Maelstrom EXE.
"Normal speech"
"Tailed Beast speech"
[Talking from the PET]
Chapter 2: A Tour Offline
It has been over a week since the incident with Pharaohman and the supposed end of World Three, Lan and his friends decided to take a break for some time to cool off. Naruto was kept over at SciLabs and Dr. Hikari would frequently visits to ask him a lot of questions about his old world and especially about the energy that he possesses.
With Kurama's help, Naruto told him about how chakra is formed by combining spiritual energy and physical energy together through the chakra coils within their bodies, once formed it could be utilized to perform numerous techniques much to the surprise of Dr. Hikari after being told of the serious lack of technology in the elemental nations.
A couple of days later, Lan and the others got a call from Dr. Hikari to come over to SciLabs in order to show them something. The group of friends were currently riding in Yai's limo towards their destination.
"What do you guys suppose Lan's father wants to show us?" asked Dex.
"It might have something to do with Naruto and that postponed project that he spoke about earlier," said Maylu.
[Well we haven't seen Naruto since then] said Megaman.
[Indeed, I was hoping to hold a conversation with him] said Glyde.
"Well you guys aren't the only ones, I'm curious about the kind of training he underwent to get that good," said Lan.
"It's way different from the ninjas that we know of from TV and books," said Tory.
Soon they had arrived at the entrance of SciLabs and got out of the limo, however it seemed that someone was standing at the gates as if waiting for them. It's a boy with straight black and white hair that hangs down on his forehead, he wears a red sleeveless jacket over a long-sleeved shirt with yellow collar and lower half, and he also wears long pants with green camouflage pattern and a pair of black shoes. Apparently the group are quite familiar with the boy.
"Chaud? What are you doing here?" asked Lan who looked surprised.
"It's about time you guys got here, I received a call from Dr. Hikari inviting me to come over to see something. Personally I wanted to meet the new NetNavi Naruto," said Chaud.
[Well we got the same message too, so let's go inside] said Megaman.
With Chaud in tow, the group entered the building through the lobby where the receptionist gave them directions for them to follow with lead them into a laboratory where inside was Dr. Hikari who was rapidly typing away on a large mainframe computer and there happens to be a PET docked on a table next to him. Upon hearing the door open, Dr. Hikari swiveled on his rotating chair to greet with a smile.
"Welcome to my lab everyone," said Dr. Hikari.
"Hi dad, say where's Naruto?" asked Lan curiously.
At his question, the docked PET activated and the menu opened up to show Naruto smiling happily at them.
[Hey guys, long time no see. And who's that with you? I haven't met him before] said Naruto before at Chaud curiously.
"Oh this is Chaud, he's Protoman's NetOp," said Lan.
[Oh then that means Protoman's your NetNavi, I gotta say that he's a pretty strong guy]
[I can vouch for that] said Megaman.
"Thanks for the compliment," said Chaud with a smug smile.
"So what was it that you invited us over to see Dr. Hikari?" said Maylu.
"Remember when I spoke of a certain project which was suspended a year ago due to certain issues? Well the purpose of the project is to bring a NetNavi into the real world," said Dr. Hikari much to the surprise of everyone around him.
"You mean that NetNavis would be actually brought out of the cyber world and walk among us?" asked Lan.
"In a way yes, but they wouldn't be able to use battle chips or consume food for that matter,"
Dr. Hikari walked over to a safe and dialed in the passcode for it to unlock, then he took out a box which he carried over to the table. Then he opened it to reveal a silver bracelet with what appears to be a small azure gem (Refer to BakuColars from Bakugan Mechtanium Surge).
"The way it works is that you plug into the bracelet which transfers the consciousness of the NetNavi into it, then the bracelet creates a physical holographic body for the NetNavi to move around in, something that we call the Holobody,"
"That is quite impressive," said Chaud.
"But then what was the problem that caused the project to be suspended?" asked Tory.
"It is the matter of energy consumption, the bracelet requires a lot of power for it to work. The first time we tried it, the NetNavi could only last for five minutes before being transferred back to his PET. We used many energy sources like electricity, solar power and even kinetic energy but all were not enough and money consuming," said Dr. Hikari.
"That really sounds like a serious problem since the duration of the Holobody is too short, but how does this involve Naruto?" said Yai.
"After much examination, I learnt that chakra is a greater source of energy much more than the ones we know so I modified the cable for it to also transfer the energy from his PET to the bracelet," said Dr. Hikari.
[Yeah, and it will be like creating a shadow clone for myself to possess except that it won't disappear with a single hit and I can't eat or drink much to my disappointment. I was craving for some ramen] said Naruto, feeling depressed at the last sentence.
"Don't let it get you down Naruto, I'm sure that dad would find a way to bring you into the real world," said Lan.
[Yeah, I'm actually jealous that you have a way to enter the real world and meet Lan and the others] said Megaman.
[You're right, thanks for the cheering up] said Naruto happily.
"Hold on Naruto, there's something I wish to give you," said Dr. Hikari.
[Really, what is it?] asked Naruto.
Dr. Hikari typed in a few command codes on the keyboard after plugging in Naruto's PET into the computer. Then the screen lit up to display some sort of weapon, it has the appearance of a laser gun with a futuristic design and a color scheme of white, cyan and black, and a loading bar is below it to signal its installation.
"Hey dad, what's that for?" asked Lan curiously.
"After talking with Naruto, I decided to create a weapon for him, a sword that doesn't utilize chakra like his chakra blade," said Dr. Hikari.
"A sword but it looks more like a gun," said Dex confusedly.
[How can gun be sword?] said Gutsman in agreement with his NetOp.
"Despite its appearance, it's actually a sword that is able to produce a blade of plasma energy for its melee attacks as well as rapid fire plasma shots which can be charged up for extra power. I call it the Aurum Blade," said Dr. Hikari (Refer to Aurum Blade from Kid Icarus: Uprising)
Soon the installation was complete and Naruto felt strings of information flow into his mind, he held out his hands as particles of data formed around it before merging together to form the Aurum Blade. Naruto squeezed the handle a little tightly then a blade made of cyan energy shot out of the muzzle afterwards he pulled the trigger for the blade to withdraw and a cyan plasma bullet to shot out of it.
"Also it has an adaptation program embedded in it," said Dr. Hikari.
"Adaptation program?" asked Dex confusedly.
"It means that the Aurum blade becomes stronger in time as Naruto uses it in battle, am I right Dr. Hikari?" said Chaud.
"That's right," said Dr. Hikari nodding in confirmation.
"Sounds like a suitable weapon for you kit, especially since you often tend to get yourself in lots of trouble whether you want to or not," said Kurama.
"Ain't that the truth?" thought Naruto "Thanks very much Hikari-san,"
"You're most welcome Naruto, now let us proceed with the transfer,"
Dr. Hikari unplugged the cable from the computer then inserted it into the port of the HoloBrace, Naruto put his together to form a handsign as chakra proceeded to flow out of his body and through the cable, the 'gem' glowed brightly for a few minutes then chakra radiated from it and took before finally fading away to reveal Naruto standing before them while wearing an orange sleeveless top which is zipped up all the way to a standup collar and the red swirl on the back over a dark blue inner t-shirt, and orange 3/4 pants as he still wears his headband and the sandals (Naruto's outfit from Naruto Movie 3 Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom)
Naruto unplugged the cable and then looked at the PET to see his body currently sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed as if sleeping before wearing the strap around his neck, Naruto look his hands as he clenched them a few times before grinning like a fox.
"Looks it works just like we hoped , may I see the HoloBrace?" asked Dr. Hikari, Naruto complied as Lan's father tapped on the 'gem' and a holographic screen appeared before displaying some sort of timer "Interesting…it appears that the HoloBrace has been given enough energy to last for five hours,"
"That's great, it just means more time for you to hang out with us," said Lan.
"Yeah we have so much to show you," said Yai.
"Sure, I'm up for it," said Naruto.
"Keep in mind Naruto, that as the HoloBrace is active it constantly sends data to our server which we could then use to further our research so that we could find a way to bring you into the real world," said Dr. Hikari.
"Okay Hikari-san,"
"You guys can go have fun, I'll be busy in the meantime," said Chaud as he turned and left the laboratory.
"What does he mean by that?" asked Naruto.
"Chaud is the vice-president of his father's company BlazeQuest that manufacture PETs and is one of the five biggest company in the world," said Yai.
"Let's get going already, we'll see you at home dad," said Lan.
"See you guys around," said Hikari as he watched them leave, he turned to look at the monitor which was displaying streams of data from the HoloBrace with interest "One thing's for sure, I'm not going to get bored with Naruto around,"
Meanwhile with Naruto and the gang were currently touring through ACDC town after dropping off from Yai's limo (Naruto got totally floored from it's speed).
"This place is pretty cool, it's way different from my old home," said Naruto
"How is your old home like Naruto?" asked Maylu.
"My village resides deep within a forest at the base of a mountain known as the Hokage Rock, which has the faces of all those who have taken the office of Hokage engraved on it, I even played a prank by climbing and painting graffiti before being chased by the Chuunins though none of them could catch me…except for Iruka-sensei. There was the Ichiraku's where they sell the best ramen in the whole world, the hot springs where Pervy Sage would try to peep, Yakiniku Q where Chouji regularly stuffs himself with barbeque…," Naruto trailed off as memories of Konoha and his friends flowed through his mind and his heart filled with longing for his home "I really miss them,"
The group noticed the blonde's depression and felt guilty at bringing up his past
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked something so sensitive," said Maylu apologetically.
"No worries, I would have told you guys anyway so cheer up," said Naruto with a wide grin, making the others smile as well "So where to next?"
"Well seeing as how you don't have any battle chips despite owning a PET, we need to get you some and we know just the place for that," said Tory.
Naruto was led all the way to a shop which has a large banner written 'Higsby's Battle Chip Shop' and went in. Inside were numerous chips placed on the shelves for all to see.
"Whoa, that's a lot of battle chips," said Naruto in wonder.
"Yeah but they're nothing compared to the ones I have," said Yai smugly.
"Hello and welcome to my chip shop," everyone to see a man standing behind the counter, he has messy brown and wears glasses with rectangular lenses although his eyes always appear to be closed, white long sleeved shirt with an orange tie, long blue trousers, and a pair of black shoes "Oh hello there everyone,"
"Hey there Higsby," said Lan then he turned to Naruto "That's my friend Higsby, the owner of the shop and a collector of rare battle chips," said Lan.
[It's where we got some of ours] said Megaman.
"So how can I help you guys?" asked Higsby.
"My friend Naruto here just got his PET today and we need your help to get him some battle chips," said Lan.
"Uh guys, how can I buy battle chips without any money?" asked Naruto confusedly.
"Not to worry Naruto, I got it covered," said Yai while holding out an electronic money card.
"Thanks Yai-chan, I'm grateful," said Naruto happily.
"No problem,"
Soon enough, Naruto had stocked up on battle chips upon suggestions from his new friends which were
Cannon, Airshot, Sword, Widesword, Longsword, Areasteal, Shockwave, Invisible, Barrier, Boomerang, Yoyo, Vulcan, Longblade, Wideblade, Firehit, AntiDmg, Antisword, Muramasa, Shotgun, Elecsword, Aquasword and Firesword. Then he purchased a holster to contain the chips which he then strapped to his waist.
[That's a pretty decent set of chips you got there, but how are you going to carry them in case your Holobody disappears?] asked Roll.
Naruto thought rather deeply before perking up with a snap of his fingers "I got it, but I'm going to need an ink brush and some ink,"
"Actually, we got something that is both. We call it an ink brush pen, hold on while Lan goes and gets it," said Maylu.
"Huh? Why me?" asked Lan confusedly.
[Mostly you move faster with your skates on] said Megaman as a matter-of-factly.
"Oh alright," Lan grumbled before leaving, it took about ten minutes before Lan came back with the drawing tool,
Naruto practiced with the ink brush pen to get the hang of it, then he turned the PET over to show the back and proceeded to draw symbols foreign to the others. After waiting for the ink to dry completely, he placed the chip holster on the symbols and then channeled his chakra which made it disappear in a puff of smoke.
"Whoa how did you do that and where did it go?" asked Dex.
"I sealed it within the seal, so all I have to do is channel chakra into it again to bring it back out," said Naruto.
[That's pretty cool] said Iceman.
"And you guys haven't seen anything yet," Naruto smirked.
Next place that Naruto was taken to almost made hi pop his eyes out.
"You mean to tell me that Yai-chan owns this place?! It's almost a quarter of Konoha!" he yelled.
His reason for shock was the fact that Yai's home is extremely large and that's even putting it lightly.
"Tell me about it, Yai keeps calling it a house although mansion is probably a better word for it," said Lan.
"Anyway, let's head on over to the tree house," said Yai.
Once inside the tree house if it could even be called that with the interior possessing state of the art tech especially for net battles.
"Now that we're all here, let's jack-in our NetNavis," said Tory.
"Kit plug in your PET into the HoloBrace and then impart a bit of yourself into the Holobody just like when you make a shadow clone," said Kurama.
"Got it!" thought Naruto, then he did as suggested and felt himself awaken within his PET and saw his Holobody reacting like many of his shadow clones
"Okay boss, it worked," said C-Naruto (Clone Naruto for short)
"Okay guys, jack in Megaman, power up!" said Lan.
"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.
"Jacking in and Powering up!" said C-Naruto.
Everyone plugged into the ports and their NetNavis all appeared in the cyberspace of the terminal.
"Hey guys," said Naruto with a wave.
"Greetings Naruto," said Glyde with the others greeting as well.
"Hey Naruto, since you got battle chips now…how about a NetBattle?" asked Dex.
"Sure I'm game," said Naruto with a smirk and the faceplate coming on.
Both NetNavi and Hybrid NetNavi stood at opposite ends of the battlefield as they got ready for the oncoming battle with C-Naruto unsealing the chip holster and strapping it on
"If both contenders are ready, then battle begin!" said Glyde.
Music Start: Megaman Battle Network 3 OST; Navi Battle
"Here I come!" Naruto dashed towards Gutsman.
"Go get em Gutsman!" said Dex.
"Guts guuuuts!" Gutsman lumbered towards Naruto as well.
"Guts Punch!" Gutsman launched a straight punch at Naruto who quickly dashed to the side in order to evade the attack.
"Here you go boss! Firehit battle chip in, download!" C-Naruto took out a chip and quickly slotted it in.
Naruto's fist lit up in flames as he immediately moved in and planted a burning button hook in Gutsman's torso, causing him to stumble backwards in pain.
"Don't give in Gutsman! You can strike him now that he's close to you. Shockwave battle chip in, download!" Dex slotted a battle chip into his PET.
Gutsman raised a fist above his head and brought it down to launch a shockwave which raced straight along the ground towards Naruto. The blond quickly high into the air for the attack to pass underneath him then he stretched an arm as clusters of data appeared before forming the Aurum blade.
"Time to give my new gear a test run," Naruto took aim and pulled the trigger to launch a rapid fire of plasma shots that pelted relentlessly.
"Here's a double up, Vulcan battle chip in, download!" C-Naruto slotted in a chip.
Naruto's free arm transformed into a gun with multiple barrels which began to spin as bullets shot out of it alongside the Aurum blade.
"Not so fast! Barrier battle chip in, download!" Dex quickly inserted a chip into his PET, a transparent dome appeared around Gutsman as the projectiles bounced off upon impact "And now Guts hammer battle chip in, download!" Gutsman's hands glowed blue before morphing into a hammer, he raised it into the air before bringing it down to slam on the ground which launched a shockwave much more powerful than the previous one.
"Let's see you hit what you won't be able to see, Invisible battle chip in, download!" said C-Naruto.
Naruto smirked as he completely disappeared from their sight and the shockwave struck a nearby wall, completely missing the target.
"Where did he go?!" Gutsman looked around confusedly for but the next thing he knew, he felt something strike his chest in three different spots with enough force to launch him into the air while hearing Naruto's voice.
"Na…Ru…To!" the space distorted for a moment before revealing three clones of Naruto with their legs sticking out. Gutsman painfully opened his eyes to see Naruto descending towards him while somersaulting "Uzumaki Barrage!" and lashed out with a spinning heel drop kick to send Gutsman plummeting towards the ground.
"Time for the finisher, Areasteal battle chip in, download!" said C-Naruto.
Naruto seemly disappeared in midair before reappearing on the ground with a charged up Aurum blade in hand.
"Blast away!" he pulled the trigger to unleashed a powerful blast to send Gutsman flying away before disappearing in a beam of light.
[Gutsman logging out] said Dex's PET much to his dismay.
Music End
"Whoa Dex, he totally trashed you and Gutsman," said Lan.
"No need to remind me," Dex grumbled.
[One thing's for sure, Chaud and Protoman would definitely want to battle Naruto once they hear of this aside from us] said Megaman.
[So what do you guys think?] asked Naruto with a foxy grin.
"You're going to give lot of NetOps and their Navis a run for their money," said Tory.
After a few more hours of playing online, the gang went off to their separate homes with Naruto following Lan to his place. He met Lan's mother, who welcomed him into her home with open arms and took a liking to her. After dinner which she was a bit saddened that Naruto couldn't eat yet, they all went to sit in the living room to watch some TV leading Kurama to develop an interest in anime especially of the fantasy genre.
"So how do you find DenTech city?" asked Haruka.
"It's a really nice place to live, though the lack of greenery makes me a bit out of place especially since I like gardening a lot back in my old home," said Naruto.
"It's a given since you're a ninja, and ninja often rely on the forest for stealth among other things," said Kurama though his eyes were still on the TV.
"Well I'm hope that you would come to like it here and continue to be friends with Lan and the others," said Haruka.
"Of course, Haruka-san," Naruto smiled.
[It turns out that Lan and I won a prize which is a free trip to Netopia for taking second place in the grand prix, and the plane takes off tomorrow] said Megaman.
"Then you better head to your room and start packing Lan, and make sure that you got everything that you would need for the trip," said Haruka.
"Okay mom, come on Naruto so that I can show you the stuff on my computer," said Lan.
"Oh no you don't kit, I want to see how Gogeta is going to dominate that Buu guy," said Kurama.
"Maybe later Lan, I want to finish watching this part," said Naruto.
"Okay then," Lan went upstairs to his room.
After watching the TV show, Naruto bid Mrs. Haruka goodnight before going upstairs to Lan's room where he docked his PET and deactivated the HoloBrace before going to sleep completely unaware that a strange orb floated out of him and took on a humanoid form, it looked at the sleeping Naruto for a moment before floating back into him without either the blond or Kurama noticing a thing.
Elsewhere in a dark space, a girl stands in a small spot of light, she has long purple hair with a red bow tied to the side, and she wears a long black coat with a matching skirt and a white shirt with a red bowtie. She also wears a pair of white gloves and black stockings.
She was currently surrounded by numerous holographic screens each displaying NetBattles with looks of mild interest although she was slowly getting bored.
"*Sigh* They don't seem to make strong NetNavis like they used to back them and the others are so cliché except for that red NetNavi with the sword…hmmm?" the girl glanced to the side and saw a particular NetBattle where a NetNavi with blond spiky hair was currently battling another NetNavi. She watched with growing interest as the blond one fought and won the battle.
"Strong and cute as well with those whisker marks, he's perfect for participating in our tournament…what do you think girls?" the girl turned to look behind her as two black silhouettes appeared, both appeared feminine but one sported gigantic claws while the other had giant needlelike feet.
"He looks nice, I hope he isn't a mean person," said the one with the claws shyly.
"He looks to be someone who can make me 'feel' the existence of others, I say we bring into our tournament," said the one with needle feet.
"So it's unanimous then, he's invited to the Moon Cell tournament," the purple haired girl raised a palm and a ball of light appeared before flying towards its target "You've caught my interest, Naruto Uzumaki," she smiled.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto has temporarily found a way to exist in the real despite a few setbacks but it's only a matter of time before fully emerging between both worlds, along with a gift from Lan's dad and a pack of battle chips to boot. The main mysteries are what was that came out of Naruto and what's its interest in him, as well as the trio of girls that have just sent an invite to him to an unknown tournament.
After having a chat with one of my fellow authors, I thought to borrow a couple of elements and characters from a well-known game and anime. Also later in the story, Naruto won't be the only one to emerge from the cyber world but that's enough of the spoilers.
…Just for the heck of it, Naruto might get powers similar to that of Megaman's but a whole different level.
Again here's the list with the possible harem candidates
Meddy
Iris
Jasmine
Anetta
Princess Pride
Miu
Sal
Shuko
I'll also be adding some girls from the anime anime/game of the additional slight list will posted on the next chapter. For a hint let's just say that it's up to fate.
This is Hussbek from Ghana.
Signing out.
