Couple 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 and a few stories I read on the 'net
-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
-I assume that navis can't be cut apart a little at a time, they need to be totally destroyed(can't slice navis arm off or blow hole in them, need to totally destory them) they can still receive damage though
-I don't know much about Bass
Chapter 6, about half of this story is already done. Things are going to start to heat up more from here on, I think... Anyways, please read and review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Megaman Battle Network.
Author's note: I never fought Shadowman before but I heard he was like Ninjaman from the second game.
Chapter 6
Shadows in the Water
*BING BONG BING BONG!*
"Finially, school's over," Lan groaned queitly in his seat.
"Don't forget, we have to visit Dad today for the project," Megaman reminded him.
"Yeah, I know, I know," Lan sighed. He was always happy to go visit his dad but he had a feeling this project was gonna take a while and dealt a lot of stuff he didn't understand. After saying "good bye" to his friends, Lan skated towards home for a quick lunch.
"The fountain has no water in it, they must be fixing it," Lan said, showing Megaman as he skated by it.
"Hi, Mom! I'm home!" Lan greeted as he entered the house.
"Hello, Lan!" Mrs. Hikari smiled back at her son.
"Anything to eat?" Lan asked. He dropped his full book bag on to the couch.
"Sorry but the water wasn't working so I couldn't make anything," she turned the handle of the sink to emphasize her point.
"Well, Dad's office is in the same office as the Waterworks, I'll go take a look," Lan said and was out the door before his mom could tell him not to do so.
A quick trip through the subway and Lan stood in front of the large building known as the Government Complex. Lan skated inside. He noticed that some net battlers were heading towards the elevator in the Water Works part of the building. The three net battlers, two men and a woman in office uniform, showed thier ID and entered the elevator.
"Great..., now how do I get to the Water Works computer?" Lan asked his navi.
"Dad had an access card. You used it before, remember?" Megaman asked.
"Oh yeah, it was when we fought Iceman the first time," Lan said.
The woman sitting behind the counter typed furiously on her computer. She suddenly jolted up and ran for the elevator, her PET in her hand. She took the elevator up and left the elevator and her computer unattended.
"Now's our chance!" Lan said as he skated to the computer.
"Lan, what if we get caught?"
"Let me worry about that," he reassured his navi, "Jack in! Megaman.EXE, Transmit!" Megaman was plugged directly in to the Government Complex's directory by the computer. After a couple of wrong turns, he finially made his way in to the Water Works computer.
The Water Works computer was a land of green floors and metallic silver pipes for walkways. Like it's last viral infection, the area was randomly covered in ice to make travel increasingly difficult in the twisting pathway. One could easily get lost in the maze of pipes.
"I'm almost there," Megaman said, taking a familiar route to the end of the maze. Occasionally, Megaman would stop to help out a fellow navi or program fight off a virus. The forzen paths proved difficult to travel.
"Hey, what's that new path?" Megaman looked at the frozen path in front of him.
"It doesn't hurt to look right?" Lan suggested.
Stepping carefully, Megaman slid on the ice. His speed began to increase. "Whaaaaa!" Megaman screamed. He looked up ahead and saw the ice ahead of him suddenly cutting off. "AHH!" Megaman screamed louder as he slid near the end faster and faster.
"Megaman!" Lan shouted worriedly.
Megaman went over the edge and expected to be deleted instantly. But instead, Megaman landed on a small platform surrounded by water on all sides. "Ow....," Megaman groaned at and got back up slowly. At the other end of the island was another navi, looking down at him.
"Greetings, Megaman!" Bass said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Hold it right there!" Megaman raised his buster and took careful aim at the black navi. Bass smiled mockingly at him, unafraid at the blue navi at all.
"I normally would stay here to destroy you but I have other matters to attend to," Bass laughed as he teleported away once again. Behind Bass however, was a ninja-like navi. He had on a purple traditional ninja suit complete with face mask. A large metallic ninja star was stuck on his hood.
"Greetings, Megaman! I am Shadowman, your executioner!" Shadowman cackled loudly. Unlike Megaman, Shadowman stood on the water without effort so Megaman was at a disadvantage.
"Looks like we'll have to fight our way out of this one. Battle routine, set!" said Lan.
"Execute!" Megaman answered.
Shadowman attacked quickly with a small barage of over-sized shurikens. Megaman ran straight at the shadow master, barely just ahead of the ninja stars. Looking back, he noticed that the shurikens kept him from going back to the other side of the island and they were stuck in pretty deep. He could pull them out but that would leave an opening for an attack.
"Megaman, watch out! Battle chip: Hero Sword, slot in!" Lan plugged in the said chip. The ledgendary Hero Sword appeared in Megaman's hands. With a quick slash, he destroyed the next series of three shurikens thrown at him. Shadowman decided than to use a different tactic.
Megaman slashed at Shadowman and hit him but Shadowman just laughed off the heavy damaged he received. He suddenly ran at Megaman with a katana in his hands. Megaman closed his eyes and braced for impact but it never seemed to came in 5 long seconds. He opened his eyes and saw Shadowman running straight at him as if he had never closed his eyes. Raising his sword, he took a swipe at Shadowman but he disappeared when the sword hit, as if he was an illusion of some sort.
"Look out! From above!" Lan warned.
Megaman looked up just in time to see yet another Shadowman falling towards him with a katana like the one before. Megaman jumped up and attacked but found out that it was another illusion. When Megaman landed, he felt a sudden pain in his back and sensed someone behind him. Shadowman stood behind him, his hand on his neck and katana plunged straight through him.
"What?!" Lan was surprised by this manuever. Shadowman could make fake copies of himself and each one looked like the real one. Lan grabbed a handful of battle chips from his pocket to see what would help Megaman fight. "Megaman, try to get free," Lan suggested as he browsed through his chips.
Megaman struggled against the vice-like grip of the shadow navi but it only got worse. Shadowman's grip tightened and his katana buried itself deeper in to the blue navi. Shadowman cackled loudly as Megaman screamed out in pain.
"Battle Chip: Barrier, slot in!" Lan plugged in another chip.
The barrier appeared immediately around Megaman. Shadowman bounced off the energy sheild with a look of anger. With a thrust of his katana, the barrier shattered like as if it was glass and disappeared.
"He's close so you should be able to hit him with these!" Lan slid in two chips in to his PET.
"Water Tower!" Megaman shot the large tower of water. As expected, Shadowman leapt back to avoid being hit. Just as Shadowman reached the edge of the water, the tower of water hit him. The attack was much more stronger because of the water surrounding it. With an Electric Sword in his hands, Megaman delivered the final blow.
"ARGH!" Shadowman screamed as he was deleted. "You may have defeated me but this is only the beginning!" his voice ecoed as the last of his data disappeared.
"Alright, Megaman!" Lan congradulated Megaman.
"Excuse me, Young Man," a woman's voice cut his celebration. It was the woman that worked behind the counter and she didn't look very happy to see him.
"Uh..., I can explain...," Lan began.
"Security!" the woman screamed. The result was a security officed walking in. Lan ended up running all the way to the sub way and decided to head home for the day.
Done, sorry I took so long and it was still pretty short too. I'm lazy and proud of it too. ^_^ Anyways, I'll try to get the next chapter out faster and make it a lot longer too. By the way, please check out a story called The New Network by a friend of mine, RellikLuos. As always, please review.