Megaman Battle Network Lan AU

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)

"Shall I set plan 'Metal One' into action?" Tesla asked, her voice nary but a whisper through the unnoticeable flesh colored headphone in Lan's ear as the young mastermind sat in class listening to Ms. Mari talk about virus busting again, showing the others a few 'Advance' chip moves he had been pulling off since he first got Mega. He was only actually paying attention to the students attempts, scouting for any useable talents amongst his age group… needless to say he wasn't impressed with very many of his classmates. There were only two noteworthy people, one was Yai of course, and the other was one of his more known fangirls, Sonia.

Lan merely allowed himself a small smirk as he saw Dex try and fail to pull off the Z-cannon move, it was one of the easiest ones to do too! Even most of the kids who didn't virus bust a lot could do it after one or two tries! Dex tried five times already and still failed! Which of course made most of the kids snicker but Dex ignored them and glared at his so called 'rival'. As if the human food dispenser was anywhere near his level.

"You think it's so easy Lan why don't you do one?" Dex challenged causing Lan to smirk as he pulled out his PET. Unlike the rest of the class, his prowess with busting and fighting was well known so Ms. Mari allowed him to skip the exercise since she'd already seen him do much harder advances.

"Ready Megaman?" Lan asked glancing at his Navi who gave a mischievous smirk. He had been watching the other Navi's through a discreet link to the Net and aside from one or two potentials, they wasn't anyone of any worth amongst them. Funnily enough it was the same two Lan spotted. Yai with Glide and Sonia with her Navi, Lyre, who was one of Megaman's fangirls but not as open about it as her operator was.

"Let's troll them!" Mega said excitedly which made Tesla, Ms. Millions, and Princess Pride laugh over the headset. Hearing them laugh made Lan snicker as well, which only pissed off Dex even more while Ms. Mari sighed. She obviously knew she couldn't stop him now, Dex had issued a challenge after all.

"Jack in Megaman!" Lan said jacking his Navi in and causing Mega to appear on the cybersite amidst the other Navi's.

"How we doing this Lan? Plan Knight or Plan Metal?" Mega asked causing Lan to smirk slightly, this was a perfect way to answer Tesla without making it seem suspicious. Which was exactly his and Mega's plan from the start. Dex was so predictably, poke his pride a bit and he would do almost anything to try and 'prove' himself. It only made him look like a fool really.

"Plan Metal G-1 with Knight E-3 as a backup." Lan answered causing Mega to nod as he hunted down a virus to demonstrate the technique on while the class and Ms. Mari looked confused at the 'plans'. The one he used during the hacking attempt at SciLab was called Magnet F-3…such strange names.

"Understood." Tesla said seriously as she tapped her headset, signifying that she was going to radio silence while Lan let himself grin widely as Mega finally found a virus, two Mettaur's and a Fishy. This was going to be easy and the events in a few minutes will be fun to watch while also gaining him another potential Queen or Jack, depending on how her skills had developed over the last few months.

"Ready Mega?" Lan asked as Megaman hefted his buster at the viruses, who actually looked rather fearful of the blue 'hero' who had an evil glint in his eyes that went unseen by his classmates.

"Battle Routine set!" Mega said grinning viciously at the viruses.

"Execute!" Lan said pushing in three chips at a time while Sonia and one or two other fangirls quietly squealed at his, admittedly, famous battle phrase. Everyone stared as Lan and Mega moved in perfect sync as Mega danced around the field to keep the viruses guessing.

"Sword S battle chip in! WideSword S battle chip in! LongSword S battle chip in! Advance activate!" Lan said rapidly, causing his classmates to gape while his fangirls squealed a little louder. That wasn't one of the ones they were told about! In fact that seemed to be a much harder one! And he had pulled it off so easily and flawless too! Mari stared wide eyed at the Advance, she knew Lan was good but not this good! Dex was heard grinding his teeth in frustration at being shown up…again.

"LifeSword!" Megaman roared swinging the long and powerful sword and deleting all three viruses in one shot before they could even try to attack him. The newbie level viruses didn't stand a chance against the experienced battlers.

"That is how you do an Advance." Lan said grinning smugly at Dex who was near foaming at the mouth. The fangirls, both human and Navi, were blushing/giggling/or squealing at seeing their crushes use a high powered technique so easily.

"You used that against some weak baby level viruses! Betcha you can't do that in a real NetBattle against another Navi!" Dex nearly snarled at Lan who smirked almost mockingly at him.

"Well why don't we test that theory? You and Gutsman versus me and Megaman after school." Lan challenged causing Dex to glare and nod in agreement. Lan tried not to smirk, looks like he had an opportunity to knock out a potential annoyance before the real fights began!

"There's no need to do it after school boys. In fact I think this would make a great demonstration on the differences in techniques in battles. You two can have the battle right here and now in class." Mari said making everyone look at her shocked until Lan and Dex both began grinning as they glared at each other. The rest of the class nearly sweat dropped when they could practically see the sparks flying between the two boys when their glares met.

"Hope you're ready to lose Dex again I mean." Lan said causing Dex to growl as everyone cleared the way so that the two Navi's had room to battle. Lan was seriously planning on either crushing his so called 'friend' or discreetly recruiting him using the fat boy's own greed and envy to his advantage.

"Crush them Gutsman!" Dex ordered making the brutish Navi roar in agreement.

"Mega! Plan Creamland!" Lan ordered with a smirk while Dex looked confused at the 'Plan' and he wasn't the only one. Mari blinked, they had a plan named after a small country? A country who's princess seemed to be his friend and have a crush on him if the signals she read over the video feed were right?

"Right! Battle Routine Set!" Mega said smirking widely as he got into a ready stance. The class quickly divided based on who they were supporting in the fight, all of the girls and half of the guys going to Lan's side of the room and field. Half of the guys that didn't like Lan and Mega due to jealousy and envy went to Dex's side while Ms. Mari stayed right in the middle…although she did lean more towards Lan's side.

Lan's next word caused his fangirls to squeal at hearing the phrase twice in one day, less than ten minutes apart, and signaled Dex and Gutsman's inevitable defeat.

"Execute!"