My own Battle Network story.
"Quick author's note"
Before we begin this chapter, Chapter nine, I would like to thank all the readers who have read the story and reviewed. And hoped to recommend this story to others. The self-review I made for the story made me feel good like a real author sharing my ideas with all of you, and that gave me a very neat idea.
Chapter ten is going to be a special chapter where I will be answering questions or improvements from all of you about the story that YOU will send me via E-Mail to " Please leave your question with your Penname on it, so I can know to who answer. I will publish and answer the questions that attract my attention or any questions that get to me. This is a good chance to get your voice heard and for me to meet your expectations of this story as well to improve it and make it a better experience for me at writing something creative and for you to have a better experience in this story.
This will be for each tenth chapter in the story; so next chapter will be it and then chapters 11-19 will be the normal story and chapter 20 will be the special one again and keep going for the rest of the story so far. So… Waiting for your questions! Cooperate with me! ()
Now back to our story.
My dairy.
Reporters ATTACKED Yai after her speech, well… I thought that she was being killed… Anyways, I was this Ribitta, and she was god dammed pretty… Well, not as much as Maylu… I don't know why I keep thinking of her…
We caught up with Yai and went to the awaited VIP room; it was a heaven for each one of us! Sushi! Fried Chicken! Burgers and fries! A big screen TV with lost of channels! And even a four-player dance dance revolution machine!
We spent like four or five hours goofing around before the race, but of course, Yai got us on course even before we were done. She brought info on the other racers of the competition. One of them brought our attention, Alexander Hernandez, grandson of the greatest Mexican racer Adrian Hernandez. He was going to be a tough one, but that was not what attracted our attention.
He was representing Xavier Corp. our main suspect of the enemy's identity. But we got no proof for now; so we're just going to race fair and square! The lights are about to go green! And we're gonna burn the wheels up!
Chapter 9. – Meeting the racers.
We were walking discussing some racing strategies for the race, we were going to the racers spot before the race to meet out competitors.
The room was full of racers bearing racing uniforms with different companies and brands on their jackets. Lan walked close to me and placed his arm over my shoulder.
Lan: Hey!
Aldo: Hey what?
Lan: Come with me. Remember that Dream sword chip you used the first day of school?
Aldo: Yes, is there anything wrong with it?
Lan: You come with me; I need to introduce you with someone.
Aldo: Someone?
Lan: Just come here.
I followed Lan to a spot of the room where a weird looking man with a brownish Goku like hair was talking with his cell phone, he looked kinda concerned.
Bgm: "Wakka's theme." from Final Fantasy X.
"Quick author's note."
Yes! Now you will be able to get the feeling of the moment due to my selection of background music for certain moments or areas! From this part of the story I'll be using the BGM's for the entire story and increase the feeling and for the people who can picture the story in their little heads to make it even a better experience!
Now back to our story.
Man: What?!? How do you expect to cancel that order of Battlechips? Look, after I win the race… I mean, Numberman and I win the race; my store will be full of willing customers hoping to get very rare Battlechips! So I recommend you to keep the order in and wait… Ok…. Ok…. Yeah… Sounds cool… Alrighty! That's why you're my best friend! See ya then.
After he slapped the antenna in, a nerd Netnavi in his PET called him about how he was doing.
Numberman.Exe: So Mr. Higsby… How was business? Do we get a new load of Battlechips for the store?
Higsby: Well, That if we win the race… How are my economic statuses?
Numberman.Exe: Well, if you consider the fact of paying a 5 percent of you actual balance due to your debts to the Battlechips distributors, I can say that your actual balance is about Z500.00.
Higsby: At least that's something to live today… At least we have to get a second or third place to attract people to the store!
Numberman.Exe: Well, have you trained the Yoga relaxation program?
Higsby: Yes, yes I have…
Numberman.Exe: Good! The maybe we can get a third place!
Higsby: Yeah, you're right. Anyways, life isn't very exciting today…
Numberman.Exe: May I know why?
Higsby: It has been like… three years without Lan and friends… Pretty busy with the high school life…
Numberman.Exe: Nah! Things get lighter in eleventh grade.
Higsby: I hope to see Lan here today… I miss the adventures!
Lan: So… Saying pretty things about me?
Higsby: Wh… What?!?
Higsby turned to his back in a split of a second.
Lan: So? Still trying to sell at least one Battlechip?
Higsby: I told ya! I'm gonna be the greatest Battlechip merchant in the entire world! Gosh! You haven't changed a bit Lan!
Both kept a moment of silence, but after five seconds, they broke in laughter.
Lan: Higsby!
Higsby: Lan! My god! You have grown up!
Lan: And you still are in the business!
Higsby: Yes! And I'm gonna get a good place here! How are the others doing?
Lan: They will be in the race too, Dex has reduced his chubbiness a little, Maylu… Well, she's pretty! Thori, He's even smarter than you! Yai, Still dripping money!
Higsby: I can imagine that.
Lan: Oh yeah! We also got two new friends! Aldo, This is Mr. Higsby.
Aldo: Hi Higsby.
Higsby: Hiya.
Aldo: Lan has told me some things about you…
Higsby: Were they good?
Aldo: Well, he said that you're a Battlechip Geek.
Higsby: And I'm proud of that!
Lan: Aldo! Show him the Battlechip!
Aldo: Oh! That! Here.
I pulled the small Battlechip from my pocket and showed it to Higsby… Maybe it wasn't such a good idea after all… He kept staring at it, and broke into madness…
Higsby: Is… it… it is….
Aldo: Hello?
Higsby: It is… it is a Dream Sword!!!
Aldo: Yeah… It is mine…
Higsby: I'll give you Z500.00 for it! I gotta have it!
Numberman.Exe: Hello? That's all the money you got!
Higsby: Well then… How about all this rare Battlechips?
Aldo: Well, surely they're all rare, but I'm keeping my Dream Sword. Do yourself a favor and save that money.
Higsby: I'll take any order from the user of a Dream Sword my master!
Aldo: Just… Live your life.
Higsby: And I will my noble sir!
Lan: Well, gotta go. Good luck in the race.
Higsby: I'm gonna be a tough opponent you know!
Lan: Yeah sure…
We were walking back to the spot where everybody was waiting for us and prepare for the race, but a deep penetrating familiar voice stopped us from any movement.
Chaud: Lan.
Lan: Chaud? What are you doing here?
Chaud: To keep an eye to the competition. I'll also be racing with Protoman in the Ragnarok.
Lan: Like if I would care.
Chaud: Look, We have detected a virus of the same frequency as Necromancees.
Aldo: You mean?
Chaud: This stadium will be attacked, and we still don't know who's the virus between everybody in the stadium.
Lan: Well, we have a clue.
Chaud: Yes?
Aldo: Viktor Ishtar mentioned something about a Master Xavier before dying that day, we also found that there's a corporation of the same name, Xavier Corp. and the leader is Charles Xavier. Their racing team is racing here too with Alexander Hernandez and his Netnavi Huitzil.
Chaud: Hmm… Good perception… Anymore proof?
Lan: Well, that's all we got.
Chaud: Great, I'll keep an eye on their racing team. If you find something, let me know.
Aldo: We will.
Chaud: Good luck to all of you in the race.
Chaud turned with his hands in his pocket and walked away.
Lan: Well, Chaud said it.
Aldo: A virus? Here? But if it attacks, then it would be…
Lan: Disastrous…
Aldo: No, Catastrophic!
Lan: How about being on our guard?
Aldo: Sounds good to me.
For now we would try to gibe our best, even knowing that there was a deadly virus in the Stadium network. Anyways, after that, a young voice recalled Lan's memories of the past bringing joy to him in that moment; he had to be a very good friends to be that excited.
Kaita: Whassup Lan?
Lan: Kaita?!? Is that you?
Kaita: Yup! The same Kaita who left or the mountains about five years ago!
Bgm: "My mind" From Final Fantasy VIII.
Kaita was an old friend of Lan, he talked about him sometimes, one of the competitors of the Battlechip Challenge tournament to finish the unfinished N-1 Grand Prix due to the WWW attack.
Lan: Look at you! You left Dentech as a kid, and know you're back as a young man!
Kaita: I know, even I got new tricks. Wanna see?
Lan: I won't like to see those tricks… So, how's your grandma doing?
Kaita: She's doing well if you ask me, same thing for Turboman!
Turboman.Exe: Today we're taking the cup for Nana!
Lan: So you're here for you Grandma?
Kaita: Yup! We wanna make her proud, besides. Sal asked me to represent her restaurant when I swinged by to eat on my way here.
Lan: Sal? Now that's even better Kaita!
Kaita: Yeah, but I'm not that happy. I have to win the money price at all cost!
Lan: Why? Is it something bad? You can tell me.
Kaita: Well, my grandma is not doing well honestly… She is very sick, her heart is not working very well, and if I don't get the money for the transplant operation… She's going to die… And she's the only family I got after my parents died in that accident…
Lan: Kaita… Don't worry… If I win, I'll give the money to you.
Kaita: No Lan! I have to do this on my own!
Lan: But Kaita…
Kaita: Listen! I have trained all these years there to prove that I don't need you to be strong! I don't need to be like you!
Lan: But Kaita! We're talking about someone's life here! You need help!
Kaita: You know Lan… you haven't changed a bit… Still peeking into other's businesses. Even not knowing the consequences and letting your friends suffer.
In that moment, Kaita's words entered into my heart, and it transferred the words in my memories. Suddenly, I felt a strange feeling, like a rush of blood below Zero invading my spine reminding me that dreadful feeling I had… My bad omen… Kaita's words were somehow related… But I still didn't knew how or why… Lan's curiosity? Consequences? It didn't had any sense…
Lan: Kaita!
Kaita: That's enough! I don't need you!
Kaita turned very angry and walked away.
Lan: Kaita! Wait!
Aldo: Let him go… He just has a lot in his mind…
Lan: Maybe… Maybe you're right. "Sigh" just give him time to think about it…
We turned and went back to the others waiting for us, they were talking to a person, his uniform basically told us "I'm a racer" His jacket had a lot of brands on it, including a big "X" on his back.
Maylu: Hey Lan! Alex came all the way here to see you! He doesn't look like a bad man.
Lan: To see me?
The man turned to Lan; he was a blond-haired man bearing a competitive smile.
Alex: You must be Lan. I heard a lot about you man, how you saved the world from the WWW like four times. I just wanted to meet ya before the race!
Lan: Well, nice to meet you too.
Alex: Especially the hero of the network, Megaman!
Megaman.Exe: What? A hero? Me?
Alex: Everyone talk about you on the foreign networks, you are very famous in some places! Even you got five videogame series based on you!
Megaman.Exe: Really?
Alex: Just kidding. You still are not famous enough.
Megaman.Exe: I felt that the greatest illusion of my life has vanished like smoke in the air…
Alex: Anyways, with that virus around, you better be careful of what might happen to Megaman. Maybe like kidnapping…
Lan: I'll be careful…
Alex: Well then, good luck in the race!
Alex turned away and went to his spot to make the last touches to his Cybervehicle.
Maylu: Well, he doesn't look like a bad man.
Dex: We said the same of Viktor Ishtar.
Thori: Dex's right, he might be lying…
Aldo: What the hell! Let's just race!
Dex: He's right! The moment of truth is coming! We better put our guts in it and enjoy the speed!
Brandon: Booya!
Lan: Kaita… Will he accept our help?
Aldo: Just give him some time. You'll see.
Lan: Well, I'm thinking… In giving him some advantage…
Aldo: Well, do if you want to, remove the obstacles off his way. I'll concentrate in helping you.
Lan: Thanks.
Aldo: No problem.
So it was decided, if Kaita didn't ask for help, we were going to give it to him. So he can win the price and save his grandma.
But his words…
Kept bugging me…
Strange…
Isn't it?