Megaman Battle Network Lan AU

By: FunahoMisaki

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

"Gutsman! Don't give him a chance to do anything! Crush him immediately!" Dex ordered causing the brutish Navi to roar as it charged a bored looking Megaman.

"Here's a beginner Advance for you. Spreader M chip in! Spreader N chip in! Spreader O chip in! Activate Advance!" Lan said rapidly as Mega easily dodged the strong but slow attacks while his fangirls cheered and swooned at the advance.

"H-Spread!" Mega called blasting Gutsman who roared in pain as the hit connected. Naturally this made his Navi fangirls swoon and squeal as well.

"Half his life force in one shot?" Dex exclaimed shocked before turning angry as Lan's and Mega's fans mocked and taunted him.

"Here's a simple one for you Dex. Cannon A chip in! Cannon B chip in! Cannon C chip in! Advance Activate!" Lan said making one girl nearly faint when he gave a confident smile.

"Z-Cannon!" Megaman roared as he shot the first shot at Gutsman, who managed to dodge somehow. Lining up his second shot quickly Mega tried to fire only for his eyes to widen as he diverted the shot at the last second when someone interrupted the battle.

"Metalman!" Mega said as the chip deactivated as he looked at the large but beat up and panting Navi.

"M-Megaman. P-please. There's trouble at the zoo…Tamako…is in trouble!" Metalman panted slightly as he looked at Mega pleasingly.

"Crap! Lan!" Mega shouted to his operator.

"I heard! We'll have to finish wiping the floor with you later Dex! Tamako needs help. Mega! Jack out!" Lan said causing Dex and Guts to snarl angrily in unison.

"You're not getting away from me that easily!" Dex snarled as he lunged across the room at Lan while Guts slammed his fist into Mega from behind.

"Lan/Mega!" The various people cried out as the two boys hit the respective grounds, head first. Lan inwardly swore before his eyes widened a fraction of an inch. This wasn't part of the plan… but it could work in his favor.

"I don't have time for your ego! One of my friends needs help!" Lan snarled, punching Dex in the jaw much to everyone's shock while Mega threw Guts off of him.

"Jacking out!" Mega called as he went back to Man's PET while Lan disconnected the transmitter and quickly put on his skates.

"I'll deal with you later Dex! And when I do I won't hold back!" Lan growled over his shoulder before he took off down the hall and out of the school. Just before he jumped down the stairs though he heard Ms. Mari actually shouting at Dex, and that woman never shouted at anyone!, which made him smirk. This may be easier than he thought. Now…time to get Tamako on his side and remove any doubt that he was the perpetrator prematurely.

"Tamako! Are you okay?!" Lan demanded after he used the Metroline to get to Yoka and then skated up the hill to where Tamako kept her stand. There was a crowd of people near the area but standing away in obvious fear and shock and one lady was calling the police and officials. Tamako was on the ground face down with someone standing over her. It was a Navi, obviously enough, but he had pure black coding with only a single golden K and a silver spade on his chest area, his face was covered by a black mask that left only the hazel eyes visible.

"Who the heck are you!?" Lan demanded as he pushed through the crowd and glared at the man, inwardly smirking at how well this was working.

"I am Death King of the World Deck." The now named Navi said using a voice modifier to disguise his voice while the crowd around Lan gasped loudly, a few screamed, and they all backed further away.

"What are you doing to Tamako!?" Lan snarled as he strode forward despite a few people trying to hold him back a bit.

"She stumbled across me by accident and challenged me to a battle. Her Navi was weak compared to me and ran off, therefore securing my victory. I am now taking my prize." Death King said causing Lan to scowl as he skated over to Tamako. Lan made sure no one could see his face before he smirked a bit at the 'Dark' version of Megaman who he could tell was grinning by the look in his eyes. He'd never tell Dex this but Lan had been trolling him with the backup, weaker, data of Megaman while the real, fully powered, Megaman had been putting on his outfit and moving into position for this operation.

"You're not taking her anywhere!" Lan said grabbing Tamako's body and pulling the woman away from Death King a bit so that he could stand in front of her protectively.

"L-Lan." Tamako groaned causing everyone to gasp or sigh in relief as she came too and raised her head slightly at Lan's voice, showing a split lip and nasty cut on her cheek.

"Tamako!" Lan said turning towards her worried as he knelt beside her.

"Run Lan. I-I'm just bait." Tamako said coughing slightly and startling everyone when blood came up. Lan nearly smirked at this, looks like Death King hit her just hard enough to make it seem like she was in danger while the woman would actually be fine after some sleep.

"Bait?" Lan asked confused before his eyes widened slightly when someone shouted from nearby. Lan whipped around and ducked in time to dodged the fist aimed at his head, he wasn't fast enough to dodge the kick that struck him in the chin and knocked him back so that his head hit the ground hard.

"Uhh that hurt." Lan groaned as Tamako tried to force herself to her feet while various people from the Inn and crowd tried to run forward to help Lan only to stop at a 'shik' sound.

"Take another step closer or try to stop me and he'll lose his head." Death King said holding a pure black sword with a red hilt in his hand so that the tip was pointed at Lan's neck making everyone stop.

"Th-That won't keep me do-huh?" Lan asked startled when he tried to stand only to get dizzy and collapse to his knees and throw up much to everyone's horror. Death King stepped forward and felt Lan's head without blinking.

"You've got another bump than the one I gave you. Looks like I need to thank whoever hit you on the head earlier, they gave you a concussion. I bet you've been feeling disoriented and dizzy for a while now but ignored it to save your friend here." Death King said amused while Lan glared up at him before tilting sideways and hitting the ground when the King of Spades gave him a whack on the head.

"Lan! Leave him alone! Do whatever you want to me but he's just a kid!" Tamako shouted forcing herself to stand even as she coughed up more blood.

"Sorry no can do. You were good bait though. He has a habit of defeating and destroying organizations…so I'm going to get him out of the way before he becomes a big nuisance. Say goodbye to him because this may be the last time you see him." Death King said smirking darkly as he put away his sword and hefted Lan onto his shoulders.

"We won't let you take him!" The Inn Keeper said scowling as she advanced on the Navi who smirked.

"In case you didn't get the memo…I'm a 'bad' guy. I don't need your permission to do what I want when I want and to who I want." Death King said reaching into his pocket and throwing down a pellet that caused a smoke cloud.

The last thing Lan saw through his almost closed eyes was Tamako lunging for him before the smoke screen went up. That's when he let himself pass out with a smirk on his lips. His last thoughts were…

'All is going according to plan. Perfect.'