Mamoru's Blizzard

Disclaimer: I do not own the Megaman Battle Netowrk games, which is the world where this story takes place. Not the anime, though there will be things from there that will be used and/or altered, but so we're clear, I don't own the Megaman.EXE anime either.

Note: Japanman will be reffered to as Yamatoman in this story.

Three years ago, the being called "Alpha" was defeated by Lan Hikari and his NetNavi, Megaman.EXE. However, this story is about someone else, who those two helped during that particular adventure.

This tale is about Mamoru Ura. His mother's name isKimie Ura, and she runs the Ura Inn in Yoka, which was given to her and her husband, Daisaku Ura, by her mother-in-law. Daisaku has a different job. He runs the servers of the dangerous Net area, the Undernet, and keeps an eye out for strange activity. Originally, Mamoru had been in charge of the Undernet, because his father had gotten another job that involved lots of traveling. However, now he was home and took care of the Undernet himself.

Mamoru, in his opinion, is nothing special. When he was younger, Lan had given him the courage to go through an operation that save his life. He had slowly been recovering from his illness, but he was confined to a specially made hover/wheelchair due to his weak body. But this didn't stop Mamoru, he kept going after the incident at the hospital that hearly killed him, which involved the WWW and a Navi called Plantman.EXE.

It was this day, however, that Mamoruhad come to a decision…

Twelve year old Mamoru wheeled into his father's room. It was early in the morning, andKimie wasn't even up yet. Daisaku, however, was working on a new Undernet Homepage. Mamoru was strong enough now to at least get dressed and take a shower without worrying about supervision, and was wearing a red t-shirt and black pants.

"Hey, um, dad?" said Mamoru tentatively. Mamoru's father turned to him and smiled.

"You're up…" Daisaku looked at the clock on the wall and frowned. "At five in the morning. And it's Saturday. You shouldn't be up for another seven hours… Hmm…"

Mamoru grinned sheepishly.

"Well dad, I've been thinking about it for a while now, and… I think it's time I got myself a NetNavi." Mamoru closed his eyes, not wanting to see his father's expression. Not because he expected anger, no, he didn't want to see what his dad would look like if it were no. But, it could always be yes, and that would make it a bit of a surprise…

Mamoru heard his father get up and shuffle through something. He then felt something being placed on his lap, and Mamoru opened his eyes tentatively to see an older version of a PET sitting on his lap. It was the kind that had been used before Nebula had made its appearance, the kind that needed to actually be plugged in, unlike the slightly newer version which was wireless.

"What's this for?" said Mamoru, looking up at his smiling father.

"You see, that's an older PET." Mamoru gave Daisaku a dry look. It said that Mamoru clearly knew that. "Well, I would like you to go on the Net first and look around, test it out, before you make a Navi on there. As soon as that's done, we'll go right down to the store and you can pick up a new one that fits your Navi, and clothes shopping."

"Why clothes shopping?" asked Mamoru as he picked up the blue PET.

"Well, now that you're going to be a NetBattler, you'll need clothes with your Navi's icon on it." explained Daisaku. "Because, if for instance, you become a famous NetBattler, the Net would only show your icon. But more importantly, it shows that your Navi is just that. Your Navi."

"Alright then… But how can I explore the Net without a Navi?" asked Mamoru. "Shouldn't I make a Navi first?"

"This way, you can customize a Navi that you think suits you. You really won't know what suits you without a little experience. Most people start off with Normal Navis before having them upgraded into a Custom Navi." explained Daisaku. "Unfortunately, that PET is Custom only."

Mamoru shrugged.

"So… What Navi will I use? Yours?" asked Mamoru, motioning to the white and light-blue standard Navi of his father, who was watching from his father's blue PET.

"No, we're really busy…" said Daisaku apologetically. He turned to his computer and shrunk down what he was working on, before clicking a link. It was fuzzy for a bit, before the image cleared.

The link opened into a communication screen, and on that screen was a Navi in white pants and wore orange gauntlets and an orange helmet. He had white hair that went up from the back, and two other patches coming out of either side of his helmet. The helmet had two green jewels on it, and his belt was similar and had his icon in the center. His icon was a green circle with a black line going from the half-point to the top.

Mamoru stared in awe of the Navi, and said Navi noticed the screen and looked into it. He frowned.

"Yes, Mr. Ura?" said the Navi.

"Serenade, I need you to do me a favor." started Daisaku, giving a cough.

"… Why? I am the Undernet King, I can't just do a favor for some human." stated Serenade. "I'd tell you to ask Yamatoman or Darkman, but they're not here and would refuse unless I ordered them to do whatever you need, which I won't, by the way."

"Technically, Megaman is the Undernet King, but he 'returned' you the title, even though that's not how it works…" said Daisaku slowly. He actually had no idea if that was true, seeing as it was Serenade's system, not his.

"No. I am the Undernet King… But." Serenade sighed and looked over the Secret Net, or at least that's what it seemed like he was doing from the screen on the computer. "So that does not come into question ever again, I will hear what you request of me. If it isn't too extreme, I will consider going along with it. But you will have used up this little 'loophole' of yours."

"Well then…" Daisaku coughed, before turning to his son and then turned back to Serenade. "I'd like you to let my son, Mamoru, use you as a temporary NetNavi so he can look at the Net. Preferably in the ACDC Net, so you wouldn't be able to use your regular techniques, seeing as you want to keep yourself mostly a secret to anyone outside Undernet Navis."

"…" Serenade crossed his arms, before turning away. A virtual keyboard appeared in front of him. He tryped something up, and the keyboard turned into a digital envelope. It read 'Darkman and Yamatoman.' "Very well, I will do this, but only for one and a half hours. No more, and no less. Is that good enough?"

"Yeah!" exclaimed Mamoru, before his father could ask for more, which Mamoru knew he would.

"Alright then. You do have a PET, don't you?" asked Serenade. "Just Jack In, then I'll go into your PET. We'll go to your computer, and when time is up, I will cut the connection between myself and your PET. Seeing as this is temporary, that is indeed possible. Any questions?"

"None." Mamoru wheeled over to his father's computer and plugged the jack of the PET into the Jack In port, which was now unused as his father's PET was wireless. "Jack Out."

Serenade vanished from the screen, which closed as he left, and reappeared on the PET in Mamoru's hands. Mamoru removed the cord and grinned weakly at Serenade, who was looking around the inside of the PET. It was a bit cramped, but it was actually very comfortable. Unknown to Serenade, the new wireless versions were much roomier.

"Thanks dad!" exclaimed Mamoru, and he wheeled back to his own room, Serenade watching from the PET. Daisaku smiled and went back to his work.

Mamoru arrived at his room a few moments later. His door was open, and Mamoru wheeled in and wheeled over to the computer. He took a deep breath and remembered when Lan and mega man had thrown him a birthday party. There had been a NetBattle between Megaman and Protoman (Chaud had been forced to come), at Mamoru's request.

"Jack In, Serenade, Execute!"

End Prologue