Here it is. As promised. The next chapter in the exciting adventure! Well, okay, I'll admit it isn't that exciting yet, but it will get better..
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Chapter four
At WWW headquarters on Friday morning, in Mr. Wily's office, there were four new recuits standing at attention, two boys and two girls, all within the age group of 8-12. Mr. Wily paced in front of them and stopped in front of the boy in the left middle.
"You, what is your Netnavis name?" he asked gruffly.
"Staticman, sir." the boy replied.
Mr. Wily looked the others over and asked,"Do any of you have a type Navi that is good against water?" he asked.
The others looked at their toes and shook their heads. He ordered them out of the room with a flick of the hand, then he turned his attention back on the boy with Staticman.
"Your mission will be a simple one. Join the tournament and get information on our new enemy. Do this in whatever way possible. Although I suggest that you get into their inner circle of friends to do so, it is your choice." he stopped for no apparent reason, then went on. "Your objective to study is a water-type Navi that saved Megaman from Torchman. We have one picture from the eyes of Torchman before he was hit." he said and turned around to face the screen behind his desk and it turned on to view Aquaria standing there, with her blaster firing a water sphere.
The boy gasped with recognition and Mr. Wily's attention was brought to him once again.
"What?" he asked sharply.
The boy looked up at him. "Sir, it's just that I know that Navi. We used to be rivals before I moved to this area, sir." he said.
"Well, this is good for your mission then, easier for you to find them. Tell me, what is this Navi's name?" he said.
"Aquaria." The boy said looking down at the floor in respect.
"Ah. Thank you. Now I know I have chosen the right one for this vital mission." Mr. Wily said with an evil smirk. "The competition starts tommorrow, so go to the Lab for an update of your Navi so you will not be beaten by your rival again. Also, prepare your plan of attack. You may go now." he said, flicking his hand in the same gesture he used to shoo the others out.
"Yes, sir." the boy said shortly and walked out.
Later that day, after school, Lan, Kris, Maylu, Dex and Yai are getting psyched up for the tournament in Dencity the next day.
"I can't wait!" Lan said excitedly.
"It will be the first one in a while that we have been in." Megaman agreed.
"Yeah, it will be so great to get back onto the battlefield!" Aquaria said from the PET in Kris' hand.
"Yeah, it has been awhile hasn't it?" Kris said with a note of sadness.
Before anyone could ask her what was wrong, Dex, not noticing the sadness in her voice, interjected with a challenge to Lan.
"Why don't we NetBattle, Lan? It could be good practice for ya, if I don't wipe the floor with ya." Dex said with a challenging look.
Lan appeared to be debating with himself over it for awhile and then sighed and asked Megaman. "Well, do you think we should?"
"Nah, I would rather save my strength for tommorrow. We don't know what we'll be up against yet." Megaman replied.
"True." Lan agreed then looked up from the PET at Dex. "Maybe another time, Dex." he said.
"I suppose you're right." Dex said, disappointed.
Yai suddenly perked up. "I almost forgot! I have an appointment with my manicurist to get my nails done for tommorrow! Gotta run! See you at the train station for Dencity tommorrow!" she said as she ran out the door, waving.
Everyone watched her leave with a sweatdrop.
"Figures Yai would wanna get her nails done." Maylu said.
Kris nodded but the boys just stood there looking lost.
Both Maylu and Kris saw their expressions and shrugged, a movement that said, "Boys" with a sigh.
Kris looked at her watch and gasped. "Uh oh, If I don't get home soon, my Dad will probably get worried and not let me go tommorrow. So, I guess I'll see you guys bright and early in the morning 'kay?" she said as she put her stuff in her backpack.
The boys snapped out of their daze and nodded.
"All right, See you tommorrow." Maylu said as Kris walked out the classroom door.
Maylu turned to Lan. "Lan, make sure you're not late tommorrow OK? Or I will probably come over there and drag you out of bed myself, or get your mom to drag you. All right?" she said sternly.
"OK, okay, I won't forget. Right Megaman?" said Lan, looking at his PET.
"Right, I'll remind him Maylu." Megaman assured her.
"All right. I am gonna go home and plan my strategy and find my chips. I'll see you two tommorrow." she said with a wave and walked out the door.
Dex and Lan both looked at each other and spoke simultaneously, inturrupting each other.
"Yeah, I'd better go too." Lan said.
"I hafta go plan." Dex said.
They both stopped and then rushed out the door to go home.
At World Three headquarters, in his room, Tai Denkou is readying his plan of attack as well.
"Well, Staticman, are you ready to face Aquaria again?" he asked his yellow and dark blue NetNavi inside the PET.
"I sure am. I can't wait to get her back for all those times she called me Clingboy." he fumed.
"Well, you did call her Aquarium-head first." he said.
The NetNavi seemed to remember that and smiled.
"Yeah, that was sweet." he said happily.
"It will be kinda nice to Kris again." Tai said with a sigh.
"I haven't seen her since we moved away. I heard she moved away a couple weeks after we did." he said.
"That's probably why she was there to defeat Torchman last week." said Staticman.
"Yeah." Tai agreed.
"We had better turn in, Staticman, we're gonna have an early morning tommorrow." Tai said as he walked over to his wall cot and laid down.
"Yeah, I guess you're right, Tai. See you in the morning." Staticman said as the PET was laid down on a nightstand and the lights were turned off.
"Good night, Staticman." Tai said drowsily before drifting off to sleep.
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A rival of Kris'? Boy this is gonna be interesting.. And why in the world did he join World Three? Find out later... I don't even know yet..
Oh, and just to note, I don't own any of the characters except for: Tai, Staticman, Kris and Aquaria. That is all.
