Megaman Battle Network- The great search

By Dragon-Knight

'Not a thing I'm afraid, but there is a slim chance I know how to get some'

'How?'

'A program mentioned that a new search engine site had opened up in the Yoto region, they say that they could find anything or ANYONE' Said Roll putting emphasis on the certain word.

'Lets try that' Mayl ordered, her voice coated with annoyance with the almost impossible task, Mayl had never been one to be easily annoyed but this sense that something was more irritating then worrying. With that Roll headed off to the Yoto square. A single thought went though Mayl mind

'I WILL find out that you are Duo, I will!'

Roll could only look on with embarrassment.

Within seconds roll back to rushing round the net. The connection to Mayl's computer terminal was close so she could enter her home page. It didn't take long for her to reach the ACDC area. Mayl's Security cube stood in the way blocking the entrance. Being that Roll had the pass code she simply ran through it like it wasn't there. After entering the home page she soon entered the shortcut transfer to the Yoto Square. After she arrived in the square she didn't waste any time with the net merchants or the message board she simply ran to the Yoto net. Now Roll had no idea where this new search engine was located nor did Mayl, the program wasn't very sure about the details, all it had heard was a rumour. After conversing with Mayl they both decided that they would have to look for the new site.

After they had been looking for about five minutes they found something. They have discovered a new transfer point the second area. Over it was a sign saying:-

'Yoto search engine, we can find ANYTHING'

'Looks like we found it' said Roll sounding relived that soon the tension that Mayl had been building up would soon be released and they could get back to there lives.

'Well let's go in and find him'

'Right'

Roll took a few steps to the warp point. She soon vanished in a flash of bright yellow light. She found herself in a small square shaped area. Facing her was a desk manned by a commercial navi. All of the walls were covered with live news reports aside from the wall behind the desk and the navi; it appeared to be blank and no use.

'Hello' he greeted 'Welcome to the search site, you name it and we can find it'

The navi's high pitch voice had taken Roll by surprise and the manner it which it spoke was so fast that it took a few moments for her to fully take it what it had just said.

'Oh, hi' Replied Roll, an awkward silence had filled the cyber air as she attempted to understand the navi 'Can you do searches on people as well as items and web sites'

'Yes, but the information we can give you is very limited, oh yes, we can't just give out personal information about everyone. It would be most rude, don't you think so'

'Y…Yes, of course'

Roll had lost the navi midway again and just decided to agree to whatever it had just said. She did however get the part about personal information but it would just have to do.

'OK then' the speedy navi continued 'what do you want to be searched for'

'There's a new student in my operator's class and she wanted to know anything about him. His name's Duo'

'Anything else about him'

'What?'

'Like, where does he live?'

'Oh, ACDC town in Electopia'

'Very well then'

The navi began to type this into the console that appeared on the desk. The navi's fingers soon began to glide over the keyboard in an almost fluid motion. Several windows began to appear on the screen at the back of the room. Roll had only a fraction of a second to recognise each of the pictures before they blazed on. The search lasted for the better part of a minute.

'That IS odd' exclaimed the navi 'we have done a complete search of all of the legal net there is no record of anyone living in ACDC called Duo.'

'What!'

The first thought that crossed Roll's head was that this place can't have been as great as it boasted to be. She could only imagine what Mayl must be going though. This whole situation was beginning to make no sense, the new boy who beats Lan in the school at virus busting, then him just owing a regular commercial navi and then losing to Lan in a net battle. The whole thing seemed to be like a bad plot line produced from an inexperienced writer.

'Odd'

This expression from the search navi snapped Roll out of her stream of thought and brought her to focus on the, still irritating, navi.

'What?'

'Well, it's just that, are you sure that IS his real name?'

The question that had just posed seems vaguely odd, but it soon began to float into place and all of a sudden seemed quite simple. With the rush to gain all the information they could, they had over looked the clearest fact. They had no idea. The name that they were given was extremely vague, first or last name. Real or nickname, it could have been any one of them.

'I don't know' Roll was force to answer.

It did appear as this silly little crusade was to come to an end.

'I do have one idea' the search navi voiced

Apparently not. The awkward search navi then explained that since the school records were on file, it would be a simple thing to gain at the very least the background information on this 'Duo'. Roll grudgingly accepted, it was better then nothing.

An odd chirping sound filled the room. Roll turned to meet the eyes of the navi behind the counter.

'I've found something.'

The dark sky of the Undernet hung heavy as always. The irregular pathways, the corrupted files. The biggest bin in all of the cyber verse. But even bins have a sense of order, this is known as the ranking system. The numbers rank between ten and one. The higher the rank the more power you had over the people there. At the moment the current ranked number four was having a very bad day.

A scream tore from his throat as a claw ripped though his arm. His left appendage faded into nothing leaving only a static vision of a shoulder.

He fell to the ground staring up at his assailant. It was a navi cloaked in shadows, only leaving his glowing yellow eyes.