Chapter 7 : Prelim Rounds
X paced around the City Area 2, waiting for the Invigilator for round 1. Finally, an impatient X was about to just go insane, when the Invigilator came in. He immediately issued cards to the participants.
On the cards were instructions. X received the hardest lot of all. It was to just simply find 10 sets of programs, somewhere in the net. X sighed. He warped around the net, collecting the 10 sets of programs in 10 seconds. The Invigilator wrote X's name on the passed list.
X relaxed around the test area, watching various Navies running around. X was bored out of his skull, waiting for other Navies to finish their tasks. X was about to give a pounding to any unfortunate Navi that passed by him when the Invigilator announced that the rounds were ending five minutes later and he wished everyone would hurry up.
Obviously he saw the dangerous glint in X's eyes.
Soon, most Navies came back, and most passed.
The second round began and another set of cards were distributed. X had to face 3 sets of enemies. First set was blown away by the Armageddon Buster, Second set by the X Aura, and the Last set by just stomping on them.
Quite the extraordinary, as a lot of Navies stopped to watch. Another five minutes passed as the round ended. X was again issued with a simple game of checkers for the third round. X won by shooting the program that was his opponent, earning dirty looks from the Invigilator.
Soon, the round ended again. X had passed all rounds, and he was informed to meet back there tomorrow to go to the next round. X went back to his PET.
Shin was about to fall asleep when X yelled at him.
"WHO SAYS YOU CAN FALL ASLEEP WHEN IM NOT AROUND? DID YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK?"
"Uhh… few more minutes mom…"
"I AM NOT YOUR MOM! AND YOU BETTER GET YOUR HOMEWORK DONE! I'M GOING TO RECHARGE!"
After Shin did his homework, he slumped into a peaceful slumber, where he entered dream world. Everyone was dancing in a field of blossoms and fairies were flying about… Only to be rudely thrown back to his senses by his mother yelling at him.
"SHIN! STOP SLEEPING! DINNER'S READY! ITS SWEET AND SOUR PORK CHOPS CHINESE STYLE!"
Shin trudged down the stairs, smelling the delicious sweet and sour pork chops. He eagerly took his fork and started eating. He immediately earned a knock in the head by his mother.
"Have you no manners? Wait for your dad to come down."
"But you said dinner was ready…"
"I didn't say you could start eating, did I? What a pig you are."
Finally his dad came down and they tucked in to the meal. X was resting in his area, relaxing while recharging. Shin immediately rushed up after his dinner, slumping into a slumber again. He was exhausted.
"God-dammed marathon… I AM never EVER going on a marathon ever again…"
As Shin slept on his bed, X was having the fight of his life. X had accidentally summoned all three dragons. Fire, Ice, and Lighting. X dodged left and right, scoring a five-hit-fire-combo on the ice dragon. It fell, not before causing damage to X.
"GRRR…"
X slashed again and again, bringing down both dragons, but at the cost of an enormous drain on his energy supplies. X was practically running on nothing. One on one was easy. Three on one was mad. Especially because he did not want to use his Armageddon buster. He wanted to save it for an emergency.
X was recharging himself when he slept…
X woke up the next day, brimming full with energy. X started yelling at Shin, who fell out of bed. X was about to dash to the City Area 2, when MegaMan and Roll warped in. They walked together, chattering. Or it was MegaMan and Roll chattering while X was cursing his luck.
"Gods. What did I do to be stuck with these two lovebirds…"
Soon, they arrived. X was so pissed that he set off a demonic aura. X received his card, intending to blow his temper at the unfortunate program/virus on his task.
X was set to kill 300 Metools. That was a daunting task, but as he looked around, he realized he got the best side of the deal. Others were running around like headless chickens, trying to find their answer to a number of quizzes.
"Good. I hate using my brain."
X charged his blade, channeling part of his energy reserved into the sabers. Then, with a flourish, he dashed straight into the herd of Metools, him destroying all Metools in his path. As his sabers were charged, and with some more energy being stored every second, his sabers were very powerful. He destroyed the Metools, shell and all, in twenty seconds.
As he sat down again, waiting for the time to be up. Soon, all the bustling ceased as the Invigilator announced the results. X, MegaMan, Roll, GutsMan, Glyde, and some other Navies were in the First round in the tournament. The other navies walked away in shame and sadness that they did not managed to enter N1 Grand Prix.
They were to inform their Operators and head to the stadium the next day.
X was very pissed. He was whacking the crap out of every virus that strayed cross his path, most humiliatingly, by destroying them with his bare hands.
"God dammed next day…"
Then, he saw MegaMan running past him at break neck speeds, with Roll running behind, followed by GutsMan.
"Where are you rushing to GutsMan?"
"TO GET MY ROLL BACK FROM THAT SICKENING MEGAMAN!"
X, interested, morphed into his Axl armour and flew after the threesome. He observed the two slim figures, one blue and one pink, being chased by a big yellow blur.
MegaMan and Roll successfully made it to MegaMan's homepage entrance, where MegaMan immediately set up a lock code. As the two warped to MegaMan's homepage, a ranting and raving GutsMan started smashing the lock code.
X smirked, and flew in. An astonished GutsMan could only rant in surprise before X warped away.
"GutsMan will not be defeated!"
X smirked again as he heard the large navi yell. Inside, he saw MegaMan and Roll let off a sigh of relief. X set up a direct link to his homepage, and told MegaMan.
"Here. This is a direct link to my homepage. It will facilitate escaping and going out, as GutsMan is still ranting and raving outside."
Having said that, X went back to his homepage and rested.