Chapter 10: Battle Vs. Good and Evil
'Flashman and MusicMan have crashed the Music Festival, Flashman has made Maylu his target, and Lan has a strategy made for only one Dark Loid. What's going to happen now?'
After hearing the explosion sound outside of the auditorium, Mr. Edogawa has left the auditorium to investigate where the explosion might have occurred. Now being in the hall, Mr. Edogawa now begins walking down the hall as he begins looking around for any obvious signs of what could have triggered the explosion, completely ignoring the scenery the dimensional area has made. Continuing down the hall, the smell of smoke now catches Mr. Edogawa's nose.
"Smoke?" Mr. Edogawa speaks as he continues down the hall. "I wonder where it could be coming from."
Mr. Edogawa continues traveling the hall as the smoky smell now begins getting heavier with each step he takes. Continuing down the hall and almost being at the end, Mr. Edogawa now spots a black cloud of smoke streaming heavily from the left hall as it now enters the hall he is in.
"That smoke is coming from the left hall." Mr. Edagowa speaks up as he now stops in his tracks and watches as the dark cloud of smoke rapidly continues entering the hall he is in. "That's where the Science Lab and the computer lab is."
Beginning to run down the hall and now reaching the end, Mr. Edogawa now turns into the left hall where the heaviest of the smoke is and begins searching for the exact place the dark cloud of smoke is coming from, despite the zero visibility in the area. Beginning to fan the smoke from his face, Mr. Edogawa continues into the left hall, into the dark smoke screen with determination of finding the location of the hazard. Continuing to fan the smoke from his face, Mr. Edogawa continues traveling the hall and now spots the smoke coming from under the door of the computer lab.
"The smoke is coming from the computer lab." Mr. Edogawa speaks as he begins making his way to the computer lab door. Now reaching the computer lab door, Mr. Edogawa stops in front it.
"I wonder what happened in here." Mr. Edogawa speaks as he now decreases his breathing and covers his mouth and nose with his right hand, trying to prevent himself from taking in any of the smoke.
Knowing that the door knob would be too hot to touch, Mr. Edogawa now raises his right foot and slams it right into the door, kicking the door open. The door flies open as a gang of flames now jumps up out at Mr. Edogawa, making him step back.
"It's an inferno in here." Mr. Edogawa speaks through his covered mouth as he takes a look inside the flame filled class. "But I have to put this fire out some how."
Now stepping towards the door, another set of flames jump out towards Mr. Edogawa, but being determined to stop the raging flames, Mr. Edogawa now leaps into the blazing classroom while continuing to keep his mouth covered. Now being inside of the class, Mr. Edogawa frantically begins looking around for anything that could help him put out the fire.
"I know this lab has a fire extinguisher." Mr. Edogawa speaks through his hand as he continues searching through the flames. "All I need now is to find it."
Continuing to look around, Mr. Edogawa now turns his attention to the classroom door and spots the fire extinguisher on the wall next to it. Smiling under his hand, Mr. Edogawa now begins heading for the door through the blazing storm of flames as large groups jump up on both sides of him. Continuing to the door and now arriving at it, Mr. Edogawa removes his hand from his face and quickly draws in his breath as he begins holding it. He now begins working with the extinguisher's holder latch, trying to undo it.
While Mr. Edogawa is trying to undo the latch to the extinguisher's holder, he is unaware of the burning ceiling beam that is hanging above him by a thin wire that can come crashing down at any minute. Continuing to try to undo the latch and now getting it undone, Mr. Edogawa grabs the extinguisher off the wall and steps back as the ceiling beam now crashes to the floor in flames. Seeing that, Mr. Edogawa shakes his head.
:That was a close call.: Mr. Edogawa mentally speaks to himself.
Now having the extinguisher, Mr. Edogawa turns to the main classroom as he begins shaking the extinguisher. Now having shaken it up enough, Mr. Edogawa grabs the nozzle hose with his left hand and aims it towards the flames in front of him. Grabbing the release valve with his right hand, Mr. Edogawa now presses down on the valve as the contents from the extinguisher begins spraying from the hose and towards the flames. Not being able to hold his breath much longer, Mr. Edogawa now begins drawing in slow and steady breathes as he continues spraying the fire, trying to avoid taking in carbon monoxide.
Auditorium
While Mr. Edogawa is battling a fire in the computer lab, another battle is taking place at this very moment. Lan and Chaud are in MusicMan's radar, while Maylu is in Flashman's.
Tori, who has heard the explosion as well, now steps from behind the right stage curtains and onto the stage, now spotting Flashman straight ahead with his back facing him.
"Oh crap, it's Flashman!" Tori curses in a low voice, trying to keep from being heard by Flashman as he begins watching Flashman and notices that his concentration is focused heavily to the front of him. "What he is up to this time? Whatever it is, I know it's nothing good."
Curious to know what Flashman is focused heavily on, Tori now begins stepping quietly to the left of Flashman, trying to get a glimpse of what he is focused on. Now being completely to the left of Flashman, Tori now spots Maylu in front of him.
"That jerk has Maylu cornered." Tori speaks as he now slants his eyes in an angry manner. "No dark loid messes with my friends and thinks he's going to get away with it."
Now turning away from Flashman's direction, Tori quietly heads back for the right stage curtains. Now reaching them, Tori quietly sets his guitar down and removes his tuxedo jacket, along with his cufflinks. Now having done that, Tori begins rolling up the sleeves to his shirt as he now comes from behind the curtains and begins watching Flashman, keeping a close eye on him to see what his next move is going to be.
Flashman now begins walking towards Maylu as Maylu continues to back up towards the piano.
"So, you're the girl the Net Savior fawns so much over." Flashman begins speaking as he continues walking towards Maylu. "Well as touching as that is, I have been ordered to take you into my custody, but since you're a human, then I'm just going to get rid of you because I can't stand humans. And after I take care of you, then I'm going to take care of your little net savior boyfriend next."
"Lan is not my boyfriend." Maylu speaks in fear as she now reaches the piano, feeling her back against it.
"Either way, you're both done for." Flashman speaks as he now stops two inches from Maylu and raises his right hand towards her, with his palm facing her.
A small ball of light appears in his palm and now begins growing. The ball continues growing bigger and brighter in size. Now reaching it's limit in growth, Flashman is about to call his attack when suddenly Tori jumps on him, knocking him to the floor of the stage. Flashman's attack is released, but instead of it hitting Maylu, it impacts the floor next to her right foot, creating a crater in the stage floor. Seeing that, Maylu draws in a sharp breath.
"Run Maylu!" Tori yells to Maylu as he begins trying to hold Flashman down.
Nodding, Maylu gets off the piano and runs around Flashman, now heading for the exit of the stage. Tori continues trying to hold Flashman down, but can feel his efforts beginning to weaken.
"That wasn't a very smart move, human." Flashman speaks with fierce anger in his voice as he now grabs Tori by the shoulders and slings him off of him, slinging Tori completely off the stage. Tori now lands on the floor of the auditorium on his back with an hard impact.
"Tori!" Lan shouts, having witnessed his friend hit the auditorium floor.
Flashman now turns onto his stomach and to his right, spotting Maylu heading for the exit of the stage.
"Oh no you're not." Flashman yells as he now thrusts himself in Maylu's direction. Now being close enough to her, Flashman reaches out and grabs Maylu by her right ankle, tripping her. Now getting to his feet, Flashman begins dragging Maylu in his direction.
"Maylu! No! Flashman leave her alone!" Lan shouts, seeing that Flashman has a hold on Maylu. "I have to help her!"
"You're going to have to go through me first." MusicMan speaks up with a devious grin as he now raises his right hand in Lan and Chaud's direction. "And I seriously doubt that's going to happen."
Now having his right palm facing them, an electric beam now shoots from it and is now heading in the boy's direction at lighting speed. Spotting the beam coming at them, Lan and Chaud now jump out of the way, with Chaud jumping to the right and Lan jumping to the left into the auditorium seating as the beam now hits the area where they were standing.
"This is going to be tougher then I originally anticipated." Lan speaks up as he now leans on a seat to level himself. "I didn't think two dark loids would appear here."
"That's where you messed up Hikari." Chaud speaks as he now leans on a seat to level himself as well. "Never anticipate anything because you usually get what you don't want. Take this situation for example."
"It's true, you humans do talk too much." MusicMan speaks as he now raises his left hand and aims it in Lan's direction.
Turning his right hand towards Chaud, MusicMan now has both hands facing both boys as electric beams now shoots from his palms. Seeing the beams heading their way, Chaud and Lan now duck out of the way as the beams impacts the seats they were leaned against.
"Hikari, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Chaud inquires as he continues to keep his eye on MusicMan.
"I'm way ahead of you Chaud." Lan answers him as he keeps his sights on MusicMan as well. "Time to re-strategize."
Now standing, Lan and Chaud quickly grabs their PET's from their carry cases and brings them into their view. Pressing the A button on their PET's, tiny data sentences begins scrolling down the screens of their PET's.
"You ready Megaman?" Lan inquires to Megaman.
"Ready when you are!" Megaman answers Lan.
"Ready Protoman?" Chaud Inquires to his navi.
"As always Chaud." Protoman answers him.
The tiny data sentences on both PET's screens now stop scrolling.
"Ok, begin Cross-fusion!" Lan and Megaman, as well as Chaud and Protoman shout in unison. The cross-fusion process now begins.
While the boys are cross-fusing, Maylu is trying her best to get away from Flashman. Having a tight grip on her right ankle, Flashman is continuing to drag Maylu in his direction as she continues trying to get loose from his grip. Noticing that her struggling attempts aren't working and continuing to be drug towards Flashman, Maylu now begins looking around the stage for something to help free herself from Flashman's grip. Continuing to look around, Maylu now spots the micro-phone stand that is two inches from her reach.
Almost being fully in Flashman's grasp, Maylu now reaches out and grabs the micro-phone stand's base, firmly gripping it with her left hand. Feeling her fear turn to anger, Maylu now flips over on her back and is facing Flashman as he continues holding her right ankle. Gripping the micro-phone stand firmly in both hands, Maylu now swings the stand fiercely towards Flashman as the stand now comes in contact with Flashman's face. Feeling himself go off balance, Flashman's grip on Maylu's ankle completely loosens as she falls to the stage floor. Shaking his head and getting his balance back on coordination, Flashman now spots Maylu getting to her feet. Now being on her feet, Maylu begins heading for the exit of the stage.
"You're not getting away from me!" Flashman yells as he begins going after Maylu, but is suddenly stopped by a purple blast shot impacting the floor in front of him.
Noticing the blast and the direction in which it came, Flashman now looks out into the main auditorium and spots cross-fussed Lan and Chaud, with Lan aiming his Charge shot blaster in his direction.
"Oh, how I have waited so long for this moment." Flashman speaks as he now turns his full attention towards Lan and Chaud, completely forgetting about Maylu.
"You go deal with Flashman, while I take care of the over-sized stereo system here." Chaud commands as he now turns to Lan.
"Got it." Lan answers as now begins heading for the stage.
Maylu now exits the stage and enters the main auditorium. Now being in the main auditorium, Maylu spots Tori laying on the ground across from her and begins running over to him. Now reaching him, Maylu squats down and lifts Tori up, pulling his shoulders into her lap so he is leveled on her.
"Tori, are you ok?" Maylu inquires to him with great concern. "Can you hear me?"
"I'm fine." Tori chokes out as now looks up at Maylu. "I think my spine is ruptured beyond repair, but other then that, I'm fine. Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Maylu answers him as a tiny smile now crosses her lips. "Let's get you to safety."
Grabbing Tori by both arms, Maylu now gets to her feet and pulls Tori up with her. Slinging his right arm across the back of her neck, Maylu now begins walking Tori towards the middle auditorium seating.
Chaud, who is standing in front of MusicMan, is glaring at him as MusicMan returns the look.
"Come on, make your move you over-grown juke-box." Chaud speaks in a taunting tone to MusicMan as his right arm now converts to the electro-sword.
"I thought you'd never ask." MusicMan speaks with an evil grin as he now places his hands together with his palms facing Chaud. A second later, miniature guitar picks begins shooting from his palms. Noticing the gang of guitar picks heading his way at lighting speed, Chaud now jumps out of the way as the guitar picks stab the ground.
"Is that all you've got?" Chaud speaks with a grin as he now wields his electro-sword and brings it into view. "I thought you dark loids were tough guys, but I guess you're not all as tough as you make yourselves out to be."
Having his electro-sword in his view, Chaud begins dashing towards MusicMan at lighting speed. Now being within reach of him, Chaud jumps into the air as he swiftly swings his sword in MusicMan's direction, leaving behind a crimson red streak. The sword attack now hits MusicMan with great impact and knocks him to the floor.
Landing on the floor behind MusicMan, Chaud now turns around and looks down at the dark loid.
"You're the right navi for tonight's event, but you came here with the wrong attitude." Chaud speaks as he now places his electro-sword at his right side.
On the stage, Lan and Flashman are exchanging glares of their own while Lan has his Charge shot blaster aimed at Flashman.
"What do you want Flashman?" Lan inquires in a demanding tone, continuing to glare at Flashman and keeping his blaster aimed at him.
"I came here to get rid of you, but since your girlfriend was closer, then I decided to get rid of her first." Flashman answers Lan casually. "Remembering that you humans are always looking after each other, then I knew you would save her and put yourself in danger. Which is fine by me because you're only making it easier for me to be rid of you."
"If it's one thing that you should know about me, Flashman, is that I'll do anything for my friends and that includes putting myself in danger for them." Lan hisses to Flashman.
"As very touching as that all sounds, it's too bad that I don't care." Flashman speaks as now raises his right hand in Lan's direction.
Knowing what Flashman's next move is, Lan now begins charging his charge shot cannon just as Flashman's attack begins materializing in his palm. Lan keeps his eye on the ball of light as it begins growing bigger and brighter. The ball of light shines bright as it now stops growing just as the Charge shot cannon is now done charging.
"Neon Lights!" Flashman calls as he now releases his attack towards Lan.
"Charge Shot!" Lan calls as he now releases his attack towards Flashman.
The charge shot beam and the neon light ball are now heading towards each other, being on the same course headed for collision. Lan's and Flashman's attacks now collide as they both bursts into a small eruption of blue flames.
"That was a very clever move, Net savior." Flashman speaks with slight laughter. "But not clever enough."
Swiftly raising his left hand in Lan's direction, Flashman releases his attack and it is now heading towards Lan at lighting speed. Unable to dodge the attack in time, Lan is now hit and knocked to the stage floor, landing on his back.
Maylu, who is in the seats with Tori, witnesses Flashman's assault on Lan.
"Lan!" Maylu screams out to him.
"Go help Lan." Tori speaks up as he begins struggling to sit up straight in the seat. Maylu now turns to Tori.
"But what about you?" Maylu inquires. "I can't just leave you here in your condition."
"I'll be fine." Tori answers Maylu. "Now go help Lan, he needs you."
Nodding, Maylu now stands from sitting and begins heading for the end of the row she is in. Now reaching the end, Maylu leaves the row and begins heading for the stage. Continuing to the stage and now reaching it, Maylu climbs on and rushes over to Lan. Being at his side, Maylu squats down and now lifts Lan up, pulling his shoulders into her lap so he is leveled on her.
"Lan!" Maylu speaks in a panic. "Lan, are you ok! Speak to me!"
Turning his vision towards Maylu, Lan now cracks a small smile as the sound of Maylu's voice begins comforting him, making him completely forget about the situation at hand.
"I'm fine." Lan speaks in a gentle tone as he now lifts himself off Maylu's lap and props himself up on his left elbow for support, now facing her. "My sides are killing me, but other then that, I'm fine."
"I'm so glad you're alright." Maylu speaks with happiness, now embracing Lan in a hug as she smiles. "I was so afraid."
"I know you were." Lan speaks with gentleness in his voice as Maylu releases him and he continues facing her. "But rest assured, I'm ok."
Lan now begins gazing into Maylu's eyes as her gaze now catches with his. They are both completely lost in each other's gaze as the rest of the world completely fazes out around them.
"Maylu, I have to tell you something that can't wait another day or minute to be spoken." Lan speaks softly as he continues gazing into her eyes. "I've been trying to wait for the right moment to tell you tonight, but since we're here together right now, then I might as well say it now, because if I don't then I may never get my chance."
"Yes Lan?" Maylu asks, continuing to gaze into Lan's eyes.
"Maylu, throughout our years of friendship, I have noticed….. Lan begins speaking, but is suddenly cut off by Flashman's attack impacting the floor next them. That startles them and brings them back to reality as Lan now embraces Maylu, placing her in front of him for protection.
"What a sickening sight!" Flashman speaks as his attack quickly begins to materialize in his right palm again. "You two sicken me!"
Now turning to Flashman, Lan angrily slants his eyes.
"Leave it to a dark loid to always run a good moment." Lan speaks with anger.
Turning back to Maylu, Lan now softens his eyes.
"I want you to get to safety, while I deal with Flashman." Lan speaks gently to Maylu.
"Alright, but be careful." Maylu speaks, with concern showing in her eyes.
"I will." Lan says with a smile. "Now go."
Nodding, Maylu gets to her feet and begins heading towards the exit of the stage. Lan now gets to his feet and keeps his back facing Flashman as his right arm converts to Cyber sword.
"I've had just about enough of you that I can take." Lan speaks in a low tone, keeping his back to Flashman. "You've worn out your welcome here, more then words can describe."
"And just what do you plan on doing about it?" Flashman inquires in a taunting tone.
Grinning, Lan now brings his cyber sword into his view.
"You know something Flashman." Lan begins as he now turns around towards Flashman and begins running towards him at lighting speed. "For a dark loid, you sure do RUN YOUR MOUTH A LOT!" (How can Flashman run something he doesn't have? Boggles the mind.)
Now being within range of Flashman, Lan now jumps into the air and swiftly swings his cyber sword in Flashman's direction as a light blue streak appears. The cyber sword attack slams into Flashman's mid-section with a strong impact, knocking him against the piano. Now landing on top of the piano, Lan looks down at Flashman and notices the huge cut the cyber sword has made in Flashman's mid-section.
"You're done for Flashman!" Lan hisses to him.
"Not by a long shot!" Flashman yells as he now gets to his feet and swiftly turns around towards Lan, ignoring the huge cut in his mid-section. "You're the one that's done for!"
"Says you!" Lan yells as he now swings his left foot in Flashman's direction, kicking him directly in the face and knocking him to the stage floor.
In the main auditorium, Chaud is still fighting with MusicMan as MusicMan now sends another gang of miniature guitar picks in Chaud's direction. Chaud now jumps out of the way.
"Why do you dark loids always want to do things the hard way?" Chaud inquires as he now wields his electro-sword. "And behind that, never knowing when enough is enough?"
"And that's where you just made your mistake." MusicMan speaks with anger building in his voice as he now places his hands together with his palms facing Chaud. "You are to never mistake me for your kind, human!"
Electric beams now shoots from both palms as the beams combine and creates a huge beam that is now heading Chaud's direction. Spotting the huge beam coming his way, Chaud now leaps into the air as the beam impacts the floor where he stood.
"I stand corrected!" Chaud yells as he now dashes towards MusicMan. "You dark loids never know when to give up!"
Now being within range of MusicMan, Chaud swiftly swings his electro-sword in MusicMan's direction as the sword now slams right into MusicMan's chest. That knocks him to the floor as MusicMan now grips the spot on his chest where he was hit. Landing on the floor to the right of MusicMan, Chaud places his sword at his right side.
"You are truly a pathetic excuse for a Dark Loid." Chaud speaks as he closes his eyes.
Deep within the shadows, the mysterious man is watching the battle at hand and is not happy with what he is seeing so far.
"I thought Shademan sent his best dark loids for this mission." The Mysterious man speaks with anger in his voice as he continues watching the scene in front of him. "Flashman isn't showing much effort in this mission and neither is that new navi, MusicMan. They better not fail on this mission because in event that they do, Shademan will pay the ultimate price for his failure!"
The mysterious man continues watching the battle, with the anticipation of the Dark Loids turning the battle around.
Computer Lab
Mr. Edogawa has finally put the fire out in the computer lab as he continues trying to catch his breath, ignoring the burn marks on his pants, shirt and the small burn areas on his arms. Continuing to catch his breath, Mr. Edogawa now begins looking around the completely burned classroom, at the possible fixable damage all around him. Still holding the fire extinguisher in his right hand, Mr. Edogawa now releases it as it falls to the floor.
"I sure hope the school's insurance can cover all of this." Mr. Edogawa speaks as he now slows his breathing down, having caught all of his breath. "Because this is not coming out of my paycheck."
Taking one last look around the classroom, Mr. Edogawa now turns away and begins making his way to the exit of the classroom. Continuing to make his way to the door, an explosion suddenly sounds, startling Mr. Edogawa.
"Now what?" Mr. Edogawa asks as he now drops his shoulders, knowing that explosion is the sign of another disaster.
Now reaching the exit of the class, Mr. Edogawa leaves the class and now begins making his way back to the auditorium. Continuing to the auditorium and now reaching it, Mr. Edogawa bursts through the doors and now catches sight of the uncontrollable chaos that is occurring right in front of him. Feeling the stress starting to build in his head, Mr. Edogawa now begins feeling his breathing speed up, not believing the sight in front of him.
"What is going on in here?" Mr. Edogawa now yells, continuing to watch the multiple battles in front of him.
Tori, who is sitting up in his seat, hears Mr. Edogawa's voice and now turns to him.
"Mr. Edogawa!" Tori shouts as he begins looking his music teacher over and notices the burn marks all over him. "What happened to you?"
MusicMan, who is fighting with Chaud, hears his Net Op's name and turns his attention completely away from Chaud and to Mr. Edogawa. Now completely facing Mr. Edogawa, MusicMan cracks an evil grin.
"Mr. Edogawa." MusicMan speaks, now catching his Net Op's attention. "Just the human I've been wanting to see."
Not believing the sight in front of him, Mr. Edogawa's eyes now get wide at the sight of seeing his Navi. MusicMan, life-sized and standing in front of him with an evil smile on his face.
"MusicMan?" Mr. Edogawa speaks dryly, in disbelief that his navi is standing in front of him.
"That's right, it's me." MusicMan speaks, keeping his evil smile. "And I have a special message for you!"
Mr. Edogawa is frozen with fear, unable to digest that his loyal Net Navi has now turned against him.
A/N: Ok end of chapter 10 and I hoped you all liked it. This story is almost over, but not quite as a few more chapters are in the making! No flames please and if anything is confusing, please let me know and I'll modify it for you. Chapter 11 will be out when I get a moment and I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years! If nothing else, please review.
Review Please!