MegaMan Network Transmission Hunter
Chapter 4: Final Exam
"Wow! I can't believe we made it this far, you guys!" Lan shouted cheerily.
"I have to admit," Chaud agreed, "We had were some close calls."
"That's true," Mayl added, "But we still got through by trusting our Navis ever more than ever.
"For the final exam, you and your Navi will face another team in a tag-team battle," Iris with a slight smirk.
"Tag-team?" Lan almost shouted, "As in I fight with MegaMan?"
Iris' grin widened as she nodded, "Of course, this also means that you will be required to use the Battle Chip Gate as well. The rules are fairly simple. You and your Navi must work as a team to defeat your opponents. While you use the Battle Chip Gate, you Navi must use only his default attacks. You will have five minutes to beat your opponents, or else you fail."
"That's sounds easy enough, don't you think, MegaMan?"
"It sure does! I'm looking forward to this battle!" MegaMan replied happily, "Hey Lan, I just thought about this, wouldn't this be a Dimensional Battle?"
"A Dimensional Battle?"
"Yeah, it's like a Net Battle, but the other Navi and I will be in the real world arena."
When Lan walked into the arena, he saw that it was well-lit and very spacious. There were various obstacles scattered around, raging from boulders, to stone cubes, to pit holes. All of them were reminiscent of Battle Chips. Even the dome's walls and ceiling looked like a standard area in Cyberworld.
"Hey MegaMan, this place really makes you feel at home, doesn't it?" Lan said holding up his PET so his Navi could see.
"Yeah, it does!"
Lan's attention was diverted to the door at the other end of the arena as it opened and a young man stepped in. The young man was just as tall as Raika, but was a little older; he looked like he was about seventeen years old. His complexion was certainly familiar; he was Caucasian, but his skin was well-tanned and he had scruffy looking black hair. He definitely looked familiar, but the brunette haired boy couldn't put his finger on it.
His attire consisted of a white T-shirt, a Khaki jacket, black jeans, and black army boots. It should have occurred to the young hero by now who the mysterious youth looked like, but this is Lan we're talking about. The young man had green eyes; his mouth wore a calm frown, and his expression always said that he meant business. That's when realization finally hit Lan…
"Barrel!" he shouted startling the other boy, "You look like Barrel!"
"Well, that could be because I'm his nephew," said the young man, "I thought you would have at least figured out the resemblance by my clothes, but I guess you're not very bright, are you?"
"Hey! Who do you think are?"
"Sorry. That's was rude," he said before he smiled and continued, "My name is Patrick Harris."
Lan huffed before he calmed down, "I'm Lan, Lan Hikari."
"What? You're THE Lan Hikari? The same Lan Hikari who stopped WWW twice, eliminated Gospel, AND stomped Nebula?"
"Um… yeah," Lan said a little shocked that he got that kind of reaction.
"You look like you're barely 11 years old!"
"Hey, I'm almost 13!"
"Well, this should make this battle a lot more interesting. I'm about to fight a legend," Patrick said with a grin as he held up his dark green PET, "I guess you want to see my Navi, don't you? Dimensional Chip! Slot-in!"
A bright light had shone from the floor in front of Patrick, and a tall Navi came out. He had a grayish-white bodysuit and he had green gloves with gold wristbands. His green boots reached his knees and had gold kneecaps. The Navi's upper armor consisted of a tunic that covered everything except his most of his stomach area and covered most of top portion of his legs except for the front (similar to Colonel's kilt). His helmet was white and shaped like an eagle's head, complete with a yellow beak-shape visor, and had green wing-shaped fins running along the side. Finally, the Navi had large wings on his back that looked almost identical to LarkMan's, except this Navi's wings were mostly white and green on the top.
"My name is Harpuia," the Navi said in a low-tone voice, "You will remember my name after Patrick and I defeat you."
"We'll see," said Lan as his pulled out his PET and Dimensional Chip, "Dimensional Chip! Slot-in!"
In front of Lan, his blue Navi appeared in front of him. Unable to contain the joy of seeing his brother in the real, he immediately hugged MegaMan. Patrick and Harpuia looked at each other and looked back at the Hikari brothers and shook their heads.
Elsewhere, in another room, Chaud and ProtoMan were already facing their opponents. The operator was a man in his early 30s who wore a simple black Air Force jumpsuit and black boots. The man had reddish-brown in a short haircut.
"How's it going?" said the man, "Nice to meet you guys. The name's Stover, Captain Aren Stover of the Ameurope Air Force."
"And I'm JetMan," said his Navi, "the fastest flying Navi in the world!"
JetMan was tall Navi with a black bodysuit whose other features resembled a fighter jet. Judging by the way his features were set up, Chaud figured that JetMan could transform into vehicle mode like GyroMan. JetMan didn't have any hands, so the wing-like blades on his gauntlets were razor sharp.
"Let me guess," Chaud said with a smirk, "JetMan is a Transformer model Navi, right?"
"Yeah," Aren said in shock, "How'd you know?"
"I worked with another operator whose Navi could transform."
"Charlie Airster?"
"That's right. Do you know him?
"We were in the same piloting school," Aren replied, "I took the Jet class, while Airster took the Copter class."
"If that's the case," ProtoMan began, "then this match should be easy."
"See that's where you're wrong, ProtoMan," JetMan objected, "I'm much faster and more agile than Gyro. And Aren is a much better operator. So don't count on winning, period!"
"So, I guess you have something to prove too, huh?" Mayl said to a girl who stood across from her.
"Yeah! People tend to underestimate me since I'm a girl Net-Op with a female Navi," the girl answered.
She was around Mayl's age, and was at least a couple of inches taller. She had brown eyes and long sky-blue hair that was tied into two ponytails by strands of purple ribbons; and her ponytails reached down to her waist. The girl wore a grayish-blue blouse, a blue denim jeans-skirt, and blue sock and pink sneakers.
"So what's your name anyway?" Mayl asked, "I'm Mayl Sakurai."
"Oh, my name's Salosa Okiyama. It's great to meet you, Mayl."
"Likewise. So how about we introduce our Navis?" Salosa nodded.
"Dimensional Chip! Slot-in!"
First, Roll appeared, and then another female Navi came. The Navi had a black bodysuit with blue and purple gloves and boots. Her body armor was lavender with a yellow dot the middle surrounded by two half-circles. Her helmet was violet around the top and purple around the side. She also had short brown hair that extended from her helmet. Her most notable features were her brown cat ears, golden-yellow eyes, a long thin tail, and a small bell that she wore around her neck.
"Hi! I'm Roll. I always look forward to meeting a new friend."
"Me too. My name is Neko."
"Oh I almost forgot," Iris said over loudspeaker, "You operators need to wear a special type of armor. It'll dramatically reduce damage to you from the attacks."
As she said this, doors on one side of each room opened and long metal arms came out, holding a bodysuit. Each of the six bodysuits looked different and each had the very basic features of the operators' Navis. In other words, Lan's armor looked almost exactly like MegaMan's except for the gold shoulder pads and the blue backpack (whatever that thing is called. --;), and Chaud's armor was like ProtoMan's without the chest armor.
"Cool!" Lan shouted. MegaMan nodded.
"I guess now we're on an even playing field."
"…Preparations are complete. Team Mega vs. Team Harpuia. Team ProtoMan vs. Team Jet. Team Roll vs. Team Neko. Battle Routine, set!"
"Execute!"
BATTLE START
Lan/Chaud/Mayl: "Let's do it!"
MegaMan: "Charge Shot!"
Harpuia: "Sonic Wind!"
ProtoMan: "Wide Sword!"
JetMan: "Jet Gauntlet!"
Roll: "Heart Slash!"
Neko: "Neo Blast!"
All of the attacks canceled out.
Harpuia activated another sword to use with the one he used Sonic Wind, and tried to slash MegaMan, while Patrick activated a Sword Battle Chip. It looked like the type of sword that a Swordy virus held. Patrick launched himself at Lan.
Lan: "Uh-oh. It's time to see what this Battle Chip Gate can do. Battle Chip, Cannon! Slot-in!"
A green Cannon formed above Lan and he instinctively caught it. It looked the same, except it had a handle on its back of better grip (All projectile Battle Chips weapon are in that form when using the BCG). "Here we go… CANNON, FIRE!
Responding to the brunette's voice, the Cannon fired and its blast hit the blade of the sword, causing him to be knocked back and drop the sword.
True to his boast, JetMan dashed at Chaud and ProtoMan with supersonic speeds, leaving them little time to react. They managed to dodge his direct attack, but the red duo was still affected by the shockwave. In response, both Chaud and ProtoMan armed a Wide Sword. Chaud's Wide Sword looked the same as ProtoMan's, but had a handle added to it.
Chaud: "ProtoMan! Let's double team them!"
ProtoMan: "Right!"
Aren: "JetMan, let's stop 'em in their tracks! Battle Chip, Super Vulcan! Slot-in!"
Jet: "You got it! Jet Vulcan!"
The silver aerial Navi converted into jet-mode and, along with his operator, fired a barrage of laser bullets at the Red Raider team. Aiming to protect his master, ProtoMan jumped in front of Chaud and activated his Proto Shield.
Chaud: "Thanks, ProtoMan! I got an idea; we'll rush towards them, then when they try again, you put the shield up again, and then I'll use a sneak attack."
Proto: "Roger that!"
The Raider rearmed their Wide Swords and ran towards Aren and JetMan again, and like Chaud suspected, they fired the Vulcan barrage again. ProtoMan rearmed the Proto Shield, but this time they kept running; and once they came within good distance, Chaud ran from behind his Navi and slashed the attackers.
Meanwhile, Mayl and Salosa's match appeared to be even.
Roll: "Roll Arrow!"
Neko: "Neko Arrow!"
Once again, their attacks canceled out. Mayl throw three Mega Energy Bombs while Salosa threw three Cannonballs.
Mayl: "Battle Chip, Aqua Tower! Slot-in!"
Salosa: "Battle Chip, Fire Tower! Slot-in!"
Their attacks rushed past each other and hit their targets with full force. Roll quickly recovered and rushed in with another Heart Flash and proceeded to repeatedly slash Neko. Pushing the pink Navi away, she sharpened her claws and began slashing Roll with her Razor Claw attack.
Mayl: "Roll, we're not causing enough damage to get the upper hand. At this rate, we and Salosa and Neko will either knock each other out, or run out of time."
Roll: "So what do you think we should do? I don't exactly have a lot of options myself."
Mayl (smiling): "Don't worry, we figure something out."
Neko: "You better think quicker that that! Neo Blast!"
The feline/human hybrid Navi formed a ball of energy in her hands and threw it at the pink duo, who narrowly avoided it.
Lan and Patrick: "Battle Chip, Vulcan 3! Slot-in!"
Both battlers strafed to avoid a stalemate and their shots hit each other's Navi.
Lan: "Are you alright, MegaMan?"
MegaMan: "Yeah. Do you think I'm allowed to use Soul Unison?"
Lan: "…Probably not. You would need a Battle Chip for it."
Iris: "Actually, he can, as long as Patrick thinks it's fair."
Patrick (grinning): "That's fine with me!"
Harpuia (smirking): "If it makes the battle more interesting, then go right ahead!"
Lan: "Okay then. Soul Unison, Fire Soul! Slot-in!"
MegaMan: "Thanks, Lan! FIRE ARM!"
Harpuia: "Whoa!"
The green, winged Navi barely avoided the assault. "Nice… Elemental Kick!"
To MegaMan's misfortune, the kick executed with Aqua-type force making the attack twice as painful.
Lan: "What was that?"
Harpuia: "My Elemental Kick's power depends on the element type that is chosen at random. Sometimes it is normal power, or others it'ss fire, and sometimes… well, you get the idea."
MegaMan: "Yeah… I got it alright."
Jet: "Jet Gauntlet!"
The flying Navi, JetMan, punched Chaud square in the face. Chaud put up a barrier and rammed JetMan.
Aren: "You're not getting off that easily! Battle Chip! North Wind, Air Sword, Wind Racket! Triple Slot-in!"
A heavy sword and a Wind Racket-shaped fan appeared in front the older Battler, before a strong wind occurred and blew away Chaud's barrier. Aren then struck Chaud with the Air Sword and Wind Racket at the same time causing the white-haired boy to be blown back with twice the normal wind power and crash into the wall.
Proto: "That's it! Delta Ray Edge!"
Mayl and Salosa: "Battle Chip, Vulcan 3! Slot-in!"
Salosa: "Give it up, Sakurai! You won't win! Vulcan!"
Mayl: "That's what you think! Area Steal!"
Salosa: "What? She's gone!"
Mayl: "No! I'm right behind you! Vulcan!
Salosa: "Owowowowowow!" She was knocked out cold.
Neko: "Sally! You'll pay for that! Razor Claw!"
Neko's eyes dilated as she sharpened her claws and lunged at Mayl. The red haired girl gasped as the Navi pounced on her and then clawed away at her, but then turned into a Kawarimi plush doll of herself. Neko gulped knowing what that meant. Mayl then appeared next to Roll.
Roll: "Are you ready to finish this, Mayl?"
Mayl: "I'm ready when you are, Roll."
Mayl and Roll: "ROLL… ARROW!"
Neko looked behind her only to saw two pink arrows already fired at her, and was hit by both arrows.
Neko, logging out.
Mayl: "We did it!"
Roll: "I hope the boys did as well."
ProtoMan tried to slash Aren with a slash from behind, followed by a slash from the front, and then another rear attack; but Aren proved to be more agile than both the Navi and his operator thought, the red raider missed all three times.
Aren: "Is that all you got!"
ProtoMan: "Humph… look down."
Aren did just that, and he saw a glowing red triangle below him. Aren looked back up and gulped.
ProtoMan: "See ya. Delta Ray!
ProtoMan thrust his sword into the ground causing the energy triangle to shoot out and send Aren into the ceiling, and crash into the floor. JetMan checked to see if he was alright.
Aren: "I-I'm…a little teapot… short and stout…" (faints)
Jet: --; "All righty then. I guess it's for the best that that you knocked out Capt. Stover, because now won't have to worry about hurting him with… MY ULTIMATE ATTACK!
Chaud and ProtoMan gasped as JetMan transformed into flight mode and launched dozens of missiles at them. They able to narrowly avoid some of the missiles, but Chaud took the most damage and was knocked into the wall.
Chaud: "kuh… Don't… worry about me, ProtoMan. (smiling) Just finish the job."
Proto: "Will do, Master Chaud."
The red raider rushed towards JetMan as the airborne Navi kept firing missile, but ProtoMan move from side to side to avoid getting hit and jumped onto JetMan's back.
Jet (still in flight mode): "Hey! I don't take hitchhikers! Get off of my back!"
Proto: "Sorry! Not yet! Proto Blade!"
Jet: "I said… (accelerates) GET OFF!"
The jet type Navi tried shaking off ProtoMan, but the more he tried the more the swordsman held on. Finally, ProtoMan struck his opponent in the back causing JetMan to lose control and crash into the wall.
JetMan, logging out.
Chaud: "Excellent job out there, ProtoMan."
Proto: "Thank you, sir."
Lan: "I got him, MegaMan! Battle Chip! Area Steal, Air Shoes, Gold Fist! Triple Slot-in!"
A Gold Fist glove formed in front of the young Net Battler and he wasted no time in putting it on in the place of his blue glove. As Lan jumped into air, felt a rush of speed and height overtake him (obviously from the effects of the Air Shoes and Area Steal). Without warning, he punched Patrick straight in the stomach. Following up his operator, MegaMan blasted Harpuia with a Charge Shot attack. Patrick and Harpuia were fed up with the Hikari brothers' persistence.
Patrick: "I've had it with you two. Harpuia, finish them off!"
Harpuia: "Gladly! Variant Crusader!"
Electricity surged around the winged Navi as he raised his sword arms into the air.
MegaMan: "That must his most powerful attack, Lan! If he hits us with it, we'll be cold cuts in no time!"
Lan: "Don't worry, bro, I've got an idea!"
Harp: "You're mine, Lan Hikari! Hyaa!"
Lan: "Oh yeah? Battle Chip, Anti Sword! Slot-in!"
Right when Harpuia's sword neared Lan, the boy caught it and absorbed its energy, then Lan used its power to kick the green Navi right back to Patrick. The two were immobilized.
Lan: "MegaMan, I'm going to try a Program Advance!"
MegaMan: "?... Are you sure?" Lan nodded. "Okay… Go for it."
Lan: "Battle Chip, Spreader Gun! Triple Slot-in!"
The Program Advance weapon formed over Lan's hands and he aimed it at the downed Patrick and Harpuia.
Lan: "HYPER BURST!"
MegaMan: "CHARGE SHOT!"
Both: "FIRE!"
Pat and Harp: "AAAAHHHHHHH!"
Harpuia, logging out.
When the smoke from the blast cleared, Harpuia was gone and Patrick was unconscious. Lan and MegaMan were the victors.
Lan, Mayl, Chaud, and Dex stepped out of the Coliseum Room
"What's wrong, Big Brother?" Chisao asked, "Didn't you win?"
"No Chisao, I lost," the large boy said dejectedly.
"Oh… sorry, Dex," Mayl said
"B-but you should have seen him! He was huge. He had muscles bigger than one of those bodybuilders on TV, and his Navi was a huge metallic armor-like monster with red eyes (Think of Alex L. Armstrong and Al from FMA ). Me and GutsMan didn't stand a chance; they took us down in one shot!"
"Aw man, that's sound brutal," said Lan, "But you gave it your best shot, right?"
"heh heh. Yeah."
Just then Patrick, Salosa, and Aren stepped out from a door. But there was a someone else with them. It was a small girl probably a little older than Chisao. She had short brown hair and blue eyes. She wore a two-piece yellow dress that had a pink flower sewed on the top. Lan, of course, was the first to greet them.
"Hey Patrick," he began, "Sorry about what happened back there. I know how much you guys wanted to win… wait, who's she?" he said pointing the little girl.
"Hi there. I'm Kasumi Minami," said the little girl, "Circuit and I were Dex and GutsMan's opponents."
"Circuit?" Yai inquired. Kasumi held up her silver PET and a female Navi appeared on the screen. Circuit wore a gray bodysuit with black tights. She had gray gauntlets and boots with gold trim and little black lines similar to the lines on a circuit board (hence her name) running on them (as well as on her bodysuit. Unlike most Navis, Circuit didn't have a helmet, which allowed her short violet hair to flow freely; instead she had a green visor that looked similar to Medi's.
"Hello," said Circuit. Lan and co. looked back at Dex.
"This is the big, bad, operator who beat you?" Yai said in an annoyed tone of voice, then turned back to Kasumi, "Exactly how did you defeat this big fat liar?"
"Oh, it was very easy," she answered with a little embarrassment, "You see he said that was going to beat us with one attack, so he used a Lightning Battle Chip. But you see, Circuit is an Electric-type Navi and, unlike most Elec-types, she can absorb any electric attack and send it back with double the power. So… that's what happened and Mr. Dex and GutsMan were knocked out instantly."
Lan and Chaud were ready to bust out laughing, Mayl glared daggers at Dex, Yai was not all that surprised that he would make up that story, and Chisao was ready to cry.
"Wah! My big brother's a wussie! Wah!"
"H-HEY! Watch your mouth, Chisao!" the "wussie" shouted.
"Ahem," Commander Kifune said as he, Manabe, Yuichiro, and Regal walked in, "I must admit I was rather disappointed by Dex and GutsMan's rather… embarrassing defeat, but you can make up for it anytime. I was, however, more than pleased with Lan, Mayl, and Chaud's performance. You three worked very well with your Navis, and I believe you will make very good use of your Class S licenses… and your Synchro Chips. Congradulations!"
"Thank you, sir!" the three said in unison.
"As of now, the three of you are now the elite members of the Net Savior Core: the Hunter Division."
"Wow! MegaMan, this Synchro Chip in my hand means that were ready to take on anything that comes our way…"
"Yeah! As long as we stick together, we're invincible."
Now that Lan, Chaud, and Mayl are Net Saviors, what new challenges will be revealed to them? Find out in the next chapter of "MegaMan Network Transmission Hunter."
End of chapter 4…
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Navi Profile
Name: Neko.EXE
Navi Gender: Female
Physical Age: 12
Operator: Salosa Okiyama
Element: None
Signature Chip: Fire Tower
Attacks: Buster, Neko Arrow, Neo Blast, Razor Claw
Likes: her friends, sharpening her claws
Dislikes: Water
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Lan: "In the next episode, Mayl, Chaud, and I are sent into Afrikku to investigate the stranger appearance of old Navis… Ahh! Jasmine? What are you doing here?
Jasmine: "I'm here to help, silly."
Chaud: "But it looks like Takeo Inukai is on the level, but where did he get that Dimensional Chip?
Mayl: "And why is SavageMan attacking us AND his operator?
Lan/Mega: Don't miss MegaMan N.T. Hunter, episode 5: Savage Beast!"
Chaud: "I know I'm going to get a headache after this."
Lan/MegaMan: "Next time on MegaMan NT Hunter! Savage Beast! Battle routine, SET!"
Sorry about the long delay. I needed serious help from fellow MegaMan fans. I would like to thank mbbal-railracer for his/her OCs Aren Stover and JetMan; NO-2 Night for Kasumi and Circuit; Neko-Salosa for her characters, Salosa and Net Navi Neko; and LgacyDX for his OC, Patrick Harris (All of which will return later on in the story.)