Megaman Battle Network – Tournament
Chapter 11 – Running Rings
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.
King Blaze: They are not winning by default. Rather than write 24 matches about cannon fodder I focused on the important ones to the story. And yes, some high powered navis like Empress will win straight off the bat and you didn't really want a full account of how Roll dodged SkullMan did you?
W.B: The bit you're looking for is in the last few chapters of rebirth.
After two more matches the second day of matches was over and 8 people were through to the second week and 8 people had been eliminated. As Sarah had said, "It's a hard game NetBattling, but there are only three rules you always follow. Do your best, have fun, make friends, if you follow these three then you will always win." Lan had made a comment too. "My sister is the stupidest navi ever."
Choosing to ignore the comment Sarah had done well for the third day (12 through, 12 gone). No one really stood out but no one did too badly either. It was the fourth day that the group found out who the other Netopian entry was.
"Mary!" said Sarah, "Good luck in your match today. Talk about cutting it close."
"Sarah!" said Mary seeing her old friend, "What do you mean match?"
"Ring!" said Sarah, "How many times do I have to tell you about entering in tournaments without asking Mary?"
"Sorry," said Mary's navi Ring, "But if I ask Mary then I'll never get any fun."
Sarah shook her head. "Why don't you just go for it Mary?" she said, "You may have fun for once."
"Ok then," said Mary, "I'll give it my best shot."
Sarah had agreed to meet Mary off the plane so no one else knew she was coming. Sarah told Mary this on the way back to the arena.
"Nice surprise for them," said Mary.
"That's what I thought," replied Sarah.
She also explained the first three days highlights but wouldn't say who Mary's opponent was.
"Spoilsport," said Ring.
"Actually," said Sarah, "Very few people know who their opponent is until the match."
The pair arrived at the station by the arena and walked in.
"Mary!" exclaimed the group.
"You're the other Netopian entry?" said Lan.
"Of course," said Mary, "Who was the other one?"
"Me," said Chisao.
"Ha ha," said Mary, "Did you win?"
"No," said Dex, "I annihilated him."
"So it was pretty close then Sarah?" said Mary.
"You're learning," said Sarah.
"Hey Lan," said Mary, "That was a good match between you and Chaud."
"Hey," said MegaMan, "I did all the hard work."
Everyone just started to laugh.
"Come on Mary," said Sarah, "The match is about to start. Both of us have to get down there now."
"And welcome to the fourth day of the N1 Grand Prix."
"After an uneventful third day we have our second Netopian entry. So sit back and enjoy the matches we have lined up for today."
"Our first NetBattler is former WWW member Yahoot and his navi MagicMan. Specialising in virus summoning he isn't totally defenceless as his Magic Fire burns everything in its path."
"Although he's former WWW he does enjoy a fair fight."
"His opponent is Mary from Netopia and her navi Ring. Although Mary has a weak body due to disease she has a strong heart and her navi Ring, either opposing or complimenting Mary, is a loud, outspoken little brat. Although she is a brat, her RingRang is a shocking attack."
"Although a little reserved at first Mary can be an efficient operator when she gets into her stride."
"Ok then, you pair ready?"
Yahoot and Mary nodded.
"Ok then, Jack In!"
"Jack In, Ring Power Up!"
"Jack In, MagicMan, Power Up!"
The three landed in cyberspace.
"Go for it!"
Ring sent a RingRang straight at MagicMan the moment the match started. This went straight into a mettaur virus using it's block, luckily on the return it was destroyed.
"No matter what you do, my viruses will stop you," said MagicMan.
"Really," said Mary, "Here Ring, Double Download!"
Mary downloaded an AreaSteal and a CyberSword, MagicMan summoned a ghost virus to stop the attack but taking advantage of Ring's unusual body she simply manoeuvred the virus through one of her larger rings and struck MagicMan.
"Wow! Ring has just struck the first blow of the match!"
"Interesting technique, using Ring's own body shape to avoid the virus."
Up in the arena control room a figure stepped in.
"Sir," said the technicians.
"Take a break," said the figure, "I'll keep an eye on things for now."
The technicians left as the figure sat down and fingered a BattleChip.
"An undercover NetOp refereeing for me," said the figure, "I can't have that now can I?"
In the arena Ring was starting to struggle. MagicMan was starting to summon bigger viruses meaning that Ring couldn't simply manoeuvre through them.
"Hey Ring," said Mary, "How about that chip?"
"The one she gave us?" said Ring.
"Bingo," replied Mary.
"Yes," said Ring, "Let's see him stop this,"
Mary pulled a chip out of her folder.
"BattleChip In, Download, Holy Dream Power Up!" said Mary inserting the chip.
Ring smiled and held her hands above her head as they started to glow.
"Stop her MagicMan!" said Yahoot.
"The GigaChip Holy Dream." Ribitta was in a state of shock.
"If she lands this it's all over."
Ring brought her hands together as they formed the giant cannon.
"Holy Dream!" yelled Ring and Mary.
"Magic Fire!" yelled MagicMan launching the flames at Ring. Ring fired the giant cannon shooting out the beam of yellow light, it blasted straight through the Magic Fire and the three mettaurs that MagicMan had summoned to protect himself and hit MagicMan.
"You're hit," said Yahoot, "Log Out!"
"And the winners are Mary and Ring!"
The group of friends in the stand jumped up and started to hug each other at Mary's victory. In the control room however, the figure inserted the BattleChip into the slot labelled Contestant 1.
Ring was hugging Sarah for all she was worth and Sarah was attempting to push her off. Ring suddenly fell back as the chip the figure inserted took effect.
"Ring," said Sarah, "What's wrong?"
A bolt of Black Lightning appeared from nowhere and struck Ring as she stood there screaming at the pain.
"Oh no," said Mayl, Mary and Sarah at the same time.