Chapter 5: Laaan… come out and plaay!

For a sleepy head, Lan woke up early this morning. Reason? Mega Man's alarm was somewhat stronger than before. But why? Was it because there was something scheduled? Was there a thief? Fire? Or was it because of Mayl and Roll?

The young Net Battler turned off the alarm from his PET.

"Ohhhhh….. why did you wake me up so early, Hub?" Lan asked as he rubbed his eyes to remove the fatigue.

"You know you still have homework to do." Mega Man reminded Lan with a scolding manner.

Lan groaned, "Aw come on! It's not due 'til February!" Lan complained as he went down to the bed.

"NO! I meant the other homework!" Mega Man warned more cautiously.

"What "other" homework?" Lan questioned his brother.

Mega Man did an anime style back fall from his PET.

"YOUR SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECT!" Mega Man shouted at the top of his lounges.

Lan winced at the calendar.

"Aw come on, school's burned down." Lan attempted to convince his net Navi, which wasn't such a good idea.

"Isn't it better if you just finish right now than forget about it after the day when it's due?" Mega Man suggested as he slapped his forehead.

"I can do that later!" Lan sighed with over confidence.

"Well, okay. But if you forget, it's not my problem!" Mega Man warned as he crossed his arms.

"Fine by me." Lan sighed and got his PET.

He then went to the dining room to get some breakfast himself. He ate his croissants and orange juice. After he was done, the young Net Battler headed outside.

As soon as Lan was outside, after about five steps, he saw Chaud. What was he doing there when he was supposed to be on this "official's job" thing? He was usually so serious about that.

"Chaud…? What are you doing here?" Lan asked as he approached Chaud.

I already narrated that, Lan…

"I'm on break. Haven't had one for a year or so." Chaud replied calmly.

"A YEAR? Whoa…" Lan gasped with amazement.

"It really doesn't matter." Chaud replied as he rolled his eyes.

"Sure it doesn't. Nothing matters to you." Lan teased with a grin.

"Same with you." Chaud came up with a come back.

Lan got a little frustrated.

Man, what the heck is HIS problem? What a jerk… Lan thought.

"Whatever! Enjoy your "break" as long as you want!" Lan smirked as walked away.

Chaud didn't say a word. He walked the opposite way, which was just straight forward.

"Lan, calm down. You can't expect Chaud to change his ways." Mega Man consoled his little brother- er… operator.

"I know. But seriously, what IS his problem? Like I've done something…"

"YOU WERE TEASING HIM, LAN." Mega Man reminded rather madly.

Lan smirked.

"Yeah, and he insults me all the time. Why can't I insult him?" Lan questioned rather impatiently.

"So are you gonna jump off a bridge if he does?" Mega Man asked as Lan winced.

"NO." Lan replied loudly, "Fine… But I not gonna say sorry!"

"Um… whatever." Mega Man sighed and let the conversation pass.

"Yeah, whatever." Lan agreed and rolled his eyes.

As Lan kept on walking, he walked across Mayl, by surprise. Lan never expected such coincidence, but hey, whomever he met was someone he knew.

"L-Lan?" Mayl stuttered as she stopped walking.

"Uh… Hi… Mayl…" Lan replied the greeting.

Just then, Lan felt something hit him on the back of his head. More like a pebble or a small rock. Either way, it forced Lan closer to Mayl's lips. Lan scurried away, and said, "I gotta go."

"Okay… see ya."

Lan ran as fast as he could, a little embarrassed.

Meanwhile, behind a few trees, the author was there. He had a slingshot with him.

"Damn! I almost had that! SOOOOOOOO close!" He complained and cursed, but as he did, the tree branch was about to crack. He heard them.

"Oh crap."

The tree fell like a diver diving to a swimming pool. It hit his butt on the ground hard. He moaned a little bit, but got up.

"Ow…" The author mumbled and teleported back home.

Back at his home, Lan was about to continue with his Social Studies project, but just as he did, he jacked Mega Man in for a few seconds.

"Why did you jack me in for?" Mega Man questioned, crossing his arms.

"I'm almost done. As soon as I am, we are gonna have some exploring." Lan answered as he finished writing his last sentence.

"Oh… you're far from done. You're just in the first page, and jacking me in so you can avoid your assignment, right?" Mega Man teased as he stared at Lan.

"Hey! Didn't you see me I'm almost done?" Lan replied.

"Well, I didn't want to stay in the PET all day… I guess we can take some time hanging around." The blue Navi replied.

"Sure… I guess…"

Mega Man explored around the Net. There wasn't much change. But one thing was that Roll was there.

"Mega!" She called.

Mega Man turned to her.

"Hi Roll… Whatcha doin' here?" Mega Man wondered as he got a little closer.

"Hanging around… and you?" Roll asked with a cheery smile.

"Uh… same." Mega Man replied rather shyly.

Mega Man and Roll looked at each other. What could they do? The net was full of cool stuff, but for two Net Navis, what could they do?

"Hey, look!" Roll exclaimed as she pointed forward and Mega Man looked.

There were a few bad Heel Navis ganging up on Guts Man and Glyde.

"I WON'T LOSE! THAT! EASILY! YEEEEEEE HAW!" Guts Man exclaimed rather annoyingly, which really did bug the Heel Navis.

"Shut up, big fat Navi." One of them snapped and fired his blaster.

Suddenly, a Buster shot hit the Navi to the ground. Then the others looked and saw Mega Man.

"Hey! You're that world famous Navi, aren't you, blue wannabe?" A Heel Navi insulted with a glare.

"Hey, mess up with my friends and you're soooooooo dead!" Mega Man threatened and pointed his Buster.

"Oh yeah? You sure you can do that?" The Heel Navi laughed and got his Fighter Sword, but Mega Man countered it with Anti Sword Chip Lan sent. He made Sonic Booms from swords and they hit the Heel Navi three times in a row, leading to deletion.

"You! How dare you kill me buddy!" The other Heel Navi shrieked as the other two glared at him with open hostility.

"Oh crap…"

Suddenly, DarkZ appeared and slashed one of the Heel Navis with his signature sword.

"The cavalry has arrived." DarkZ joked as he put a smile.

Mega Man put his thumbs up and DarkZ did the same. Now there were two Heel Navis left. One was a SP version while the other one was a DS version.

Mega Man sprinted to the SP version. He fired his Buster shots at him, but as soon as three of them hit, he was surrounded by an aura. Lan then sent him a North Wind Chip, which made the Heel Navi's aura disappear. He was opened for Mega Man's Step Sword, and that depleted 544 HP. Mega Man now had the chance to use the Life Sword Program Advace, and the sword hit the bad Navi and deleted him.

On the other hand, DarkZ was fighting the Heel Navi DS. He used a Dark Sword as DarkZ dodged it quickly, then jumped towards him and used his Step Cross. After the Step Cross, he slashed with his Signature sword, jumped backwards and shot a Sonic boom from his sword. That depleted the Heel Navi's HP to 150 HP. That was when Mega Man came and used his M-Canon Chip on him.

"Hurry, Dark! Bring the final blow!" Mega Man shouted as DarkZ nodded.

"Gotcha."

He gracefully spun and sliced the Heel Navi DS into bits.

Suddenly, a black Heel Navi appeared.

"You… you killed all my… you'll pay…!" He shouted and pointed at his fallen brethren. They were all revived back alive.

"Uh oh… we got company!" Mega Man yelped as DarkZ looked at them confidentally.

"No problem… I'll get them."

DarkZ saw one of the Heel Navis were about to attack, but right about then, he countered and got himself a Full Synchro.

"YEAH! This feels soooooo good!" DarkZ exclaimed.

He then used his Step Sword on the last two Heel Navis, which deleted them instantly thanks to the Full Synchro.

"Heh, I can do as much as I wa-"

Mega Man stepped in and used his Gun Del Sol Chip on him. It drained his HP little by little.

"Heh heh…"

Although his 1000 HP was drained to 960, he jumped back and used his Recover 50 Chip.

"All right… I have a plan…"

He pointed at his fallen brethren again, but he had another idea.

"I have one way to delete you, and it's by force!"

The two Heel Navis went to Roll, who tried fighting back. She used her Roll Arrow and hit the first one and paralyzed him, and the second one almost got behind her to knock her down. But the third one got lucky. His hand went to the ground, and it made tentacles, which held Roll. The tentacles then went inside her, draining her HP slowly.

"No! What are you doing?" Mega Man demanded an answer to the Heel Navi watched Roll's HP go down.

"Either A) we delete you and let the girl live, or B) we can still fight and let her get deleted." The black Heel Navi threatened with an evil grin.

"Not if we can help it!" DarkZ yelled and sprinted to the Heel Navi, but he started draining Roll's HP at a faster rate.

"You want her dead slowly or now?" The Black Heel Navi laughed.

DarkZ winced and stepped back.

"Wait, what if we jack out…?" DarkZ wondered.

"You'll see."

DarkZ whispered to Mega Man at his ear (well, yeah… EARS) as quietly as he could.

"Mega Man… jack out now and jack back in REALLY fast… let's see what they do…"

Mega Man nodded and asked Lan.

"Lan, jack me out!"

Lan gave an imperceptible nod. He jacked out really fast and so did DarkZ.

"JACK IN AGAIN!"

You don't have to say that! Geez…

Mega Man was back in the Cyberworld. As soon as he was there, he saw DarkZ was also there, and only the Black Heel Navi was there while the others were gone.

"Roll? Of… you mean the girl… we took her."

"You WHAT?"

"We did… don't worry… we'll give you her deleted parts after we delete her!" The Black Heel Navi did a sinister laugh.

"Where is she…!" Mega Man questioned impatiently.

"I'll give you one hint… rendu7!"

"That's obvious… Undernet 7." DarkZ muttered as the Black Heel Navi teleported.

"Mega Man… I'm sorry… It's all my fault." DarkZ apologized as he sighed.

"It's okay… we still have hope… you gotta help me… please." Mega Man asked.

"I will. Come on, Mega Man. Let's go!"

"Right!"

TO BE CONTINUED…

If any of you want to know how my Navi looks like, I didn't sketch it (I'm a BAD artist), so I just recolor the sprite of Proto Man EXE from Rock Man EXE 6.