Megaman Battle Network – Sibling Rivalry
Chapter 9 – Fair Fun
I fell to the floor in Dad's lab. I grabbed my head as it was hurting badly. I found it hard to think straight.
"Sarah, Sarah! Are you ok?" my Dad said before I passed out.
I woke up in my bed at home and heard Dad talking to Lan outside the door.
"She collapsed on the way home Lan," said Dad.
"Why did she collapse? Is she getting worse?" Lan said. I could tell his concern through the door.
"It's nothing, one of the side effects of the disease is mild epilepsy. She blacked out along the motorway because I was going a little too fast for her and she was looking out the side window," said Dad, "The speed combined with the trees at the roadside caused her to black out."
"What do you mean Motorway? I thought you'd take the Metroline?" said Lan.
"We would have but the hospital at the Beach doesn't have the facilities to slow down her progress. I had to take her to another hospital."
"Will she be awake tomorrow Dad?"
"Maybe. Why Lan?"
"Mayl and I were thinking of taking her to the fair that came in town today."
"We'll see how she is in the morning Lan."
The conversation stopped. I felt a little guilty about all the lies that we'd told Lan. I rolled over and eventually went to sleep.
The next morning I woke up and went downstairs to find Lan already at the table.
"Your up early," I said.
"Compared to Mayl, Ms. Mari is pretty nice when she deals with Lan being late," said Megaman from Lan's PET. I laughed at this, Ms. Mari had given the 4 of them extra homework that night for being late. I only got out of it because I had to go to the principle's office beforehand.
"So what have you two got planned for today?" asked Dad.
"Well I was going to go online and see if there was any link between the attacks at school and at Mayl's and to see if there were any similar ones recently if Lan's got nothing planned for today," I said.
"No you're not. You can leave that to the officials. Lan was planning on taking you to the fair in town today if you want to go," said Dad.
"Ok then Mr. Hikari," I said.
"Mayl should be here in a bit," said Megaman, "Lets hope we don't get a repeat of your last date Lan. I was worn out after all that NetBattling."
"It's not a date!" said Lan, his face going red.
Everyone except Lan laughed. "Why, what happened last time?" I asked.
Lan told me. I laughed again.
"It wasn't funny, Mayl's life was in danger from a robot princess with an axe!" said Lan.
"I know but wherever you go you always attract trouble don't you Lan," I said.
I think that got to Lan more than anything as he ate in silence until Mayl arrived. Mrs. Hikari opened the door to Mayl when she knocked.
"Hello Mrs. Hikari, is he awake yet or have you got to wake him?" said Mayl.
"They're ready to go Mayl, just let them finish eating their breakfast. Do you want something to eat Mayl?" said Mrs. Hikari.
"No thank you Mrs. Hikari."
We finished and grabbed our jackets. We left and arrived at the fair just in time for the opening. We went in and started to look around when Mayl suddenly stopped and pointing at a woman by a ride and said, "Hey Lan, isn't that..."
"Maddy!" finished Lan.
The woman seemed to notice us and waved us over. "Why if it isn't Lan and Mayl? I haven't seen you pair around for a while now."
"I thought you were still a WWW official," said Mayl, "I didn't know you were working for a funfair."
"Ha ha," laughed Maddy, "No, me, Yahoot and Match have finished with Wily and the WWW now. In fact out of the four of us only Zapps is still working for him."
"We know, Lan and Sarah beat him and Elecman the other day," said Mayl, "What are Yahoot and Match doing now anyway?"
"Yahoot and Magicman are running the fortune teller stall over there," said Maddy pointing, "And Match is doing a fire dance show over there. He should be doing another one soon, why don't you go watch and I'll give the three of you passes to my funhouse afterwards. I know Match will be pleased to see you pair anyway."
"Ok then, we'll be back later Maddy," said Lan.
As we walked over to the stall belonging to Match I asked how they knew Maddy.
"She used to be a WWW official with Yahoot, Mr. Match and Count Zapp," said Lan, "She's tried to kill Megaman on more than one occasion. All four of them have."
"Well you've got me to protect him now," said Scyler.
We all cheered as the show began. He was good at it and everyone applauded at the end. He saw us in the crowd and after the act waved us over.
"Lan, Mayl! Who's your friend?" said Match.
"This is my adopted sister Sarah, Match," said Lan, "So your staying away from the WWW then?"
"Yup. Clean for nearly a year now. They gave us leniency for revealing some more high ups in the WWW. Me, Yahoot and Maddy are working for the owner of this fairground now to earn some money and open a restaurant."
"Good for you Match," said Mayl, "If you open it in ACDC we'll be regular customers."
"Thanks Mayl. Why don't you go see Maddy and Yahoot? I know they'll both be glad to see you."
We went to the fortune stand which Yahoot ran who gave us pretty much the same treatment. His navi managed to confuse Scyler and she was talking in rhyme for a while after. We went into Maddy's funhouse and it was obvious she had been talking to Match as she said, "Three tickets Lan, one for you, your girlfriend and your sister," as we went in.
"She's not my girlfriend!" Lan yelled. The three of us just laughed at him.
After we came out the funhouse Yai shouted us. She ran over being followed by another girl who I did know.
"Lan, Mayl," said the girl. She looked at me for a second, "Why if it isn't Sarah? How are you doing now?"
"I'm doing fine Mary. How are you and Ring?" I replied.
"We're fine," said Ring, "I still have to give Mary a little encouragement to have fun but she's getting better at it. How are you Scyler?"
We all laughed. "You pair make the perfect combination," I said, "Mary's the calm quiet one and you're the loud outspoken one Ring. Scyler is doing fine."
"What are you doing here anyway Sarah?" asked Mary.
"Lan's family has adopted me," I said, "What about you?"
"I come and stay with Yai sometimes. We met when she was in hospital in Netopia once," replied Mary.
"Hey there's a photo booth over there," said Mayl, "Why don't we get our photos taken."
We walked over to the booth so we wouldn't exhaust Mary. Whilst we were walking Mayl asked, "How do you know Mary?"
"We were in the same hospital for a time," Mary replied.
"Oh, was it..."
I just nodded.
"Oh."
We got to the booth. It was a special booth designed to take pictures of navis and their NetOps. It then superimposed a smaller image of the navis under the Ops. The navis also got a copy of the picture. We took about six pictures. The best one in everyone's opinion was the one with just Lan, Mayl and Me with our navis.
After the photo session we went back to the funhouse and Maddy let us on for another free ride.
Chapter 9 – Fair Fun
I fell to the floor in Dad's lab. I grabbed my head as it was hurting badly. I found it hard to think straight.
"Sarah, Sarah! Are you ok?" my Dad said before I passed out.
I woke up in my bed at home and heard Dad talking to Lan outside the door.
"She collapsed on the way home Lan," said Dad.
"Why did she collapse? Is she getting worse?" Lan said. I could tell his concern through the door.
"It's nothing, one of the side effects of the disease is mild epilepsy. She blacked out along the motorway because I was going a little too fast for her and she was looking out the side window," said Dad, "The speed combined with the trees at the roadside caused her to black out."
"What do you mean Motorway? I thought you'd take the Metroline?" said Lan.
"We would have but the hospital at the Beach doesn't have the facilities to slow down her progress. I had to take her to another hospital."
"Will she be awake tomorrow Dad?"
"Maybe. Why Lan?"
"Mayl and I were thinking of taking her to the fair that came in town today."
"We'll see how she is in the morning Lan."
The conversation stopped. I felt a little guilty about all the lies that we'd told Lan. I rolled over and eventually went to sleep.
The next morning I woke up and went downstairs to find Lan already at the table.
"Your up early," I said.
"Compared to Mayl, Ms. Mari is pretty nice when she deals with Lan being late," said Megaman from Lan's PET. I laughed at this, Ms. Mari had given the 4 of them extra homework that night for being late. I only got out of it because I had to go to the principle's office beforehand.
"So what have you two got planned for today?" asked Dad.
"Well I was going to go online and see if there was any link between the attacks at school and at Mayl's and to see if there were any similar ones recently if Lan's got nothing planned for today," I said.
"No you're not. You can leave that to the officials. Lan was planning on taking you to the fair in town today if you want to go," said Dad.
"Ok then Mr. Hikari," I said.
"Mayl should be here in a bit," said Megaman, "Lets hope we don't get a repeat of your last date Lan. I was worn out after all that NetBattling."
"It's not a date!" said Lan, his face going red.
Everyone except Lan laughed. "Why, what happened last time?" I asked.
Lan told me. I laughed again.
"It wasn't funny, Mayl's life was in danger from a robot princess with an axe!" said Lan.
"I know but wherever you go you always attract trouble don't you Lan," I said.
I think that got to Lan more than anything as he ate in silence until Mayl arrived. Mrs. Hikari opened the door to Mayl when she knocked.
"Hello Mrs. Hikari, is he awake yet or have you got to wake him?" said Mayl.
"They're ready to go Mayl, just let them finish eating their breakfast. Do you want something to eat Mayl?" said Mrs. Hikari.
"No thank you Mrs. Hikari."
We finished and grabbed our jackets. We left and arrived at the fair just in time for the opening. We went in and started to look around when Mayl suddenly stopped and pointing at a woman by a ride and said, "Hey Lan, isn't that..."
"Maddy!" finished Lan.
The woman seemed to notice us and waved us over. "Why if it isn't Lan and Mayl? I haven't seen you pair around for a while now."
"I thought you were still a WWW official," said Mayl, "I didn't know you were working for a funfair."
"Ha ha," laughed Maddy, "No, me, Yahoot and Match have finished with Wily and the WWW now. In fact out of the four of us only Zapps is still working for him."
"We know, Lan and Sarah beat him and Elecman the other day," said Mayl, "What are Yahoot and Match doing now anyway?"
"Yahoot and Magicman are running the fortune teller stall over there," said Maddy pointing, "And Match is doing a fire dance show over there. He should be doing another one soon, why don't you go watch and I'll give the three of you passes to my funhouse afterwards. I know Match will be pleased to see you pair anyway."
"Ok then, we'll be back later Maddy," said Lan.
As we walked over to the stall belonging to Match I asked how they knew Maddy.
"She used to be a WWW official with Yahoot, Mr. Match and Count Zapp," said Lan, "She's tried to kill Megaman on more than one occasion. All four of them have."
"Well you've got me to protect him now," said Scyler.
We all cheered as the show began. He was good at it and everyone applauded at the end. He saw us in the crowd and after the act waved us over.
"Lan, Mayl! Who's your friend?" said Match.
"This is my adopted sister Sarah, Match," said Lan, "So your staying away from the WWW then?"
"Yup. Clean for nearly a year now. They gave us leniency for revealing some more high ups in the WWW. Me, Yahoot and Maddy are working for the owner of this fairground now to earn some money and open a restaurant."
"Good for you Match," said Mayl, "If you open it in ACDC we'll be regular customers."
"Thanks Mayl. Why don't you go see Maddy and Yahoot? I know they'll both be glad to see you."
We went to the fortune stand which Yahoot ran who gave us pretty much the same treatment. His navi managed to confuse Scyler and she was talking in rhyme for a while after. We went into Maddy's funhouse and it was obvious she had been talking to Match as she said, "Three tickets Lan, one for you, your girlfriend and your sister," as we went in.
"She's not my girlfriend!" Lan yelled. The three of us just laughed at him.
After we came out the funhouse Yai shouted us. She ran over being followed by another girl who I did know.
"Lan, Mayl," said the girl. She looked at me for a second, "Why if it isn't Sarah? How are you doing now?"
"I'm doing fine Mary. How are you and Ring?" I replied.
"We're fine," said Ring, "I still have to give Mary a little encouragement to have fun but she's getting better at it. How are you Scyler?"
We all laughed. "You pair make the perfect combination," I said, "Mary's the calm quiet one and you're the loud outspoken one Ring. Scyler is doing fine."
"What are you doing here anyway Sarah?" asked Mary.
"Lan's family has adopted me," I said, "What about you?"
"I come and stay with Yai sometimes. We met when she was in hospital in Netopia once," replied Mary.
"Hey there's a photo booth over there," said Mayl, "Why don't we get our photos taken."
We walked over to the booth so we wouldn't exhaust Mary. Whilst we were walking Mayl asked, "How do you know Mary?"
"We were in the same hospital for a time," Mary replied.
"Oh, was it..."
I just nodded.
"Oh."
We got to the booth. It was a special booth designed to take pictures of navis and their NetOps. It then superimposed a smaller image of the navis under the Ops. The navis also got a copy of the picture. We took about six pictures. The best one in everyone's opinion was the one with just Lan, Mayl and Me with our navis.
After the photo session we went back to the funhouse and Maddy let us on for another free ride.