Megaman Battle Network – The Greatest Challenge
Chapter 6 – Happy Endings
Mayl snuck into the Nursery, as Hub and Una were too old for a nursery now it had been changed into a games room so the humans and navis could play together.
"It's Lan's birthday in a week and I need your help for my present," said Mayl.
"What is it?" said Roll.
"You won't tell Lan will you Megaman?" said Mayl.
"Cross my core," said Megaman.
"Right," said Mayl as she told them her plan.
Megaman and Roll set to work straight away. Megaman started to arrange for Lan to have the entire day off whilst Roll started emailing people.
It was a Saturday and it was Lan's birthday. Unfortunately for Lan it appeared that everyone forgot. He couldn't get hold of anyone and when he did they had work to do. Sarah was marking school work, his Dad had been called into work on short notice, Mayl had taken his Mum and Hub shopping, Yai was on a business trip, Higsby's shop was closed due to unforeseen circumstances, Dex had gone to see his Dad in Netopia, even Chaud was busy at work, everyone had forgotten his birthday.
Lan tried to go into work but they had no work for him. All the work he could have done was being handled. That was a shock that SciLab had no work. There wasn't even anything on the Jobs BBS he could do to keep himself busy.
Lan walked into the nursery and played some chess against Megaman. Even he hadn't mentioned it. Half way through the game Lan had an email off Mayl telling him to met her in the park now.
Lan made his way to the park to find all the benches piled high with food and from everywhere his friends and family came out. Mayl, Hub, Mum, Dad, Sarah, Yai, Blu, Dex, Chaiso, Higsby, Mamoru, Tora, Chaud, Tamako, Masa, Sal, Miyu, Mr. Match, Yahoot, Maddy, Count Zapp, Cossack and everyone else he had fought alongside or against in tournaments. He realised that they were all here for his birthday. No one had forgotten after all. Even Ms. Mari and his old class were here.
Lan thought about everything he had been through, he'd never realised just how many friends he'd actually had throughout his life until they were all here. He'd been through good times and bad with all of them. And they'd all stuck by him too the end.
"Ok everyone," said Mayl, "We have all this food here, let's not waste it, tuck in everyone."
Lan looked at the assortment of food. It seemed everyone had brought something to eat, there was everything there from Yahoot's curries to his Mum's pudding. After the meal everyone looked at him expectantly. He stood up to make a speech.
"I realise that you are all here to celebrate my birthday, but I think we're all here to celebrate something else. Friendship, all of you here are my friends or my family, and if it wasn't for you then I wouldn't actually be here today. Hey, some people actually think this world would be a better place if I wasn't here, but they're the idiots who want to rule the world."
Everyone laughed at this, especially Sean and the former WWW members.
"Anyway, I want to thank you all, not for coming here, but for being there for me when I needed you all the most. Don't say you weren't because you were, everyone here has helped me to become who I am today, I'm not saying I wouldn't be a SciLab scientist if I hadn't met all of you but I may not have ended up with such a wonderful wife and a great kid, and I definitely wouldn't have had such great friends.
"People think I became who I am today because my father is a great navi programmer but that's wrong, I became who I am today because I have friends who fight by my side, that's where I get my power from.
"I'd like to think this party as not a birthday party, but a party for all my friends. For friendships past," he said looking over the tables at his friends, "And for friendships future," he said looking at Hub and Blu, "May they be as strong as the bonds that bind all of us here today."
"Hear, hear," said everyone before giving a big cheer.
Lan looked over to a screen that had been put up so the navis could enjoy the festivities too. Megaman gave him a wink.
"You didn't think I'd forget my own brother's birthday did you Lan," said Megaman.
"Megaman," said Lan.
"Too our past adventures," said Megaman holding up a glass, "And to the ones in the future. May we gain just as many friends there as we have here."
The End?
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UnaEXE - Vengance
When Blu is targetted by a mysterious navi, Hub is told to stay clear of it. But how long will it be before a figure from the past targets the two youngest Hikari's?