expected this. Ain't Karma a bitch?'
"Yes. Yes it is." Omega-xis told him mentally.
Geo walked back to the others. "Hey, Solo?"
"What?"
"I think Karma's a bitch." Geo told him.
"Why's that?" Lan asked.
"First, I have one question. What's the score between us, Solo?" Geo asked.
"46 to 45, you to me. Why?" Solo replied.
"Damn. Possible tie here." Geo stated. "Oh well. It's possible I'll get further ahead, anyway. I've been gathering Noise for a while now."
"You're not saying..." Lan started.
"Yes, I am. And that's why Karma is a bitch." Geo interrupted him.
"Here's the water." Lan tossed a bottle of Water to Geo, who caught it easily. He downed in in about 40 seconds. "That was quick."
"Hey, I've been training for almost a week now. Cut me some slack." Geo wiped his face.
"Lan? Dex? Head to the Arena. You're up." The Announcer said.
-Main Arena, stands-
Sonia, Mayl and Yai were looking at the two coming out first. "Lan and Dex. Why am I not surprised?" Mayl asked.
"Probably because I figured the same thing, Mayl." Sonia replied. "Wanna bet who wins this one?"
"300 Zenny on Lan." Mayl said.
"I got 500 Zenny on Lan. Yai?" Sonia added.
"I'm going 400 on Dex." Yai said.
"1200 Zenny pot." Sonia stated. "Winners get a split pot, if needed." They both nodded.
-Main Arena, stage-
Lan and Dex we're already going at it. Lan and Megaman were kicking ass, until Dex managed to get a Guts Punch in. It didn't stop Megaman for long, as he got right back up and launched one more attack that took out Gutsman.
"Maybe next time, Dex." Lan said. "At least you hit me this time. You're obviously getting better."
"Yeah." Dex was disappointed, but cheered up quickly. "Next time is my win!"
"One can only hope." Lan said, shaking Dex's hand.
"Let's hear it for last years Champion! Lan Hikari!" There was a loud applause.
Yai was actually downcast. She lost out on her money.
"Alright. The next 2 contestants are both Newcomers. Solo and his Navi Rogue!" This turned several heads. "Not much is out there on Solo, but rumor has it he's an Underground Netbattler, and possibly a champion down there."
Solo walked on stage, not looking at anyone in the stands. "No one knows his reason for entering, and his previous opponents in this tournament have said he disappears before the battle begins. Why this happens, no one knows. He has won each battle so far in less than 5 seconds."
Sonia was thinking. 'I know.'
"And his opponent is Geo Stelar! His Navi Omega-xis is a Multi-form Navi, however, not once has he transformed into any of his other forms. Will he show it against Rogue? Let's find out!"
Solo and Geo looked at each other. "Solo, this will count against our rival record. You do realize this right?"
"And you do realize that this is something I've wanted for a while, right?" Solo retorted.
"The time for talk is over. We're going all out. Omega-xis, we're going in at form 2." Geo stated. Solo nodded.
"Alright, insert your Navis so we can begin."
Solo looked at the announcer. "Start it about 10 seconds after we both disappear. That find with you, Geo?"
"That it is, Solo." Geo replied, before turning to the announcer himself. "So you know, I'm starting this off in the Second form of Omega-xis, so I'll be disappearing as well." The announcer nodded.
"Denpa Henkan!"
"Solo,"
"Geo Stelar,"
"Omega-xis,"
"On air!" Geo and Solo disappeared.
10 seconds passed and the announcer signaled the projector.
-Battle Arena-
SF Mega and SF Omega were staring at Rogue.
"You said you had an upgrade of sorts, but this is ridiculous." Rogue said.
"What can I say?" SF Mega (A/N: This is Geo.) stated.
"That upgrade came out..." SF Omega (A/N: This is Omega-xis.) started.
"And the two of us..." SF Mega continued.
"Ended up like this!" They both finished simultaneously.
"You just got a lot more annoying to take down." Rogue retorted.
Battle Routine, Set!
SF Mega, SF Omega, and Rogue started their own systems. "Wave Battle! Ride On!"
Execute!
"Laplace!" Laplace turned into a sword and went into Rogue's offhand. He made his Mu Blade come out of his other hand. "You ready?"
"Break Saber!" SF Omega yelled.
"Fireslash!" SF Mega yelled.
"Let's do this!" All 3 yelled.
Rogue charged SF Mega first. SF Omega blocked the slash Laplace made with his Break Saber. The other one came up, and SF Mega blocked that one with his Fireslash.
They continued slicing, dodging and blocking with the swords for a total of 5 minutes. This was when they stopped for a bit. "Hey Rogue?" SF Mega asked.
"Just swords is getting boring." Rogue stated.
"We couldn't agree more." SF Omega continued.
"Round 2." Rogue stated.
"Star Break!" SF Mega yelled. "Green Dragon!"
"Tribe On! Thunder Zerker!" SF Omega yelled.
"Tribe On!" Rogue said, startling both SF Megaman. "Burai!" His sword disappeared, and so did Laplace.
His outfit didn't look that different, but his face looked more defined. "You surprised there is a Fourth Tribe On? On you can't access?" Rogue asked.
"Actually," SF Omega started.
"I think you just gave off the name of your own Tribe," SF Mega continued.
"Since you're the last survivor of it." SF Omega finished.
"You do realize that the two of you continuing the other's sentences is creepy, right?" Rogue questioned.
"And you realize," SF Mega stated.
"We don't really care." SF Omega finished.
Rogue smirked. "So you know, I activated the Indie Proof Vega gave me."
Both Megas took that moment to widen their eyes. "SHIT!" This yell was simultaneous.
-Stands-
Sonia took that moment to curse inwardly. Mayl had a question. "Who's Vega and what's the Indie Proof?"
"The Indie proof is Mu Relic. Only Solo has been able to use it, and only because he had forsaken all ties to others." Sonia stated. "How he's activated it now, I don't know."
"And Vega?"
"A scientist. She's given both Geo and Myself something we call matter waves. We don't use them often anymore, but she did have an ulterior motive, which Geo put a stop to. Years ago." Sonia stated.
"I don't remember this." Yai stated.
"Not surprised." Sonia added. "The result was mind wipe of the planet's inhabitants, aside from Geo, Solo, and Myself, all of which fought against it. Mu has always been a mystery, and likely always will be."
Mayl nodded, but Yai wasn't really satisfied. "What is Mu?"
"An ancient civilization, and its destruction caused the Mind Wipe of its existence." Sonia added. "Can't say much more on that, as Geo has the full story of what happened, and I only have bits and pieces."
Yai grumbled at the answer, while Sonia inwardly smirked. Mayl sighed, but was laughing up a storm at Sonia's response on the inside. She decided to send a message to Sonia, which she got quickly.
She read it, and giggled herself. "Thanks, Mayl." Sonia said, before deleting it.
"You're welcome, Sonia." Mayl replied.
-Battlefield-
SF Mega and SF Omega were firing Gatling Guns at Rogue, who was blocking with his EM barrier. Rogue was just smirking. "You obviously don't remember anything about this barrier."
SF Mega smirked. "Who said I forgot?"
SF Omega smirked as well. "I sure as hell know we didn't."
They both did a frequency change and ended up on opposite sides of Rogue. They both launched a few rounds from the Gatling gun. SF Mega was hitting him. He switched to a Heavy Cannon and fired once. Rogue recoiled from it. "Urgh."
"That's another weak point. You need to take it down to attack." SF Mega stated.
"The other is your barrier can only guard on on side of you." SF Omega continued.
"So by attacking on multiple sides,"
"We can hit you as many times as we like."
Rogue inwardly cursed. "You think I'm done here? Stealth Laser 3!"
SF Mega shot that one down quickly, while SF Omega went Double tribe. "Double Tribe! Wood Ninja!"
'I've got 350% Noise built up. Get it up to 500%, and I'll finalize.' SF Mega thought.
'I've got 550% built up. You think we can pool our Noise to change one of us with that much?' SF Omega thought.
'You've got more than me, but I'll try it.' SF Mega went back to normal confusing Rogue. "Noise Change! Taurus Noise!"
'I've got 900% built up. Looks like I can finalize with a lot of power.' SF Mega thought. "Finalize!" The Red and Black orb surrounded SF Mega. "Red Joker!"
Rogue smirked. "Battle Card! Dread Laser!" A red beam went towards Rogue, took down his EM barrier, and hurt him badly.
"Triple Tribe!" SF Omega called out. "Tribe King!"
Rogue inwardly cursed.
"Omega-xis?"
"Ultimate Combo?"
"Red Gaia Eraser..."
"And Czar Delta Breaker."
"Prepare yourself," SF Mega started.
"Rogue." SF Omega finished.
Rogue Growled. SF Omega-TK made a triangle with 3 slashes. Rogue's eyes widened as he saw that. He wasn't able to use a Frequency change in time to dodge it. He looked over towards SF Mega-RJ. 'I can't move. This is so fucked up!' His discs were no longer on his shoulders.
SF Mega-RJ had one hand behind him. He pushed it toward Rogue. "Red Gaia..." A beam came out and crashed into Rogue, whose Barrier had not regenerated. "Czar Delta Breaker!" Rogue was getting sandwiched between both attacks, cursing up a storm.
The discs that were in the air both fired directly at Rogue. "Eraser!" All 4 attacks stopped, but before Rogue could hit the ground a massive explosion came. Rogue was forced to leave the arena.
SF Mega and SF Omega walked up to each other, back in their normal form. They gave each other a high five, and a simultaneous "Nice!" They both left soon afterwards.
-Arena, Stage-
Solo looked exhausted, while Geo looked fine. "Looks like I win this round, Solo."
"That it does. I still can't believe you did that." Solo replied.
"Hey, I did say we were going Second form, and that was the second form... at least it is now." Geo stated.
"And that's what you've been working on all this time?" Solo raised an eyebrow, standing up.
"Training that way, yeah." Geo replied. "No hard feelings? I know you don't like getting ganged up on." Geo reached out to Solo.
"None whatsoever." Solo took Geo's extended hand. They shook.
"Man this feels weird. It's one thing to get praised as Megaman. It's a whole other concept to be praised as Geo. Not a bad feeling, but not good by my tastes." Geo added. "Let's head backstage."
-backstage-
Solo, Geo, Lan and Dex were sitting down.
"So, who won?" Lan asked.
"Geo." Solo stated.
"Damn." Dex stated. "I'm out of my league here. Good thing I lost."
"I guess its a Megaman Battle in the finals." Geo stated.
"So it is." Lan stated. "Just know we're not holding back."
"Well, we'll have to, since we used up all of the Noise we gathered. Finalize is out, and that also means Overdrive is, as well." Geo replied. "That doesn't mean we won't do the Double Team again. I'm not sure how you'll handle us. SF Mega and SF Omega are likely to kick your ass."
"We'll see about that!" Lan retorted.
Geo held out a hand. "Then may the best Megaman win!"
Lan took the hand. "I intend to."
Lan and Geo walked to the door, but Solo stopped Geo. "Any kind of plan?"
"None whatsoever." Geo replied.
"That figures." Solo said. "Then be careful."
"Relax. For this guy, planning will only make me lose. Why do you think Omega-xis and I went alone? His style is similar to mine. Omega-xis and I went up against each other, along with Viruses." Geo told him.
Solo smirked at that. "Kick his ass."
"I intend to." Geo walked out.
-Arena-
"Alright!" The announcer started. "The final match! Lan Hikari and Geo Stelar! Lan is a 7 time Netbattle tournament Champion, and has the distinction of saving the world 6 times. His Navi Megaman is, and always has been, something else. Give it up for Lan and Megaman!"
There was a lot of applause. Lan walked out on to the stage.
"His opponent is a First timer in the tournament, but definitely not a first timer in Netbattle. Give it up fo Geo Stelar!"
"Geo may be new to the tournament but he has no problems taking down other Navis. Rumors on the Net say he's defeated Bass in the ACDC area. No one has seen him do so, but it is said that Scilabs got the report too late, but he was there. Lan and Megaman are the only ones to have ever gone up against Bass and lived, and we don't know how true they are, but if they are we've got a spectacular fight on our hands! His Navi Omega-xis is an unknown Navi that somehow can transform into 2 Navis. Other than that, his skills are widely unknown. Give it up for Geo and Omega-xis!"
His applause was on par with Lan's.
"Enjoying the crowd?" Lan asked.
"Not really. Let's just do this." Geo replied.
"No words?" Geo shook his head. "Then we let our Navis do the talking."
"That we will."
"Denpa Henkan!"
"Geo Stelar,"
"Omega-xis,"
"On air!"
"Jack in! Megaman, execute!" Lan shouted.
The hologram went up.
-Stands-
Sonia, Mayl and Yai were watching with interest. Yai looked at them intensely. "Hey Mayl?"
"Yeah, Yai?" Mayl asked.
"Don't you think Geo's Navi looks like Megaman?" Yai asked.
"They do look similar. The difference is in abilities." Sonia stated. "I've seen them both in action. I've fought against both. I'd say Geo and Omega-xis has the advantage here. If the fight were in the Undernet, Geo and Omega-xis would win. No contest."
Mayl and Yai looked at her. "There's a reason for that isn't there?" Mayl asked.
"What could possible tip it that far?" Yai asked.
"Something that has almost caused World Destruction, and over 80% of the Planets Population. It's called Noise. The powers of Noise are strange and erratic. Harp Note is the only one that's been affected by Noise until recently. Omega-xis had something called the Joker Program installed, and that gave him resistant to Noise, which has now become an Immunity. Now I have the Joker Program, so I have the resistance." Sonia explained.
"Harp Note, SF Megaman, and Rogue are the only ones who are remotely affected by it. Rogue can draw on it. SF Megaman, though immune, can use it to power himself up, but Harp Note has, until recently only been harmed by Noise. Stuff like this is not really good for most, but there's a lot more to it than first meets the eye."
"Like what?" Yai asked. Sonia went on to explain the usual effects of Noise. "That's the usual effect on Navis like Omega-xis and Lyra. Omega-xis transforms into SF Megaman, which is actually Split in 2 now. Lyra transforms into Harp Note."
"Now why does this affect the Undernet?" Yai asked.
"It's filled with Noise. Megaman is not affected by Noise period. Meaning there, SF Megaman has the advantage. It's an environmental advantage that MegamanEXE can't get, and there's only one Joker Program. Someone else has the only other Program that's able to do so, and that's a friend of ours." Sonia replied. "You saw the red form SF Mega went into, right?"
They both nod. "That was Red Joker. Believe me when I say, that requires a lot of Noise to produce. He's been saving up Noise for a while, but now he's used it all up. He won't be able to finalize in this fight. As much as I'd like to say its even with that, I can't say it is. Geo has too many advantages here, even without Noise." Sonia finished. "Anyone care to wager?"
Mayl bet 500 Zennys on Lan to win.
Sonia bet 3,000 Zennys on Geo.
Yai bet 3,000 on Lan.
"You sure you want to go that far? I've got another bet on Geo for the big leagues." Sonia stated.
"We're sure." Mayl and Yai said simultaneously.
-Battlefield-
SF Megaman (A/N: SF Mega and SF Omega.) and MegamanEXE were standing apart from each other.
"May the best Navi win." SFM stated.
"I intend to." MM replied.
"Ah, shut it with the "I intend to." business." SFO shouted.
"It gets annoying after a while." SFM continued.
"The time for talk is over." SFO added.
"The time for fighting is now." SFM finished.
Battle Routine, Set!
"Wave Battle!" SF Megaman yelled.
"Battle Routine, set!" MM yelled.
"Ride on!" SFMM yelled.
"Execute!" MM yelled.
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Random "Bitch" questions!
Ain't life a bitch?
The answer to the above question is:
Yes, yes it is.
Is Karma a bitch?
Yes, Yes it is.
Are you a Bitch?
No, no you're not.
The reason?
You are the viewers. Even if you don't know what I'm thinking, that's fine by me. You're not me. You think differently? That's Human Nature. We all think and act differently.
Although, in all honesty, I don't know what I'm thinking myself, half the time. That just adds to the fun. Seriously, when you type up things as they come, you'd be surprised at how things come out.
Do what you can, with what you have, and you will do good. If you do what you're great at, for me it's typing, and you do what you can, and not think much about it, you do even better than winging it.
Of course, your still winging it. Just doing so with style. For example, I'm typing this particular summary with my eyes closed. Try that on for size. Correction? Done with the eyes closed. Am I looking at it when I'm not putting anything down? No, I'm not. During a pause int the typing? No.
Why am I telling you this? I don't know. Is there a reason? There is, I just haven't found it yet. Keyword: Yet.
Is there supposed to be a reason for this? Yes. How long will it take to find it? Not a clue.
Okay, at this point I'm opening my eyes, at the end of this sentence.
Okay, corrections I didn't fix during it all: 3.
Mistake 1: I put "Your" instead of "You're"
Mistake 2: I put "Int" instead of "In"
Mistake 3: I put "Nat" after "Okay"
I went back and fixed them, so you know. I also got this particular "End of chapter" thing in about 4 minutes. That includes the 2 minute pause that I asked the guy next to me the same questions I asked you all. So, 2 minutes from the end of the reason, to the time I opened my eyes.
Try doing that!
I'm just playing, fuck nuts... PSYCH!
No really, I'm just playing around... and showing off.
Later!