Disclaimer: I do not own MegaMan, but I do own ShieldMan, Carson Schild, ZapMan, Professor Statico, Jim Beatner, Mark Beatner, AxeMan, Snitch, Mrs. Cuoco, ChefMan, Dr. Hitte Fuego, LavaMan, Maria Erba, LeafMan, Major Wilson, WingMan, John Sharp, SonicMan, James Tsunaki, Tsunami, and Dr. Allen.

Chapter 2: Bowling For Yamato

The first day of the tournament, and Lan was fast asleep. "Lan! Lan! I am sick of this Lan! Wake up for once in your life," MegaMan shouted at his very sleepy operator. "I know how to get you up…" MegaMan snickered. MegaMan quickly typed up an email for Mayl that said that she should come over right away and to bring a hardback book with her.

Mayl knocked on Lan's door a few minutes later, "Come in Mayl," MegaMan said to her. "Hi MegaMan," Mayl said, "What did you want me to bring this book for?" MegaMan grinned evilly, "Throw the book at Lan, in order to wake him up. Mayl then raised the book and flung it over at Lan. The book smacked his face and instantly woke him up.

"Hey," Lan shouted, "What was that for?" MegaMan replied, "You wouldn't wake up to a verbal alarm, so I thought we would try a physical one."

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As soon as Lan and Mayl stepped foot on Oran Island, they looked around for any familiar faces, but strangely found none. Crazed netbattle fans surrounded them. The two of them noticed a tall, blond man wearing a white suit holding a sign that said: Lan Hikari & Mayl Sakurai.

They headed toward the man, pushing past the fans. As soon as the man saw them, he asked, "Lan Hikari? Mayl Sakurai?" "Yeah," Lan replied, "That's us." "Come with me."

The man lead Lan and Mayl past the fans and over to a wall of the old mine. He pressed his hand against a part of the wall, and a door slid open. "We thought we might have trouble with fans, since so many netbattlers are here. So we installed these doors to safely transport everyone to the battle arena," The tall man informed them.

Lan and Mayl headed up to where the rest of the netbattlers were gathered. They noticed a large plasma screen TV, that showed many different independent navies who were gathered for the start of the tournament. Lan and Mayl chatted for a few minutes and then the tall man stepped up on a large podium.

"Greetings netbattlers. My name is Dr. Allan, and I am your host for this tournament," Dr. Allan said, "There was one bit of information that was not revealed to you all over the news broadcast. After each round of the tournament is over, we will head towards a new place for the next round. The first round will be here in the mines of Oran Island. Round two will take place on the Queen Bohemia. Round three will be held in the Pagoda in End City. The fourth round will take place at the theme park of Castillo. The fifth round will happenat the legendarySciLab. The final round shall take place at NAXA! So, without ado, let the tournament begin!"

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Inside Oran Area 3, YamatoMan and BowlMan nodded at each other before they walked through the link that transported them to Stadium Area 1.

Battle Start

"Gatling Pin!" BowlMan raised his left arm and shot out many bowling pins from it that were headed straight for YamatoMan.

"Spinning Reflect!" YamatoMan raised his spear and began twirling it swiftly, blocking all the pins. "Thousand Spears!" YamatoMan charged forward at rapid speed and stabbed BowlMan repeatedly. "Straight Spear!" YamatoMan thrust his spear out at BowlMan one final time, pushing BowlMan all the way to the edge of the area.

"You're good, YamatoMan," grunted BowlMan, "But are you good enough to stop this? Ten Pins!" Ten pins rose from the ground in the same formation as they would as if you were bowling. "Bowling Bomber!" BowlMan's green bowling ball materialized in his hand, just as he swung it out towards the pins. "Strike! Now watch, YamatoMan!"

Upon impact, the pins rose up and started zeroing in on YamatoMan. "Now," yelled BowlMan, "Face this! Double Gatling Pin!" BowlMan's right arm morphed into a second Gatling pin, as he fired them both at YamatoMan.

"Spinning Reflect!" YamatoMan began twirling his spear once more as both the ten pins attack, and the double Gatling pin attack were headed for him. "Ooof!" YamatoMan stopped most of the pins, but was not quick enough to stop the first few of the ten pins from leaving a red mark on the side of his face. "You actually hit me. Now, let's see you do it again."

"Very well YamatoMan, Bowling Bomber!" BowlMan raised his ball again, and flung it out towards YamatoMan as he smirked.

"Humph," grunted YamatoMan, "Straight Spear!" YamatoMan thrust his spear at the bowling ball, sticking it onto the tip of his spear. "Nice try, BowlMan, but this is why you are only tied for Rank 2, while I am the second secret guardian!" YamatoMan raised his spear and flung the bowling ball off it. The ball was going straight for BowlMan. "No! You can't use my own ball against me," screamed BowlMan.

BowlMan Logging Out

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"And YamatoMan defeats BowlMan! What an exciting battle," commented Dr. Allan, "Next up in the tournament, we have ShadeMan versus Miss Yuri and NeedleMan.

A/N: Yeah, I know the battle is short, but don't worry, the furture battles will be much longer. Let me know how it was, tell me of nay ways to fix it. Read & Review!