An Evolution: Angel Zero

That night, Maylu woke up early. She checked her clock. It was 6:00 AM.

"Roll...turn off the alarm system" Maylu said tiredly.

"Yes Ms. Maylu." Roll replied.

"I wonder why I woke up so early..." Maylu asked herself. "That night was amazing."

"It sure was Ms. Maylu!" Roll said. "What was it like...kissing Lan?"

"It was amazing...and also so strange..." Maylu replied. "I never thought it would be so awkward."

"Strange indeed, Ms. Maylu." Roll replied.

"Well, it's about time I got dressed." Maylu said.

"What's the hurry?" Roll asked. "There isn't much to do at 6:00."

"Yes, I know...Jordan's waiting." Maylu replied.

"Jordan?" Roll asked. "Who's Jordan?"

"A kid I met at school. We've become pretty good friends."

"And why is he meeting you at 6:00 in the morning?"

"Mom and Dad don't want him around. There's been strange rumours about him."

"Oh...well, have fun!" Roll said. Maylu got out of bed, and put on her normal clothes: A blue shirt, a blue skirt, and long black socks. Of course, with her favourite red shoes. Maylu slowly and quietly opened the door so her parents wouldn't hear, and tip-toed downstairs. Then she quietly opened the door to see Jordan sitting on the railing.

"Hi Jordan." Maylu said.

"Hey Maylu, let's get outta here." Jordan shot. Jordan looked like a nice guy. He wore a light green T-Shirt, and blue jeans. He had light blue eyes, and short blond hair.

"Um, sure." She replied. They walked away from the house, and sat down at the park.

"So what's up?" Jordan asked.

"Nothing...really." Maylu replied.

"Really? So when were you planning on telling me about yesterday." Jordan said. His expression wasn't as loose anymore.

"You saw us..." Maylu said slowly.

"Yeah. But " Jordan lied. Since the moment he saw Maylu, he had a crush. And big one.

"You're a great guy, Jordan." Maylu laughed.

"Heh, thanks Maylu. You're not so bad yourself..."

"So what do you want to do?" Maylu asked quietly.

"Let's just sit here and talk..." Jordan said. "Oh, what am I kidding. Want to net battle?"

"Sure!" Maylu said. They plugged in their pets into each other.

"Jack in, Roll Execute!"

"Jack in, Craftsman Execute!"

Suddenly, Roll and Craftsman appeared inside the net.

"Hey there crafts." Roll giggled.

"Hello, my lady..." Craftsman said politely.

"You make me feel so powerful." Roll joked.

"A powerful woman should feel powerful..." Craftsman flirted.

"So, what do you want to do?" Roll asked.

"I believe Master Jordan wishes for us to Net Battle."

"Then so be it." Roll replied.

"Video Spy, On!" Jordan shouted.

"What...?" Maylu asked herself out loud.

"You'll see, Maylu."

"I sure will...unless of course, Craftsman gets deleted before then." Maylu laughed.

"We'll see about that."

Quickly, a video lens appeared on Craftsman's chest. It shined in his white armour.

"Come and get me, Roll."

"Okay then!" Roll shouted. She ran at Craftsman, and then attacked him with her long sword. Craftsman dodged by moving out of the way.

"You'll have to be quicker then that, my lady."

"Hehe...we'll see." Once again, Roll tried to slash Craftsman, but he always dodged. Craftsman's speed was remarkable.

"Craftsman, show her the power of paint!" Jordan shouted into his PET.

"Roll, get ready!" Maylu shouted into hers.

"Miss Roll, as you may know...a true knight never hurts a woman. That's why I love my special ability so much."

"You special ability!?" Roll was surprised.

"Yes, and you're about to witness it!" Craftsman laughed. "Hold still, let me paint your picture."

"This isn't the time for-" Roll couldn't finish. She saw Craftsman take out two paint brushes, and started painting a copy of Roll in thin air. He painted her extremely quick and precise. Eventually, a red image of Roll appeared in front of Craftsman.

"This is my special ability." Craftsman said. "Meet Copy Roll, Miss Roll."

"What the-" The copy Roll laughed.

"Heehee...Goodbye my friend." The copy said. Soon, the copy started slashing a long sword at Roll. Quickly after that, Roll was deleted.

"Roll, Logging Out." Said a voice. With that, Roll disappeared.

"Jack out, Craftsman." Jordan said.

"Wow...Jordan..."

"Liked my attack, eh?"

"Sure did!" Roll said through her PET.

"Good battle, even though you didn't stand a chance." Jordan laughed.

"Sir Jordan, you mock these pretty ladies far too often." Craftsman said through his PET.

"Wow, this Net Battle took away a lot of time..." Maylu said. "I better get going home before my mom and dad wake up."

"Until next time, Maylu."

"Bye Jordan!" Maylu walked away, waving. Jordan just stood still. Soon, Maylu walked into her house.

"Lan...you won't keep Maylu forever." Jordan said. "And Megaman will pay for your actions." Jordan started to laugh.

"Sir Jordan, what is it you want me to do?" Craftsman asked.

"Delete Megaman."

Lan soon woke up. His PET's alarm went off.

"Wake up sleepy head!" Megaman on..." Lan said.

"You'll be late for school!" Megaman said. "Ms. Mari wouldn't be pleased."

"Okay, okay..." Lan said. He rubbed his eyes, and got out of bed. He quickly grabbed the same clothes he wore yesterday, and slipped them on.

"You're going to wear those...again?" Megaman asked.

"Their still good." Lan said.

"Okay, Lan..." Megaman said softly. Lan grabbed his PET, and walked downstairs.

"Hey Mom." Lan said.

"Hi there, Lan." Mrs. Hikari replied. "I've made you breakfast."

"Oh yeah, breakfast!" Lan said happily. He grabbed a chair, and saw a plate of pancakes. "Gotta love Mom's Pancakes."

"Yep, Mom makes breakfast great!" Megaman said.

"Sure does!" Lan said with a mouth stuffed with Pancakes.

"Don't eat so fast Lan!" Megaman said.

"You were the one who was in such a hurry to get me to school..." Lan said with more pancakes in his mouth.

"I...guess your right, Lan." Megaman replied.

"Where's Dad?" Lan asked his Mom.

"Another meeting at the SciLab." Mrs. Hikari replied.

"Again?" Lan said sadly.

"Yes, unfortunately." His Mom replied. After breakfast, Lan grabbed his bag, and walked out the door.

"Thanks for breakfast, Mom." Lan said.

"My pleasure." Mrs. Hikari replied. Lan opened the door, and left for school.

"Okay Lan, let's head over to school now." Megaman said.

"Sure thing!" Lan walked up his street, and walked over to the school. It was so close to his house. Lan walked in the door. He walked down the hallways, crowded with students, and found his locker. Lan swiped his key card through the lock, and it opened. Lan took out his books from his bag, and shoved his bag into the locker.

"I'm going to leave you here, Megaman." Lan said.

"Okay, have a good day a school! I'll go into sleep mode." Megaman replied. Lan put his PET into the locker, and closed it. Then he finally locked it. Lan walked towards his class room, and peeked into the door's window.

"Looks like everything normal, like always." Lan opened the door, and sat down at his desk.

"Looks like I'm early." Lan said happily.

Tino had been on his computer all night, searching through files. Soon, he found the HP Block to Dr. Hikari's HP.

"Looks like I've found something interesting to play with..." Tino said.

"Tino, this is that place where Lan downloaded the evolution system from." Zero said.

"The evolution system, eh? That's how he evolved into that other navi. He creamed you."

"I don't need to be reminded, Tino." Zero said.

"Whatever, let's break this HP Block, and do a little evolving of our own." Tino said.

"You plan on stealing the evolution system?" Zero asked.

"Yeah. If Megaman could beat you so easily with that program, imagine what damage we could do with it." Tino laughed.

"I see where you're going Tino...well then, it's time for some busting." Zero laughed evilly. Zero simply slashed at the HP Block with his Z-Saber, and it broke in half.

"Be careful Zero. The SciLab wouldn't be this easy to break into...there are bound to be some guards somewhere in the HP." Tino said.

"Don't worry, I'll slice 'em." Zero said calmly.
"Go for it." Tino replied. Zero walked into the HP, and saw several green navis blocking the way in.

"This will be too easy." Zero said.

"Stop right there!" One navi said.

"Hmm...Make me." Zero said, and sliced through the navi with his Z-Saber.

"What!? How did he beat NaviA so easily? Men, retreat!" A navi said. All the navis teleported away.

"Simple task." Zero laughed. Zero started walking through the HP, and soon saw a glowing diamond, hovering from the ground.

"This must be...The Evolution System." Zero said. He was dazzled by the sight.

"Grab it, Zero." Tino said.

"Sure." Zero responded, and touched the green diamond. "Download this onto your PC."

"Roger Zero, I'm downloading..." The download bar slowly moved. "How did Lan download this so quickly?" Tino asked himself.

"It came through with the e-mail. It was already on the PET." Zero replied. Tino waited, and finally the program was downloaded.

"Too easy." Tino muttered. "I'm copying this onto a battle chip. That way, we can use it all the time."

"Roger, Tino." Zero said.

"Jack out, Zero." Tino said, plugging out the cord from his PC to his PET. Tino took a blank battle chip, and inserting it into the download box. Quickly, the box flashed, and Tino took out the chip. The chip now had a picture of an "E" with a diamond on it.

"How about we try this thing out Zero?" Tino asked.

"Go for it, Tino." Zero said. Tino nodded, and inserted the Battle Chip into his PET.

"Activate Evolution System." Tino said. Soon, Zero started glowing bright gold. He floated into the air, and started taking a different shape. However, red text appeared on the PET.

"Warning! Too much EXP Gained! System...Over load."

"Darn it! Zero, are you okay!?" Tino shouted into his PET. Zero didn't respond, he stayed in the air for a good 20 seconds, when suddenly, he had finally changed.

"Hehehe..." Zero laughed.

"Wow, Zero..." Tino was amazed. Zero now had two voices when he spoke, the normal Zero voice, and a deeper voice. He had a large spike pointing down for his chest, and took large claws floating next to both sides of the body. Zero had the same head as before, but blue and green code sparkled above his head. Two giant feet also floated below the spike body, each foot having three claws stick out. Finally, four giant angel wings appeared on Zero, two on either side.

"My name is...Angel Zero." Zero spoke.

"Angel Zero, it's time for some X Busting." Tino laughed.

"Yes...I'll destroy X. I'll deal with Megaman, and X will be forced to battle me!" Zero said. "And I know just how to get Megaman to fight me..."

Lan sat in class, Maylu sat at the desk next to him. Jordan sat at the desk behind Lan, grumbling at the sight of him. Jordan tried his best to hide his feelings for Maylu.

"Now class, let's look at this problem on the net board. Healing Navi wrote 5 X 8. Now ask yourselves this: What number is added to 5 in order to get 8?" Ms. Mari said to the class. Yai raised her hand.

"Yes Yai?"

"X will be equal to 3 if 5 X 8." Yai replied, grinning.

"Yes Yai, that's correct." Ms. Mari said. "Now class, send a piece of blank paper through the download slot on your desk to download today's homework." Everyone took out a piece of blank paper, and placed it through the black slot in their desk. A few seconds later, a page full of questions appeared on the page.

"I love when the paper does that." Dex said.

"Hehe, it's normal Dex. Stop living in the 21st century!" Lan laughed. Suddenly, the lights turned off. The room was completely black. Many students screamed.

"What's going on, Lan?" Maylu asked.

"I don't know...it must be the work of another Virus." Lan replied.

"Class, settle down!" Ms. Mari said. No one could see anything. Suddenly, they heard Ms. Mari scream. Then, they heard Maylu scream. Soon after that, the lights turned back on. Ms. Mari and Maylu had disappeared!

"Maylu's gone!" Lan shouted.

"And so is Ms. Mari!" Yai yelled. Then, writing appeared on the Net Board. It said:

"Lan, if you want your teacher and your girlfriend to live, jack into the Net Board now!"

"Grrr..." Jordan was extremely mad, along with Lan.

"I'll save them." Lan said.

"Lan, I'll help." Jordan offered.

"No Jordan, it might be too dangerous..." Lan said.

"Grrr...Fine Lan." Jordan lied. Jordan planned to jack in soon. Lan ran to his locker, opened it with his Key Card, and took out Megaman.

"Lan, I got an e-mail! Maylu and Ms. Mari are in trouble!" Megaman said.

"I know, we have to save them!" Lan shouted. Lan ran with his PET, not closing his locker, and ran into the class room. He jacked into the Net Board. On the Net Board, it showed Megaman inside, and then...a new figure appeared. Lan hadn't seen him before, but he recognized him: It was Zero.

End of Chapter 3...