RockmanEXE: The College Years Chapter 37: Red vs Blue Part 2, a mega man fanfic

Disclaimer: All official MegaMan characters are property of Capcom.

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Sean: Previously on Rockman.EXE: The College Years.…

Dex: Uh, Sean? Why are you the one doing this?

Sean: Because Lan's busy with the battle.

Dex: Oh.

Sean: -sigh- Anyway.... Previously on Rockman.EXE: The College Years.…

"What is it?" Lan asked.

"This is ProtoMan's ultimate weapon," answered Chaud, "a Style Change unlike any other. It's called the Muramasa Style."

"Muramasa Style.…"

"Muramasa Style…" whispered MegaMan. ProtoMan turned and faced the blue Navi. He placed his right hand on the hilt of his sword and pulled the weapon from its scabbard.

"MegaMan," he said as he pointed at his opponent with his sword, "let's end this match for good."

CHAPTER 36
Red vs. Blue (Part 2)

"MegaMan, let's end this match for good," said ProtoMan as he pointed at MegaMan with the tip of his muramasa.

"Heh, so what if ProtoMan can Style Change?" asked Lan, "MegaMan, Style Change now! HeatShadow Style!" A red Style Change symbol appeared on the screen of Lan's PET and MegaMan instantly transformed into HeatShadow Style.

"Now to even things out! Muramasa Battlechip in, download!" Lan slid in the chip and MegaMan grasped the hilt of his own muramasa as it appeared.

"Let's party," he said.

"My thoughts exactly," replied ProtoMan. Clenching their swords in both hands, the two combatants raced towards each other and swung. Their blades met midway and the two pushed off one another and swung again.

"You've improved since we last battled, MegaMan," ProtoMan said as he pressed his blade against his opponent's.

"With all due respect, I was surprised you were able to achieve a Style Change," MegaMan replied, "Though I have to admit, it fits you well."

"Thank you. I'll compliment you after we finish this!" ProtoMan thrust his foot out at MegaMan's stomach, but he suddenly disappeared and his foot passed through thin air.

"What the?"

"Shadow Shurikens!" MegaMan appeared over his opponent's head and threw three shurikens down at him. ProtoMan swung is sword and knocked all three away. He quickly leapt up and spun only to be blocked by MegaMan's sword.

"Kunai3 Battlechip in, download!" Lan inserted a chip into his PET and a kunai appeared in MegaMan's free hand. Grasping it tightly, he thrust it at ProtoMan, who quickly dodged it and landed on the ground mere seconds before MegaMan landed. The latter quickly whipped around and threw his kunai at his opponent. The silver-haired Navi swung his sword and knocked the weapon off course.

Damn it! He's a lot faster in Muramasa Style, thought MegaMan.

"AntiSword Battlechip in, download!" Lan inserted another chip and when ProtoMan struck again, MegaMan quickly blocked and countered.

"Dodge it, ProtoMan!" Chaud commanded. ProtoMan nodded and leapt high up into the air, avoiding his opponent's counterattack completely.

"Time to end this now!" ProtoMan pointed his sword downward as he began descending back down. He placed both hands on the hilt as he prepared to impale MegaMan upon landing.

"Indeed! It shall end for both of you right now!" An unseen voice echoes throughout the QUAD, attracting the attention of everyone. ProtoMan quickly twisted away and landed only a few inches from MegaMan.

"What the hell was that?" asked Lan. A scream from the battling arena suddenly shifted his attention towards it. A Navi in a black hooded cloak carrying a large scythe had entered the ring and was now attacking MegaMan, who was blocking as best as he could.

"MegaMan!" shouted ProtoMan. He prepared to jump to his aid, but was suddenly overtaken by a second Navi. The newcomer was dressed completely in black armor. A pair of dragon skulls formed his hands while demon skulls decorated his shoulders, knees, boots, and chest. Long white hair flowed out from under his demonic helmet, which was a mask of terror on its own.

"The sneak attack went smoothly," the armored Navi told the robed Navi, "Perfectly executed, GrimMan!" The robed Navi, GrimMan, swung his scythe and knocked MegaMan's muramasa clean out of his hands.

"The point in the match in which they were focused completely on one another made it easy for us, DuskMan," he said to his partner.

"GrimMan…" Lan muttered.

"And DuskMan…" Chaud finished.

"Who's the one responsible for this attack?" Lan thought out loud.

"I am!" A voice turned Lan's gaze up to the roof of the SUB. Standing near the edge, wearing a long black coat and two N-Terminals on his arms, was Morty.

"Morty? What's going on?" Lan asked.

"Haven't you figured it out yet, Lan?" Morty said, "I am the operator of both GrimMan and DuskMan!"

"A guy with a black coat and two PETs.… So you're the one who induced Derrick to use DreamMan's dark powers and gave that Dark Chip to Jason!" Chaud exclaimed.

"Exactly!" Morty replied, "I am the Dark Nation's top agent, the Black Death!"

"Morty, how could you?" Lan called out.

"Lan, I was never really your friend. I only pretended to be to get inside your head! I used you!"

"Morty, I trusted you and you betrayed my trust!"

"Life's a bitch. Live with it. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for your Navis." Morty took out two chips and held them over his PETs' slots, "DuskMan, Ghost Evening Battlechip in, download! GrimMan, Black Sabbath Battlechip in, download!"

"Ghost Evening!" DuskMan held out his arms and all of his skulls opened their mouths and fired red energy beams at ProtoMan. The vast number of lasers made it impossible for ProtoMan to dodge and he was thrown back like rag doll.

"Black Sabbath!" GrimMan drew back his scythe and swung, releasing several energy blades that cut through MegaMan.

"Morty, stop this insanity now!" Lan pleaded.

"Sorry Lan, but I have my duties," said Morty, "Or in this case, my pleasures, as well. GrimMan, Grim Slash Battlechip in, download! DuskMan, Conquest Battlechip in, download!" As soon as Morty slid in the chips, his Navis took action. GrimMan flew towards MegaMan with deadly speed and slashed him across the chest, forcing him out of HeatShadow Style. A pair of red sword blade slid out of the mouths of DuskMan's dragon skulls as he held them out at his sides and moved them in a circular motion until a red full moon appeared in front of him.

"Conquest!" he suddenly burst through the moon and impaled ProtoMan with his blades, forcing him out of Muramasa Style. DuskMan pulled his swords out of the red-armored Navi and let him drop to the ground before pressing his blades against his neck.

"It looks like victory is mine," said Morty, "GrimMan, DuskMan, enough of this fooling around. Time to end this once and for all."

"With pleasure," the two dark Navis replied at once. GrimMan positioned the blade of his scythe over MegaMan's head and raised his arms while DuskMan drew back one arm and prepared to thrust his sword deep though ProtoMan's chest.

"Back off, punks!" Two plasma bullets knocked their weapons away and the two looked over and saw Axl with his smoking Axl Gun.

"This doesn't concern you!" said DuskMan.

"I think it does," said Sean as he walked up next to Lan, "in more ways than one." Suddenly, several other students came out from the stands with their PETs in hand, including Maylu, Tory, Lance, Jason, and all the other Den 500 competitors.

"Jack in!! Roll, power up!"

"Jack in!! IceMan, power up!"

"Jack in!! DragonMan, power up!"

"Jack in!! ShieldMan, power up!"

"Jack in!! CustomMan, power up!"

"Jack in!! GroundMan, power up!"

"Jack in!! DreamMan, power up!"

"Jack in!! DustMan, power up!"

"Jack in!! Glyde, power up!"

"Jack in!! TigerMan, power up!"

"Jack in!! ClockMan, power up!"

"Jack in!! GutsMan, power up!"

In no time at all, almost all of Den University's students' Navis had surrounded GrimMan and DuskMan.

"We're outnumbered!" said GrimMan as he stood back-to-back with his partner.

"There's no possible way we can win," DuskMan agreed.

"DuskMan, GrimMan, I'm logging you out," said Morty.

GRIMMAN LOGGING OUT
DUSKMAN LOGGING OUT

"You may have won this battle, but once the Dark Nation has unleashed the UltraNavis, the world will fall before our feet!" And with that, Morty threw down a gas bomb and grabbed onto the rope ladder hanging down from the door of a passing helicopter.

He got away," Chaud muttered.

"Chaud, let's see if we can trace him," said Lan. The two NetBattlers quickly logged out their Navis and ran to find Mr. Famous, who was sitting in his office going through several files.

"Mr. Famous, we need you to look up some info on a student named Mortez Graves," said Lan as he ran in.

"I've already conducted an extensive search and there is no student at this university by the name of Mortez Graves," Famous answered.

"But how can that be?" Lan asked.

"Have you ever heard of drifters, Lan?" Chaud asked.

"In fact," Famous continued, "There is no person living in DenTech City by the name of Mortez Graves."

o o o

The helicopter finally landed a few hours later and Morty stepped out. He walked through the doors that led from the roof of the Dark Nation headquarters and took the elevator down to Master Chaos' chamber. He approached the hooded figure on the throne and kneeled before him.

"Master Chaos, I have returned."

"I saw everything," Master Chaos replied, "You have done well, Mortez Abend."

"Thank you, sir." Morty stood back up and left the room.

"Only two codes remain now," Master Chaos thought out loud, "Once we obtain them, we can finally obtain Genesis' data." The hooded leader of the NetTerrorist group chuckled and soon his maniacal laughter echoed throughout the Dark Nation headquarters.

Don't worry, people. A winner for the Den 500 WILL be determined. That'll happen in the next chapter.