Megaman Battle Network – Tournament
Chapter 6 – Surprise Match
A/N: Just to remind you battle text is:
Ribitta's commentary
Higsby's commentary
Sarah's commentary
Anything else will be in normal text.
Sarah moved up into the stands to Mayl.
"You'd best get ready for the next match Mayl," she said.
"Right," said Mayl.
"Hey," said Dex, "What's going on? Mayl's match isn't until tomorrow."
"Empress wanted to enter as well," said Roll, "So we let her."
"What happens in the event of Roll vs. Empress then?" asked Lan.
"Empress forfeits the match," said Mayl.
"Not anymore," said Sarah, "We're working on a separate body for Empress until the tournaments over at SciLab."
"We?" said Lan.
"Me and Dad," said Sarah, "When you want to work with a navi would you prefer someone who knows the navi inside and out or not?"
"Sorry," said Lan, "Isn't it ready yet?"
"Not at the moment," said Sarah, "And Empress and Roll are going to have to share a PET anyway."
"You don't trust her?" said Roll.
"Do you?" replied Sarah.
"Good point. Let's get moving Mayl, Empress is getting a little impatient," said Roll.
Down in the arena Empress' opponent waited.
"Who is my opponent?" screamed Maddy, "I agree to fight fair and my opponent doesn't turn up!"
"Maddy's opponent doesn't appear to have entered the arena yet. As a solo navi she should be able to enter without any problems so where is she?"
"What?" screamed Maddy, "My opponent is a Solo!"
Sarah and Mayl entered the arena.
"Sarah has entered to referee the match but what is Mayl doing there too?" said Ribitta.
"Ok then, I have to explain some details about Maddy's opponent before the match. How many remember Empress from the last tournament? The one who Roll was accidentally changed into in an attempt for Maddy and Mr. Match to cheat."
Nods from the audience showed that they remembered.
"Ok then, Now Empress is Maddy's opponent for this match. As Empress is a dangerous navi and a part of Roll it is essential that Mayl is here to monitor Empress' condition. Empress has agreed to behave but we aren't taking chances. Mayl will not be able to download BattleChips however."
The look on Maddy's face was one of shock.
"Ok then," said Sarah, "Jack In!"
"Jack In," said Mayl, "Roll, Power Up!"
"Jack In," said Maddy, "WackoMan, Power Up!"
Roll and WackoMan reached CyberSpace and stared at each other.
"Where's Empress?" said Maddy looking away from the arena, "All as I see a pink brat." Mayl laughed, she knew Maddy was just having a joke about the last N1 where she called Roll the Pink Brat constantly.
"Did you just call me a pink brat?" said Empress.
"I want Roll back in one piece Empress," warned Mayl.
"Uh – Oh," said WackoMan, "Why did you say that Maddy?"
"We're in trouble aren't we Mayl?" said Maddy.
Mayl nodded, "You shouldn't have called her a pink brat," she said.
Sarah laughed as she announced that the match had started.
Empress ran around the arena placing viruses to block WackoMan's attacks. WackoMan got quickly frustrated at this tactic.
"Come on and fight me!" shouted WackoMan stopping his attack for a mere moment.
"Gladly," said Empress taking WackoMan by complete surprise by lashing out with her whip. The unprepared WackoMan took major damage by the fact that the viruses she had placed also decided to attack as well. The end result forced WackoMan to log out.
"And the winner with a single attack and the quickest match yet of 10.5 seconds is Empress."
Empress quickly turned back into Roll who logged out. Mayl went over to talk to Maddy.
"How does Roll live with her inside her?" said Maddy, "She is the craziest navi I've seen and I operate WackoMan."
"The key is ignoring her," said Roll, "She mainly keeps quiet though under the threat that if she misbehaves I'll delete her."
Maddy shook her head and walked off. There were distinct cries of, "What do you mean she's crazier than me!" coming from her PET as she walked into the stands to join the other former WWW agents. Mayl looked at her PET to see Empress standing there.
"Well done Empress," said Mayl, "Now can I have Roll back so I can practice for tomorrow."
"Thanks Mayl," said Empress, "And Good Luck tomorrow."
"Are you sure you're Empress?" said Mayl laughing and heading into the stands.