Okay, let's see what Mike and Razor are going to get themselves into.
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Pyrogirll23: Uh-huh. And her response?
maverickzero: Yep, definite "ouch".
Enigma: Oh is that it? I didn't know, because in MMBN(1), ProtoMan didn't actually need Chaud to give him chips to fight. Or that's what they said.
Sol Sabre: Now I have. I asked a friend if he had the roms, and he sent them to me. But egad, can Chaud's dad be a jerk or what!? And yeah, Enigma already did. Thanks for the cookies by the way! ^_^
Renegade: Most likely.
Armegeddon Blade: o_0???
Song: Sorry. Didn't know that. And I already had Zero choose because it was taking too long. But I'll be sure to use him in Ragna's next fight.
Trinity: Well, it's not rated PG-13 for nothing. And besides, it's mostly about those guys (and girls).
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Chapter IV Part 2: Crystallized
"So, what are we going to do now?"
"I have no idea. Did the Center send an email?"
"No, I would've told you if they had. But I'm worried. Those guys are keeping awfully quiet."
"Yeah, I know. They just want us to enjoy the peace for now, and then they'll strike once we don't expect it."
"My thoughts exactly."
--
Mike calmly walked through ACDC Park, not really feeling like doing anything else. Like he'd said, those guys were keeping awfully quiet, and he didn't like that. In the games, everything happened in the very next scene, which always took less than a few seconds. This waiting was taking forever, and it was starting to bore him.
He really didn't like long waits, but then again, it felt nice to be able to relax for awhile, instead of constantly rushing off to fight other Navis. That would begin to bore too after a while.
Still, Mike needed something to do, and quick or he'd go even more crazy than he already was.
"We could go to an arcade," Razor offered.
"Nah, I don't feel like taking on those rookies," Mike said, walking over to the swings.
The boy sat down on one of the swings for a moment, and stared straight ahead, his hands holding on to the chains beside him. He took a deep breath, and breathed out through his mouth, involuntarily heaving a sigh in the process.
His feet were unconsciously moving a little, making him rock back and forth on the swing slightly.
He suddenly noticed someone walking into the park, and he looked up, a little confused, but smiled when he saw who it was.
Placing two fingers in his mouth, he took a breath, and whistled, making the gray-haired boy whirl around in shock.
"Hey! It's you!!" he exclaimed, running over.
"Yep," Mike said casually.
The boy's hair was curved upwards at the sides of face, and his face held an air of innocence, reminding Mike a little of Shine. The boy had light green eyes, which shimmered faintly in the sunlight.
"Have a seat!" Mike said, motioning toward one of the swings.
The boy shrugged and sat down on one of them.
"What're you doing?" he asked.
"Nothing at the moment," Mike said, starting to push himself back with his feet. "You?"
"Just… out for a walk," the boy said.
"Ah," Mike said, pushing back further, until he only touched the ground with his toes. "I'm Mike, by the way. What's your name?"
"Shun," the boy said softly.
"Quite the unusual name," Mike said. "Unlike my own."
With that said, Mike pushed off of the ground, and started swinging, his ponytail waving in the wind. Shun watched this for a moment, before starting to push off as well, though a little slower than Mike.
"So, what have you been doing?" Mike asked, looking at the other boy, still swinging.
"Not much," Shun said, slowly gaining more altitude and speed. "Just loafing around."
Mike blinked and said: "Sounds boring."
"To you maybe," Shun said.
"Probably, I don't really like doing nothing, so it's probably not strange I don't like to loaf."
"Well, what did you do?"
"Busting viruses with Razor, mostly."
"With who??"
"Me," Razor said, making his presence known.
Mike smirked, and, once he reached the death peak, jumped off the swing, landing rather roughly, though he managed to keep balance by bending through his knees. Shun simply skidded with his feet over the ground to stop, and walked over to Mike, who had gotten up and was dusting himself off.
Mike then pulled out his PET, and showed it to Shun, who watched it with interest.
"Hey there," Razor said, smiling and nodding at Shun.
"Hi," Shun said politely.
"Razor's been my Navi for as long as I can remember," Mike said. "Though he's been updated quite a few times, he's still the same as he's always been. Meaning he's a freaking daredevil."
"And I'm damned proud of it!!!" Razor said, smirking and punching up his fist like MegaMan always did in the games.
Shun smiled a little.
"Don't you have a Navi?" Mike asked, and immediately mentally kicked himself.
"…………No," Shun said sadly.
"Sorry," Mike said.
Razor thought for a moment, then snapped his fingers with a smile.
"Mike, why don't we go to the SciLabs and get Shun his own Navi? I mean, the SciLabs is where the Navis came from in the first place!"
Mike smiled broadly, then turned to Shun, who looked a little shocked.
"Well? You coming with?" Mike asked.
"Uh… yeah, sure…"
--
"Well, at least you've got your own Navi now," Mike said, looking along with Shun at the basic Navi shown on Shun's new PET's display.
"I know," Shun said, still happy with what he had.
"You can find an experienced programmer and upgrade it to your personal likes," Mike said, watching as Shun continued to check out all functions on his PET.
"No thanks," Shun said, smiling at Mike, before turning back to his PET.
Mike smiled, knowing that Shun was most likely going to alter it himself.
"Yo Mike!" Razor suddenly said as Mike's PET started bleeping.
Mike pulled out his PET and opened his mailbox.
"Hey, hey! It's from Muramasa!" Mike said enthusiastically, quickly opening the email.
Shun looked a little confused, and read along over Mike's shoulder.
--
From: Shine Goldlane
Subject: "Drill troubles"
Message: "Konnichiwa hentai, bushhead. I don't know if you heard about that new drilling company, but we suspect that those guys of that new NetCrime group are up to no good. This's because the company has the largest drill ever made, and if those guys let this slip, they must be real bakas. Getting in won't be a problem, seeing as we're Officials. Oh, right, I completely forgot to mention that when bushhead "banged" into me. I'm an Official NetNavi now, and that really comes in handy right now. I'll let you know how it turned out. Catch ya later!
Muramasa.EXE"
--
"Hahaha, I should've known," Mike said, holding a hand to his head. "I knew she'd be a perfect Official one day!"
"Who's Muramasa?" Shun asked, confused.
"She's a friend of mine," Razor said, smiling. "She's a little touchy on some subjects, but once you get to know her, she's the best friend you can imagine!"
"Too true," Mike said, leaning back against the bench.
"Yeah, but when I first fought her, she almost deleted me!" Razor said. "I'll give you one piece of advice; don't fight her with that basic Navi you got right now. You'll be deleted before you can say 'yipes'."
Shun nodded, impressed.
--
"Well, this's my stop," Mike said, getting off of the bus.
"See ya some other time!" Shun called out.
"Count on it!" Mike and Razor called out at the same time, as the bus rode off.
The duo watched the bus ride off, before heading back to the hotel.
"Nice guy really," Mike said, smiling.
"Got that right!" Razor said. "I can't wait to see what kind of Navi he'll make from that basic Navi."
"That makes two of us," Mike said. "But we should try to find out something about that new NetCrime Organization."
"I know, but can't that wait for later? I don't really feel like heading to the Net right now."
"Okay, we'll wait for a while," Mike said calmly.
"Good."
--
Mike was leaning on the balcony railing of his room, just staring at the city sprawled out before him. The view was quite luxurious, but Mike was miles away from the wondrous city. Other things were clouding his mind, such as those revived Navis. It wouldn't leave him alone.
He was starting to wonder if Shun might be able to help, but he wasn't all that sure. In any case, it would probably be best if they figured out what they had to do, but like everyone else, he was completely clueless.
"Man, what are we going to do?" Mike mumbled.
"I wish I knew, but I'm drawing a blank as well," Razor said with a sigh.
Mike gave a sigh as well and leaned on his arms, staring at the city with a bored look.
Silence reigned for quite some time, as both Operator and Navi had no clue as to what to say. That, and they were completely lost in thought, thinking aimlessly about the events taking place.
They remained silent for some time, unsure of what to do or say.
Something suddenly caught Mike's eye, and he quickly turned toward it, only to see that he was a millisecond too late. Whatever it'd been, it was gone now.
Mike shrugged his shoulders and looked straight ahead again.
He sighed again, and straightened up, heading out the room, saying: "I'm getting hungry. I'm getting something to eat!"
"And I need a serious recharge!!" Razor piped up.
--
Mike sat in his room, quietly munching on a chocolate chip cookie, crunching it slowly between his teeth. He continued to munch until it was nearly flavorless, before swallowing and taking another small bite.
"I'm bored outta my skull," Razor mumbled, taking a reasonable sip from his energy.
"That makes two of us," Mike said, quite bored himself.
Mike finished the cookie, and pulled out another. Being allergic to sugar, there were few kinds of candy he was allowed to have. He didn't bother too much though. Instead, he was a chocolate addict. He hardly ate sweets, but once it came to chocolate, he couldn't keep his hands off them.
Which had been the reason he snatched a whole batch of chocolate chip cookies from the restaurant.
"Any news from Muramasa yet?" Mike asked finally.
"No, sadly enough---huh??" Razor said, blinked.
"What??"
"Nothing… nothing," Razor mumbled, taking a hasty swig from his drink. "Just… just had a funny feeling, that's all."
"You sure you're alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Mike shrugged, knowing Razor would tell him later if it was important, and took another bite from a cookie.
"We should check the Net for that new NetCrime gang," Mike suddenly said.
"You're right," Razor said, tossing his now empty can over his shoulder in the trashcan. "That's better than hanging around here."
--
Razor jacked in on the Net and started the small trek to the Square, going at a steady pace. He wasn't really in a hurry, but he still jogged the whole way. It would take less time, and he wasn't planning to walk anyway.
After a while though…
"WAH!!!!" Razor cried out as he suddenly slipped and tumbled back onto his rear!
Razor gritted his teeth rubbing his sore bottom, glaring at whatever had made him slip. When he found it, he was left staring.
"What the… fuck???" he wondered, sitting up on his knees and moving a hand across the ground, having it squeak a little.
He stared down at his reflection in the now smooth and clear ground. He gave it a good tap with his knuckles, finding it quite solid.
Raising an eyebrow in curiosity, he slowly got up, not wanting to risk falling again. As he looked around, he took notice of quite a large portion of the Net that was in similar condition.
"Yo, Mike! You getting this?" he asked calmly.
"Yeah, I'm seeing it," Mike said, a tinge of amusement to his voice.
"Not. A. Word," Razor hissed, already knowing what it was about.
"I didn't say anything," Mike said, chuckling.
"Shut it, Michael Necros!!" Razor hissed, and Mike instantly shut up.
If Razor was pissed off enough to say his full name, he shouldn't be angered any further. It was hard to get Razor pissed off, but once he was, he should be avoided at all costs.
The blue and green Navi finally stopped glowering and took a little more time to look around.
"What the?? It's walking in a line!!"
Mike blinked, until he noticed it himself.
"You're right!" he said calmly. "Let's see where it takes us!"
"Agreed."
Razor easily started his track down the path of strange… crystal, he decided to call it for now, until he knew what it was. He did walk beside it though. The original reason for going to the Net had been completely forgotten by both Operator and Navi, as they were both engrossed in the strange track.
Suddenly---
"GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU STUPID VIRUSES!!!" a voice shouted just up ahead, surprising Razor.
"The hell??" he wondered aloud, before rushing over.
What he saw there, was a girl Navi under attack by a batch of viruses that he'd never seen before. They reminded him of large crystal snails with legs and arms, and missing the head, but he dropped it for the moment. The Navi seemed to have a lot of trouble with those viruses, so why not help out?
--
The young girl growled as the viruses came closer, holding her Buster tightly in her other hand. She'd lost her whip some time ago, so she'd lost her main-weapon. She wasn't very good with her Buster, seeing as she was specialized with her whip.
"Now what am I going to do??" she asked quietly, blasting at the snails, only to have it bounce off. "Uh oh…"
Suddenly, one of the snails jumped at her, and she stumbled back in fright. But she slipped on part of the strange crystal, and fell to the ground. She looked up, and cried in fright as the snail was nearly on top of her.
A sudden blur of blue and green whooshed past, along with two streaks of blood red, and the snail screeched, before the two separate halves dissolved into blue cubes. The girl looked up in confusion, and noticed a Navi standing in front of her, two blood red blades coming from his gloves.
Razor glared at the viruses, but an evil smirk was forming on his face, something he picked up while hanging around Ray/Muramasa. The viruses seemed pissed at the deletion of their mate, and raced at him with speed that seemed impossible for them.
The sword-wielding Navi screamed, and ran at them, lashing the viruses apart as he ran past them. The girl could only stare as the Navi lashed out viciously at the viruses he encountered, cutting through them like they were made of paper. Even as the viruses started to scatter, he chased after them, deleting every single one of them.
Once he made sure they were all deleted, he walked back to the girl, withdrawing his blades.
"Hey? You okay there?" he asked, extending a hand to help her up.
The girl blinked, then shot up, and threw herself at the other Navi, embracing his neck tightly, catching him completely by surprise and causing them both to fall back to the ground.
"Oh thank you thank you thank you!!!"
"Okay! I get the picture!!" he said, prying the girl's arms loose from his neck. "You're welcome!"
Once they stood up, Razor studied the girl a little more carefully.
She had waist-length brown hair which was tied atop her head, coming out of the top of her helmet, and deep brown, nearly black eyes. She wore black spandex and a navy blue armor, and her gloves came up to her elbows. She had her Navi-Symbol on the center of her chest and the front of her helmet.
"You should be more careful. Next time, I might not be around to help," Razor said calmly, as the girl picked up something from the ground.
"Yeah, I know. They just caught me off guard," the girl said, smiling at Razor.
Razor nodded and looked at the path of crystal, noting it wasn't stopping, and still going on.
"I should be going, bye!" Razor said, and ran off, leaving the girl behind.
"Hey wait!!! I didn't even get your name!!!" she shouted after him, but he didn't answer.
She sighed a little, and said: "Man, he must be in a hurry."
"Tsuchi! You okay?!" the voice of her Operator suddenly said. "You had me worried!!"
"Yeah, Sara, I'm fine," she said. "Sorry about that."
"Who was that NetNavi anyway?" Sara asked.
"Uh… he was a NetNavi?? I thought he was just an ordinary Navi!"
"I saw him and his Operator train once, they're pretty good."
"Oh."
"Don't tell me you didn't know? It was easy to tell they were Officials!!"
"Yeah, like I knew that?!"
--
Razor continued on, running past the strange stream, killing every virus that dared to challenge him. He really wasn't in the mood for any viruses. He just continued to run, his blades out again. Anger was plain and visible on his face, though there was no such pure anger inside him. It was just a mask to make sure that he wouldn't be toyed with.
'If this is going to be a repeat of what happened in MMBN2, then I better stop this soon!' he thought angrily, and picked up the pace.
He kept on running --- until he reached the end.
"What the??" Razor exclaimed in confusion.
Mike groaned and said: "I think we've been going the wrong way."
"Most likely," Razor mumbled, and turned to leave, when---
Razor gave a scream as something crashed into his back, sending him crashing into the ground. With a shake of his head, Razor looked up, confused.
Standing a few feet away from him, was a Navi he'd never seen or heard off in his entire life. The Navi was female, but she seemed to wearing an armor made completely out of a crystal-like substance. She had long light-blue, almost white hair, dangling down her back in straight lines. It was nothing like Muramasa's hair, seeing as this Navi's hair waved naturally, like rolling waves on the ocean.
"The hell are you!?!?" he demanded, confused.
"Not that it be any of thine business, but mine name is Crystal.EXE, and whom might thee be?" the Navi, now labeled 'Crystal', said.
Razor sweatdropped as he got up, saying: "Medieval accent?? Give me a break!!"
Crystal huffed and said: "'Twas not mine wish to talk in this fashion, but my Operator hast given it to me, so I be glad with it."
"Uh-huh, yeah right," Razor mumbled softly. "In any case, did you make all that crystal?"
"I did, only because I was commanded to do so by my Operator," Crystal said, looking neutral.
Razor frowned angrily.
"Dost thou know that tha--JEZUS CHRIST!!! NOW YOU'VE GOT ME TALKING LIKE YOU DAMNIT!!!" Razor shouted in anger and frustration.
Crystal chuckled politely, holding a hand in front of her mouth to hide it.
Razor growled and hissed: "Don't you know that if you crystallize the Net, the weather'll slowly be destroyed!?"
"And I am supposed to care about something as measly as that?" Crystal asked.
The blue and green Navi breathed out harshly, then said: "Fine, but I'll be forced to delete you then."
Crystal chuckled and said: "Thou couldst not harm a fair maiden such as myself."
"Maiden???" Razor asked, pretending to be confused, and looking around. "I see no maiden."
Crystal growled in anger, and sent a large bolt toward the other Navi. Razor smirked and jumped out of the way, right before the ground where he'd been crystallized completely.
"You gotta be faster than that to catch me!!" Razor taunted, and shot forward, avoiding all blasts thrown at him.
Crystal finally huffed, and her right arm suddenly shifted into a large crystal blade. She shot at him as well, and Razor lashed out with his left blade, which Crystal easily blocked. Crystal jumped over the right blade, which had been aimed at her legs.
With a scowl, she managed to furiously kick Razor in his face, sending him back a little. Before Razor could even recover, he had to stifle a scream when he felt Crystal's blade embed in his chest, tearing across his Navi-Symbol. Unbearable pain shot through him from his Navi-Symbol, and just then, Razor understood why one shot to her Navi-Symbol had made Muramasa writhe in pain.
As he stumbled back, Razor grasped the wound on his chest, feeling the cyberblood pouring through his fingers, gritting his teeth with a hiss of combined pain and anger.
The hand that wasn't grasping onto his wound shot up to block Crystal's sword.
He growled and lashed out, but Crystal flipped over him, kicking him to the back of his head, which sent him sprawling to the ground. Razor groaned as he lifted his head, which had been scraped from the landing.
"Art thou finished yet?" Crystal asked.
Razor got up, turning around to face Crystal with a look of anger on his face.
"To speak with Muramasa's words…" Razor said.
"Iie fakkude sh'katta ni jigoku," Mike said in sync with Razor.
"In other words," Razor said, his emerald green eyes shining with anger, "No. Fucking. Way. In. Hell."
--
"Elec Sword!! Slot in!!"
--
Razor withdrew his blades and outstretched his right hand, which lit up and formed a large sword, sizzling with electricity. Crystal snorted, and the duo ran at each other, blades out and ready. When the blades met, discharges were sent in every direction, and the duo started trying to best each other, lashing out violently.
Still, this started to annoy Razor, and he jumped back a little, before aiming the blade, and making the sword extend and shoot at Crystal, who took the hit to the shoulder of her swordarm, making her scream. When the chip lost effect, Razor smirked at the wound he had inflicted.
"How dare thee?!" Crystal demanded, holding onto her bleeding shoulder.
"I think I should be asking that!" Razor growled, pulling out a Buster. "But right now, I'm too pissed off to care!!!"
And he fired.
The blast shot at Crystal with amazing speeds, but before it could even get close---
"Oh SHIT!!!" Razor cursed angrily as Crystal became encased in a large crystal barrier.
'Gimme a break! FreezeMan rip-off!!'
He placed his Buster back in its holster, pulled out his blades and was about to shoot at Crystal… only to find that his right leg wouldn't move. Razor looked down at his leg in confusion, which soon shifted into horror.
His entire shin had been encased in crystal, completely immobilizing it. Cursing angrily, he tried to pull his leg loose, finding it impossible. His left leg was also becoming encased, and pretty soon his entire lower body was encased.
'Oh fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!! I gotta get outta here!!' Razor thought, trying to struggle free.
No use though.
He was already up to his Navi-Symbol in crystal, his arms already encased.
"Aw FU---"
He couldn't even finish.
--
"Oh shit!! RAZOR!!!" Mike cried out, but no response came.
The screen of his PET showed a large block of crystal, with Razor incased in it, face contorted in anger and shock.
"Fuck!! What am I going to do now?!!?" Mike grumbled, searching through his folder for any kind of chips he could possibly use.
--
"Something's not right! I can feel it!!" Tsuchi mumbled, as she continued to run.
"Stop yapping and start running!!" Sara shouted.
Tsuchi didn't bother to respond, and kept on running, following the path the strange Navi had taken earlier.
After some time though, she skidded to a halt, her jaw dropping open instantly.
The Navi that had saved her earlier was completely incased in a giant, crystal-like barrier, and a strange female-Navi was laughing her head off at the spectacle.
"And now, thou die!" she said, raising her blade.
"Oh NO HE'S NOT!!!" Tsuchi screamed, pulling out a long energy-whip, and lashing out at the other Navi.
The whip latched onto the sword, and Tsuchi gave the whip a sharp pull, making the Navi fly at her. As the Navi came closer, Tsuchi whirled around and delivered a furious roundhouse kick to the white and blue Navi her jaw, sending her to the ground.
With a smirk, Tsuchi lashed out again with her whip, having it collide with Crystal's face, making her roll about for a while. Crystal finally leapt back up, and growled in anger.
"I dost not know whom thee are, but thou art going to regret doing that," she hissed.
"Yeah, right, bye-bye!!" Tsuchi said, lashing out again.
But Crystal saw it coming and grabbed her whip in her hand. Instantly, Tsuchi started to panic.
"Uh oh…"
With a yelp, Tsuchi was flung over Crystal, and she landed rather harshly on her back. The brown-haired Navi frowned in anger, glaring at Crystal while she was lying upside down. She jumped up, and shot at the other Navi.
Crystal yelled in anger and lashed out with her blade, but Tsuchi, jumped, managed to grab a hold of Crystal's shoulders, and stood in a handstand on her shoulders. Quickly, before Crystal could respond, Tsuchi finished the flip, landing behind Crystal, and flung her straight ahead.
--
"Shotgun!! Slot in!!"
--
Tsuchi's left hand shifted into a cannon, and she aimed it at Crystal, who was trying to get up. She easily fired the blast, which split up into multiple blasts, hitting Crystal head-on. The blast hardly singed her armor.
"Oh… shit!" Sara and Tsuchi mumbled at the same time.
Before Tsuchi could blink, she was knocked back, landing on her back with a loud thud. Shaking her head, she sat up, only to lie back down when a sword was aimed at the tip of her nose. Tsuchi looked up and saw the enraged look on Crystal's face, causing her to gulp.
"That had been a bad move," Crystal hissed, and pulled back her sword to strike--
With a loud, ear-splitting crack, the sword snapped in half, much to Crystal and Tsuchi's surprise. Crystal glanced over, and her eyes widened as she saw that Razor was now free, completely healed, and rather pissed off.
"No, it was a bad move to lock me up in a crystal!!" Razor screamed, pulling out his blades with a look of fury on his face.
He raised the blades, forming a cross on his chest, and lashed downward in an X-motion, creating a large shockwave, which was hurled at Crystal before she could blink.
Crystal screamed as the blast hit, dividing her body in four, before she dissolved into blue particles.
--
"You alright?" Tsuchi asked, walking over.
"Yeah, I'll be fine, nothing serious," Razor said calmly. "Didn't catch your name by the way. What'd you say it was?"
"Tsuchi!"
"Uh-huh, I'm Razor."
"Pleasure to meet you!"
"Likewise. Anyway, I should be going. I might see you again, but try to stay out of trouble, okay?" Razor asked skeptically, before logging out.
"HEY!!!"
--
"Hey Mike, thanks a lot, you saved my hide back there!" Razor said, smiling.
"Don't mention it," Mike said, flashing his Navi the victory-sign. "That's what friends are for, right?"
"Exactly! Hey whoa!! Mail's here!!"
"Finally!!" Mike said.
--
From: Shine Goldlane
Subject: "Drill troubles - FIXED"
Message: "Hi guys! It's been awhile! Muramasa said she installed your email address in my PET, so I decided to mail you about what happened at that drilling company. Well, it's not something I'd like to think back to. Those guys were there alright, but I got tied up and thrown in a broom closet when Muramasa and I were examining the drill itself. Worst about it, was that Muramasa was still on the drill when it was launched, so she'd been forced to fight those viruses without my help, as well as that Navi that was there. She said it was a guy with drills on his head and hands. Chaud's now fixing Muramasa up. Oh, right, she never told you, huh? We're staying with Chaud for awhile until we can find something else. Don't worry, we'll be fine. I hope to see you guys soon. Oh! Almost forgot. Muramasa said those guys called themselves "Zahler".
Ja ne
Shine"
--
Silence reigned for awhile, before Razor said: "Say what?? I thought Muramasa hated Chaud!"
"She does…" Mike said. "But Shine can't hate anybody, you know that."
"Uh-huh, true. But I hope Muramasa's alright."
"So do I, Razor. Should we tell her what we encountered?" Mike asked.
"Let's," Razor said.
Mike nodded and started typing.
--
To: Shine Goldlane
Subject: "Re: Drill troubles - FIXED" a.k.a. "Our encounter"
Message: "Hey Shine. You two better be alright. Tell Chaud that if he hurts you, he'll have to deal with Razor and me. I hope Muramasa wasn't too badly injured. Anyway, Razor and I also had an encounter with this "Zahler" group. Some Navi thought she could crystallize the Net, but we stopped her. I'll let you know if we have more info okay? See ya.
Mike & Razor.EXE"
--
"There!" Razor said, sending the message to Shine.
"Let's hope nothing unexpected happens."
"You kidding?! That makes this life oh so more appealing!"
"Razor, quit being such a daredevil!"
"That's like asking you to stop being crazy."
"HEY!!!"
--
D. Zero: Well, not everyone seems to read what we have to say.
Z: You're telling me.
D. X: So… who's next?
Z: Uh… [skims all Robot Masters] … damn… all the good ones have already been taken.
D. Zero: That sucks.
D. X: By the way, who's Tsuchi??
Chibi-chan: Me!! ^_^ Z asked how I would be as a Navi, and here I am!!
D. X: 0_0 She actually gets a part in this story!?
D. Zero: Hey, chill X, [pats D. X's back] we're in this too. Right Z? :|
Z: o_0 Zero, you know I'm not letting you be controlled by anyone but X, and vice-versa, remember?
D. Zero: So we're both in? :)
D. X: Really? [hopeful]
Z: Well, DUH!!
D. Zero & D. X: ^___^
Miri-chan: Who's next?
Z: ……… you just gotta ruin the mood huh?
Miri-chan: But who's neeeeeext!!!
D. Zero: Hey, stop whining!
Miri-chan: I don't whine! I pout, but I don't whine!
D. X: o_0 And the difference is??
Z: Alright guys! Shut it! Zero! Pick somebody! [pushes sheet of paper in D. Zero's face]
D. Zero: 'Ey! [studies pamphlet] What're those with a cross through them?
Z: Those were already used.
D. Zero: Ah. [looks again] Uh… this guy here! He looks pretty tough!
Z: Who?? [looks too] Aha! Okay! Let's! It's not a Robot Master, but it'll do.
D. X: Who'd you pick??
Z: Let's wait with revealing that in the next chapter, okay?
D. X: Okay.
Z: But first! I'm going into the pool! Egad! Is it hot!! [leaves for the pool]
D. Zero: Hey! Wait for us!! [runs after Zeal]
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SNEAK-PEAK OF: Fight of the Javelins
"Hmph. I had actually hoped for that 'MegaMan' to respond to my request, but you'll have to do."
"You're the one who posted that request!?"
"Quite. I am ………, the first of Dr. Wily's MegaMan Killer Navis. Though the information won't do you any good."
"WILY?!?! Isn't he supposed to be in jail?!"
"Bah, I was released onto the Net mere hours before the great Alpha project. If it were to fail, I was to get rid of that 'infamous' blue Navi."
"Well… why wait for so long??"
"Oh shut up and die."