Megaman Battle Network Lan AU

By: FunahoMisaki

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

"So what's our next course of action?" Chaud asked crossing his arms over his chest as he looked at Lan who was working at an impressive red wood desk that had a vase of Spider Lily's on it, curtesy of his fiancé. Lan smiled slightly at the plant, he loved Spider Lily's even though he didn't know why exactly he just did. It was two days after Lan's 'kidnapping' and right now everyone in the deck was waiting on further orders from their boss.

"Hmm…the next phase should be rather simple. We'll have some of the lower numbers post depressing or morbid comments on all the Chat Boards to get people to believe that I'm actually dead and then after one week of this we'll start with some…extra recruitment." Lan said smirking slightly as he looked at Chaud who looked puzzled for a minute but shrugged his shoulders in acceptance.

"Call in Hearts number 2 and 3, Clubs number 3 and 5, and Spade number 6." Lan ordered making Chaud's eyebrow raise but he nodded as he left the room and came back with three girls and two boys.

"You sent for us King?" The red haired girl with a heart sewn onto her sleeve asked as they bowed their heads to Lan.

"Yes Rachel. I'm giving you five a week long mission that I think you'll have fun with and enjoy." Lan said smirking as their heads snapped up and they grinned eagerly, happy to have a chance to prove themselves.

"What is it sir?" The black haired girl with silver eyes asked grinning and bouncing in place, a black spade sown onto the hem of her red dress.

"You get to depress people and mess with their heads." Lan said grinning crookedly at them and making them slowly grin wickedly.

"Oh?" A black haired girl, her hair in twin drills, with red eyes asked grinning wickedly, a gothic styled club on her black maid like dress.

"Yep. Since the world thinks that the Deck is going to, or already has, killed me due to the wording…they're already afraid of that. Now if you five were to start spreading rumors or writing depressing messages on the Chat Boards then…" Lan trailed off expectantly.

"They'd start believing that you're actually dead and end up losing their moral which makes them much more scared and easier to manipulate." A tall blond haired blue eyed boy with a heart on his pants leg said grinning slightly.

"Exactly Jaune." Lan said making the five grin eagerly, they were loving this mission so far.

"Any limits?" A rather normal looking boy with brown-red hair and brown eyes, a brown club on his pants pocket, asked smirking. He was the youngest of the five, looking only ten years old while the others were at least in their teens.

"Good question Negi. No using your real name, no giving out any info on the Deck or where we are located. If possible aim them in the wrong direction. No outright saying I'm dead, just allude to it and make them think that I might be." Lan said causing them to nod in understanding. That was kinda obvious if nothing else.

"Also don't dress up in your work outfits, you or your Navi's. Use disguises instead of your normal outfits." Lan added making them nod slightly in understanding before he waved his hand dismissively at them, causing them to salute or bow before leaving the room again.

"So what do we do while waiting on the week to be up? And what's our plans for after the week is over?" Chaud asked curiously and raising an eyebrow at Lan who smirked darkly at this.

"Well-"

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"Do you think Lan will be okay Ms. Mari?" Sonia asked the angry and upset teacher during class a week later, all of them except for Dex were still staring at the seat where Lan usually sat. Speaking of Dex, after Ribitta's wondering on if he was a World Deck operative on live international TV, he had been taken by the Officials for interrogation at the insistence of his parents and has yet to be released.

"What are you talking about Sonia? This is Lan we're talking about! The same Lan who survived everything thrown at him by six other evil groups! There's no way a bunch of Card obsessed idiots are going to take him down!" Another of Lan's fangirls, a rabid one by the name of Luna, said shaking her blond head back and forth at the question.

"If that were so wouldn't he have already shown up? There's even people on the Chat Boards saying that he might be-" One of the boys in the class, Zack, asked pessimistically and practically as he stared sadly at Lan's empty desk. No one had touched it for a week, not since he was kidnapped.

"Don't even think about it! Lan's always late! Watch he'll come skating in here in a few minutes to let us all know he's okay and be grinning and apologizing for being late again! There's no way anyone can keep him for a week!" Luna said refusing to listen to the boy's logic. At this rather true in a sense statement everyone, even Ms. Mari, perked up and turned to the door.

They all watched the door for well over ten minutes before Ms. Mari finally turned away from it and looked close to tears as she stared at her class who were all staring sadly back.

"L-Lan's not coming to class today. He…He must still be captured. With any luck he'll be in class tomorrow students but for now-" Mari began to say sadly before a warning siren blared throughout the school.

"Warning! A World Deck operative was spotted on campus! Warning!" That's all Ms. Mari heard before her ears clogged as her face morphed into rage.

"They dare come here after kidnapping one of my students! Everyone stare here!" Mari ordered her voice stern and in a growl as she stormed towards the door.

"Where are you going Ms. Mari?!" Mayl asked startled at the teachers sudden change in personality. The woman went from downtrodden and near depressed to angrier than a scorned woman in zero point two seconds flat!

Her words rung in her students ears as she ran from the room with a scowl on her face, not knowing that it'd be the last time she'd see her precious students face to face for a long time.

"I'm going to go beat the location of Lan out of that arrogant piece of trash and bring that boy home!"