Maelstrom EXE.
"Normal speech"
"Tailed Beast speech"
[Talking from the PET]
Chapter 1: Running a Tutorial
In this new dimension, the people of the world had forgone the ways of using energies like chakra, chi and magic but rather focused on technology which soon advanced to much higher levels to make their lifestyles to be much easier and more comfortable. In order for such luxuries to be easily accessed, there is a global system of interconnected computer network known as the internet which has been integrated with almost every piece of equipment in existence, from televisions all the way to ovens. Things became so complicated that it required special programs called Internet Navigators or NetNavi for short to effectively process all of the data.
In case you're wondering what a NetNavi is, then they're sentient or semi-sentient computer programs with artificial intelligence designed to help the people operating them called Internet Operators or NetOps for short. NetNavis often reside in their NetOp's Personal Terminal which is commonly known as PET, these PETs can be carried around and are also capable of connecting to computerized devices for the NetNavi to gain access to a place called the cyberspace of the targeted device.
NetNavis also serve as combatants against offensive programs known as viruses whose purpose are to disrupt the cyber network of electronic devices with their NetOps assisting by downloading special programs to help. However, there are some NetNavis also known as Solo NetNavis who don't have a NetOp by either being abandoned or it could be the other way around but there are a few that never had a NetOp to begin with and were alone since creation.
As many people own a NetNavi of their own, it led to a popular competition called NetBattling where the NetNavis battle each other. It is quite the rage among the younger generation and one can find them having NetBattles in specialized areas like the arcades but is forbidden by law to have them anywhere else. In normal NetBattles, the defeated NetNavi is forced to return to their PETs which is a term called 'logging out' but there are circumstances where a NetNavi is deleted permanently or in other words 'killed' in a NetBattle.
Now that you know most of what this world is all about, let us focus on a certain boy who goes by the name Lan Hikari lives in a town called ACDC within DenTech city as he sits at home with his friends and parents discussing about a very serious matter.
"So dad since we have the data, we should be able to bring Megaman back right?" asked Lan.
"Rebuilding Megaman will require two key components, one is the data which we have and the second is Megaman's frame which we don't have," his father known as Yuichiro Hikari.
"Frame? What's that?"
"Think of it as a digital map of his structure,"
"Well then where do we get it?" asked Lan.
"It can only be found at the SciLabs computer,"
"Then let's go and get it," Lan looked ready to leave if his dad hadn't spoken out.
"Hold on Lan, as of now the SciLabs network cannot be accessed as all the channels have been jammed which prevents us from getting Megaman's frame," said Dr. Hikari.
"But who would do such a thing?" asked Lan.
"It was Pharaohman,"
"Pharaohman?"
Everyone snapped up in surprise as they were all familiar with the name, Pharaohman was the solo NetNavi who was responsible for deleting Lan's NetNavi Megaman.
"Yes, somehow he invaded SciLab's mainframe, he broke through the firewall and set his own security code. Once Pharaohman takes over the network in SciLabs, he'll take control over everything," said Dr. Hikari.
"Isn't there anything we can do? There has to be a way so that we can get Megaman back," said Lan.
"If we break through the security code, then we may have a chance. First there are three important things that we'll be needing. First is a high-speed computer with the latest hacking software and a way to move it around with the computer and the vehicle having to be custom built,"
"I can have one or a thousand built today, all I have to do is just ask my dad as he has all the best technicians in the world working for him," said a young blonde haired girl known as Yai Ayano who is the daughter of Richard Ayano, the owner of Ayano Tech and one of the richest in the world.
"Her father is the owner of Ayano Tech so I'm sure that he'll help us," said the red haired girl named Maylu who is a very close friend of Lan.
"That's great I'll be sure to contact Mr. Ayano, the next thing we need are strong NetNavis to break the firewall and release the frame.
"We all have strong NetNavis so there's no problem there," said Maylu with Yai nodding in agreement.
"I'm ready when you are," said Dex, Lan's self-proclaimed rival.
"Me too," said Lan's recent friend Tory.
"You've gotten yourself some good friends while I was gone Lan," said Dr. Hikari with a smile.
"You're right about that dad," Lan smiled in return.
[Helloooo! Can anyone hear me?!]
Everyone jumped in surprise at the voice which just came out of nowhere and where looking for the source.
"Who said that?" said Yai confusedly.
[I'm over here, can you see me?]
They all traced the voice to a small device laying on the center table, it is blue with a sleek design and squarish with rounded edges and a larger piece attached to the bottom left corner as a grip, it also features a retractable cord meant for jacking-in. this happens to be Lan's PET which used to contain Megaman, but now someone else is inside and none are familiar with him.
Everyone gathered at the screen of the PET to see who it was, it happens to be a boy with blond spiky hair with three whisker like marks on each cheek and wearing a headband which has a strange looking spiral, he also wears a black spandex bodysuit with a chest plate over it which has a nine tailed fox motif colored orange on the front and a red spiral which is located at the back, and a pair of finger-less gloves with metal plates on the backhands, and a pair of black sandals with shin guards.
"I've never seen a NetNavi like him before," said Maylu.
"Me neither," said Dex.
"Who are you and what are you doing in my PET?" asked Lan, being a bit apprehensive as Megaman's data is inside.
[My name's Naruto Uzumaki, I was wandering in this weird looking area when I saw a glowing circle and approached. But then some sort of barrier appeared, it took me a while but I was able to bypass and when I stepped on the circle, I found my way here and called out to you guys] said Naruto.
"That's quite impressive of you to be able to do that Naruto, I personally set up that barrier to prevent anyone from gaining access to Lan's PET with my own unique coding," said Dr. Hikari.
[Oh then I'm sorry about trespassing, I just wanted to find out where I am] said Naruto sheepishly.
"Hold on, what do you mean by that? Since you're a NetNavi then that means you should have an operator," said Tory confusedly.
[I don't know what you mean by NetNavi or operator, I'm not exactly from around here]
"Does that mean that you're a solo NetNavi?" asked Maylu curiously.
[From what you're telling me, I must be a NetNavi. But the thing is I'm human]
Naruto's statement earned looks of surprise and shock among Lan and his friends especially his dad.
"How is it possible that you're a human and yet a NetNavi at the same time?" asked Dr. Hikari confusedly.
[Well the thing is that I'm actually from another dimension but I fell through a dimensional rift and ended up here]
"You're from another dimension?" asked Yai to which Naruto nodded in affirmation.
"Whoa dude, that totally sounds like one of my favorite cartoons on TV," said Dex in wonder.
"As much I wish to learn more of your dimension, we're currently under a crisis at the moment," said Dr. Hikari seriously.
[A crisis? Can you tell me about it?] Naruto asked curiously.
"Well it all started when my friends and I participated in the N1 Grand Prix which is a battle tournament to see who is the best NetOp and NetNavi, Megaman and I were able to advance all the way to the finals where we went up against an elite NetBattler Chaud Blaze and his NetNavi Protoman. It was one heck of match between us and both of us even used a powerful technique called the Program Advance but in the end Megaman and I lost the battle. Then Pharaohman came from out of nowhere and attacked, he was the one who deleted Megaman but dad told me that we can rebuild him by combining his data with the frame which is at the SciLabs server which Pharaohman is at right now and preventing anyone from getting in," said Lan.
Naruto was deep in thought after hearing what Lan said before finally speaking [Sounds like a serious problem you guys are having…in that case I'll help you out]
Lan and the others were surprised by what Naruto said.
"But why would you want to help us?" asked Maylu.
[Well I can tell that Megaman is someone whom you all care about and this is the best for you to get him back so I want to help. Besides, one doesn't need a reason to lend a hand to someone who needs it] said Naruto with a foxy grin, which made Yai and Maylu think that he looks cute.
"Thank you Naruto, we're very grateful for your wanting to help us. Before we get started, you'll need to learn how to battle while in the cyberspace," said Dr. Hikari.
[So how will we do that?] asked Naruto curiously.
Dr. Hikari turned to Lan "If it's okay with you Lan, I would like to setup a link between Naruto and your PET,"
"Okay but why?" asked Lan confusedly.
"This way Naruto will be your temporal NetNavi until we get to Megaman's frame and reinstall his data," Dr. Hikari reached into the bag placed next to the chair he was sitting on and pulled out a laptop and a disc which he handed over to Lan "This disc contains a couple of viruses which you can use to teach Naruto the ways of NetBattling and Virus Busting,"
"Okay dad, go for it,"
Lan handed his PET over to Dr. Hikari who plugged it into his laptop and proceeded to type in several codes at high-speed then a loading bar appeared on the screen of the PET before making a ping sound to signal that it's complete.
"Okay the linkup is successfully done, how do you feel Naruto?"
[I feel a sense of connection in here] said Naruto.
"Then it means that the link is stable, keep in mind that it's only temporal,"
"Okay Naruto, time to show you how we do things around here," said Lan.
[Bring it on Lan, I can handle it!] said Naruto with a smirk.
Lan walked over to the TV in the living room while Maylu and the others sat down to watch.
"Jack-in! Naruto, Power up!" Lan pulled out the cord and plugged it into the jack-in port of the TV, Naruto felt himself transferred from the PET and reappear inside the cyberspace of the TV as he looked around the area.
"Okay Lan, I'm in so let's get on with the training," said Naruto.
"Okay, I'm loading the disc,"
Lan slotted the disc into the TV and several creatures appeared before Naruto, most of which he recognized.
Music Start: Megaman Battle Network 2 OST; Virus Busting (Battle Theme)
"Hey I met these guys before on my way here," said Naruto as he took a fighting stance.
"These guys are what we call viruses, there are all kinds of them and can be everywhere messing up the system. These are called Mettaur, let's see what you can do against them," said Lan.
"Gotcha," Naruto charged forwards with the facemask coming on and concentrated on his chakra towards his hands as a handful of kunai materialized into them "Cyber Kunai!" then he threw the tools which made their mark as some of the Mettaur were deleted with the rest charging at Naruto. He then crossed his middle and index fingers and created several shadow clones who then charged at the viruses before drawing out his chakra blade and joining in the fight as Lan and the rest watched awe at his skills.
"Whoa, dude is totally fighting like a ninja. I bet Gutsman and I can beat him with no sweat," said Dex.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that Dex, with that kind of skillset I doubt you'll even last a second especially if he were to start using battle chips and get the hang of them," said Yai.
"Yai is right, he's moving at speeds which I'm sure would put Chaud and Protoman on edge like when they went up against Lan and Megaman.
"I'm pretty sure that he would be more than a match for even the members of World Three," said Tory.
"But to think that a boy at his age could fight like that, it makes me wonder what sort of world he came from is like," said Dr. Hikari.
Naruto slashed one of Mettaur sheathing the chakra blade and leapt high into the air with a couple of shuriken materializing in his hands "Take this, Cyber Shuriken!" he unleashed a shower of throwing stars towards the ground below as it pelted the remaining Mettaur for them to disappeared. Then Naruto landed with a smirk on his face.
"What do you think of that Lan?" said Naruto.
"You're pretty strong Naruto, I'm loading the next batch of viruses so that I can tell the next step of virus busting," said Lan,
A seconds later another group of viruses appeared, these ones' appearance is that of a ball with eyes, stubby feet, needle-like arms and a lightning bolt protruding out of the back of their head.
"These guys are called Billies and they have the ability to shoot electric attacks so you better watch yourself if you don't want to get shocked,"
"Got it, so what's the next step?" asked Naruto as he focused on the viruses which were slowly approaching him.
"In a NetBattle or when virus busting, the operators send battle chips to their NetNavis which equips them with various weapons and defenses to help them defeat their opponents or NetNavis. I'm even about to send one over to you right now," Lan reached into his chip holster and took out a small chip which had a small picture on it "Shotgun battle chip in, download!" then he inserted the chip into the slot.
Naruto felt something flow into him as he saw his right hand and forearm glow white before morphing into a small hand cannon much to his surprise.
"Uh how do I use it?" asked Naruto confusedly, then he jumped away to avoid a jolt from one of the Billies.
"You simply take aim and then will it to fire," said Lan.
"Okay," Naruto pointed the hand cannon at the viruses and imagined in his mind that he's pulling an invisible trigger which seemed to have worked as the cannon began unleashed blue projectiles in a wide spread which took down a large number of viruses though there are still some left "Whoa, that's pretty cool,"
"There's more where that came from Naruto, I'm sending another battle chip to you. Cyber sword battle chip in, download!" said Lan before slotting in another chip which ejected the previous one.
Naruto saw his hand morph again this time into a sword hilt with a glowing blue blade "This shouldn't be any different from wielding my chakra blade or kunai," Naruto dashed forward as he slashed the viruses until there was none left in the cyberspace.
"There are other battle chips with many weapons or effects which will help you in battle, aside from that you're good to go. But you must be careful not to receive too much or you might get deleted which in other words killed," said Lan.
"I've gotten the gist of it so I'm all set now," said Naruto.
"Okay, I'm logging you out now," said Lan as he pulled out the plug and Naruto felt himself being transported back into the PET.
Music End
[So what do you guys think?] asked Naruto.
"With you helping us, we'll definitely be able to get Megaman back," said Maylu.
"We really appreciate you helping us," said Yai.
"Yeah," said Tory.
[No problem, I'll be happy to help] said Naruto with a smile.
"Since you've gotten the hang of battling on the net, I've contacted Mr. Ayano and he'll soon be sending over the equipment that we need," said Dr. Hikari.
Meanwhile in another part of DenTech city, there is a complex which is known to many as SciLab. It is where all technological advancements like NetNavis and PETs had originated from and is also the workplace of Lan's father. As of now a group of scientist are attempting to gain access into the facility with the use of their hacking equipment which is currently connected to the control panel on the wall.
"How's it looking?" asked one of the scientist.
Another had been typing in many series of codes only to come with nothing as the panel continued to reject the codes and refuse access.
"I've got nothing, it's not accepting any of the override commands. Pharaohman seemed to have reprogrammed our security system to keep us out," the second scientist responded.
"I just got a call from Dr. Hikari, he's on his way here to help us with the situation," a third scientist spoke up while holding a cellphone.
On the road, a dark green van was heading in direction of SciLab. Inside were Lan and the gang while Dr. Hikari is currently before a computer with multiple monitors and typing away as fast as he could.
"Dad I've been wondering about what is so important about SciLab that Pharaohman would go there?" asked Lan.
[I'm kinda curious about it myself, Hikari-san] said Naruto.
"The thing is that Pharaohman targeted SciLab because that is where the Net was created, if he controls SciLab then he controls everything which has a connection to the net. And it is also where I created Megaman," said Dr. Hikari.
"Which explains why his frame is there," said Lan with a look of realization.
"As of now the system is lock, but I happen to know another way in. I should be able to get the NetNavis into SciLabs external jack-in terminal, once we located Megaman's frame then it will be up to you to upload his data,"
"You got it," said Lan looking determined.
"Dr. Hikari, we're almost at SciLabs," said Yai who was sitting at the passenger's seat.
"Very well then,"
Upon arriving at the complex, Dr. Hikari and the scientists had brought out the equipment from the van and set up an external link into the SciLabs network.
"I'm about to input the final code, is everyone ready?" asked Dr. Hikari.
"We're all set," Lan with the others nodding in affirmation.
"Then you're all clear to jack in,"
"Okay guys, let's do this!" said Lan as he took out the cord from his PET with the others doing the same "Jack-in! Naruto, Power up!"
"Jack-in! Roll, Power up!" said Maylu.
"Jack-in! Glyde, Power up!" said Yai.
"Jack-in! Gutsman, Power up!" said Dex.
"Jack-in! Iceman, Power up!" said Tori.
Naruto felt himself being transferred through the data stream and even sensed others close by as well, meanwhile Dr. Hikari was typing in the codes to hack open portal after portal for the NetNavis to go through.
"Get ready, once you all pass through the final portal then you'll be in the SciLab mainframe," said Dr. Hikari.
Naruto looked ahead to see himself heading towards a bright light and got ready for entry, then he opened his eyes and looked around to see that he was standing in some sort of desert.
"This must be Pharaohman's work," thought Naruto, then he heard someone approach from behind and turned to see that the NetNavis of Lan's friends had shown up.
The first is a female with her armor being a bodysuit-type with a mixture of the colors red, pink and black highlighting different parts of her body. Attached to her helmet is a pair of transparent, ribbon-like antennae that curve behind her when considered with the button on her backside which could give the appearance of a bunny, and she also has a long blonde ponytail with a green ribbon.
The second is a male with a large stature and muscular with the upper body hunched over to give the appearance of a gorilla. His armor is off a thick armor type with chest plate, gauntlets and boots being made of steel, and has a mixture of the colors yellow, red and black.
Third is a male who reaches the same height of the first with his armor being a bodysuit-type with a mixture of colors of gold, bronze, white and black highlighting different parts of his body with a pair of white wings at his back. Naruto got the feeling that this isn't much of a fighting type but rather that of a servant.
The last is a male who is very small and has a childlike appearance, he wears a mint green snow suit with white fleecy cuffs and ankles, and a matching winter hat on his head and wearing a pair of brown mittens and winter boots.
"It's nice to meet you, my name is Roll and Maylu is my operator," said the pink girl.
"My name Gutsman, Dex my operator," said the large guy.
"It is a pleasure to meet, my name is Glyde and Miss Yai happens to be my mistress and operator," said the tall man.
"The name's Iceman and Tory is my operator," said last one.
"It's nice to meet you all, the name's Naruto Uzumaki," said Naruto with a smile.
"I'm sending someone over who can help guide you to Megaman's frame," said Dr. Hikari as he types in a code before hitting the enter button.
Then Naruto and the others saw a hole appear before them and something popped out for them to see. It was a brown bipedal dog although it looked like it could walk on all fours as well and wears a red collar. The dog barked a few times before it jumped out of the hole which disappeared and leapt into Roll's arms and started to lick her cheeks which made her giggle.
"Aww, who's this little cutie?" asked Roll while cuddling the puppy.
"This here is Rush, I programmed the location of Megaman's frame into him so he'll be the one to lead you straight to it,"
"That dog is leader?" Gutsman grumbled.
"Got it, okay Rush lead the way," said Naruto,
Rush barked in response before jumping of Roll's arms and was walking ahead of them, the group proceeded to follow in hopes that they would locate the frame and restore Megaman before figuring out a plan to stop Pharaohman once and for all.
Meanwhile in the deepest part of the SciLab mainframe, there is a large pyramid and inside it a pair of glowing red eyes peered through the darkness and let out a dark chuckle.
"It seems like I have some trespassers in my kingdom, I might as enjoy their futile endeavors before ending their lives,"
This is Hussbek online with another chapter, Naruto has met Lan and the gang and wants to help them rebuild Megaman. Now that they've infiltrated the SciLab mainframe in search of the final component to restore Megaman, will they succeed in their mission and go up against the powerful Pharaohman? Stay tuned to find out.
I've done a little research and will now display the possible harem candidates:
Meddy EXE
Iris EXE
Jasmine
Anetta
Princess Pride
There are two more blank spots which for are girls from a different anime/game. For a hint let's just say that it's up to fate.
Notice: Naruto might get a cyber-companion(s). Read and Review as always.
This is Hussbek from Ghana.
Signing out.
