PEJP Bengtzone: About Roll and Maylu... You'll see. Wouldn't want to spoil it. Probably in about... five or six chapters, though. After Lan and Maylu return to Electopia. Ah, Mamoru! And Sean... or Aki-chan! Yes, yes... good idea. Maylu suddenly getting chubby could be funny, but I don't think that will happen. Maybe. Y'know, if Megaman got infused with Metroid DNA, what would happen? (Thinking of MetroidSoul or MetroidCross right now...) That could happen.
Kasuchi, Koichi: Ah, okay. Dat will probably be the only one. One game where some of the characters know they're in a game is Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. There was some pretty funny stuff in that game. xD RollMedicalSoul? That could be hilarious, considering Roll and Medi pretty much hate each other. When I do TripleSoul, most of the souls won't be the same type. But some could be. What about NumberGutsSoul? Those two so very contradict each other, and that would make it very strong. Power and analyzation in the same soul... -shudder-
CHAPTER 12 : Official NetBattle
The next morning, Lan yawned and rolled over halfway, but his body was stopped by something in his bed. Lan slowly opened his eyes and saw Maylu laying right beside him, sleeping peacefully. Lan almost woke her up, but she looked so peaceful sleeping there, so he decided to let her sleep. He carefully threw back the sheets, got out, and replaced them.
"Now what?" Lan yawned again. He walked over to the mini-fridge and opened it. There was nothing inside. Lan pulled out his PET and switched it on. "Megaman, we forgot to decide on food." Megaman yawned.
"Well, this hotel has free breakfast." Megaman looked around his PET for the map, but he only found Roll, who had snuck in sometime in the night. Megaman woke her. "Roll, if Maylu wakes up before Lan gets back, tell her he went downstairs for breakfast." Roll mumbled something that could be interpreted as 'yes' and turned over. "Okay, Lan. Here's the map." A small window appeared on Lan's PET screen. Lan followed the map to the first floor, down to the breakfast room. Lan made a waffle, and he picked up some pastries and an orange. He sat down at one of the nearby tables.
"Hey Megaman, if Roll is in the PET, she can't really tell Maylu we're down here, can she?" Lan took a bite of his waffle. Megaman was in the cafe's net space, eating cyberfood.
"Well, our PETs are connected by wireless link, so as long as we're fairly near, me, Roll, Glyde, Iceman, Gutsman, Coloredman, Magicman, Elecman, Fireman, and Sharkman can visit each other's PETs." Megaman answered, taking a bite of his orange.
"That's cool! How did you do that?" Lan questioned, taking a bite of one of his pastries.
"Beats me." Megaman said calmly. Lan sweatdropped. In the PET, Roll was waking up.
"Uhhh... Where am I?" Roll sat up and looked around. She squealed. "How did I get here?" Megaman appeared in the PET.
"You crawled in during the night. You were sleepwalking and muttering 'Megaman' and 'warmth'." Roll blushed.
"W-w-well... I-I-I..." Roll stammered. "I should wake Maylu." Roll disappeared. Megaman chuckled.
"That reaction was better than I expected. Until today, I didn't even know Navis could sleepwalk."
"Megaman, finish your meal." The two began to eat again, and Maylu appeared in the dining room in a few minutes. She got some food and sat down at Lan's table.
"Sorry about Roll." Maylu apologized.
"Sorry? Why are you saying sorry? It's not your fault. Megaman didn't mind, so it doesn't matter anyway." Lan replied. "Just like you crawled into my bed. I didn't mind, so don't apologize for that either." Maylu blushed.
"Not here..." Maylu was a very deep crimson. Lan had never seen her this embarrassed before. He thought it looked kind of... cute.
"Sorry." Roll appeared in Lan's PET and attached herself to Megaman's arm.
"So, we're going to Chaud and Laika's place? Sounds like fun. I'll be cheering for you, Megaman!" Roll said excitedly.
"Just don't get too carried away..." Megaman thought back to a time in which Roll had been cheering for him...
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"Go, Megaman!" Roll was wearing a cheerleader outfit, complete with pompoms. "One, two, three, four! Make Protoman hit the floor! Five, six, seven, eight! Megaman, I'm sure you'll do great!" Roll was trying to do some form of cheerleading dance, but it wasn't going too well...
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In the end, Roll had knocked over a handrail when she tripped and fell down some stairs.
"Megaman, if you're thinking about that time, you know I've learned my lesson." Roll replied, feigning an apologetic tone. Both Navis laughed.
Man... her laugh is so great... I wish she was always like this... Megaman thought. Without thinking, Megaman suddenly leaned over and kissed Roll on the cheek. They both blushed. Lan chuckled and Maylu giggled at their Navis' actions. All four finished their meals and returned upstairs. Lan grabbed his backpack and stuffed his chips into it. Maylu picked hers up too.
"Lan, what do you keep in that backpack?" Maylu asked.
"Let's see..." Lan began to pull items out of his pack. "Battlechips... School books..." Lan pulled out a PET. "Wonder who's this is?" He turned the gadget on, and a cake appeared on a very blue background, and the words 'The cake is a lie.' appeared above the cake. Lan looked at it for a few seconds.
"The cake is a lie, Lan." Megaman said. Lan snapped out of his trance, and Megaman noticed a bit of drool on his lip.
"I know, Megaman. I was just thinking about how good some vanilla cake with strawberry frosting would taste right now. Lan's stomach rumbled.
"Lan, you just ate... but cake does sound good right now." Maylu replied.
"Then it's settled. We'll get cake on our way to Chaud's hotel. Back to my backpack... Trading cards... Hmm... A deck made of Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragonball Z cards... When did I make this? A binder... Hey, it's got food in it!" Lan pulled a package of crackers out and started eating. Maylu just shook her head. "Wonder how that binder got there. Now... Three magazines I don't subscribe to anymore... Twelve pencils, two pens, and a mechanical pencil... a stack of old school assignments... my wallet, and a Wii Remote. Y'know, I don't even own a Wii. I bet this is Sean's."
"Come on, Lan." Lan crammed his stuff back into his pack and slung it on his back. The pair grabbed their PETs and walked out the door. They exited the hotel and began their walk to Chaud's hotel. It was about two miles from their hotel. Lan snapped his rollerblades on, and Maylu unfolded her scooter. On the way, they passed a pastry shop.
"Cake!" Lan exclaimed. They went inside and ordered a piece of vanilla cake with strawberry for Lan, and a piece of vanilla with lemon frosting for Maylu.
"... That will come to one thousand zenny..." the cashier rang up their purchase, and the two sat at one of the tables inside.
"Where do you think that PET came from?" Lan asked, taking a bite of cake.
"Someone at school, probably." Lan mumbled a muffled 'Yes', busy stuffing his face with cake. They finished quickly (When it comes to cake, who doesn't?) and again began to make their way to Chaud's. They arrived quickly and made their way to his room. Lan knocked on his door, and it soon opened. Inside the tidy room were two beds, a TV, a bathroom, and a Netbattle machine. Chaud was sitting on one of the beds watching TV, and Laika had answered the door.
"Are you ready?" Chaud said, not even looking their direction.
"Always!" Lan replied with a grin. Chaud chuckled.
"Then I, Chaud Blaze, will accept your challenge."
"As will I." Laika added. All four walked to the machine.
"Jack in, Protoman! Power up!"
"Jack in, Searchman! Power up!" Lan grinned.
"Jack in, Megaman! Power up!"
"Battle routine set! Execute!" the three Operators yelled. Maylu sat on a bed and watched.
"Paladin Sword!" Protoman's hand morphed into the kingly blade and he charged.
"Scope Gun!" Searchman stood back and peered through his visor. Protoman arrived first and swung his blade.
"Cannon!" Megaman's arm changed into the low-level chip. "Attack+10, triple download!" Megaman shot directly into Protoman's sword, shattering it. Megaman's empty cannon proceeded to connect with Protoman's side, flinging the swordmaster back. Searchman fired and caught Megaman off-guard, however, and the projectile hit him on the shoulder.
"Have you ever wondered why people save their best attacks for last? I have, and I'm not going to this time. DoubleSoul ProtoSoul, Battlechip in! Download!" Megaman immediatly donned his red armor and sky blue visor.
"Proto Sword!" Megaman yelled, and his hand turned into Protoman's default weapon. Megaman charged at Protoman.
"Area Steal!" Megaman disappeared, and reappeared by Searchman.
"Gotcha." Megaman slashed across Searchman's gun, breaking the sniper's scope off.
"Recovery 120!" Laika inserted the chip and Searchman's scope grew back. "Sword!" Searchman's normal hand transformed into the weapon, and he brought it down hard on Megaman's helmet, cracking it and forcing him out of ProtoSoul.
"DoubleSoul RollSoul!" Megaman donned his pink armor and his hitpoints began to rise. "DoubleSoul SearchSoul!" Lan grinned, expecting TripleSoul SearchRollSoul, but Megaman instead left RollSoul and entered SearchSoul.
"Scope Gun!" Both Megaman and Searchman raised their guns, trying for the first lock-on.
"LongSword!" Protoman came from behind, slashing Megaman across the back and forcing him out of SearchSoul. The distraction was all Searchman needed to fire his gun, scoring another hit.
"Recovery 300!" Megaman's wounds were healed, and he leaped into the air.
"Lan, I need something big!"
"Right! Here's AirShoes and a M-Cannon..." Megaman's boots gained thrusters and his arm a red cannon, and Megaman began to fire at the two other Navis.
"Here! Shotgun!" Megaman's other arm formed into a Megabuster look-alike. "V-Gun!" Another low-level gun appeared in place of Megaman cannon.
"Lan?"
"I learned of this Program Advance reading on the Internet. Just wait! CrossGun!" Megaman's hands began to glow. "And lastly, M-Cannon!" Megaman's right hand formed a gargantuan blue cannon he couldn't support with his other hand alone, and he had to set the AirShoes to maximum to stay in the air. Even so, he was still sinking under the weight of the cannon.
"Power Cannon!" Megaman yelled, firing the cannon. Searchman and Protoman were unable to dodge, and Searchman was logged out from the massive energy beam. Protoman was sent a Barrier, Barrier100, and Barrier200, and he had his Guard shield out, so he didn't take as much damage. Right after the aerial bombing finished, Megaman's AirShoes ran out of energy, and he began to fall to the ground.
"Dash!" A green Fishy appeared out of thin air and Megaman caught it. "Take this, Protoman! Minibomb, slot-in! In! In!" Lan continued to insert the low level chip, his hands a blur. Blue bombs with a single green stripe continued to appear in Megaman's hands, and he threw them at Protoman. All Protoman could do was block. When the bombardment was finished, Protoman looked up. Megaman was standing on solid ground, and Protoman was surrounded by a huge trench.
"Like the strategy Lan and I developed? It's not finished, though. Lan?"
"I got it, bro. GodStone in, download! RockCube in, quintuple download!!" Protoman was surrounded by many rocks, barring him in as massive rocks came barreling down from above. All of them scored hits. "DoubleSoul JunkSoul!" Megaman gained his junk-like armor.
"Poltergeist!" All the previous RockCubes rammed into Protoman, causing more damage.
"Chaud... It's time."
"Roger that, Protoman!" Chaud looked at Lan and flashed a grin. "Protoman, Form Change!" Protoman closed his eyes and was encased in a purple light, and his armor began to change to purple. Protoman's mouthguard covered his mouth, and his helmet changed to resemble a ninja. A long katana appeared at the swordmaster's side, and a sheath with another katana on his back. Protoman's NaviMark melted into his now-purple bodysuit, and it reappeared in a smaller form on the front of his helmet. The NaviMarks on his hands had disappeared. Protoman opened his eyes.
"Protoman: Muramasa Form!" Protoman cried. The Official's Navi now resembled a ninja in every way.
"What is that?" Lan asked. "What have you and IPC invented this time?" Chaud smirked.
"The idea was spawned from Megaman's Style Change. I thought, How about a program that could make any Navi Style Change, and that can accumulate more Styles with experience? Even better, Styles that weren't pre-defined, but user-made! IPC quickly began work on the new program. However to be fair, it cannot be activated when you have more than one-quarter of your HP remaining." Chaud replied.
"That's cool! When will it be out?"
"Within the month. I need a few more testers. I was going to ask you after this match anyway, but I might as well now. Will you?"
"Heck yeah! This is our way to getting back HubStyle, even if it's not really HubStyle."
"Great." Chaud turned to his screen. "Protoman, show them Muramasa Form!" Protoman dashed behind Megaman with blinding speed and pulled out the katana at his side. The blade immediantly began to glow dark purple.
"Blind, Battlechip in!" A huge flash came from Megaman, and Protoman was momentarily stunned.
"FireBlade!" Chaud slammed the chip into his PET. Instead of Protoman gaining an extra sword, though, the Muramasa's purple aura mixed with a red aura, making a blood-colored aura. "See, Muramasa Form's ability is mixing any chip I use with the Muramasa."
"Flaming Muramasa!" Protoman charged at Megaman again and scored a direct hit, forcing him out of JunkSoul.
"Megaman, let's try TripleSoul again. DoubleSoul WindSoul, DoubleSoul HeavyMetalSoul, Battlechips in! Double download!" Megaman began to glow, and emerged in MetalSoul's armor, but instead of sawblades on his shoulders, there were two fans. On his back was a jetpack-like fan with sawblades poking out of it.
"TripleSoul HeavyWindSoul!" Lan looked at Megaman's HP.
"Six hundred of two thousand five hundred HP... That's less then a quarter."
"Windy Missile!" Megaman launched five missiles out of his back, and the fans on his shoulders whipped up a gale that made it hard for Protoman to move correctly. The missiles locked on and headed for their shadowy target. Three of the explosive projectiles hit, and the blast of another hit Protoman too. THe wind stopped, and Protoman got back up. "That should have been enough to force you out of that form!" Protoman's lower lip was de-rezzing.
"Nope." Protoman coughed. "There is no way to be forced out of a Form Change. Thanks for the damage, though." Protoman's Muramasa was glowing with an intense aura. "Muramasa!"
"Metal Breaker!" Protoman charged at Megaman while Megaman's fist began to glow. Megaman through his punch directly when Protoman swung his sword. Protoman landed on the other side of Megaman, and a crack appeared on the Muramasa. Megaman had not gotten off without his damage, either. A crack had appeared on his helmet.
"Good match, Protoman." Megaman stumbled to one knee as Protoman did the same. Protoman chuckled.
"I win." Then Megaman noticed what was underneath Protoman's ripped ninja clothes. It was an UnderShirt.
"Recovery 10!" A gentle light surrounded Megaman as his HP rose to eleven and he fell out of HeavyWindSoul.
"You're not the only one, Protoman." On Megaman's body, a vest was slightly visible also. Megaman slowly stood up, and Protoman did the same. "This won't be a tie!" Protoman sheathed the Muramasa and unsheathed the katana on his back.
"Do you know what Muramasa's twin is? Masamune!" As soon as the blade heard its name, it began to glow.
"Sword, Battlechip in." Lan barely said the words as he inserted the chip. "WideSword, Battlechip in. LongSword, Battlechip in."
"LifeSword." Megaman finished, the glowing blade in his hands. Chaud repeated the Program Advance, and the Masamune began to glow brighter.
"This is the final blow!!" Megaman screamed as he charged toward Protoman. Protoman began to run towards Megaman, as well.
"AreaSteal." Both Navis disappeared and reappeared behind each other. Protoman had hit. Megaman swung around and delivered three shockwaves in Protoman's direction. The swordmaster was to tired to dodge, and was logged out by the attack.
"AntiSword?" Chaud just looked at his screen in shock.
"Who says you have to announce a chip when you slot-in?" Lan and Megaman both flashed a grin. "Now, let's install the Form Change program, shall we?"