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Turn 3 Custom Phase

Network Operator ID: Endymion

Network Navigator ID: LEvIathn.EXE
Total HP: 1300Current HP: 1250

Network Operator ID: Lan HiKari

Network Navigator ID: MegaMan.EXE

Total HP: 1500Current HP: 1016

The press people and gathering fans looked at these stats in awe. The Americans were in shock that Endymion would go so far down compared to his max. The Japanese were amazed that Lan would do the same. No one but the two Ace NetBattlers saw just how hard this battle really was. Lan laid a hand against his beloved headband...the mark of the Hikari brothers rested there. Endy smirked, flipping heavy metal or rock on his headset, looking at the custom jacket he'd had made with the X mark Leviathan and he had chosen when they had began racking up wins for real. He started muttering, singing along almost silently with the music. No one but Endy heard the oddly gentle female voice that sang with him.

The choices were made, for better or for worse. The chips remained hidden to the opponents, but if they had known the other's chips and strategy, either would have remarked on the odd similarity. Megaman was equipped with an M-Cannon, Dynawave, and LongSwrd. Leviathan had AquaSpr, Bub-V, Lance, and Guard. Endy grinned, turning up the volume on his music as he cleared away the Custom Screen.

TURN 3 START!

MegaMan opened with the M-Cannon. Leviathan thanked her lucky stars for the time it took as she dodged to the side. MegaMan followed her with a DynaWave, which she narrowly avoided...damn, he was getting good. Now he came into range. She had hung to the center, just teasing him to come out with Longsword. He did and she grinned. She slammed him with a bonus for 150 damage as she spun her spear and caught Mega for another Counter.

This time, Ribitta was watching them and her jaw dropped. Their eyes changed. The Soul Unison actually affected them physically. Then again, she looked at Lan...the kid looked positively frozen. Maybe it wasn't all a digital representation after all. She wrote it down but didn't report the change. Suddenly, there was movement on the battle screen again! Leviathan slammed Mega for another 120 damage using Bub-V, thanks to her Element and Soul Unison. MegaMan retreated just as she'd planned on and as she charged her LevSpear, he got slammed for ANOTHER 130 damage by Lance! He groaned, but charged his buster. Leviathan gave him credit for that and moved. Not quickly enough, though. She got hit by his Buster, and lost the concentration on her charge as he moved away from her with a smirk on his face. He had something up his sleeve. Lan and he had to have spoken. She realized what it was at the same time as Endy. He wouldn't call up the Custom Screen immediately this time. She'd have to keep dodging his shots. Could she do it? Certainly. But it wouldn't be easy. Not easy at all.

MegaMan started charging again, knowing he had a better-than-even chance now. His Cust was filled...but he saw no reason to call Turn 4 yet. Staying on the back row, he charged while considering the situation. He had 616 left, and Lan said Roll2 was in his queue. Leviathan had just under twice his HP. He chuckled. He knew who he had to remember fighting for this. Bass. Bass was the only one who had this kind of skill.

Leviathan had fought him as well, but as Forte. She kept dodging MegaMan's shots, and was thinking to herself the same thing - that the only Navi better was the Opless Navi, Forte. The only Navi who hadn't backed down at this point had been him. She fired a blank Buster shot at him. 615. After dodging as many of his attacks as she could...just as she was ready to stop and get hit...the Custom Screen appeared. She now had 1170 HP.

Endy grumbled at the crap chips he had gotten this turn. He sighed and equipped her with a Spear and MiniBomb. Shit chips, alright. But there was nothing for it this turn.

Lan, though, was in better shape. Roll2, which would solve both problems at once, or at least try, Thunder, and Zapring2. He cleared the screen.