I thought it would be a good idea to revise my story for certain reasons. For starters, some readers were confused and thought this story took place in the anime storyline while it really takes place during the game dimension. Therefore, I taken the liberty to change a few things, such as when the Net Battlers are downloading chips, they'll say "Battle Chip, ...! Slot-in!", instead of "...! Battle Chip, in! Download!" since they do use that terminology in the games.
Also here is the key for when people are speaking:
"Regular" talking out loud in the current scene
"Bold" talking out loud from a PET
"Italics" thinking
With that said, here is the disclaimer:
I do not; I repeat, I DO NOT own MegaMan or any related characters. They belong to Capcom… crap --;
MegaMan Network Transmission Hunter
Chapter 1: Dimensional Walls Broken
"Battle Chip, Area Steal! Slot-in!" said 12-year-old a young brunette boy with a blue bandana. In response, his blue NetNavi disappeared out of the way of a capsule-shaped grenade. "Battle Chip, Air Shot! Slot-in!"
"Oh, no you don't! Battle Chip! Guard, Slot-in!" a 10-year-old Chinese girl declared as a large yellow shield appeared in front of her white-clad NetNavi and deflected the air bullet back to its sender. The blue Navi dodged it.
"Mega Buster!" the blue Navi known as MegaMan said as his right hand formed an arm-mounted cannon. "Get ready, Medi!"
Medi looked up at her operator, "Jasmine, do you have any Cannons ready?"
"Sure do," Jasmine answered smiling, "Battle Chip, Hi-Cannon! Slot-in!"
The male NetBattler known as Lan Hikari was in a fierce NetBattle with his girlfriend, Jasmine Lao, at the town arcade; and their Navis, MegaMan and Medi, were proving to be almost equally matched. While MegaMan had a clear advantage in the offensive field, Medi was an excellent strategist, and now both Navis were down to their last few hit points. Many young spectators had come to watch their local hero in action, after all, Lan and MegaMan, did save Akihara more than a few times; so it was natural that they would gain a few fans.
"Charge Shot!" "Hi-Cannon!"
"Fire!"
Their attacks hit at the same time causing them both to log out. The crown of children cheered in satisfaction by the result of the NetBattle, and went to get some autographs from Lan. Lan and Jasmine tried to run away, but they were already surrounded by the mob. The heroes laughed nervously at the crowd.
"How are we going to get out of here?" The Chinese girl asked her boyfriend. He shrugged. Just then Lan's PET went off.
"Lan, you've got mail," said MegaMan.
"Good, that gives me an idea! Listen guys, I got an E-mail," Lan said to the other kids, "Let me get this right quick, and then I'll sign some autographs.
Heeding his words, the circle of children made an opening for the brunette NetBattler to pass through. He then took Jasmine's hand, and walked by. As soon as they step outside of the arcade, they made a mad dash and the torture of fame, leaving his fans to moan in defeat. After the pair ran through along the streets of Akihara (Lan didn't used his skates this time), they stopped at the corner of a sidewalk.
"Phew! That's was close," Lan sighed in relief.
"Yeah. I can't stand crowds," Jasmine pouted.
"That makes two of us," said Medi.
"By the way, MegaMan, what was that E-mail about?"
"I'm opening it now. It says:
Lan,
Dr. Regal and I have made a very important discovery and we need you to come to SciLab immediately. I've an e-mail to all of your friends, but I know Jasmine is with you, so I know don't need to send her one. You two make quite a couple, just like your mom and myself; and Lan, I better see a wedding ring on you two before you try to go to 'second base'. Anyway, don't be late.
- Dad
"Dad sure likes to get his point across, doesn't he?" MegaMan laughed. Lan blushed and remained silent. Medi could that her operator was just as embarrassed as MegaMan's. She simply shook her head, and joined MegaMan in his laughter. The rest of the trip to the Metroline Station was quiet.
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Almost three months ago…
Deep in an area beyond the Undernet, a lone figure trudged through the cyberspace. That figure was Bass, the Ultimate Program of Darkness, and the sworn enemy of MegaMan. After yet another defeat by MegaMan, Bass was heavily damaged and left to wander once again; but this time, he was so badly injured that he was leaking data pixels and he had no idea of where he was. After feeling that he could go on no longer, the gold-clad Navi fell to his knees. While that was going on, the data that escaped him had formed the virus beast, Gospel.
"What? Where am I?" Bass spoke, "Last thing I remembered, was being absorbed by that creature, Alpha. So what am I doing here?"
"Grrrr." Gospel growled. Bass looked its way. "I lost to MegaMan again? You're talking about that human-loving blue Navi? ARGH! You mean to tell me even after I gained your power, I'm still losing! You useless virus!"
At that, Bass raised his buster and tried to blast Gospel, but the wolf-like beast jumped away from the attack just in time. Once it landed, it looked at Bass with a mix of shock, sadness, and anger. When the Navi noticed it, he lowered his buster and apologized.
"If it hadn't been for you, I would have been deleted ages ago." Something had caught Bass and Gospel's attention, so they looked and data billions of pixels of data floating around aimlessly in the air. "Data? Here in the Cyberworld? How?" As he and the virus beast walked towards the data, he sensed something about them, "That data appears to be the remains of three different programs, all of it very familiar and very powerful."
Suddenly, mental images of the data's sources formed in Bass's mind. "The Dream Virus… Alpha… and Nebula Gray…
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Back in Densan City, present day…
When the young couple exited the train they noticed their friends, Mayl Sakurai, Dex Oyama and his little brother Chisao, and Yai Ayano, talking in front of the steps to SciLab's front lawn. Chisao saw Lan and Jasmine and called them to the others. Inside Dex's PET Cyberworld, MegaMan and Medi logged in to say hello their own friends, Roll, Glyde, GutsMan, and Kicker, Chisao's Navi.
Chisao got kicker roughly a mouth ago, after saving up enough money. Kicker looked almost just like GutsMan, expect he stood erect and was just above half the size of MegaMan. Also Kicker's helmet wasn't square like GutsMan's, but looked just like a Mettaur's helmet. (Basically, think of a pint-size Guts Soul with small fists and a Mettaur head and a mouth). Kicker is a very hyper little Navi, but is actually very polite, but this won't stop him from speaking his mind (which most of the time gets him into trouble with his "brother", GutsMan.)
"Hi, guys!" said Jasmine.
"Yo, Lan! Jasmine!" Dex greeted.
"Hey, guys."
"Hay is for horses, Lan!" little Chisao corrected the older boy, causing him and others to laugh. "I try to remember that."
"Knowing Lan, he'll probably forget anyway," MegaMan joked.
"Shut up! Anyway, what are you guys doing here?
"We got an E-mail from your dad saying he and Dr. Regal wanted to show us something," said Yai.
"So I guess you guys got the message as well," a familiar voice uttered. It was, in fact, Eugene Chaud (Chaud, as his friends called him) who just arrived. "Hi Chaud," Mayl greeted him. She looked a little happier to see him than usual.
In the Cyberworld, ProtoMan logged in and met up with the Navi group.
"I guess it must be really important if Dr. Hikari E-mailed you too, ProtoMan," said Roll
"It must be. But actually, he called Master Chaud himself and wanted him to tell you to wait until he's ready."
"Really?" Medi asked, "When is that going to…"
The nurse Navi was interrupted by the sound of an explosion that shook the ground our young heroes were standing on.
"Whoa! That blast came from Dad's lab!" Lan deduced.
"Duhhhh… you think so?" Dex retorted sarcastically.
"Come on, let's go!"
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"They are crying out to us, Gospel. They're crying out for revenge. That same Navi, MegaMan, destroyed all of them," said Bass, "Gospel, can you revive them?"
Gospel nodded, and fragments of its body shot from him to three spots in the data field. With an explosion of blinding red light, the fallen Programs of Destruction were reborn. Bass looked at them and grinned, "Well, well, well, it looks like we've got ourselves a little reunion. I know you all wanted to destroy all of the mankind and Navis, don't you?" Then his face expression became filled with anger, "Well as much as I wanted to share in your objective, I think we ALL know why we couldn't, now don't we?"
"MEGAMANNNN!" The programs growled. "Exactly! So if we want to rid the planet of this human filth, I say we should combine our powers. If we do that, then not even MegaMan could stand up to us! Do you agree?"
"We… cannot…" Nebula Grey spoke.
"Why not?"
"Light… it resides in you."
"IMPOSSIBLE! I am the Ultimate Navi of Darkness!" Bass shouted, "There is no way I have any good in me!"
Without saying another word, Nebula Gray raised his hand and it stared to emit a dark aura that soon surrounded Bass, causing him to scream in agony. Once again the area became engulfed in red light. When it dimmed for the second time that day, Bass was on the ground, breathing heavily from the lack of energy at the moment. When he opened his eyes and looked in front of him, he could almost feel his digital skin crawl. In front of him stood ANOTHER BASS, except, where the original Bass's armor was gold and black, this Bass had silver and black armor. He also had the same cloak he had. Suddenly, the gold-clad Navi realized that HIS cloak was gone.
"What do you know…? I guess I did have some good in me," said Bass DS, "Now it is Gospel's turn."
Nebula Gray repeated the process and the same thing happened to Gospel. The virus beast that appeared in front of Gospel looked exactly the same. Bass DS raised his busters and prepare to delete Bass and Gospel, but they teleported out before he could. "Humph. Now my friends, shall we get started?"
The five programs glowed brightly, and the Dream Virus, Copy Gospel, and Alpha pixilated allowing Bass DS to absorb them, while Nebula Grey darkened and formed into a serpent, and flew into the Navi. Bass DS grinned broadly when he felt an abundance of power flow through him, but to his surprise (though not to his displeasure), Bass DS's frame changed completely.
He had become much taller and more muscular than before. He still had black bodysuit with the purple lines. His boots narrowed and became white like snow with purple linear jewels in the front reaching his feet. His gloves appeared the same, except they were longer. The black area was white and its silver lining was purple. White armor covered his upper chest while his stomach area and those shoulder… things enlarged.
Wearing a broad grin, Bass DS opened his blood-red dilated eyes, and let out at loud maniacal laughter.
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As the young heroes entered SciLab they were greeted by a thick cloud of black smoke that left a heavy blanket of soot all over their faces. Shaking it off, they continued on towards Dr. Hikari's laboratory knowing that while there was no fire burning, the smoke was almost as dangerous. Thankfully, as they entered the lab, the smoke was clearing up, but it was still very difficult to see.
"Dad! Are you alright?" Lan called out to his father.
"…" No response.
"Dad?"
Lan began to worry that the explosion had injured his father, rendered him unconscious, or worse… killed him. The children remained soundless for fear of the scientists' fate. When the silence was so apparent the sound of sweat hitting to hard floor could be clearly heard, an arm quickly raised out the smoke followed by a voice that said "EUREAKA!" startling the kids.
"W-What the…!" Dex stammered
"Dad! Are you alright?"
"Of course Lan, why wouldn't I be!" Without being told, Dr. Hikari looked around his lab to find that, although his fellow scientists were fine (Amazing, considering that the explosion completely destroyed the wall separating the large room from the outside), the lab was now a complete wreck. "Oh that… sweatdrop appears Never mind."
"Dr. Hikari," Yai began, "what is that Battle Chip you have in your hand?"
Yai looked at the small blue object in his hand. It indeed looked like a Battle Chip, but it was completely blue on both sides and had black lines running from its sides to the Hikari symbol in the front's center.
"It does look kind of weird, doesn't it?" Jasmine agreed.
"It looks fine to me," Dex complained, "At least it doesn't have another picture of MegaMan on it. What's up with that, Lan?"
"How should I know? Leave me alone! So Dad, Dr. Regal, is that what you guys have been working on for these past five months? That IS the Dimension Chip, isn't it?"
"Yes and no," Regal answered, "Yes, we were working on the Dimensional Chip and we have finished it, but this isn't it."
"So what is it?" Mayl finally asked.
"I call it the Synchro Chip!" Dr. Hikari answered proudly.
"WHAT? You said we were going to call it the Fusion Chip," Regal objected, "YOU TRICKED ME, YOU RAT!"
"But what does it do, Dr. Regal?" Chaud asked, trying to change the subject.
"With that Synchro Chip Lan can perform Cross Fusion, and gain MegaMan's power and abilities. But in order for it to work Lan and MegaMan have to be in synchronization with each other or else it won't work, and if you are unsynchronized when in Cross Fusion, it will fail and you will lose MegaMan's power."
"Wow! That's amazing!" Just then one of the laboratory doors open and two people walked in. The firstly one was a tall man looked like he was in his mid-50s, and was a bit heavyset too. He was wearing a pale green suit and black shirt. Of course, he had a receding hairline and dark grey hair. Accompanying him was a woman, who looked to be around thirty or so. The woman was shorter than the aforementioned man, but not by much. Her attire consisted simply of a pink jacket, with a white shirt underneath, a pink skirt, and high-heel shoes.
"Ah, I see the young ones have arrive, Dr. Hikari?" the man asked.
"Yes. This is my son, Lan, and his friends, Jasmine, Mayl, Chaud, Dex, Yai, and Chisao."
"It's nice to meet you all. My name is Kifune, Commander Kifune."
"And I am his assistant, Manabe," said the woman.
To be continued…
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Navi Profile
Name: Medi.EXE (or Meddy)
Navi Gender: Female
Physical Age: 11
Operator: Jasmine Lao
Element: Healing
Signature Chip: Medi Capsule
Attacks: Buster, Capsule Bomb (pink), Sting Capsule (Yellow), Haze Capsule (black), Mist Capsule (white), Healing Pulse
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Lan: "We're kicking it into high gear now, MegaMan!"
MegaMan: "Yeah! And we better, otherwise Chaud and ProtoMan will outclass us!"
Lan: "There's no way we're letting that happen!"
MegaMan: "Right. He may be ten times smarter than you, but you certainly have much more heart."
Lan: "You said it, MegaMan… Wait! What did you say!"
MegaMan: "Gotcha!"
Lan/MegaMan: "Next time on MegaMan NT Hunter! Birth of the Net Saviors! Battle routine, SET!"
Dark Liger: Anyway, if you have any comments or ideas you want to contribute, just send them in. And I'll have part 2 of 'Birth of the Net Saviors' ready. Peace. Oh, and by the way, NO LxM or MxR FLAMES!