This story is based on the video game Megaman Battle Network for Nintendo's GBA. I hope you guys like it. ^_^ It's a good idea to have played the game before you read this story or you'll probably have no idea who's who. Sorry if some of the characters act out of character. Also, I played a little of Rockman EXE 2(Jap version, sequeal) and will be using some of the chips from there.

Few things before I start:
-I don't know much about Dr Wily
-I don't know much about Zero from the Megaman X series besides what they tell me in X5 and X6
-I assume all navis are sentient
-I don't know the teacher's name >.
-It is important that Megaman not fight the second versions of enemy navis and travel deep in the internet for this story to work well

Disclaimer: I don't own Megaman Battle Network.

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Mysterious Navi Zero
Chapter 1
New Kid on the Block

Lan skated as fast as he could down the street. Building seemed to blur all around him. "I can't believe I over slept again," Lan groaned.

"I tried to wake you but you sleep like a log," Megaman said from Lan's PET. A beeping sound caught both of thier attention. "You got mail, Yai called your name for roll call again," Megaman told Lan. Lan sneaked past the guard at the gate and made it to class without any problems.

"...name is Bit. His last name appears rubbed out," Lan's teacher was saying when Lan snuck in. Bit was around Lan's age was about a few inches shorter than him. He had hair that was naturally gray that was spikey near the front and top. His clothes consisted of red t-shirt and shorts with multi-colored designs on them. Bit looked a little withdrawn and was most likely a loner. After introductions were made, the teacher began with her lesson.

"The project will be about how the invention of PET's came to be, including who created it, why, and maybe a little bit on how he did it. I will be picking your partners for this assignment," everyone groaned as the teacher began assigning partners.

"This should be an easy assignment," Megaman whispered to Lan.

"Yeah, if I get Dad to help," Lan whispered back.

"Lan, you will be working with Bit," the teacher called out. Lan snapped to attention at the sound of his name but luckily no one noticed except for his best friend, Mayl. She smiled, amused at his reaction. Lan couldn't help but smile back at her.


*Bing! Bong! Bing! Bong!* The teacher ended the lesson and left. "Hey Lan, you ready to net battle?" Dex asked him. Lan had challenged him yesterday when Dex was bragging at about a new chip he got while fighting some viruses on the internet.

"Uh...hi," Bit interrupted with his shy greeting. He had approached them from behind unnoticed.

"Hi," Lan said with a friendly smile.

"Are we going to battle or not?" Dex asked impatiently.

"Give me a minute," Lan told him.

"I was wondering when we're gonna start working on the project," said Bit.

"How about this afternoon?" Lan suggested.

"Sorry, I can't today. Maybe tomorrow at my house?"suggested Bit.

"Usually, I don't like to work on the weekends but ok," Lan agreed.

"Now are you ready?" Dex asked again.

"Yeah, ready?" Lan said to his navi.

"Let me try," Bit suggested. He obviously did not know that Lan's navi was the Megaman that defeated Dr Wily a year ago. It was obvious that Megaman could beat Dex's strong but not very smart Gutsman but Dex had never given up.

"Don't worry, I can take care of this," Lan reassured Bit.

"You have no idea what you've just gotten yourself in to. Me and Gutsman would rip your navi apart," Dex ignored Lan and targetted his next victim, Bit. Bit said nothing as he prepared his navi for net battle. Lan did see that he was a little nervous though.

They didn't connect to the internet today so Lan didn't see Bit's navi before. Bit's navi had on a red and white bodysuit. The most notable part of his helmet was the shiny green crystal in the forhead part of it. Long flowing golden hair flowed out from behind his helmet. He also had a green beam sword that appeared to be a lot more powerful and bigger than Protoman's. "Ready Zero?" Bit asked his navi. Zero gave a thumbs-up.


Browsing over the few chips that Bit had quickly prepared for him, Zero picked the attacked plus chip and looked over at his opponent, the robot-like Gutsman. Gutsman began the match by sending a shockwave of energy at Zero with his powerful fists. Zero ran straight at the wave and jumped over it. Gutsman's mouth widened in surprised. He was soon knocked down to the floor courtesy of Zero's sword.

"Use that new chip we got," Dex instructed Gutsman.

"Ok," Gutsman grunted. He held up his hands and uncovered the chip in his hands. A red star was engraved on it with a picture of something nobody could see from this distance. A familiar navi came to Gutsman's aid.

"A Fireman chip?" Lan was surprised by it. He and Megaman had already deleted Fireman, how could Dex get a Fireman navi chip?

Fireman unleashed a large column of fire. Zero yelled out as he was caught in the fire. The force of the flames pushed him backwards and on to his knees. After the attack, Fireman disappeared as fast as he appeared.

"How did you get that chip?" Lan asked Dex.

"Somewhere," Dex smirked.

"Finish it, Zero," Bit instructed in to his PET.

Zero slashed at Gutsman horizontally followed up with a three slash combo. Each hit drained Gutsman a large portion of his energy but he refused to give up despite the low energy he had left. Gutsman slammed Zero with his large metallic fist. He then proceeded to pick up Zero and started to squeeze with his powerful arms. Zero dropped his sword and made a wild grab for it but missed.

"No, Zero," Bit groaned.

"He's finished," Dex bragged.

"I'm not deleted yet!" Zero shouted so Dex could hear.

"You will be soon!" Gutsman countered. Zero managed to free his left arm and pointed at the side of Gutsman's head. He decided to ignore it and kept squeezing. Zero ignored the pain and to Gutsman's surprise, Zero's left arm transformed in to a gun like Megaman's Buster Cannon. A few well placed blast in the head defeated Gutsman. As Gutsman burst in to data, Zero callapsed on to his knees to catch his breath.

"What? How could that be?" Dex cried out at the results.

"Good job, Zero," Bit congradulated his navi. Zero got up and gave him another thumbs-up.


"What do you want to do today?" Lan asked his navi as he flopped down on to his bed. It was in the afternoon after school and Lan had nothing to do at all. Mayl had gone off with Yai to do some shopping at Den Town and Dex was working at a part-time job to get more chips for Gutsman.

"Let's play on the internet," Megaman suggested.

"Ok,"Lan agreed. He went over to his computer. "Jack in! Megaman.EXE, transmit!"

With those familiar words, Megaman landed in the world of Lan's PC. Many programs scattered about, doing various tasks that they were assigned to do. Megaman quickly went through the warp to get in to the internet. The vast landscape of the internet and it's winding roads never ceased to amaze Megaman.

Almost immediately, a group of three Met tools attacked. "Lan!" Megaman shouted to his partner.

"I got it!" Lan answered. A display of chips appeared before Megaman. He quickly selected the three cannon chips and made quick work of the weak viruses.

"They never learn," Megaman commented. He made his way through the many roadways, stopping to check out the items the net merchants carried. None interested him but he heard that a merchant was selling Aqua Armor deep in the internet. Having the Heat and Wood Armor already, Megaman went in search for the third and final armor.

"Something's up ahead!" Megaman pointed ahead and squited to see far in the distance. Two navis were fighting, Megaman couldn't tell who it was this far away. The flashes of energy signaled attacks being used.

Lan checked his PET and scanned the area with the scan feature he had with it. It identified one of the navis to be Zero, Bit's navi. "It's Zero!" Lan said a little surprised.

Megaman made a run towards the fight. The fight seemed to be getting more intense, flashes of light seem to go off more frequent. Lan's PET started to scan the second navi, the one Zero was fighting. Megaman got close just in time to see Zero plunge his sword through the unidentified navi. All Megaman could see was that the navi was black. Zero's attack was critical and the black navi exploded in to data before Lan's scanner could pick up who it was.

"He just killed that navi," Lan said in shock.

"Let's ask him what it's about," Megaman suggested. He ran up to the red navi but before he could open his mouth to get a question out, Zero turned around and let his expression turned in to fierce anger.

"Murderer!" Zero accused and drew his green blade. Megaman was confused at what Zero meant but he had no time to think about it. Zero charged at him and slashed once with his sword. Megaman jumped back and narrowly avoided the sudden attack.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Megaman tried to explain.

"Bit! Bit! It's me, Lan!" Lan shouted.

"You're the one!" Bit's voice could be heard, his voice was filled with surprise and sadness.

"Now you die!" Zero declared and charged again.


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TO BE CONTINUED!!!

Sorry to leave you guys hanging like this but uh...I can't think of a good excuse, heh. ^_^' Oh well, please tell me what you guys think, this is my first story on FF.net.