Megaman Excel

by Metal Sonic EX

Megaman Voulnut's past has always been a mystery. However, upon his return to Terra, strange occurances begin taking place. Now, he must team up with someone from his past in order to defeat a threat known as Mavericks. [Complete]

4. The Birds and The Bees

Megaman Excel

By: Metal Sonic EX

Disclaimer: I do not own the Megaman X series. Nor do I own Megaman Legends, Megaman Legends 2, or The Misadventures of Tron Bonne. I don't own them now, and I won't anytime soon. However, I do own some of the Mavericks' attacks. You know, the ones that I, as in ME, came up with. Don't touch those. They are mine.

Just as a reminder, this is the first chapter that I didn't write as a school assignment. And, due to the title, I think that it's a good thing… You know what? Just read for yourself. Enjoy!

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Chapter III

The Birds and The Bees

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On the way to Nino Island, Zero rode with the Caskets. He didn't say much at first, but when he noticed Roll looking at Megaman and Data, who where conversing, he spoke up. "I take it that you can't understand them?" This caught everyone's attention. Zero chuckled again. "It's not surprising. The reason that you can't understand your monkey friend or Trigger when they're talking to each other is because, despite that Trigger might not know it, he's speaking in the old Elysium language that died out with the reploids."

This got a few raised eyebrows and Zero continued. "Very little of it remains today. As a matter of fact, the writing in the Main Gate on Kattelox Island is old Elysium. Even about 99 of the moves that I gained from Mavericks are in old Elysium." Prof. Casket decided to ask a question that was probably on everyone's mind. "Could you give us an example?" Zero looked at him and shrugged.

"I guess. In which case, Juuhazan will be first. In your language, it means 'barrier breaker'. It's a move where I use my saber or another weapon and I execute a powerful downwards slash that breaks almost any barrier. Next would be Raijingeki. In your language, it means 'thunderous thrust'. Again, I use my saber or some other weapon. This time, I thrust the weapon forward, making a powerful electric force come from the weapon. Finally, Rekkoha. In your language, it means 'laser barrage'. I slam my fist into the ground and a number of lasers comes crashing to the ground."

Zero stopped and looked at Prof. Casket. "Is that good?" He nodded hesitantly and Banner announced, "We're here." In a few minutes, the Caskets, followed by the Bonnes, landed. The Guildmaster, an old man who had somewhat metal ears and a metal nose came walking up to them. He paused when he saw the Bonnes. "PIRATES! QUICK! YOU HOLD THEM OFF! I'LL GET THE SELF-DESTRUCT…" Teasel quickly interjected. "Wait! We mean you no harm! We're just following these guys, trying to figure out what this 'Zero' guy means." The Guildmaster paused and looked up as Zero slid down the ladder. "Zero?" Zero brushed himself off. "Long story."

Once inside the city, after a couple of people yelled about someone needing to hit the self-destruct button or something like that, they reached the Guildmaster's office. A man in an orange suit met them there. Roll and Megaman recognized him as Johnny, the person who'd helped them fight off Glyde's armada while they were searching for the keys to the Mother Lode. "How have you been, my old friend?" Prof. Casket started.

"Oh, just dandy! We've finished excavating the ruins and we're positive that we no longer have anything that Glyde would want." Teasel crossed his arms. "Just let him show his face. We've still got unfinished business with Glyde!" Suddenly, Bon Bonne, Tron and Teasel's younger brother, called them from the walkie-talkie that Torn had brought.

"What's wrong?"

"Babu! Babu babu babu!"

"What? What do you mean bees?"

"Babu babu! Babu babu babu babu babu!"

"WHAT! A WHOLE ARMADA OF THEM!"

The Guildmaster began freaking out. "OH NO! THEY'RE AFTER THE ISLAND! I'LL WARM UP THE…" Everyone shouted in unison, making anyone within radius wince. "NO!" Zero spoke up. "I think I know what's going on! Come on!" They all rushed outside and where met with a most unusual sight. Sure enough, an entire armada of bee-shaped ships where flying towards Nino Island. All of the ships were blue and marigold, except for the center ship. It was the largest and it was a solid gold color.

"I figured as much." Megaman turned to him. "Figured what?" Zero motioned towards the armada with his head. "This is Blast Hornet's armada. I know because he used to be in my Maverick Hunter unit. He was in charge of aerial combat and strategics. He's an expert with whatever flies." A sudden laugh caught them all of guard and Megaman ran up to the rail. "HAHAHAHAHA! Commander Zero! What an odd coincidence! I didn't think I'd meet you here. No matter! This time, I've got the upper hand!"

Zero shouted back to the center ship. "And what makes you think that?" More laughing followed. "It's quite simple, really." Inside the ship, the largest robot there pushed a button an the ship fired three missiles. These missiles headed straight for the wall that supported the floor that Megaman was standing on. "Because. I'VE JUST ELIMINATED THE LEGENDARY MEGAMAN TRIGGER!" After a few explosions, the ground beneath Megaman collapsed and he began plummeting over a hundred feet to the water below.

"MEGAMAN!" Roll and Tron began running to where their friend was only moments ago. Banner tried stopping his daughter. "ROLL!" She ignored him and continued running. Meanwhile, Megaman was bracing for impact. 'THIS IS GOING TO…" Suddenly, his body gave a white glow so bright, that it caused Roll and Torn to stop running and shield their eyes, as did the group, Zero, and Blast Hornet. When the light faded, Megaman was hovering in midair before them in an odd-looking armor.

Blast Hornet slammed down on the controls, startling his pilot, and leaned forward. "WHAT IS THIS! HE SHOULD BE DEAD!" Megaman slowly opened his eyes and looked at his armor. It was a mix of white, blue, red, and green. He looked behind him and saw two wing-like things protruding from his back. "What in the…"

Zero stared at this and then began laughing his head off. "Behold! The Falcon Armor! The armor of speed and flight! Allow me to explain: The helmet part allow you to analyze your buster and the saber in your back faster, allowing quicker attacks." Megaman looked behind him and saw that he had an identical saber to that of Zero's. "The armor part allows you to absorb damage and convert it into energy for the Giga Attack, known as Falcon Strike. The buster part allows you to shoot a piercing, fully-charged shot that rips through enemies sand some walls. Finally, the leg parts allow you to use temporary, invincible flight."

Megaman started. "TEMPORARY!" Even in midair, he began scrambling for the platform. Just as he reached it, the flight wore off and Megaman landed on his feet. He then turned around. "I guess we should stop them." Zero shook his head. "'Fraid not. You'll have to fight him alone." Megaman whirled around. "Okay. Web Spider I can understand. But this! This is…" Zero interrupted. "I have my reasons. One of them being that you've defeated Glyde's armada before. The greatest reason, though, is that you can fly and I can't." Megaman sweatdropped. "Good point."

Zero walked up to Megaman and whispered in his ear. "Double jump to activate the invincible flight." Megaman raised an eyebrow. "Double jump?" Zero smirked. "Just trust me." Megaman nodded and jumped off of Nino Island. He double-jumped and, sure enough, his flight was activated.

Mission Objective

Defeat Blast Hornet's armada

The armada continued towards Nino Island and Hornet began laughing again. "Come on! Give me your best, hunter! I'll shoot you out of the sky!"

Mission Start!

(Megaman X3 (SNES, Playstation) Blast Hornet's Stage starts playing.)

(Remixes - 7)

Ships Left:

B-Bladers - 30

Golden B-Bladers - 1

Blast Hornet immediately ordered the attack. "ALL SHIPS OPEN FIRE!" Every ship, minus the Golden B-Blader, raised their bee-like heads and began firing of machine guns built-in to their mouths. Megaman braced for impact, but the bullets were deflected when they hit the shield surrounding Megaman. "What!" Zero began laughing. "Didn't you listen? The foot parts allow the ability of INVINCIBLE flight!" Hornet slammed his hands down again. "Curse you, hunter! Curse you both!"

Megaman charged a blast and shot it at the closest ship. The blast continued through the ship. It almost immediately began blowing up and exploded. "FINE! FIRE ALL MISSILES WE HAVE!" Megaman realized that flight was temporary, so he landed on the ground and took off again. "You can also maneuver around like this, Trigger!" Zero shouted from the sidelines. Megaman nodded and started flying around. Several missiles were fired and Megaman shot several buster shots at each of them.

Zero called from the sidelines again. "Throw your arms behind you! This way, you'll use the Giga Attack early on so you'll get one later!" Megaman did so and, to everyone surprise, time froze.

Giga Attack

Falcon Strike

Several fully-charged shots began to pelt the armada. These shots came from above and below the ships and appeared from random spots. When the shots stopped coming, time resumed.

Ships Left:

B-Bladers - 21

Golden B-Bladers - 1

About eight or nine of the ships began falling and blew up. "WHAT! THIS ISN'T POSSIBLE! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!" More missiles were fired as Megaman landed, jumped, and resumed flight. This time, Megaman simply flew around to avoid them. However, he got nailed by the last one and it knocked him out of the air. Luckily, he managed to grab the rail before he fell to his doom. He flipped himself over the rail and took off again.

He shot numerous charged shots, destroying several B-Bladers. They'd been severely weakening by Falcon Strike, except for the Golden B-Blader which appeared to not be taking any damage.

Ships Left:

B-Bladers - 17

Golden B-Bladers - 1

"RELEASE THE DEERBALLS!" Some of the B-Bladers had reach Nino Island and Banner had to restrain the Guildmaster so that he didn't blow the city sky high. The backsides of the B-Bladers began to shake and numerous balls fell from the hole in the bottom of them. These balls shook, then uncurled a pair of legs and stood up. They were slightly taller then Teasel, so Tron had to restrain him from activating the self-destruct.

They began walking towards the group, but Zero jumped in and slashed them to pieces. "'Bout time! I was getting bored!" He continued to cut the Deerballs into pieces. Zero soon realized that more B-Bladers would arrive if he didn't do something. So, he raised his fist, then brought it crashing into the ground. "REKKOHA!" Time paused momentarily while several lasers bombarded the island. When the dust cleared, the island was fine and there wasn't a deerball or B-Blader anywhere close to the island.

Ships Left:

B-Bladers - 11

Golden B-Bladers - 1

"I'VE HAD IT! FIRE EVERY DAMN THING WE HAVE!" What remained of the armada began shooting missiles and machine gun bullets. Megaman seemed to have trouble with this and Zero shouted to him. "Try another Giga Attack!" Megaman nodded and repeated the procedure.

Giga Attack

Falcon Strike

When time resumed, all but one or two of the ships remained, excluding the Golden B-Blader.

Ships Left:

B-Bladers - 2

Golden B-Bladers - 1

These two ships reached the island and Megaman landed. He started to shoot at them when they exploded and their wreckage fell off of the island. "You go and stop Hornet! You can expect a challenge from him, so be careful!" Megaman nodded and resumed flight.

Ships Left:

B-Bladers - None

Golden B-Bladers - 1

(Golden B-Blader Health)

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(A.N. This is what a boss with 50 health looks like. Since this is early on in the fanfic, you can expect numerous lines of health later.)

"Deploy evasive maneuvers! We cannot allow him to win!" The Golden B-Blader was far from the island, but it still attacked. It immediately stopped moving forward and swerved left. Megaman flew forwards a little ways and shot a fully charged shot at him.

(Golden B-Blader Health)

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That didn't do much… I'd better find a new way to fight him. Megaman began shooting single shots at the Golden B-Blader and this slowly took its health down. The Golden B-Blader stopped and fired a few machine gun rounds while Megaman was backing up to the island. Unlike the original bullets, these pierced his shield and hit their target, knocking him from the sky. He landed on the platform and Banner started. "Those must be armor-piercing rounds. That's the only logical explanation that I up with." Prof. Casket also started and began looking around. "Roll? Roll!"

She'd somehow disappeared during the deerball invasion and she was currently inside the city's storage room. "Just a few more… There! It's finished! Lift me up, Johnny!" Johnny gave the thumbs-up and made the platform in the center of the room lift up. It stopped when it reached the roof of the city. "Roll! What are you doing?" Banner seemed panicked, but Roll called back. "Calm down. I'm just helping Megaman out. Here we go!" She slammed her hand on a button and a signal began being transmitted from the secret weapon of Nino Island, the Parabola.

Inside the Golden B-Blader, Hornet was rethinking his strategies. "If the hunter has to continuously return to land on Nino Island, all we have to do is eliminate the platform he'll land on and we've got one less hunter to worry about!" The signal reached the ship just as Hornet began laughing. "What the… I CAN'T MOVE! WHAT'S GOING ON!" The pilot responded, stuck in almost the same position that Hornet was. "I'M NOT SURE! IT APPEARS TO BE THAT WEAPON OF THEIRS! WE'LL HAVE TO ELIMINATE IT!" The signal ended and they both fell to the floor.

Meanwhile, Roll stepped out of the Parabola as the Golden B-Blader continued going left and showed no signs of stopping. "See? It's just a brief distraction." Zero chuckled and called up to her. "You're more clever than I thought! I didn't realize you have a weapon like that on the island!" Roll jumped down and Banner caught her. "Yeah. Well, we used it during the Glyde invasion. So, I figured that it would have the same effect here." Meanwhile, Megaman had continued to shoot charged shots at the Golden B-Blader.

(Golden B-Blader Health)

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When the Golden B-Blader got within range, Zero reached his fist back again. "Rekkoha!" The lasers came down and Megaman threw his arms back when time resumed.

Giga Attack

Falcon Strike

(Golden B-Blader Health)

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Hornet's pilot finally regained control of the ship and continued their pathetic assault. They shot out large missiles, which Megaman easily dodged. The armor-piercing bullets were harder to dodge, but he managed. Hornet finally got ticked and yelled a command so loud, that… I really don't have to tell you what everyone did. Do I? "JUST RAM HIS ASS!" The pilot cowered slightly. "Um, sir. With the damage we've sustained, we'd probably do more damage to ourselves than him." Hornet got a deranged look in his eye. "I DON'T GIVE A DAMN! JUST RAM HIM!"

The pilot nodded and entered the command. This caught Megaman somewhat off guard. He'd just landed, so when the Golden B-Blader rammed him, he nearly flew off the island. He regained his composure and shot a fully charged shot at them. This caught the propellers and one of them broke off.

"STATUS REPORT!"

"We've lost one of our propellers. We won't be able to evade the hunter's attacks as fast now."

"Will we still fly?"

"Um, yes."

"THEN WE'RE FINE!"

A second buster shot came out of nowhere and caught another propeller, breaking that one of as well.

"Now we might not be able to."

Everyone turned and saw Zero with an odd-looking buster raised. "What? Do you think that you're the only person in the world with a buster?"

(Golden B-Blader Health)

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Megaman tried throwing his arms back again and he executed another Giga Attack.

Giga Attack

Falcon Strike

(Golden B-Blader Health)

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"And now, the finisher!" Zero reached his arm back one last time and both Hornet and his pilot realized what was about to happen. "NO!" Zero smirked. "Rekkoha!"

(Golden B-Blader Health)

None

The Golden B-Blader began spinning around while an alarm blared inside the ship. "THIS CAN'T BE POSSIBLE! I CAN'T LOSE TO YOU! I WAS SO CLOSE! AAAAAHHHHH!" After a few thousand spins, the Golden B-Blader blew into small pieces.

(Megaman X3 (SNES, Playstation) Blast Hornet's Stage fades out.)

Megaman turned to Zero and extended his arm. "Um, thanks. For helping." Zero smirked again and accepted the hand. "Anytime."

"I hate to ruin this moment, but I'm not done yet!"

The startled group turned around and saw the unmistakable reploid that is Blast Hornet. He had two medium-sized antenna and a large posterior. His two legs were thin and bent behind him. He had some sort of face mask because you couldn't see his mouth. His wings were flapping swiftly, but you could still see that they were thin and delicate.

"I'm impressed. Even without your memory, with the exception of occasional help from my former commander…" Zero grinned. "You still managed to destroy my armada. It's a most incredible feat as far as I'm concerned. But no matter. I'll still destroy you."

Hornet stretched his left arm out, but then retracted it. He then lifted his feet and pointed his posterior at the group. For the first time, they noticed a small hole there. An extremely sharp needle came out of this hole. This was, without a doubt, his stinger.

"You'll fall, just as my armada has fallen!"

Blast Hornet's Health)

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(Boss Battle)

(Megaman X3 (SNES, Playstation) - Boss Battle begins playing)

His stinger retracted and he pointed his posterior at the group again.

"Bee Bomb!"

Two miniature bees came out of the hole and flew towards Megaman, who blew them up without hesitation. Hornet then extended his stinger.

"Hornet Sting! Take this!"

He lunged at Megaman, who swiftly dodged the attack. Megaman then released a charged shot and it threw Hornet backwards.

(Blast Hornet's Health)

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Hornet continued shooting bees at Megaman and once or twice, they actually reached him and blew up in his face. Megaman stood up and threw his arms behind him.

Giga Attack

Falcon Strike

(Blast Hornet's Health)

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Hornet then changed his attack strategy.

"Hornet Sting! Take this… And this!"

Hornet lunged for Megaman, however, he then swept his stinger sideways into Megaman. Zero narrowed his eyes. "Are you forgetting about the saber?" Megaman's eyes grew wide as he remembered it. He grabbed it and spun it into Hornet's side. "Curse you, Maverick Hunter!" Wires and sparks emerged from his side and he seemed ticked. He'd never had to fight someone with a saber before.

(Blast Hornet's Health)

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Again, Hornet changed his strategy.

"Hornet Sting! Take this… And this… And this!"

Hornet lunged forward with his stinger, then swept it sideways, and finally thrust it upwards. Again, Megaman got hit by this and he threw his hands behind him. This time, nothing happened. Zero sweatdropped.

"I forgot to mention. The only reason you were able to use so many Giga Attacks by taking so little damage was because you haven't used the armor in so long. The energy it stored up allowed you to use Giga Attack without completing the full bar of required energy. With each Giga Attack you used, that bar grew bigger. It's probably back to normal now. Your other armors should still be high in energy, though."

"Oh…" Megaman lowered his arms and snapped back to reality in time to get Hornet in the side with another saber slash.

(Blast Hornet's Health)

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Once again, Hornet changed his strategy. This time, Megaman was ready.

"Hornet Sting! Take this… And this… And this… And this!"

He lunged forward, swerved sideways, swung upwards, and finally swung in a downward diagonal swerve. Megaman shot a fully-charged blast and scraped Hornet's weakened side with the saber.

(Blast Hornet's Health)

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Hornet continued changing his strategy. However, that probably was his strategy…

"Hornet Sting! Take this… And this… And this… And this… AND THIS!"

He got up to the downward swerve, then he thrust his stinger forward, nailing Megaman. Geez, that hurt! I'm going to have to take this up a notch… Megaman's armor began glowing and, when the glow disappeared, his armor was still white. However, it now had light tan and brown highlights. "That's S-Shredder! From Overdrive Ostrich! It's not his true weakness, but you'll have to make good with this!"

Megaman charged S-Shredder and, when Hornet tried his combo over again, he released it. A giant spinning blade sliced right through Hornet, stopped and rose into the air, disappearing shortly thereafter.

(Blast Hornet's Health)

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Megaman charged another and waited to see if he could hit Hornet in the side. Sure enough, he tried his annoying combo over again and he released it. This time, it cracked his wings.

(Blast Hornet's Health)

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(Near Death Attack - B-Blader Barrage)

"You've asked for it! All units, open fire!"

He began glowing white and he fly to the center of the port. He threw his hands up and three B-Bladers rose from different points in the port. Megaman took flight and threw his arms behind him. Thankfully, it worked.

Giga Attack

Falcon Strike

The B-Bladers were destroyed, but Hornet didn't take any damage. Just like Zero had said earlier. Bosses can't be hurt when they gave off that glow. Hornet stopped giving off the glow and Megaman shot a regular S-Shredder at Hornet. It was a much smaller version of the fully-charged version, but it still knocked him backwards. Megaman leapt up and slashed him with the saber, finishing the job.

(Blast Hornet's Health)

None

He keeled over and his wings shattered. He fell to the ground and he sat on his butt, propping himself up with his hands. "Well…" He managed. "This sucks…" He began exploding and the group shielded themselves. "You'll pay for this! You'll all pay! ARGH!" Hornet blew to pieces, leaving behind nothing but a small burn spot on the ground and several pieces of debris.

Mission Complete!

Megaman began breathing normally after a long battle. Zero walked up to him. "You can think of the armors as your special weapons. You can only equip one at a time. Talk to your monkey friend if you'd like to change it. When we get your memory back, you might be able to equip more than one, but I'm not sure."

Megaman nodded. Teasel, for no reason, thought out loud. "All this talk about birds and bees reminds me of two things. Sexual education and Glyde." Zero raised an eyebrow and then said, "Yeah. I've heard of him. I wonder how he's getting along…"

Meanwhile, on Carlbania Island, Glyde was sitting in one of the rooms on his recently rebuilt base. "Okay, not only is Megaman becoming a pest, but now we've got the Bonnes to worry about. And to think, after all I did for them, they tried killing me! I'll get them if it's the last thing I do!"

He slammed his fist on the desk and a Birdbot walked up. "Um, Mr. Glyde, sir?" Glyde sighed. "Yes?" The Birdbot shuffled his feet. "We've… Uh… got a visitor." Glyde raised an eyebrow. "Visitor? Here?" The Birdbot nodded, obviously calmer. "Yes. He says it's urgent. Kaw-kay!" Glyde sat back down in his chair, then let him in. As soon as he finished speaking, an odd-looking teenager came in.

"And you are?"

"A Maverick Hunter from the past."

"A what?"

"Listen. Lately, a few of my Maverick friends have been resurrected. I know you're a pirate and all, but I'd still like you to inform me if you see any reaverbot that looks out-of-place. In other words, a reaverbot that obviously isn't a reaverbot."

Glyde raised an eyebrow, obviously confused by this. "Um, okay." The teenager smirked. "Thanks." He turned and began walking out of the door. "Wait! You never did tell me your name." The teenager turned around again. His orange, spiky hair rustling and Glyde saw the scar on the stranger's face that looked like the bottom half of an X. The teenager smirked again. "Name's Axl. I'll be seeing you." With that, he turned and left. "Um, see you. I guess." A long silence followed.

"…"

"…"

"Um, guys?"

"Yes? Kaw-kay!"

"What just happened?"

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Wow! My longest chapter is fourteen pages long! How 'bout that! And I was starting to worry that I was writing to short of chapters! Ah, well. Anyway, now that Blast Hornet has been defeated, Megaman's got the Falcon Armor, and Axl's met Glyde, what's going to happen in the next chapter? I'll tell you that it's not what you think! Read and Review please!