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Wild Horse. Exe
Chapter 7: Upgraded and Better Than Ever
"Douglas… Come on… Hurry up, I wanna watch a tournament!" whined Ranma impatiently as he stood in front of Douglas with Takato with their Pets by their sides.
"Fine, fine. Okay then. Well, Ranma, Takato, you both have become very good Operators in your own way."
"Of course we have!" Takato cheered.
"Yes and frankly, many of us are really amazed at you two, since you're both new to this stuff and all."
"Hear that Takato? We're amazing!"
"Naa, I'm just messing around with you two. You've only caught my eye and a few others. But that's not the point here…"
"Hey! You mean you were just messing around with us!?" shouted Ranma enraged.
"Hey! There's a reason I'm here, do you want to hear or not!"
"Che… Fine." Said Ranma trying to cool down.
"Anyways, you've both been here for about… How long? About almost 3 months, was it?"
"Yea, that's about right," Said Ranma, "But I've been here a few weeks more than Takato!"
"Well anyways, as a present and as an acknowledgement to your skill, I've been given permission to upgrade your Standard Navis to Original Navis!"
"Original! You hear that Axl? This is great!"
"Alright Midi, you're alright with this right?"
"Of course Takato! I've always wanted to be an Original, though Standard isn't that bad but it gets annoying once in a while. But still, this is really great! It's going to be so fun and…"
"… Make him stop…" said Axl.
Takato smiled, "You may not like it, but I think it's kinda funny."
"…"
"Okay, hurry it up you two, I don't have all day." Said Douglas.
Ranma then thought a bit before asking, "When did you make that program anyways? I don't remember seeing you anywhere but near Yanoto."
"Hmm? Make it? I never did. It wasn't me who made it."
"Then how do you know it won't mess up my program?" asked Midi while listening to the conversation.
"I don't."
"Then how will you know if Midi will get messed up or not! What happens if it does that?"
"If Axl gets messed up, I'll… I'll…" Ranma thought frantically, he wasn't sure what he could do to Douglas. He couldn't beat him up or anything, nor could he get him in trouble so he settled for the first thing that came up in his mind, "I'll tell on you!"
Douglas looked at Ranma a bit before replying, "… I'm not sure if that'll do anything to me Ranma. Jeez, you two need to cool down, you're too hot headed."
Ranma then decided not to argue, the faster Douglas was finished upgrading Axl and Midi, the faster he could get away from Douglas, "Just do it."
"Alright, I'll start with Midi since he's easier."
"What do you mean easier? Do you mean my programming is inferior? Just because I'm smaller doesn't mean I'm easier!"
"Eh? I didn't mean it that way!" said Douglas.
"Then don't go around insulting people!"
Jeez… thought Douglas, even their Navis are hot headed…
"Okay, let's get this over with. First we'll need to connect Midi to the computer. Takato, put Midi's Pet into that machine beside the computer." Instructed Douglas.
"In this slot here?"
"Yea, that there, just open that little spot under the Pet."
"What spot?"
"That little flap there."
"Hmm… Oh, here!" said Takato as he found a little hold under the Pet that would open up and reveal some kind of machinery.
"Right then, just put him into that slot in the machine there."
"Errr… Okay…" said Takato as he pushed his Pet into the Slot.
"Okay, move over, I need to put this CD in." Taking a case out of his jacket, he opened the case and took out the disk and pushed it into a little spot in front of the machine.
"What was in that?"
"The extra code which is basically the difference between Standards and Originals. Originals have a couple of more codes than Standards. Usually, you would need all of those codes which would take too long to make. That's why we usually make Originals from scratch. But I made this extra code that combines all of the other extra codes needed to make an Original Navi."
"I understand, it's kind of like a cheat in a game!" said Takato.
"Err, in a weird sort of way, that's correct. Also, this code was made to specially suit Midi. I also have one specially made for Axl."
"Okay, so what happens next?" asked Ranma curiously as Axl watched on in the same fashion.
"I'll need to access Midi's programming… it would be better if Midi's switched off."
"Okay, I'll switch him off now." Said Takato as he accessed his Pet and switched it off.
"Okay, now… hmmm… Where was that spot again… Ah, here it is. Seems Midi is an Intelligence and Special type Navi. When I add the Extra code, do you want me to enhance these two parts a lot, or enhance all stats a bit?"
"Could you enhance those two some and then enhance the remaining stats?"
"I guess so, Ranma; start thinking of how you want to do this to Axl."
"Axl? What do you think?" asked Ranma as he looked at Axl while waiting for Douglas to finish with Midi.
"Emphasis on speed and special spread the rest out but give more to strength."
"Uhh… Oh! I get it, so first mostly enhance Speed and Special, then enhance Strength and then just enhance the rest a bit?"
Axl nodded.
"Okay, let's see what Douglas does next."
"Okay Takato, now I'll need a symbol. Do you have one in mind? Preferably simple." Asked Douglas as he started up another program to make the symbol.
"Symbol?" Takato thought about Guilmon, "Alright, I've got one. The Hazard."
"Hazard? Unusual… But its okay, the Hazard? Or the Biohazard?"
"Hazard."
"Okay, but don't regret it." said Douglas.
"I won't." replied Takato since he was very sure of what he wanted.
"A symbol… Axl, do you have any ideas?" mused Ranma.
"Symbol… I have no wish for one. But if it must be needed…"
"Okay… How about this…" said Ranma as he whispered something to Axl.
"Okay Takato, now to see the final product." Said Douglas as he finished that last part.
As soon as he said that, the Pet turned back on by itself to show Midi not yet changed. The Standard type Navi, Midi, was then overtaken by another program as it was added on to his original program. Like when he was first formed, blue blocks came above his body and covered him up. After a few moments, the blocks slowly disappeared one by one. When they disappeared, Midi appeared again. Midi didn't look all that different. It seemed that Midi was so close to being an Original Navi in the first place that not many features had been changed. The biggest difference was that there was now a red circle in the middle of Midi's chest and on each side of his head. In each of those circles was a Black Hazard symbol that reminded Takato of a certain friend. As Midi's program was switched on, Takato began to worry if all was well.
"Midi? You okay?" asked Takato as Ranma and Axl looked on to see what would happen.
Midi looked up solemnly before breaking into a happy grin, "I feel great Takato! I feel so much stronger and smarter! I bet I could solve the mysteries of life! Well, maybe not but you get what I mean right? It's such a great feeling! I… and… Also…" said Midi and continuing on while everyone ignored him.
"Well, now that Midi's done its Axl's turn." said Douglas.
"Okay Ranma, switch off Axl before putting him in the machine." Said Douglas as he took out the disk he used for Midi and put in another.
"Okay… See you later Axl." Said Ranma promptly before switching him off.
As Ranma inserted his Pet into the machine, Douglas brought up the program to change Axl's program.
"Okay, so Axl was a speed and strength type?" asked Douglas for confirmation.
"That's right." Said Ranma as he nodded.
"Okay, let's see… Now how did you want to enhance his Stats?"
"Well I talked to Axl and he said he wanted it to be focused primarily on his speed and special stats, then secondarily strength and finally on the rest." Said Ranma as he recalled his conversation with Axl.
"Okay, seems a lot like what Axl would do… Okay… Now symbol, like I said earlier, simple."
"Simple? Heh, here's what Axl and I want. A blue, sphere crystal."
"What?"
"A blue, sphere crystal. That's not too hard is it?"
"No, but. Why would you want that?"
"Well, partially because Axl said he didn't really want it but mostly because I couldn't think of anything. Besides, it's not like any other Navi has a blue crystal stuck in their chest and forehead."
"That's true… Well, I guess that is simple. Let's see… Okay… Now last minute adjustments… Done!"
Like earlier, Axl's Pet also switched on by itself showing Axl before he was changed in all his black suited and red covered glory. Like every other time, Axl was covered with blue blocks as his programming was changed. While that happened, Ranma broke the silence by asking an innocent question.
"What happens behind those blocks? I know that their programs are changed, and since their programs are changed, they get new looks. But what happens to their physical form when they're in them?"
"…"
"…"
"…"
Everyone was silent.
"It's just a question! Jeez… Hey look, it's done!"
When the last of the blocks disappeared, Midi pouted, "Why the hell does he get to look cooler than me?"
Axl was now covered in blackish blue armor with red stripes. His gloves were white and the wrist guard came up and covered a bit of the back of his hand. His helmet was the same coloring as the rest of his armor except that on the side covering his ears was a white piece on each side of his head. Both had red stripes running down the middle of them. He also had yellow highlights on the bottom of those white pieces and under his shoulder guard. Also on the side of each leg, was a white piece that looked like the ones on his head except bigger. Another thing was that on his back was a small white circular thing that had two long and thin pieces sticking out downwards. Another definite improvement was that he now had flaming orange hair coming out of the back of his helmet. In the center of his chest and on the forehead of his helmet was the blue sphere crystal embedded there, acting like a symbol for Axl. So very simple.
As Axl came online, Ranma smirked and said, "Looking good Axl!"
Surprisingly, on Axl's face appeared a smirk. His eyes looked up from the Pet screen and said, "Better than Midi, right?" all with that smirk.
"At least I can talk properly!" shot Midi.
"Who the hell says I can't now?" shot back Axl.
"Great… The Navis even bigger egos…" muttered Douglas.
Takato groaned as he listened to the two bickering Navis.
"Why the hell don't you two stop fighting? I want to go watch that tournament already!" yelled Ranma not acting like a little kid at all.
"He's right, it's better if you two don't fight at all." Said Takato getting tired of the noise.
"Fine, let's go Takato." Said Midi tearing himself away from the argument.
As both kids walked away after saying a 'thank you to Douglas, Axl smirked as he couldn't resist a last insult. He sent a private message to Midi's Pet.
In Midi's Pet, he saw the message and opened it. The message contained, 'You suck at insults, what the hell is up with 'Well you're so stupid that a microscopic formation could think faster than you!'? Heh, I bet you're so hopeless that you would scream like a banshee every time you met up with a virus. You don't even hold a flame to a Mettaur Midi. Sincerely, your friend Axl.'
Midi read the message getting angrier by the second. He tried the send another message back insulting Axl until the message came up and said, 'Out of Range. Have a Nice Day.' Midi then decided that he didn't like the new Axl, not at all.
As Ranma walked towards his room while Takato went off somewhere, Ranma started up a conversation with his Navi.
"You're gonna be arguing with Midi a lot from now on, aren't you."
Axl smirked again, "Yep."
Ranma then sighed, "You remind me of myself."
"Is that suppose to be good or bad?"
"Depends. My Anything Goes is based on making the opponent loose himself in rage so that they would be easier to defeat. So because of that, there's usually a lot of insulting going around.
"Do you think you could teach me that Anything Goes? It sounds interesting and those martial art moves are pretty useful."
"Sure thing, but I think it'll be hard, since for one thing, you're a lot smaller than I am and for two, I can't physically help you out."
Axl sighed, "I guess your right. But let's try anyways, it wouldn't hurt."
"Your right about that, but I wanna watch the tournament now!"
Ranma then sat down on the couch and faced the TV.
"Axl."
Axl looked at Ranma like he usually did.
"How do you turn on the TV again? I forgot since I kept getting dragged into Takato's room while his TV was on."
"Voice Activated."
"Okay. Turn on TV."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Axl, why isn't it turning on?"
"I don't know."
"Maybe I should get another TV with a remote control. Too much technology hurts my head. TV, turn on now before I break your screen in. I want to watch the tournament already!"
Suddenly, the TV emitted a shriek of surprise and turned on. Curious, Ranma got up and plugged Axl into the TV.
As Axl walked around the inside on the TV's program, he saw a couple of funny bots that had a circular body with feet attached to the bottom and a rectangular head on top with little bunny looking ears. They were completely green with yellow stripes. Did everything that was related to the Net have stripes? That was weird; it was like those four Navis that had the same white patches.
Suddenly, the funny little thingies made another noise that sounded like what he had heard earlier when the TV had came on. As he walked closer, he found them huddled together back in a corner of something.
Having an idea that came from his new and more developed attitude, his face turned into an evil grin and he said, "You realize that now that your all together, I can delete you all in one shot?" With that said, he summoned his weapon and blasted them all to deletion just as quickly.
"Whoa! What's that?" exclaimed Ranma.
"… What's what?"
"Your gun!"
Axl promptly turned towards his arm. Instead of a normal buster, a high-tech looking gun appeared. It was basically grey with a white part on the front. On top and in the middle, there was a tube that held seemingly nothing of the moment. Surprised at the sudden appearance, absentmindedly pulled himself out of the system to inspect the new gun.
Ranma decided to put off looking at it until later and changed the TV's channel to the one he wanted just in time to see a Navi fall and Plug Out signifying the end of the match. Realizing that the tournament was over, Ranma's eye twitched a bit as he realized that with all the interruptions, he had missed the whole tournament. Sighing in disappointment, he got the TV to turn off and walked out of his room.
"Where are you going?" asked Axl.
"Training Room, might as well see how that new gun of yours works out. If we figure out how to use it and what's good or bad about it, it'll be a lot more useful in battle."
Axl nodded and went back to turning the gun around in his hands and humouring himself at seeing it disappear with a thought and appearing again with another thought. He had never thought about how he had ever formed a buster in the first place on his arm. Now there was an even bigger mystery with this gun not appearing from his arm at all but from nowhere. All he did was just clench his hand thinking about a gun, unclench it and then there were those blue lines that appeared and formed a 3x3 cube and out popped his gun. What was that tube there for anyways? He had so many questions about this new gun so he was very eager to find out how it worked.
As they arrived in the room, he found that there was almost no empty spot to train Axl and himself. Both in skill in Net Battling, and working together in strategies and what-not. When he found one, he quickly went over to it and plugged Axl in. Once he got in, Axl had the amusement of seeing the gun appear again.
"Let's see what this thing can do." He half whispered and half chuckled.
Ranma then looked around on the consol for the program unit. When he found it, he accessed a very low level simulation. A simple Mettaur just standing there to practice on. Axl then lowered the gun to aim at the Mettaur. He then pulled the trigger and saw a white globe appear. Nothing new there. But then, it suddenly shot out at such a speed that it knocked Axl to the ground. He then looked up to see the ball hit the Mettaur and explode in twice the size of what his old Standard type buster would have exploded.
Ranma then laughed, "Haha, nice gun Axl, this will be so cool when everyone sees it. Their jaws are sure to drop!"
"Let's see just how good this gun is. Bring out multiple moving targets Ranma."
Knowing Axl was right; Ranma then activated another program and repeatedly activated it until there were many Mettaurs running around the place. Axl smirked; he then quickly aimed his gun and quickly let off a blast which again had some recoil. Fighting against the recoil, he aimed again and shot another blast. He repeated this action many more times until the Mettaurs were all gone. He was, by that time, breathing hard.
"That gun isn't all it's worth to be." Said Ranma.
"What do you mean? It was easy to take care of them all."
"No, every time you shot, you had to use a few seconds to recover from the recoil. Those few seconds could be used against us Axl. It may be powerful, but it's too slow. We're going either not use it, or find a way so that there's no recoil. One more thing, can you take two more shots? Don't fight against the recoil. Just shoot somewhere."
Not knowing why, Axl did it anyways and found himself ending up on the ground twice. When he finished shooting, he was breathing even harder.
"Axl, I think we're going to have to use that gun as little as possible."
"What do you mean?"
"Every time you use it, I think it saps up a bit of your energy. Now that I think back, I think it was also like that when you used the buster repeatedly a lot of times. Until we find a way to not get any recoil, or at least less recoil, we shouldn't use it as much."
"Okay, now that we know that, maybe we should find out the full extent of this gun. I mean, it can't just shoot the same thing over and over right? I've never seen any Navi with a hand held gun as a default weapon, just a buster. So it probably has some special powers, right?"
"Maybe so, but let's recharge you first."
Ranma then slotted in a recovery chip to give Axl a recharge and then he put the used chip into another machine that was connected into the wall to fill it back up.
"Any ideas on what else it would be able to do?" asked Ranma.
"None."
"Well then the point of trying to figure out if it's special or not is kinda moot isn't it."
"I guess, but we can still try."
Axl then tried to shoot it again. There was the fast ball again. It was fast. That's why it gave off so much recoil; it's from when it shoots forward… Maybe he could make it slower. Axl looked the gun again. Again, he aimed it at a random direction. This time, he tried to hold it in a bit, maybe that would make it slower. On the first try, like he expected, he couldn't hold it in. Second try, he was able to hold it for a split second. When he looked at it, there was something different about it that he couldn't put his finger on.
"Axl, what are you trying to do?"
"I don't know. I'm trying to see if I can make it slower so there's less recoil…"
With that, Axl repeatedly tried again and again. There was that same thing; there was something different from when he just let it shoot out. He just couldn't put his finger on it… Finger… Axl then thought of something completely stupid to do. He shoved his own finger into the front of his gun where the blast would have come from. If there was something blocking it, maybe it would come out slower. Axl pulled the trigger, like expected, the blast was stuck inside the gun. He then realized something was wrong, the trigger didn't fall back, it stayed in the blast spot and pressure was starting to build up inside the gun. If he didn't do something quickly, either his gun would explode with all the energy, or his hand would be blasted straight off while the energy got out of the gun.
Axl then pulled his finger outward as hard as possible while he used his other hand to pull the gun in the other direction. Suddenly with a pop, his finger came out. His eyes then drifted downwards to the trigger. He saw that it was still stuck. He then looked at it. He aimed it away from himself and held it with one hand while his other hand repeatedly smacked the gun on the side. When nothing happened, he tried to pull on the trigger again.
Suddenly he heard a high pitched whine. Realizing that it came from the gun, Axl quickly re-aimed it away and held the gun with both hands. Suddenly the trigger clicked back into the place and then it came. A bright, blinding ball of power shot out. It was much bigger than the normal shot but it still moved at the same speed. Electricity seemed to crackle around it as it moved at a blinding speed towards the lonely Mettaur that was unfortunately programmed the just stand there. It let off a shriek as it was consumed by the powerful energy. But instead of disappearing once it had hit its target, it kept going until it found the end of the field. Even when it did, it kept going. After shooting the blast, Axl was knocked quite a ways back from where he had originally stood. He looked at the destruction he had caused with his eyes and mouth wide open. Even though the blast was not touching the ground at all, it seemed the power from it had dug a deep trench into the ground and the trench was even still crackling from the energy and was also smoking a bit.
"Axl."
Axl barely managed to nod since he was still shocked from the outcome.
"What the hell did you do?"
"I don't know, all I did was just stick my finger into my gun."
"…"
"…"
"Do you know how stupid that just sounded? You stuck your own goddamn finger into the gun?"
"…"
"Is there a way you can do that without sticking your finger into your gun?"
"Maybe."
"Well we better start now!"
After a few moments of trial and error, Axl finally figured out how to hold the energy in. Instead of making a way so that there was less recoil, he had ended up making something with a lot more recoil and with a lot more power. To make that blast again, he would have to hold his trigger for a few moments to build up the power. Once he had loaded the power, he could just let it stay in the gun until he pulled the trigger again to let it back into its normal position. While it had the built up power inside, the trigger would be locked to prevent the blast from coming out at the wrong time.
"Well, it seems like we won't be needing the Cannon chip as much anymore." Commented Ranma.
"Yea, maybe we can trade them for something more useful."
After recharging Axl yet again, they started to test just how many times Axl could pull off the blast before he got too tired. It came down to a total of seven shots before he got too tired. It seemed it took a lot of his own energy just to use it. After practicing a bit with the gun normally, Axl started to get use to the recoil and didn't have to fight against the recoil as much anymore. Before, it would take about three seconds for the recoil to come and wear off, and another second to re-aim, longer if the target was continuously moving. Now, he had been able to cut the recoil down to maybe two seconds and a half, or at least around that long. It still took the same amount of time to re-aim.
"So Axl, what do you think your going to call that?"
Axl smiled, "Charge Shot."
"Heh, I bet if that Shiningman guy could do that, he would probably call it something like 'Fantastic-Wonderful-Shining-Sphere-of-Powerful-Electrical-Greatness or something like that."
Axl and Ranma then had a great, hard and long laughter. As Ranma wiped a tear out of his eye while still chuckling a bit, he realized that it was getting late and he should be going back to the room. As Ranma walked back to his room, he realized that a door to a room that he had never explored was open. Curiosity taking over, Ranma walked in and found that it led not into a room, but a staircase that went upwards pretty far. He heard someone still walking up there. Exploring further, Ranma walked up the stairs quickly until he reached the top. Upon exiting the staircase, he saw that he was on the roof of the buildings as a slight breeze came by, Ranma shivered from the coldness.
As he looked up, Ranma realized that many stars were out that night. He remembered that, when he was unhappy, or just angry, he would always go up to the Tendo's House's roof and just lie back and watch the stars. It was so peaceful, it had always calmed him. Now that he was here though, he didn't feel the need to relax and calm himself down like this anymore. There was a few times, but not as much.
"Ranma?"
Ranma looked down at Axl in a questioning gaze, "What is it?"
"You sure you should be out here this late?"
"Don't worry, I'll only be out here a bit anyways."
Lying down while looking up at the sky, Ranma thought back to before he had even been sent here. Even though he hated his old life, there were a few times when it was enjoyable. Like, when he was able to play with Ukyo without any trouble. He even liked when he was on the road all the time. Even though he had to go with Genma, if it was with someone else, or by himself, it would have been great. Maybe when he was older, he would go camping. He then remembered when he went to the all boys school.
Like when he had to help out Ryoga so that he wouldn't get lost trying to go back home. Even though Ryoga was always mad at him, back then when he was helping him, those talks they always had about martial arts were kinda nice. Those fights later on were always fun too. Regardless of what Ryoga had always said, Ranma knew that he had also liked whenever they met up and had a match. It was just too bad that they had met under bad conditions. They probably could have been great friends. Maybe if he had shared that bread or something.
There were just so many could haves and what ifs in his life. So much that it was a bit depressing. Everyone that he met was nice in one way and bad in another. Ukyo was nice and all, she was also his friend, but he just couldn't consider her anything past that. Her saying that he was her fiancé repeatedly didn't help at all. Shampoo was really beautiful but her pride was just too much, even if her village was full of great martial artists. She also just wasn't trust worthy enough. Akane… could be cute at some times but her temper was just too much. She didn't have any patience to speak of either. Well, she had some, but it rarely ever showed up. She just didn't have enough patience to go through with every step or instruction like her cooking.
As Ranma continued to think deeply, he started to doze off. Thinking so deeply was something he rarely ever did. Axl sighed as he saw Ranma fall asleep. He then sent a message to Midi telling him where they were. Ranma probably wouldn't be discovered until tomorrow morning. Axl sighed as he realized that with nothing to do all night, it was going to be very boring. Usually he would send himself to Ranma's computer and shift through files after recharging a bit in standby mode. Right now he was just too far from any form of intelligent machine. Well at least he would regain a lot of lost energy tonight.
In Takato's room, Midi woke up from his standby position and looked into his inbox. Seeing another message from Axl, he immediately deleted it thinking it was another insulting message. He then went back to standby.
As Ranma woke up the next day, he immediately shivered and sneezed. Looking around he realized that he wasn't in his room. Thinking back a bit, he then remembered that he was lying down on the roof and then… Then he must've fallen asleep. Sneezing again, Ranma looked around for his Pet and found it a few meters away. He probably kicked it when he was asleep. As he picked it up, he looked over it and saw that there was no damage. He then stretched a bit before looking at the clock in his Pet, realizing that it was still very early, he went through another kata on the roof, it was a lot more easier out here since it was very open and had clear air, well, at least clearer than inside.
He then walked back into the building after finishing and went straight to his room. Taking a brief shower, he then ran off towards his class. As he walked in, he saw that the teacher wasn't there yet and walked over to his desk that was beside Takato's. As he sat down, Takato leaned over and asked where he had been this morning.
"I fell on asleep on the roof." Said Ranma meekly.
"You fell asleep on the roof?!"
Suddenly Hurai looked over at Ranma without them noticing.
"Didn't Midi know? I sent him a message last night." Said Axl.
"A message… Midi? Did you receive a message?"
"Eh? Message? Well… you see, I kinda thought that Axl sent another message to insult me again… so I…kinda… deleted it…" said Midi getting quieter and quieter after each pause.
Ranma then looked over at the board and saw something written there. It was a message from the teacher which said 'Please sit down in your seats and wait. If I come back and this had not happened…' The message trailed off after that. Ranma nudged Takato in the arm and pointed at the message. Both then looked around the room and saw everything happening at once.
Some kids where jumping around on the desks. Some had thrown paper airplanes around the room. Some were spitting spit balls at each other. Some where talking with their Navis and some were doing like the message said while another few just slept in their seats. But one was singing too. It was probably that Shiningman's Operator.
Suddenly the door opened and their teacher walked in along with someone that probably just finished studying to be a teacher and was now having hands on experience. The teacher then walked to the front of the room behind her desk and dropped her books on the table which made quite a loud noise. Instantly, the room became quiet. Everyone quickly either woke up, put away their Pets, or shuffled back into their seats. He saw that Niro was smirking at everyone and not trying one bit to hide it. Tom just smiled a knowing smile which kind of said, 'You're in trouble. I know it, and you know it.' Evani was giggling a bit but was trying her hardest to keep quiet while Hurai just smiled like a child at his age would. Their teacher then spoke, introducing the new person.
"Everyone, someone here is going to be teaching you along with me for experience." She then addressed the young female, "You can now introduce yourself."
She merely smiled back in return obviously scared by the teacher's commanding tone to her students. She had long, dark brown hair that was rolled up on each side of neck
"Um, hello everyone. I'll be the assisting your teacher in teaching you all. You can call me Mariko-Sensei!"
Ranma inwardly groaned. If she was going to helping his teacher, he did NOT like to meet up with her when she really became a teacher. Sure his teacher was great at some times but she could also be very demanding at other times. Especially with homework.
"Now, um. I've prepared something fun for you all to do today. It's kind of like a treasure hunt with little puzzles. It's going to be in the Net so this will teach you how to use your head and co-operate with your Navi. You'll even get a partner to work with!"
Everyone instantly looked towards the person they were sitting beside.
"But it can not be with the person you're sitting beside or someone you have had a practice Net Battle with before. So, it must be someone you barely know! Understand? Now go pick your partners and I'll tell you what to do next!"
Everyone groaned at the thought of working with someone that was almost like an absolute stranger to them. Ranma had a weird sense of déjà vu from the first day of practice Net Battles. He had ended up with the teacher. But now there was an even amount of students here. Now who would pick him?
Authors Note
Important! Read this! I'm trying this out from an idea of a reviewer. Since I'm trying to please as many readers as possible, could you please tell me who you want Ranma and Takato to be partnered up with in this activity? Niro, Hurai, Evani, Tom, Shiningman, or some other person entirely that I have to make up? Takato can't be with Hurai and Ranma can't be with Tom just so you know.
Second Read This!:If any one of you have a guess about what's going to happen, could you please try to email me or something? I don't want the story to get spoiled nor do I want people to suddenly read that and think that that is what's going to happen. Even if it's wrong, I don't want it in a place where anyone can readily read it. I'll still reply to those who send emails here though.
KrayZi: Well, finally done. I had such a hard time thinking of what to do for this chapter. But I managed… Sorry for the long wait. It took me a while to think of what to do for this chapter. Then it took me a week to finish… By the time I finished, it was the 16, so I decided not to put it up since no one would be able to review or anything during the two days after. So now here we are!
Kao: Before anyone asks, Axl now looks exactly like the Axl in Megaman X7. The reason why Midi didn't really change at all was because he was already pretty much an Original Navi and also because a certain somebody was too lazy to think of a new look. The one he described as the Standard type Midi was pretty much how the Midi looked in Megaman Xtreme.
KrayZi: Sorry everyone, no fighting in this one. But one thing I really don't like is that I'm making Ranma and the others sound older than they really are. They're supposed to be only 8, but it doesn't seem like that does it.
Kao: But there was that part where Axl experimented with his new gun.
KrayZi: I have more ideas for that gun. I also don't know what that tube in his gun is for either. The picture I use for reference for his looks had a tube filled with some red liquid. Can anyone explain about Axl's powers? Like what he can do, the extent of how long he can use that power or something like that? If not, I'm just going to have to make it up. I would also like to have some information about Forte, like his origin in the .Exe series.
Kao: It's only fair that someone does it, preferably more than one person so that we can try and get it as accurate as possible.
Krayzi: How do you like how I've thrown in both the Operator of Shiningman and Mariko-Sensei or otherwise known as Ms. Mari. She's young right now, so she's not gonna be an old hag when she gets around to teaching Netto and them. Where the hell does Enzan go to school anyways? Does he even go to school? Anyways, on to the reviews. I am so disappointed at how many I got this time.
(Reviews, don't want to say it again. You know the drill, CtrlF. Should I keep putting up the review too? Or should I just give a reply? Tell me!)
To: Hiryo
Reply to Email:
Krayzi: Ah, so that's what you mean. AXeLFoley.midI eh? I have no idea what that is other than it's a song and it's in mp3 and midi format. I like Japanese Music more, preferably music from Animes like the opening or ending or such.
To: Max Knight
Review:
Ok...I like this chap since it has a great battle sceene.
I like it when Axl uses the back sweep,uppercut slash combo. It's so cool.
Midi was doing great using the canon to send him flying...pity Ranma didn't teach him anything goes.
Hey why don't Ranma teach his navi how to fight ? It could be cool to see Axl do the katchu tenshin amaguri ken . Keep updating man.
Reply:
Krayzi: Booya! Battles! Axl's not going to be that great in close-range as you'll hope. He basically uses a gun like X. So he would have been better off as speed and Special. But Ranma had made him with Speed and Strength.
Kao: Yea, Midi's really smart. A bit too smart since he can't even insult anyone properly.
Krayzi: Midi's never going to be able to learn Anything goes. Maybe a few basic things like blocks, kicks and punches but none of those advance things.
Kao: And to Axl learning, I addressed that in this chapter. I won't say it again. Too lazy to go back and find out what I said since I don't remember.
Krayzi: Thanks for reviewing.
To: Chaos Horse
Review:
Great chapter man, it was very good. I wonder what crazy stuff is Ranma gonna try with all the anime hes going to watch (Im sure hes going to try a few of the techniques that are show), also, while the fights with the Navis are good, I would like to see Ranma fighting for himself somehow
Reply:
Krayzi: Anime… Otaku… Hehe, just kidding, he's not going to become an Anime Otaku like I am. Of course he'll try to use some techniques. He already thought about doing some Digimon techniques remember?
Kao: Until he can figure out how to give Ranma a bit of action, your going to have to settle with the Navis doing the dirty work. Sorry.
Krayzi: Thanks for reviewing.
To: Silverscale
Review:
What a chapter keep it up!
Who is Ranma going to be paired with?
Maybe you oculd make us reviewers vote for it?
Reply:
Krayzi: I seem to be getting that 'great chapter!' or 'what a chapter' a lot. I bet most authors get that too.
Kao: But it's great for the ego!
Krayzi: I'm trying out that voting this time. Above at authors note.
Kao: Thanks for reviewing.
To: Firehedgehog
Review:
zero here...zero there... ah to many zeros. By teh way, where is Black guilmon? can't wait till next chapter
Reply:
Krayzi: Don't worry about there being too many Zero's, it's just something that's there. I've already gave you those quotes from the earlier chapters. I'm sure you figured it out, right?
Kao: Thanks for reviewing.
To: needmore
Review:
anime movies really need to understand the concept of continuity...oh well
nice chapter, but that arrogant kid seems like a warning...dum dum dum
anyway, keep up the good work
Reply:
Krayzi: That is so goddamn true. Umm, by the arrogant kid, do you mean Niro? Well there's something about him that'll be sure to be a surprise to many people.
Kao: Thanks for reviewing.
To: OmnicromXR
Review:
There's no way I'm gonna post that here.
Reply:
Krayzi: Your not completely right, the part with BG is right, but those yellow and black balls with little sticks? How the hell can't anyone figure that out? What's yellow and black with some green in the show and anime? They also have little sticks which they attack with. That stick is a pick axe. Enough hints? But your guess is good. Very good but remember, R doesn't attack with fists and RU doesn't not go Mreow.
Kao: What attacks Viruses on sight in the Anime and Game?
Krayzi: T is close too but that's not what's going to happen. So because of that great guess, I salute you!
Kao: Thanks for guessing and reviewing. Don't tell anyone! Hope no one else sees this and looks for your review…