My own Battle Network story.
Hiya There! I'm Maylu!
Bass escaped from the DCMXNP and was being used as a living battery for the "Armageddon X".
We fought, and a mysterious Netnavi only known as Poler-Kamrous came and got Bass out. He said his NetOp is "A friend…"
Then Chaud told us that the Bass escape was a set up by him and Bass to get more information about this "Armageddon X" and that Megaman is the key in triggering it…
Anyways, we better stop worrying and try to be happy for now. Lan told me he wanted to tell me something… I wonder what it is?
Chapter 38. – Castillo.
A sunny day was on, almost no clouds in the sky and a soft breeze whistling onto everyone's skin.
It was also a normal school day. We dissected field pigs in biology class with Ms. Mari… Yai almost threw up…
Dex said he was tough enough to look and touch the guts, but he fainted out when we opened those little bellies… so much for Mr. Guts…
It was time for schoolz out, and we were outside.
Lan: So, I wanna tell you something.
Maylu: Yes?
Lan: Umm… Can't we get a little of privacy?
Dex: Whatever. Gotta go this way and pick Chisao from school.
Aldo: Think we'll follow him…
So we followed Dex.
Brandon: Hey Dex, are we really going with you?
Dex: Lan doesn't know that Chisao has no school today… this is just to listen their conversation…
So we stood closer as we heard soft words…
Maylu: What do you mean our first date?!?
Lan: Well, we have been boyfriends since five months, and we still haven't gone anywhere.
Maylu: Didn't we had a date before at Castillo?
Lan: Hey! You said it was a thanks for rescuing Roll from Shademan!
Maylu: Oh… you got that right…
Lan: So how about it? To Castillo this Saturday?
Maylu: Sounds good to me.
Dex: And to us!
Lan: WHAT?!?
Aldo: Hey! It was Dex's idea!
Yai: I don't know why am I doing this!
Maylu: Sounds like a good idea! Let's go all together!
Lan: He he he… yeah… (My wallet is going to hurt…)
Brandon: So this Saturday to Castillo? Now that you say it, I haven't been in Castillo before.
Aldo: Hey! Me too! We could use to chance to check Castillo out!
Lan: Okay… but I'm not paying for everyone…
Yai: I can take care of that.
Brandon: Oh god! You are awesome Yai!
Yai: I know. I am pretty fascinating.
Aldo: I think this whole Brandon admiring Yai will go into something else…
Brandon: Yeah?
Brandon got closer to me, and suddenly placed his right shoulder with mine and started rubbing up and down as he said…
Brandon: Bother, bother, bother.
Aldo: OKAY! I'LL STOP! BUT PLEASE STOP!
Brandon: Much better.
Dex: I'm not gonna ask about that…
So the week passed by, and the day finally came. We met at the ACDC subway station and took the train to Castillo.
Aldo: So, how amazing is this Castillo?
Lan: Wait until you see it.
Maylu: I know you two are gonna have fun, specially because this is your first time.
Thori: I remember we've done a lot of crazy things at Castillo, like when Lan met Princess Bride.
Aldo: No way! The actual queen of Brideland?!?
Lan: Yup, she is a very close friend of us.
Brandon: And with Yai that makes you close friends of the rich and famous…
Aldo: You guys are real lucky…
Then after five minutes, the train arrived to platform 12 of the Subway layout. Castillo's platform. We stepped out the train and took the electric stairs.
BGM: "Psyco Soldier team's theme" from The King of Fighters 99.
My view was blocked by the cold steel walls of the platform. But then a blinding flash of sunlight covered my view. Then the flash cleared, and my eyes didn't believed what I saw.
It was a kingdom of fun with gigantic roller coasters, Karts circuits, aquatic attractions, store courts and a big castle in the middle of all. It was the place to be!
Lan: And welcome to the kingdom of fantasy of your dreams! Castillo!
Brandon: Whoa!
Aldo: Check it out!
I pointed at the real size Netnavi in front of me.
Netnavi: Hello! Welcome to Castillo!
Aldo: IT TALKS!
Lan: Is a robot being controlled by a Netnavi to receive people.
Thori: Which reminds me of the robot factory accident a few years ago…
Aldo: Robot Factory accident?
Dex: It happened at night, no one knows what happened exactly…
Maylu: But police records indicate that one of their most realist robots with human appearances disappeared…
Brandon: That sounds weird…
Yai: Anyways, we better concentrate in our fun!
Lan: Um Yai… aren't you gonna pay?
Yai: Just observe.
Yai walked thru the main gate, the guy checking tickets noticed her and stopped her.
Guard: Hey! Where do you think you are going?!? Where is your ticket?
Yai: You have any idea who are you talking to?
Guard: YIKES! LADY AYANO! Please forgive my rudeness…
Yai: Well, seven teenagers to my account.
Guard: As you wish milady.
Brandon: Whoa… Yai has her charm…
Yai: Why thank you Brandon.
Yai's forehead shone with the sunlight.
Then we went to the central area known as Mel Square. All food courts and souvenir shops were located there, and the Vampire Manor too!
Aldo: This place is big!!! And what's that old looking mansion?
Lan: Trust me. You don't wanna go there yet.
Aldo: Umm? Why?
Megaman.Exe: Trust me. You wanna listen to him. That place is the Vampire Manor. The ugliest place for perfect terror. It is full of Vampires and spooky things.
Brandon: Whoo! I can't wait! Here I go!!!
Aldo: Hey Brandon!
Dex: Ho hope… he's gone already…
Yai: So, are you hungry guys? How about we go to that new curry place they opened?
Lan: Did you say…
Maylu: Oh no. EVERYONE STEP BACK AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!!
Lan: CURRY?!? I LOVE CURRY!!!
Maylu: Told you he gets excited about curry.
Lan: Oh right. It is also our date Maylu. So how about if I pay for you?
Maylu: Now you're speaking like a man.
Dex: Hey! Are we gonna stand here all day? I'm starving!
Thori: Yeah. I'm starving too.
Lan: Sorry for that guys. Let's get going.
Aldo: I'll E-Mail Brandon to tell him we're here.
So we went to that new curry place. The doors were old Japanese style, so we just opened them. The inside was very traditional, but high technology accompanied the place with a laser projection clock and a computer for the clerk of the place.
Aldo: Well, this place looks good.
Thori: But I have a feeling about this…
Lan: Hello? Anybody here?
Lan was ringing the bell on the bar like a small child, when someone came from the other room. He had a Hindu complexion with dark skin. He wore a yellow Hindu robe and had a calm expression.
???: Yes? Welcome to Yahoot's Curry place.
Lan: Wait a second? Yahoot?
Yahhot: Lan Hikari! Long time no see! How have you been?
Lan: Pretty well if you ask me.
Aldo: Whoa! Time out here! He's Yahoot, that guy from World Three if I can recall it. You guys were enemies, and then you are friends? HOW COME?!?
Maylu: Long story.
Yahoot: I still remember when you and your friends taught me the true value of teamwork in good use. That's when we four became good members of the society. Well, except for Mr. Match.
Mr. Match: Are you talking about me?
Mr. Match came from the kitchen wearing an apron with the message, "Kiss the ardent cook." Also wearing a chef hat and a spatula.
Lan: Mr. Match! I wanted to ask you, why did you attack the museum that day?
Mr. Match: I got those proposals again… of people trying to convince me to rebuild World Three…
Zap: He's just obsessed with having a hot fight. That's all.
Count Zap came from the back door wearing his typical brown suit.
Aldo: Let me get this straight… so now you guys are good?
Zap: You can count on it. And you are?
Aldo: Oops. Aldo. My name is Aldo. And if I recall the info, then the other member is…
Yahoot: Maddy, where were you? We need some help here.
Maddy was the one with the colorful outfit. Well, now it had less color and she had her hair loose.
Maddy: Sorry. I had to leave Ken in the daycare before coming here.
Maylu: Must be tough being a single mother.
Maddy: Yeah, you say so.
Aldo: Maddy?!? Not I believe they are good.
Lan: So how old is your son Maddy?
Maddy: He's about to be four next month. We're planning in making a birthday party here. How about you guys?
Lan: Well, Maylu and I are here on our first date.
Maylu: And we wanna eat some curry.
Mr. Match: Heard that, I will be in the kitchen.
Maddy: I'll open the register.
Zap: Elecman and I will check the power generator. There have been some problems since last week.
Yahoot: And I will take your orders. We are trying a new system for PET users. Magicman, could you download the menus?
Magicman.Exe: Certainly.
Suddenly, a list of the menu appeared on my PET screen.
Aldo: Whoa! This is a good one Yahoot!
Yahoot: Our Netnavis have been making the system up.
Maddy: And Colorman added some color to the menus. He certainly did a good job there.
Colorman.Exe: My pleasure! I selected those colors personally! A little red for passion, a little blue to make it look cool, a little of pink to bring feeling to it, a little of…
Maddy: That's all right Colorman. You don't need to strangle yourself.
Colorman.Exe: I'll take the advice.
After we took our orders, Yahhot went to the kitchen where Mr. Match was giving orders to three Netnavis.
Mr. Match: Okay people! We have to burn! Got it?
Fireman.Exe, Heatman.Exe, Flameman.Exe: Yes sir! To burn!
Yahoot: Must be tough having three Netnavis.
Mr. Match: But it works well.
Yahhot: Anyways, here are the orders. Now do our stuff.
Mr. Match: I will. Time to show your fire guys!
The three fiery Netnavis turned their flames on and Mr. Match cooked. After a few minutes, everything was ready.
Aldo: Imigosh! This is the best curry I ever tried!
Lan: Me as a curry lover, I say this curry is good! How is yours Maylu?
Maylu: It has that soft touch of Gingerbread I like.
Thori: You guys have outdone yourselves.
Dex: I think I can eat a lot mote, but maybe I wanna save it for later.
Brandon: It was worth to get late. Seconds please.
Yai: This is not delicate as the Texas steak, but this will do.
Yahoot: Glad our curry brings smiles to people.
Zap: We checked the generator, and looks like it's fine for now.
Elecman.Exe: There was a little disarotment in the cyber power fuses, but they just needed a little charge.
Colorman.Exe: Yeah, last time you charged them the computer exploded because the voltage was way too high.
Elecman.Exe: Is that a challenge you bozo?!?
Colorman.Exe: I just say that I don't trust when you take care of the power supply!
Elecman.Exe: Say what?!?
Maddy: Guys! Calm down!
Colorman.Exe: Yes Maddy…
Elecman.Exe: Yes miss Maddy…
Lan: You sound pretty dominant around here Maddy.
Maddy: Someone has to keep those two from fighting…
Obviously Colorman and Elecman didn't get a long very well… one was way serious and the other one was the party guy… a weird combination…
Lan: You know Mr. Match? You might be still evilly naïve, but you cook the best curry in town.
Mr. Match: Well, if you say so. But Fireman, Heatman and Flameman do most of the stuff.
Megaman.Exe: And they're good rivals including all of you guys.
Yahoot: We're always available for a Netbattle whenever you guys want to improve your abilities.
Maylu: I think I'm done.
Dex: Me too.
So we were done with our Curry.
Lan: So how much is for Maylu's Maddy?
Maddy: It should be 500 Zenny.
Lan: 500 Zenny? No problem.
Maddy: So you're paying for her? You sure became a gentleman.
Megaman.Exe: Just hear him singing in the shower…
Megaman's PET screen went off with the touch of a button.
Lan: Don't listen to him. He's just excited about the place.
Maddy: Yeah right….
Yai: And I'll pay for everyone else.
Maddy: For all of them, it will be 2050 Zenny.
Yai: Here, put it on my card.
Yai handed a pink Ayano bank card featuring Yai's logo of her head with pink and a shine from her forehead like the Ayano GPS satellite.
Maddy: Colorman, here comes credit data.
Maddy swiped the card on the register.
Colorman: Ooh! A pink color! I can say that you are really sincere, but you also are a little showoff.
Yai: It's true. I am a little showoff… but pretty sincere. Thanks Colorman.
Maddy: He really knows about colors. Here's your receipt. Please coma back soon to Yahoot's.
Lan: Maybe we're gonna be back later for a friendly Netbattle.
Mr. Match: A NETBATTLE?!? I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU!!!
Lan: Yeah, he always wants to Netbattle me…
Megaman.Exe: Wwe better get going, I got a Mail saying there's a show in the castle.
Maylu: Oh! I like shows! Let's go guys!
So we stepped out of Yahoot's.
Yahoot: Thos kid surely got better.
Maddy: And Lan with Maylu? I never expected that.
Mr. Match: And that Brandon boy, he really appreciates my curry! This is so honorable!
Mr. Match placed his wrist to cover his eyes as he cried.
Magicman.Exe: I'm getting an abnormal reading…
Yahoot: A virus in the store?
Magicman.Exe: No… Something big is coming to Castillo, and whatever it is… it isn't good…
Geez… Now's about time to tell what happened to the world three's guys. And I think it sounds good that Maddy is a single mother now. And I think next chapter will be the glorious heroic return of the four.