My own Battle Network story.
My diary.
Just as some of us won, Maylu won and became the champion of her block in getting into the tournament. In the last moment of the battle of Roll vs. Venus, Roll unleashed a dormant new style, the Twilight style which unleashes the power of an angel.
Having dealt with that, they move on. And now, I wonder how's Thori doing?
Chapter 49. – Thori's rival part 2
Having won against his last opponent, Thori relaxes as he heads to the tournament board. Obviously he had to thank Iceman for the victories they have been having.
Thori: Hey Iceman.
Iceman.Exe: What's up?
Thori: I didn't had the chance of telling you this earlier due to the rush we had, but thanks for your efforts in the tournament.
Iceman.Exe: Are you kidding? I hardly broke a sweat… well, maybe a little. But we still managed to make it to the finals.
Thori: Yeah, and I hope Yai made it too.
Iceman.Exe: I'll try to be soft on Glyde for once…
Yai: Hey Thori!
Yai came running from the opposite end of the hall.
Thori: Yo Yai!
Yai: I checked the tournament board! You made it!
Thori: And did you made it as well?
Yai: Well, about that…
Thori: What's wrong?
Yai: I got beaten in round 20.
Thori: You gotta be kidding me! No one can break through your LifeAura and PaladinSword combo!
Yai: Looks like the opponent did. But he said that if I saw you, I would tell you that he's waiting for you in the final.
Thori: Really? I wonder…
Thori checked on the tournament board. The names were those of the ones they considered their rivals.
Thori: What? Oscar and Bookman again?
Yai: Yup, that Bookman set his traps again. One so powerful to blow my LifeAura and counter the PaladinSword.
Thori: Let me guess, a combo of Mine and AntiSword?
Yai: Like that.
Thori: He's always setting traps like that upon an opponent scan that Bookman does.
Iceman.Exe: Not to blame, Bookman is a powerful Netnavi.
Thori: And Oscar is also a know-it-all. I think that makes them our rivals Iceman.
Iceman.Exe: Yup.
Oscar: Hey Thori!
Thori: Huh? Oscar!
Oscar, who looked not cold anymore became more cheerful and friendly through the lesson Thori and Iceman thought them. He was wearing his black pants with a white shirt like a uniform. With a pin saying: "Hi, my name is Oscar."
Thori: Don't tell me, Higsby's shop uniform?
Oscar: It appears.
Thori: So, why did you get in the tournament?
Oscar: Well, Mr. Higsby decided to put a mobile stand to sell BattleChips for the event, and he asked me if I would participate in the tournament for advertisement. Then I accepted. He even loaded Bookman up with a new array of BattleChips for traps and combat.
Yai: For the first time, I see a folder made by Higsby works.
Thori: But not this time Oscar! This time, we're ready for your traps!
Oscar: All right then! We shall se who's gotten better and finally have the rematch we wanted to have before that lady interrupted us!
Yai: This is going to be interesting! You two better hurry to the battle terminals!
Thori: Okay. Let's go.
Oscar: All right.
Both of them stepped on the opposite sides of the platform. The announcer announced the fight as the two battlers prepared for jack in.
Announcer: And the final battle of the N-1 Grand Prix prelims! Thori Ikawa and Iceman.Exe versus Oscar and Bookman.Exe! Are you ready? Jack in!
Thori: Let's do it! Jack in! Iceman.Exe! Freeze!
Oscar: Don't expect us to cut you some slack! Jack in! Bookman.Exe! Execute!
As the Navis appeared in the battlefield, it booted up revealing the environment. It was like an ancient hall in some ruins. Atlantis if you ask me. Like magic, they were in a place created by a hemispherical barrier in the bottom of the sea.
Iceman stood on his ground as Bookman grinned.
Bookman.Exe: Yo Iceman! Long time no see!
Iceman.Exe: Long time no see either Bookman!
Bookman.Exe: I heard you got stronger, but still, no matter what you have ready, I shall counter it before you even take a glimpse.
Iceman.Exe: Oh yeah? bring it on!
Announcer: And with the battlefield ready, I declare the final battle… Started!
Thori: You won't activate your traps this time! Navi custom program! AirShoes! Activation!
Iceman leaped in the air spinning as wind gusts surrounded his legs like a tornado. Then, he stood spreading his legs as the tornado broke. Iceman was floating on the ground. Bookman grinned as he saw the action.
Bookman.Exe: So, you are using them. The thing everyone hasn't figured out that would work against me. No matter! We're ready for that! Oscar!
Oscar: Got it! NumberBlocks3! BattleChip in! Download!
Bookman moved his hands as he calculated.
Bookman: Let's see… 2 squared by the power of pi and calculating by the Pythagorean theorem over the power of 5 and here we go! NumberBlocks!
From a small time space anomaly, five powerful spherical blocks appeared going straight at Iceman.
Iceman.Exe: Is that all you got? CyberBlizzard!
Iceman froze the five blocks with his power, but unaware he was for Bookman that at a incredible speed went right behind Iceman.
Iceman.Exe: What?
Oscar: Smash him! GoldFist! BattleChip in! Download!
Bookman's right fist turned into a powerful golden gauntlet, and he used it to deliver a powerful blow on Iceman. Iceman leaned forward regaining balance in mid air with the AirShoes. He turned to Bookman as he tried to recover.
Iceman.Exe: Damn! We fell right on their trap!
Thori: Whoa! This isn't like Bookman at all!
Oscar: I told you Thori. You might remember our last style of fighting. Setting traps all over. But now, thanks to you, we have evolved! Now we go straight using strategies making our opponents fall right into our traps! Just like we did with Yai.
Yai: Thori! Don't let him beat you!
Thori: But he's stronger now! He even used the AirShoes to his advantage to blow Iceman away with the GoldFist and didn't do anything. If he does it again, he might do something else after that like a M-Cannon or an even more powerful Chip!
Iceman.Exe: Whatever you are thinking, make it fast! He's going to attack again!
Thori: Iceman! Freeze whatever he tries to do again!
Iceman.Exe: But it's too dangerous!
Thori: Trust me. I know what to do.
Oscar: Are you ready? NumberBlocks3! BattleChip in! Download!
Bookman.Exe: Here we go again!
Five more blocks came against Iceman.
Iceman.Exe: Whatever you say Thori! CyberBlizzard!
The blocks froze again, and Bookman went right behind Iceman again.
Oscar: Time to divide them! FighterSword! BattleChip in! Download!
Bookman's right hand turned into a powerful looking blade as he swinged it against Iceman.
Bookman.Exe: You're finished Iceman!
But something happened… The blade went through Iceman, but he just disappeared with static.
Bookman.Exe: What the? A dummy?
Thori: GodHammer! BattleChip in! download!
Iceman took grasp of a powerful big silver hammer as he smashed Bookman into oblivion. He crashed against one of the old pillars with it collapsing on him. Bookman stood from the rubble looking straight at Iceman who grasped the hammer.
Bookman.Exe: Unpredictable! How come?
Thori: You wanna know? I used an AntiDamage and AreaSteal BattleChip the moment before Bookman sliced Iceman. That prevented the damage and created a illusionary dummy that Bookman didn't knew at all. Then Iceman counterattacked. If you ask me, I say you guys fell right into out trap.
Oscar: "Chuckle" So, I see you have learned from us too. I see you figured a strategy since the very moment he attacked like that. That's something we have in common, genius boy. But enough of games! Time to bring a soul into battle! NumberSoul! Navi chip in! Unite!
Bookman's body was covered in a light, and as his shadow appeared, Numberman's aura surrounded him. Then, Bookman's shape changed. Now it was a Numberman like Bookman.
Bookman.Exe: Time to add a few digits to my strategy!
Thori: Bookman just united with Numberman! This makes things a lot harder now!
Oscar: Not so fast! Because we use SuperVulcan! BattleChip in! Download!
Bookman.Exe: You should know that NumberSoul adds a power bonus to my SuperVulcan! So take this!
Thori: Iceman!
Iceman.Exe: Right!
As Bookman fired the powerful stream of bullets, Iceman moved with a skate like move with his AirShoes. Fast enough to escape the SuperVulcan, but it was still chasing it. Normally, SuperVulcan bullets might be just plain bullets, but the NumberSoul bonus made them explosive bullets.
Then, after a minute, the SuperVulcan clicked empty. The number markers marked 0000.
Bookman.Exe: I'm out!
Oscar: On my way! Reload R! BattleChip in…
Thori: Not so fast buster! AirShot! BattleChip In! Download!
Iceman appeared from his hiding place in one of the ruins. His right hand turned into a fan buster as he fired a powerful wind shot. Powerful enough to take Bookman and slam him onto the barrier which divided the battlefield from the ocean.
Thori: Then StepSword! BattleChip in! Download!
Iceman's right hand turned into a CyberSword, but this one allowed him to send a shadow illusion to cut the barrier and let the water come on Bookman pouring him.
Iceman.Exe: And CyberBlizzard!
Iceman's CyberBlizzard froze the water around Bookman trapping him in an ice prison. He wasn't able to move at all.
Bookman.Exe: What the? This was planned all along!
Oscar: How did you?
Thori: I knew you would try something else, so I used the AirShoes to my advantage there. Iceman was able to go fast enough and dodge your SuperVulcan until Bookman had to run out of bullets. Then I could use the moment to use the AirShot to push him to the ocean barrier, use StepSword to cut it, and then use Iceman's CyberBlizzard to freeze the water pouring Bookman to trap him. In my opinion, Bookman got trapped in his own trap.
Oscar: No! Bookman!
Bookman.Exe: I must admit it, pretty clever from Iceman.
Oscar: You're right.
Thori: And we finish this now that Bookman can't move! Geyser! BattleChip in! Download!
Iceman.Exe: Geyser!
Iceman smashed the ground with a water punch as a geyser came from under Bookman. As Bookman was engulfed in the Geyser, Oscar pulled the plug.
Oscar: There's nothing left for us to do here! Jack out Bookman!
"Bookman.Exe, logging out."
The Geyser disappeared with a soft rain which refracted the light of the sun creating a small rainbow. Iceman took a deep breath as he saw his opponent leaving.
Iceman.Exe: And that makes me the coolest.
Announcer: And Bookman has logged out! The winner and representative of the block is Thori Ikawa!
Yai: Yay! You go man!
Everyone roared for Thori's strategy against the one who was a headache for everyone in the tournament.
Thori: Yeah! We made it Iceman!
Iceman.Exe: We're like so cool!
Oscar stepped behind Thori as he extended his hand.
Oscar: That was an awesome battle Thori.
Thori: You too. Bookman might only depend on traps before, but he has gotten stronger even to use strategies.
Bookman.Exe: Yeah, but Iceman surely knew how to pull them out. "Achoo!"
Iceman.Exe: I think you caught a cold. Are you gonna be okay?
Bookman.Exe: Yeah, I'll be fine. Anyways, I can't wait for our next battle.
Suddenly, a new icon appeared in both PETs. It was Iceman and Bookman's icons.
Thori: Sweet! Iceman's soul resonated with Bookman's allowing him to use the BookSoul!
Oscar: Me too, Bookman can now use the IceSoul. Well, I have to go. Mr. Higsby can't handle those registers all by himself. Later guys.
Thori: Later.
Oscar left as he took his pride with him.
Iceman.Exe: Those two really are something.
Thori: Yeah, and as we still have them as rivals, we can always expect a rematch.
Yai: This is sweet! I better tell the others!
So, with a quick strategy, Thori and Iceman turned the battle around for Oscar and Bookman. But still, they keep their friendship as rivals. And now, both Netnavis have a bound of friendship called Soul Unison bound.
But, one more of us, is waiting for the moment to shine. Brandon and Foxman will face a blast from the past, and part of Foxman's origins will be revealed.