Rather than a rewrite of a previous one, I decided to start a new one first.

Megaman Battle Network: Rapunzel

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RoseRosa: The underline was an error with my computer...

NJ: Thank you!

C.A.M.E.O.1 and Only: I might do Mulan, but not Mulan 2. Shang's personality showed out more in Mulan 2, and there's no one with the same or similar character I can fit in. I'd like to add that if you wanted to request something seriously, you'd speak seriously in proper English. Nitpicking, I know.

Ohohen: Well, this one is based on Rapunzel!

BassEX: Thank you for the review!

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Long long ago, there was a couple named Yuri and Misaki. They longed to have a baby of their own, but for some reason, it was not possible. After several years, Yuri finally became pregnant. She and Misaki were both filled with joy, but Misaki felt worried. Yuri's body had always been rather weak, and as simple farmers. they could not afford to give Yuri the good food that would supply her with nutrients.

One day, Yuri looked into the garden of her next door neighbour, where the witch named Tesla lived. She saw several rows of beautiful vegetables known affectionately as 'rapunzels', and she began to long for some. After days of longing, she grew sick.

"If you need the rapunzels, you shall have it," Misaki said determinedly.

That night, he crept into Tesla's garden and picked several bunches of rapunzels. He returned home and boiled the vegetables. Yuri finished it and patted her stomach happily.

"I feel better already!"

Misaki knew that she needed the rapunzels badly. So the following night, he went into Tesla's garden again. Yuri got better. On the third night, however, Misaki was not so fortunate.

"Thief!" Tesla cried furiously. "Magnetman, grab him!"

A red and white crow appeared and made a blue double of himself. The two crows crashed into Misaki, capturing him between them and holding him still.

"You don't understand, Tesla," Misaki said, frightened. "My wife Yuri's pregnant, and she needs the rapunzels."

Tesla stared at him for a moment. "A child, eh?" I own many things already, but one thing I don't own is a child."All right. I shall not hold you responsible for the missing rapunzels."

Misaki could hardly believe his luck. Tesla was known to be very nasty.

"In fact, you can have all the rapunzels you want," Tesla said. "On one condition. When the baby is born, you must give him to me!"

Misaki gasped. "No!"

"No? Then you can't have the rapunzels, and your wife will die with the baby. And I shall complain to the knights about the theft," Tesla said at once.

Misaki had no choice. He bowed his head and nodded.

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"It's a boy!" the midwife, Yuri's twin, cried, delighted.

"A son!" Misaki exclaimed happily.

"What shall we call him, Mari?" Yuri asked weakly.

"Well, he's your first son. The first... How about Protoman?" Mari replied, smiling. She waved her hand, and the name appeared in gold lettering in front of her. Shining, they flew into the baby. The boy scowled at her. Amazingly, he was not bawling.

"HAHAHAHAHAH! I see that my baby is born!"

Electricity filled the room, and Tesla flew in surrounded by static. Mari gasped and turned to Misaki.

"It was a promise he made..." Yuri said softly. She bit her finger.

"That's right! Now give me the baby!" Tesla waved her hands, and Protoman went flying out of Mari's arms towards her. As soon as he saw Tesla, he hissed and screwed up his face in annoyance.

"But-!" Mari started.

"Your name will be Rapunzel, after the vegetables," Tesla smiled.

"That won't do," Mari said sharply. "We've already named him Protoman! It's already etched into his life by my magic!"

"... It's a son?" Tesla asked, her voice dangerously soft.

"Of course!"

"I wanted a daughter... but no matter... Who said you could name him?" Tesla demanded. "I shall call him Rapunzel all the same! The name is only inside him!"

"But Rapunzel's not a boy's name!" Yuri protested.

"I don't care! Finally, I shall have this child for my very own!" she said, laughing wickedly. "One more item to my Everything Collection!"

With a flash, she disappeared. Misaki broke down and cried.

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She stood at the foot of a tall tower in the middle of a forest.

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!" Tesla called. Long white hair cascaded out from a window at the top of the tower. Grabbing it, Tesla began to climb up the tower. Several 'ouch'es and 'damn's could be heard. When Tesla reached the window, she jumped nimbly in.

The owner of the hair was a scowling young teen dressed in simple brown clothes.

"Rapunzel, it's not ladylike to say 'damn'," Tesla said primly. "And I thought I told you to put on the pink dress I got for you."

The boy flushed.

"I'm not a girl, I don't want to wear a dress. And I'm not Rapunzel."

"I don't care what the magic tells you; your name is Rapunzel!" Tesla yelled. "Don't you dare wear the boy-clothes Magnetman brought!"

"At least he cares for me," Protoman replied, folding his arms. Tesla frowned.

"I've cared for you and gave you food to eat, kept a roof over your head and paid for your clothes. Why do you say that I don't care?"

"Because Magnetman treats me like who I am, and he taught me to wield a sword," Protoman replied. "Whereas you treat me like a petit lady and taught me manners of the court. Sorry, that doesn't appeal to me."

Tesla stamped her foot like a spoiled girl.

"I shall forbid Magnetman to speak to you!" she screamed. Then she ran to the window and jumped out. Magnetman caught her before she fell, and flew her away. Her scoldings could be heard within a radius of 5 miles.

Protoman sighed. He hadn't meant to get Magnetman in trouble. But he hated Tesla and he was bored to death alone in the tower. Deciding to amuse himself, he took up a bow and a quiver that Magnetman had once brought him. Leaning out of the window, he took aim and fired at a bald eagle. It hit its mark, and the bird fell.

But part of the fun in hunting was to be able to pick up the dead carcass and put it into a sack.

Protoman sighed again. He wanted to get out of the tower. All his life, he had lived there, and he was tired of it. He wanted freedom. If it were not for Tesla's magic, he'd have attacked her and forced her to let him out. He turned from the window and went to eat.

But he didn't know that someone else had seen his arrow.

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"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair! I've got your food!"

Long white hair. Ouches. Then an explosion.

"You're still not wearing a dress!"

"I REFUSE to wear a dress!"

"YOU WILL WEAR A DRESS OR YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT OF HERE!" Huffing, Tesla jumped out onto Magnetman.

"As if I'd get out of here if I wore a dress!" Protoman yelled back at her. He turned to glare at the food. Then he heard a familiar phrase.

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel! Let down your hair!"

The voice was strange. Could it be someone else. Protoman peeped out of the window. But branches and leaves obstructed the view. Making up his mind quickly, Protoman grabbed onto his usual bookshelf and threw his hair out of the window. Wincing, he 'ouch'ed again as hands and weight tugged at his hair.

Within seconds, a blue haired boy climbed in through the window. Bright green eyes twinkled as he smiled.

"Who are you?" Protoman asked, confused.

"I knew someone shot that arrow!" the boy said gleefully. "It was such a good shot, I had to find who was the archer!"

"Feh!" Protoman put his nose in the air. "It takes a master to do that."

The boy looked taken aback. Then he grinned. "Is your name really Rapunzel?"

"Of course not!" Protoman cried furiously. "It's Protoman. That old witch calls me Rapunzel."

"My name is Megaman," the boy introduced himself. "I say, how about a match? I've been longing to find someone whom I can fight with. All the people back at home don't dare to fight me properly, so I never get any good battles."

"Why don't they dare?"

"Um... Don't you be the same as them!" Megaman warned. He sighed. "I'm the Prince, you see. The masters and servants are afraid they'll hurt me."

"Well, I can't," Protoman said. "I'm stuck in this tower, and it doesn't have decent space to fight properly."

"Ehhh? Isn't there a window?"

"Oh nice. Do you know what a distance it is?" Protoman demanded. "You climbed up by my hair, I can't do the same."

"Oh yeah..." Megaman frowned. "Why are you here anyway?"

"Who knows."

"But I really want to spar..." Megaman looked disappointed. Then he brightened up. "If I bring a rope, I can get you out of here!"

"Eh?"

"You've got to promise you'll come back to the palace with me and give me a run for my life!" Megaman said cheerily. "What do you say?"

Protoman thought for a while. He nodded.

"Great! I'll come back later!" Megaman said happily. "Wait for me!"

Protoman allowed him to climb down via the Hair-Way, wincing as he did.

"Finally, I shall be free from this abominable place!"

He disappeared from the window.

"You're against me, are you?" a voice muttered from between the trees.

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"All right," Megaman said. He pulled the rope against the bedpost. "I think it's firm now."

He headed for the window and began to climb down. "It's fine all right!"

Protoman grabbed the rope and began to head down as well. But then a familiar voice called out.

"N-S Tackle!"

One crow went to Protoman, the other to Megaman. They shot electricity through the two. They screamed.

"Why are you doing this?" Protoman yelled, struggling. "You were nice to me before! You're a good guy!

"Because this is the only way I can become strong," Magnetman replied. His eyes were filled with sadness. "Tesla promised me power only if I obeyed her. And she wants me to kill you."

"Arghh!" Both boys released the rope and dropped all the way to the ground. They landed thankfully on soft earth and only received a few bumps.

"Darn..." Protoman moaned.

"If you kill us now," Megaman whispered weakly, "You'll lose something important."

"Eh?" Magnetman looked stunned.

"True strength is not gotten through magic power," Megaman struggled to his feet. "True strength... is the ability to help others... when they're in trouble..." He helped Protoman up and looked Magnetman in the eye. "That's right. True strength is being able to help other people in need!"

Magnetman took his words in. Slowly, his clone returned and merged into him. Then he collapsed on the ground.

"You're right... I've lost..." he said, aghast. He looked unhappily at the two bruised boys. "You two... have told me what is the right thing to do." He cracked a slight smile. "Thank you... From now on, I will only help people." He stood up, determined. "I will not work for Tesla anymore!"

"It was already in you," Protoman said. "We only helped you find it within yourself."

"Perhaps one day, you'll be able to find the true strength you possess." Megaman smiled.

Magnetman watched as they limped towards Megaman's horse.

"Thank you..."

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"Hyaaa!"

"Still not good enough!"

A sword blocked the spear. Another sword shot for the unguarded throat. It stopped just before it cut the bare skin.

"Care to continue?" Protoman asked, grinning. Megaman released his spear, and it clattered to the ground.

"All right, I admit defeat," he said, laughing. He pretended to sulk. "I wanted to have a decent opponent, but you've been beating me every single time!"

"Of course!" Protoman said arrogantly. "I'm better than you in everything!"

Megaman frowned, then grinned.

"Oh yeah? I know how to get you to look bad with one sentence!" he said. Protoman raised an eyebrow.

"Really? What's this amazing sentence?"

Megaman grinned and stood back. Feet apart, he raised both arms and looked upwards.

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!"

"..."

The servants in the room giggled.

"I'LL GET YOU FOR THAT!"

"AHAHAHAHAHAH!"

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I don't own the part where Megaman and Protoman got Magnetman to stop working for Tesla. That was sort of adapted from Legendz: Yomigaeru Ryuuoh Densetsu, with a couple of my own touches.

I changed the plot slightly, because I decided it was better this way. Very different from the others I've done, but I'm satisfied with it all the same! In fact, I'm downright proud of it! My evilness really outdid itself!

I should've made Protoman really wear a dress. A pink one with ribbons and flowery patterns.

Protoman: Don't you DARE! (is blushing uncontrollably due to fic)

Aw, it's nice to be able to tease. (strokes silky white hair)

Protoman!&!#!$!#!#!

(runs)

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