This fan-fic takes place when all of Lan's gang is 15. It's a Maylu-Lan
story, so it's fun to read: (no offense against other writers!).
WWW's been going on for some while again, after remaining inactive for
almost a year and a half. Have fun!
Chapter I: the world crumbles
Lan rushed into his 10th-grade class, "Sorry I'm late, Mr. Macaulay!" Quickly, Lan sat down next to Maylu. Once he sat down, he raised his head and looked as if he hadn't done anything.
Mr. Macaulay, who was used to Lan's lateness, only raised his eyebrows and returned drawing figures on the board.
Lan looked over at Maylu, who winked. Lan winked back, smiling. Lan and Maylu had been dating for a little over a year, shortly after the fall of World Three. They both knew they were the ones they'd be spending the rest of their lives with, but mostly they kept it to themselves.
Maylu, who was usually the perfect student, sent him an email shortly after.
"Hey, how come you were late? Is everything okay? Meet me by the gates
during lunch.
I love you,
-Maylu"
Lan looked back at Maylu and nodded, grinning slightly. Last year, Lan had been struggling with his schoolwork. He suspected he'd still be stuck in the same mental pit if it weren't for Maylu. He had always kept this to himself, but he had been a little depressed over the past 3 years. Maylu changed his life, and he owed everything to her.
Lunch came quickly. Lan slipped unnoticed outside, snapped on his roller-blades, and skated over to the entrance gates. Maylu arrived shortly after.
"Hey, I'm surprised to see you here before me." She smiled. Lan knew she was playing with him: it was her way of showing affection in public places. She came over to him and hugged him, Lan brushing her hair over her ears. He gently held her hands. Maylu giggled.
"So, what's up?" Lan asked.
"Nothing really." She said, I just worry about you, that's all.
This time, Lan smiled. "I don't know why, I've always been okay. You know that."
Maylu put one of her hands into Lan's front-left pocket. "Oh yeah? What about the time when you were an hour late and had two skinned knees and a bleeding leg? I almost passed out then.
"I told you. It was a dog. I didn't want to hit it so I---"
Maylu put her other hand's finger to his lips, and whispered "I know, I know" and kissed him lightly on the lips.
She then turned, winked at him, and set off for lunch.
"Damn. I hate when she does that: gets me all worried and turns out she the one that's worried instead." He grinned broadly, feeling up to brim with affection and care, and bladed back to school so he could eat.
School seemed to come to a close almost instantly. He found Dex, Yai, and Maylu waiting for him at the gates. Dex, who was always jealous of Lan, tried to taunt him as he regularly did.
"Hey Lan! What'd you get on that Algebra test, huh?
Lan smiled at Dex. "A 95%, how 'bout you?"
Dex seemed crest-fallen and tried to change the subject. "Um, well, how about that Science test then? I got a freakin' 90%, baby!"
"I got a 92%, but I didn't study." Lan felt proud as he thought of how impossible it would have been to have gotten that grade on any test a few years back."
"Humph, well, good for you then." Dex suddenly became very interested in his right hand's fingernails, which he had bitten off.
Lan turned and looked ahead, walking down the sandstone-colored sidewalk. Maylu turned slightly and joined Lan's side of the group. She reached her hand out and gripped Lan's, who held it tightly.
They continued to walk in silence, until Yai spoke up and said, "Hey, how about we all meet up at ACDC Square at about 4:00?"
The rest of the group nodded back to her, as the group split into three groups: Dex, Yai, and Lan and Maylu. Dex parted to the left, Yai to the right, and Maylu and Lan continued straight. Lan and Maylu had been next-door neighbors for as long as they could remember. Although they had always had feelings for one-another, they never told anyone.
Roll and Megaman, who had not spoken much that day, were suddenly talkative.
"Hey Lan and Megaman, how about you jack into our PC at 4:00? After all, we do have that new shortcut to ACDC Square." Said Roll, cheerfully.
"That's a good idea, Roll." Said Maylu. "Hey Lan, how about it? Wanna come over today at around 3:50?"
"Sounds good to me." Said Megaman in his slightly electronic- sounding voice.
"Okay then." Said Lan. "I'll be over then."
Maylu gave Lan's hand a squeeze and looked back at Lan as he went into his house as she continued on to the next door down the street.
"Good afternoon, Sweetie." Said Mom, looking happy. "How was your day?"
"Good, Mom, thanks for asking. I've got to do some of my homework though before I go over to Maylu's. We're meeting up with the group at ACDC Square, and she has a new shortcut to get there. I'll tell you more about it when I get back home." With that, Lan went upstairs.
After nearly an hour of homework Lan went over to Maylu's house. He knocked on the door, and Maylu's Mom answered.
"Why hello there, Lan and Megaman. How are you?"
"Pretty good, thanks. How's yourself?"
"Pretty good myself, I suppose. I've ordered a new fan that's connected to the internet. It's supposed to be really efficient. It turns itself on periodically to keep the room temperature at the same heat. Well, I mustn't keep you waiting, Maylu's upstairs waiting for you."
"Thank you." Lan walked inside.
Maylu's house had always been fun to enter, because each time he found something else he liked about it. The colors of the house all seemed to compliment one another, and the equipment was all new and shiny.
Lan walked upstairs to find Maylu sitting on her computer chair with Roll, still inside her PET, in her hands. Lan knocked on the open door to get her attention. She turned, smiled sweetly as if saying something which words cannot describe, and hugged him. Lan hugged her back and felt full of affection and care. He really loved her, and he couldn't imagine what would happen if he let her get hurt...or worse: heart-wrenched.
"Hi, Lan!" Maylu said.
"Hey. What's crackin'? Lan said, smiling as Maylu giggled at his expression.
"Nothing really, just finishing my geometry homework."
The two sat down, Maylu in her chair and Lan on the blue-carpeted floor. After looking at each other for a few moments, Maylu laughed quietly and walked over to him and said, "I really do love you, Lan." as she sat down in his lap. Lan fell over backwards, acting comical now, and Maylu let out a laugh as she pulled him back up.
Once sitting upright again, Lan said "I love you to, Maylu."
They sat like that for a few minutes until Roll and Megaman chimed at the same time, "Lan, Maylu, 4:00!"
"Thanks." Said Lan and Maylu together, looking down at their Navi's.
Both turned looking out the door as the doorbell sounded. They could faintly hear "Oh! Thank you, sir! I'll plug it in right away. Oh, I've waited for this fan for AGES!"
"Let's jack in, shall we?" said Lan.
"Yes, let's." And the couple started laughing as they always did.
Meanwhile, World Three's leader, Dr. Wily, had come up with another one of his plans.
"Mwahahaha! This is it, Megaman! Time to face your worst nightmare!" He cackled on continuously.
"Jack in! Megaman, power up!"
"Jack in! Roll, power up!"
Megaman and Roll sped onward until reaching Maylu's homepage. Having been on it so many times, Megaman knew like he did Lan's. The duo walked toward the transporter located to their right. About 30 feet from the transporter, Megaman stopped abruptly.
"Megaman, what's the mat---"
She was cut short by the massive hand that closed upon her mouth. The hand belonged to a large, blue Navi equipped with a large fan on his chest.
"Airman! What are you doing here! You were supposed to have been deleted!" Megaman shouted, aiming his buster automatically at him.
Airman just looked down at him and said in his low voice, "Taking a hostage, orders of Dr. Wily."
Airman: logging out
Megaman ran to spot where Airman had been moments before, vanished. Roll gone with him.
Lan looked up from his PET's screen at Maylu, whose eye's were wide open, tears in her eyes.
Lan saw a single tear run down Maylu's cheek. His heart stopped. This was what he feared most: Maylu's agony. His jaw dropped, trying to say something but no words would come out. Finally, he just hugged her. He sat there and hugged her for 10 minutes. When Maylu turned and looked at him, her face still red, Lan said simply, "I'll bring her back. I promise." Silently, he bent over and kissed her. He left the room, in such silent rage that boiled up inside of him, and was determined to find Wily and make him pay.
Chapter I: the world crumbles
Lan rushed into his 10th-grade class, "Sorry I'm late, Mr. Macaulay!" Quickly, Lan sat down next to Maylu. Once he sat down, he raised his head and looked as if he hadn't done anything.
Mr. Macaulay, who was used to Lan's lateness, only raised his eyebrows and returned drawing figures on the board.
Lan looked over at Maylu, who winked. Lan winked back, smiling. Lan and Maylu had been dating for a little over a year, shortly after the fall of World Three. They both knew they were the ones they'd be spending the rest of their lives with, but mostly they kept it to themselves.
Maylu, who was usually the perfect student, sent him an email shortly after.
"Hey, how come you were late? Is everything okay? Meet me by the gates
during lunch.
I love you,
-Maylu"
Lan looked back at Maylu and nodded, grinning slightly. Last year, Lan had been struggling with his schoolwork. He suspected he'd still be stuck in the same mental pit if it weren't for Maylu. He had always kept this to himself, but he had been a little depressed over the past 3 years. Maylu changed his life, and he owed everything to her.
Lunch came quickly. Lan slipped unnoticed outside, snapped on his roller-blades, and skated over to the entrance gates. Maylu arrived shortly after.
"Hey, I'm surprised to see you here before me." She smiled. Lan knew she was playing with him: it was her way of showing affection in public places. She came over to him and hugged him, Lan brushing her hair over her ears. He gently held her hands. Maylu giggled.
"So, what's up?" Lan asked.
"Nothing really." She said, I just worry about you, that's all.
This time, Lan smiled. "I don't know why, I've always been okay. You know that."
Maylu put one of her hands into Lan's front-left pocket. "Oh yeah? What about the time when you were an hour late and had two skinned knees and a bleeding leg? I almost passed out then.
"I told you. It was a dog. I didn't want to hit it so I---"
Maylu put her other hand's finger to his lips, and whispered "I know, I know" and kissed him lightly on the lips.
She then turned, winked at him, and set off for lunch.
"Damn. I hate when she does that: gets me all worried and turns out she the one that's worried instead." He grinned broadly, feeling up to brim with affection and care, and bladed back to school so he could eat.
School seemed to come to a close almost instantly. He found Dex, Yai, and Maylu waiting for him at the gates. Dex, who was always jealous of Lan, tried to taunt him as he regularly did.
"Hey Lan! What'd you get on that Algebra test, huh?
Lan smiled at Dex. "A 95%, how 'bout you?"
Dex seemed crest-fallen and tried to change the subject. "Um, well, how about that Science test then? I got a freakin' 90%, baby!"
"I got a 92%, but I didn't study." Lan felt proud as he thought of how impossible it would have been to have gotten that grade on any test a few years back."
"Humph, well, good for you then." Dex suddenly became very interested in his right hand's fingernails, which he had bitten off.
Lan turned and looked ahead, walking down the sandstone-colored sidewalk. Maylu turned slightly and joined Lan's side of the group. She reached her hand out and gripped Lan's, who held it tightly.
They continued to walk in silence, until Yai spoke up and said, "Hey, how about we all meet up at ACDC Square at about 4:00?"
The rest of the group nodded back to her, as the group split into three groups: Dex, Yai, and Lan and Maylu. Dex parted to the left, Yai to the right, and Maylu and Lan continued straight. Lan and Maylu had been next-door neighbors for as long as they could remember. Although they had always had feelings for one-another, they never told anyone.
Roll and Megaman, who had not spoken much that day, were suddenly talkative.
"Hey Lan and Megaman, how about you jack into our PC at 4:00? After all, we do have that new shortcut to ACDC Square." Said Roll, cheerfully.
"That's a good idea, Roll." Said Maylu. "Hey Lan, how about it? Wanna come over today at around 3:50?"
"Sounds good to me." Said Megaman in his slightly electronic- sounding voice.
"Okay then." Said Lan. "I'll be over then."
Maylu gave Lan's hand a squeeze and looked back at Lan as he went into his house as she continued on to the next door down the street.
"Good afternoon, Sweetie." Said Mom, looking happy. "How was your day?"
"Good, Mom, thanks for asking. I've got to do some of my homework though before I go over to Maylu's. We're meeting up with the group at ACDC Square, and she has a new shortcut to get there. I'll tell you more about it when I get back home." With that, Lan went upstairs.
After nearly an hour of homework Lan went over to Maylu's house. He knocked on the door, and Maylu's Mom answered.
"Why hello there, Lan and Megaman. How are you?"
"Pretty good, thanks. How's yourself?"
"Pretty good myself, I suppose. I've ordered a new fan that's connected to the internet. It's supposed to be really efficient. It turns itself on periodically to keep the room temperature at the same heat. Well, I mustn't keep you waiting, Maylu's upstairs waiting for you."
"Thank you." Lan walked inside.
Maylu's house had always been fun to enter, because each time he found something else he liked about it. The colors of the house all seemed to compliment one another, and the equipment was all new and shiny.
Lan walked upstairs to find Maylu sitting on her computer chair with Roll, still inside her PET, in her hands. Lan knocked on the open door to get her attention. She turned, smiled sweetly as if saying something which words cannot describe, and hugged him. Lan hugged her back and felt full of affection and care. He really loved her, and he couldn't imagine what would happen if he let her get hurt...or worse: heart-wrenched.
"Hi, Lan!" Maylu said.
"Hey. What's crackin'? Lan said, smiling as Maylu giggled at his expression.
"Nothing really, just finishing my geometry homework."
The two sat down, Maylu in her chair and Lan on the blue-carpeted floor. After looking at each other for a few moments, Maylu laughed quietly and walked over to him and said, "I really do love you, Lan." as she sat down in his lap. Lan fell over backwards, acting comical now, and Maylu let out a laugh as she pulled him back up.
Once sitting upright again, Lan said "I love you to, Maylu."
They sat like that for a few minutes until Roll and Megaman chimed at the same time, "Lan, Maylu, 4:00!"
"Thanks." Said Lan and Maylu together, looking down at their Navi's.
Both turned looking out the door as the doorbell sounded. They could faintly hear "Oh! Thank you, sir! I'll plug it in right away. Oh, I've waited for this fan for AGES!"
"Let's jack in, shall we?" said Lan.
"Yes, let's." And the couple started laughing as they always did.
Meanwhile, World Three's leader, Dr. Wily, had come up with another one of his plans.
"Mwahahaha! This is it, Megaman! Time to face your worst nightmare!" He cackled on continuously.
"Jack in! Megaman, power up!"
"Jack in! Roll, power up!"
Megaman and Roll sped onward until reaching Maylu's homepage. Having been on it so many times, Megaman knew like he did Lan's. The duo walked toward the transporter located to their right. About 30 feet from the transporter, Megaman stopped abruptly.
"Megaman, what's the mat---"
She was cut short by the massive hand that closed upon her mouth. The hand belonged to a large, blue Navi equipped with a large fan on his chest.
"Airman! What are you doing here! You were supposed to have been deleted!" Megaman shouted, aiming his buster automatically at him.
Airman just looked down at him and said in his low voice, "Taking a hostage, orders of Dr. Wily."
Airman: logging out
Megaman ran to spot where Airman had been moments before, vanished. Roll gone with him.
Lan looked up from his PET's screen at Maylu, whose eye's were wide open, tears in her eyes.
Lan saw a single tear run down Maylu's cheek. His heart stopped. This was what he feared most: Maylu's agony. His jaw dropped, trying to say something but no words would come out. Finally, he just hugged her. He sat there and hugged her for 10 minutes. When Maylu turned and looked at him, her face still red, Lan said simply, "I'll bring her back. I promise." Silently, he bent over and kissed her. He left the room, in such silent rage that boiled up inside of him, and was determined to find Wily and make him pay.