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. Those are mine.
In this chapter, the group returns to Nino Island in tine to meet someone who doesn't exactly appreciate Zero's presence. This Maverick will have low health, but due to his huge defense, he'll take crap for damage. So, with that said and done, chapter ten!
Chapter X
Let's All Get High Max!
The next morning, Megaman woke up to found half of the island camped out around the now smoldering fire. He looked over and found Zero on his side, fast asleep. His stomach growled as he noticed that his bright blue armor was back. He silently made his way to the Flutter. He entered and saw that all was still. He slowly opened Roll's door and saw that she wasn't there. Taking a shower, no doubt… He glanced at the clock. It read 9:45. It wasn't too early, but Megaman would've preferred to of slept in.
He was about to leave when his eyes came to rest upon the forbidden object that was Roll's diary. No! I promised myself that I wouldn't look at it again. He slowly looked around. But still… He slowly closed the door and he snuck over to Roll's dresser. He'd no sooner gotten it open to the first page before he heard someone climbing up the ladder, Roll no doubt.
Megaman quickly replaced the diary and his armor changed to a white and light greenish combination. He instinctively charged it and he fired just as Roll opened the door… Roll casually walked into her room and closed the door behind her. She walked right past Megaman as she shuffled through her closet. Megaman opened his eyes, looked down at his hands, and started when he realized that he'd become invisible.
Megaman slowly made his way to the door and gripped the handle as Roll slowly began to undress. Megaman paused momentarily as naughty thoughts came to his head, but he shook them off. He slowly opened the door enough that he could squeeze out. However, halfway through, the door creaked and Roll brought the towel around her birthday suit. Megaman quickly but quietly made his way out of her room just as Roll slowly closed the door behind him. The invisibility wore off and Megaman fell quietly to the floor as he let go a breathe of relief.
However, he heard some quiet chuckling and he ripped his eyes open to see Zero standing there with a smirk on his face. He made a 'follow me' motion with his hands and Megaman reluctantly did so. Once outside of the Flutter, Zero let go a slightly louder laugh. "I see that you've gone from digging in ruins to digging your own grave. Cutting it a bit close there, eh?" Megaman nodded. "In case you're wondering, that weapon was Chameleon Sting. Consider yourself EXTREMELY lucky that you unlocked it when you did." Megaman sweatdropped as his armor turned back to it's normal blue color.
A bit later, the town began awakening and Prof. Casket walked up to Megaman and Zero. "We're all ready to head back to Nino. How about you?" Megaman started. "Back to Nino? Why?" Barrell chuckled. "Our old friend, Von Bleucher, is there. He's requested to see us." Megaman nodded and, after some persuasion, Zero also agreed. So, with Amelia leaving the Inspector in charge of Kattelox, the group headed back to Nino Island.
On the way, Megaman's stomach growled again. Roll, who was letting her father drive and who now had her clothes on, giggled. "Lunch is in the kitchen if you'd like it." Megaman nodded in appreciation and he made his way towards the kitchen. Banner managed a glance in Zero's direction. "How 'bout you?" Zero shrugged. "I'm fine. Thanks for the offer." Banner cast a confused look at his wife and she threw one back.
Meanwhile, on the Gesselchaft, Tron and Teasel where conversing in the meeting room. "I don't know. Part of me says 'trust him' while the other half says 'don't trust him'." Tron nodded. With the two where Bon Bonne, Servbot #27, and Servbot #9, the best Servbot sniper (gunner from The Misadventures of Tron Bonne) "Yeah. I'm getting the same feeling. Like there's something that he's not telling us." Everyone nodded in agreement and Teasel took another sip of the tea that he'd been holding. "Well, I say for now, we keep an extra close watch on him." Everyone shouted in agreement.
Once they reached and docked at Nino Island, Roll took a quick look through the fridge. She was surprised to see a third of the stuff she'd made for lunch gone. She then noticed a folded piece of paper sitting there. It read: 'Thanks for lunch. It was great. -Zero' Roll gave a victorious sort of smirk and she closed the fridge. The Guildmaster and Johnny ran up as Roll exited the Flutter. "Back already? Well, I shouldn't sound so surprised. Anyone who comes here always wants to come back!" He began laughing while Zero had a rude thought. Could've fooled me. What with you and that self-destruct button of yours.
Von Bleucher walked up and was greeted by Barrell. "I see you found that signal. Was it anything interesting?" Barrell chuckled, then turned to Zero. "You could say that." Von Bleucher seemed puzzled by Zero's appearance and he noticed. "Long story. I'll explain later." Von Bleucher shrugged it off. "Ah well. You know what I say: the more the merrier." The Guildmaster began slowly heading for the door. "Well why stand out here all night? Come on inside."
As the group enter the city, an explosion from high above them caught their attention. "That came from the roof!" The Guildmaster began freaking out again. "Oh no! We can't let them get it! I'll get the…" This was the last straw for Zero. He grabbed the Guildmaster by the scruff of the neck and slammed him against the wall, flabbergasting the group in the process. Teasel recovered momentarily to bend over and whisper 'Can't trust him' in Tron's ear.
"Okay. You know what? I don't get angered by carbons easily, but THIS HAS GOT TO STOP! Every attack her isn't a freaking catastrophe, so either you stay away from that damn button of yours or I'll get rid of it! Got it!" The Guildmaster nodded his head crazily and Zero dropped him, now talking in a much calmer tone. "That's better."
He ran off, followed by Megaman and everyone else. By the time they reached the second level, there was another explosion. Zero and Megaman quickly zipped up the ladder and by the time that everyone else caught up, Zero was snarling at a large black robot, the same robot that Megaman was confused about. Zero managed to give a response through gritted teeth. "The Nightmare investigator, High Max." The robot, now dubbed High Max, turned around. "So, you're still alive. What are you doing these days? Helping the carbons kill off what remains of our race with that virus of yours no doubt!"
Zero seemed ticked. "For the last time, the Nightmare isn't my virus! It was created by the same person who created you!" High Max waved an arm in the air. "Your Maverick lies don't phase me, Zero. Just hold still while I destroy what remains of the virus." Zero growled and as Megaman stepped towards him, Zero held him back. "There's not a chance in hell that you're facing this guy. I'm gonna show him the truth one way or another." Zero stepped towards High Max and the Maverick's eyes narrowed.
Mission Objective
Defeat High Max
"Many reploids have perished because of you… And it will be today that they are avenged."
Mission Start!
(Boss Theme)
(Megaman X6 (Playstation) - High Max Theme begins playing)
(High Max's Health)
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High Max lifted off of the ground and brought his hands together. "Mooncotta." High Max reached one hand back while putting his other forward. Switching hands after every four shots, High Max fired twelve quick balls of energy from his hands. Zero dodged each shot and summoned T Breaker. High Max raised his fist in the air and a huge ball of energy surrounded it. "Dezbou." High Max landed and thrust his hands forward, sending his whole body towards Zero and tearing up whatever met the ball of energy.
As the energy faded, High Max took flight again and Zero slammed T Breaker into his side before he launched another attack. However, instead of taking damage, he froze in place and began flashing. Zero quickly summoned D Glaive with which he attacked High Max. "Youdantotsu!" Striking High Max's body numerous time knocked him backwards. His landing caused all of Nino Island to shake. He bounced up and down for a second or two before resuming flight.
(High Max's Health)
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Everyone seemed amazed that High max took those attacks and only took minimal damage. Zero noticed this. "Don't you remember what I told you in the Manda Ruins? High Max is next to invincible!" The Guildmaster freaked. However, when Zero shot an ice cold stare in his direction, he stopped. Zero turned back to High Max as he launched another attack. He brought his hands together and broke them apart as he created a shield around him. He lowered himself to almost the ground, then he reached his left arm back and spun himself so that as he flew towards Zero, his odd headwear would drill a hole right through him.
Zero dodged this attack however and swiped High Max with the lance. This froze him again and Zero jumped into the air. "Senpuukya!" He began to spin rapidly in the air, managing several attacks on High Max at one time.
(High Max's Health)
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High Max landed, bounced, and punched Zero hard as he landed. This punch literally tossed him over the edge of the roof. "Zero!" Zero didn't cry out, he just looked for something to grab and, when he couldn't find anything, he braced for impact. It was a pretty bad fall, but nothing a reploid couldn't handle. "God, that hurt." High Max landed and began walking to the part of the roof where Zero had been thrown over. "Simpleton Maverick."
As High Max took flight and began flying towards Zero's body, Megaman jumped off of the roof and landed on top of the Maverick. "Don't think so!" He fired a charge blast at point-blank range, sending him up to a high ledge which he grabbed onto and freezing High Max. As the group made their way down from the roof, Megaman managed to bring the Falcon Armor back which he used to attack High Max with.
Giga Attack
Falcon Strike
High Max fell all the way down to the ground, shaking Nino Island to the point where people thought that it would fall into the ocean.
(High Max's Health)
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High max picked himself off of the ground, which now had a huge crater in it, as the group entered the new battlefield and Megaman landed next to them. Zero had also picked himself up and he attacked with the recently-summoned Sigma Blade. This instantly froze High Max and Zero attacked again. "Ensuizan!" He spun rapidly and knocked High Max backwards in the process.
High Max took flight again and created another blue energy field around his hand. "Dezbou." He slammed his fist forward again and Zero dodged it. Zero slashed High Max's shoulder and it slowed High Max down considerably. Roll had already snuck away when this happened and she was currently working on the Parabola. "Stupid thing! Always breaking down. Got it! Lift me up, Johnny!" Johnny nodded and the platform was lifted to the trashed roof. The group finally noticed this, but wasn't surprised to see Roll operating it.
Roll fired the Parabola as High Max became separated from Zero's figure and the signal hit him directly. However, unlike Glyde and Blast Hornet, High Max didn't freeze. As a matter of fact, he might have become slightly faster instead. "What? Why didn't it work?" Roll looked over the controls. Everything was in perfect working order, yet it hadn't worked. As High Max threw a barrage of punches at Zero, he called out to the group and Roll as he dodged every one. "Due to High Max's armor, the Parabola might not of worked properly!"
High Max threw one more punch which Zero ducked under. Instead, the punch went right through the ground of the landing pad. "That's bad." As High Max tried to retracted his fist, Zero summoned T Breaker and slammed it into his side, sending High Max sliding almost all the way back to the group. High Max stood up again and just stared at Zero with an open mouth. "That's good. That's very good."
(A.N. In case you haven't pieced it together yet, by firing the Parabola, Roll increased High Max's power and speed. However, she also slightly reduced his defense.)
(High Max's Health)
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High Max clenched his fists and took flight again. This time, he created to shields of energy, one on his left and one on his right. He spun towards Zero again, this time having shields around him increase the range of the attack. Zero managed to dodge it and managed beating High Max into the ground by slamming T Breaker on his back. Zero, being the relentless Maverick Hunter we all love, slammed T Breaker into the ground twice more before High Max jumped out of the hole.
Zero beckoned Megaman over and High Max noticed this. "Mooncotta." He fired numerous rounds of electrical energy at Megaman. He managed to dodge them all and get over to Zero's side where, together, they activated the Double Attack.
Execute Falcon Armor Megaman/ Zero Double Attack
(High Max's Health)
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(Near Death Attack - Dezbou Barrage)
High Max took flight once more and he summoned more blue spheres of energy. "Dezbou! Dezbou! Dezbou…" Every time High max fired a ball of energy, e repeated that saying. However, when the energy hit the ground, it burst and created a large vertical laser that laser for a few seconds. After about five or six of them, High Max began to fire them more rapidly, making it harder for Megaman and Zero dodge them.
Megaman managed to fire a charged shot which made him pause long enough for Zero to get an attack with T Breaker in. Zero jumped away as High Max, who was now releasing small clouds of smoke and sparking all over, swung a fist at him. Zero slammed T Breaker into his body and Megaman slashed him with his saber to finish the job.
(High Max's Health)
None
(Megaman X6 (Playstation) - High Max Theme fades out)
High Max kneeled on the ground as if he were to be knighted. He gripped his knee hard. "Maverick scum." He managed weakly. "You won't get away with this." He snarled at Zero, who was now standing in front of the group with Megaman. "One day, you'll get what's…" High max never finished because at that second, a cloaked figure spliced into existence, right in front of High Max. The figure was facing High Max as he chuckled evilly. His voice sounded almost exactly like that of Zero.
"Poor High Max. Never realized the truth until the end." High Max's eyes bulged out as he saw the figure's shaded face. He lowered his head and waited for the inevitable. "Zero…" Zero perked up after hearing this. "Forgive me…" Zero started at this, as did everyone else. The cloaked figure then, in one swift movement, grabbed a saber of his own, activated it, and slashed High Max across the chest with it.
After High Max exploded, the figure turned to look at the group, his faced shadowed in darkness. Zero narrowed his eyes as he realized something. "I was afraid of this. This…" The figure chuckled evilly in anticipation for the carbons' reaction. "…is the Zero Nightmare."
Dun dun duh! In the next chapter, Megaman (that's right, just Megaman) squares off with the Zero Nightmare and later, both Megaman and Zero will fight the Nightmare's 'lesser known' form. Read and Review because I'm actually no where close to being done. Probably because this fanfic is going to be fifty-six chapters long, but… Ah well. Just Read and Review.