Net Masters
Zero Maverick: I still don't have spell-check, so sorry for my spelling
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Zero Maverick: Also to Anime Master ZERO thanks but, Lance and Dragonman won't be showing up for a while if I'm allowed to use them, so I'll email it to you when I get to that chapter
Kimmy: Everyone's PETs are the PET advanced 1 except Lan's which is the advanced 2
Zero Maverick: Also I want to point out that the title's color was supposed to change with each master but, I still haven't figured out how to do that yet
Kimmy: Zero Maverick owns only the Net Master Ops and some attacks like the Freezing Nightmare P.A. or the Shards of Winter
Zero Maverick: On with the fic
Chapter
3
Dark Master
(Chaud's POV)
"I can't believe they put THAT in the school, didn't they learn from Neo World3's attempt to bring back Alpha!" I slammed my hands on the nearest wall.
"Chaud, getting angry won't help any" Sean tried to calm down the other teen.
"Still something that dangerous should have never have been put in such a public place, protected or not it should have been destroyed"
(Flashback)
"Mr. Famous, Net Official Chaud and Sean reporting in" The screen they were talking to showed Mr. Famous.
"Please boys just Famous, so what are you calling about"
"Mr. Famous what do you know about the data in the high school?" Mr. Famous got really scared for a second, that was all they needed to know he knew something about the data.
"What makes you think I know something about the that, now if you excuse me I have to go now..." he was about to terminate the connection.
"A person stole it for something called the Net Masters" Mr. Famous stopped what he was about to do.
"...the data was never supposed to leave the school unless by a Scilab scientist"
"So you do know something about the data then" Sean interrupted
"What is the data that they stole?"
"If you give a minute Sean, I'll explain everything" Sean stopped asking questions so Mr. Famous could continue. I was silently thanking god so could finally understand what was stolen.
"The data was one of many Dark/Viral Net Navi information that we collected over the years, sorry Chaud" Sorry Chaud? Why would he be sor...ry. No, they didn't put that info there did they.
"Which navi data was at the high school?" I tried to stay as calm as possible about this while I asked him.
"Protoman DS" I slammed my hands on the desk and started yelling at Mr. Famous.
"WHAT'S HIS DATA DOING THERE! DON'T YOU PEOPLE HAVE ANY BRAINS" Mr. Famous looked like he just stabbed someone, and he did. Me. How could he do that? That's my navi's data they put there and since we weren't informed, it was stolen.
"Chaud you need to calm down" Sean put his hand on my shoulder.
"CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF THEY HAD YOUR NAVI'S DATA ON PROFILE WITHOUT TELLING YOU" I knocked his hand away.
"I'm sorry Chaud but, the data was made in case a navi went viral and started havoc" He stopped to see if I would let him finish. I gave him the signal to keep going.
"We wanted a way to stop the navis without deleting them"
"So you stole Protoman's Data" I said as coldly as possible.
"We didn't steal it, we still had it from when we were trying to cure Protoman of the Dark Chip"
"So you have data on every navi we've faced before" Sean tried to change the topic off of Protoman.
"No, just the Navi's who went Dark/Viral or who ever was already" He stopped to think of an example.
"Ok for example: We don't have data on Torchman because he never went dark and he is not a dark type while, on the other side we do have data on Bass and Protoman because Bass is a Dark Net Navi and Protoman went dark, you get it now?"
"Yeah, except for one thing"
"What's that?"
"Why wasn't the data in Scilab" I interrupted Sean.
"We thought it would be to dangerous to keep all of the data in one spot, even though Scilab is safe, it has been broken into quite a few times" He looked embarrassed to say that last part.
"So why was the data at school then?" I asked.
"Well we thought it was also a risk factor for one person to hide the data, so a different person was assigned to hide a different piece of data"
"You didn't answer my question, why was the data at school?" I was starting to lose my patience with him.
"Well you've have to ask the person who hid your data, because like everyone else, I'm not allowed to know where they hid each of the data"
"Then how did you know the data in the school was mine?"
"I knew because I asked to know which places the data on the Net Officials went" "So far they only sent me the data on where yours went, no one else's"
"Who sent you the data?" Sean asked this time.
"Once again a risk factor, the person couldn't tell me his or her name without the caution of them getting captured for the data"
"Can you at least tell us, whose data is still out there?" Sean asked Mr. Famous. Hoping to get a head start on the bad guys.
"Sorry once again a..."
"We know, we know, a risk factor" I could tell Sean was starting to get just as mad as me.
"But, I can tell you how many data profiles there are in two days tops"
"We it's better than nothing I suppose but, how did they know where Protoman DS's data was in the first place, what do you think Chaud"
"Well I'll get back to you two as soon as I can"
"Alright, see ya Mr. Famous"
"Please just Famous okay" The link then closed.
(End Flashback)
"Chaud they didn't think anyone would find out about it's hiding place"
"You don't understand Sean, that data is a reminder of my past, of the mistake I made" "That data should have never have needed to be made, if I hadn't used the Dark Chip none of this would be happening" Then Sean did something out of character, he punched me square in the jaw.
"Do you honestly think I have no idea what you're going through, I almost destroyed the net, I sent navi after navi to fight you guys just to see them get deleted" Sean was staring down at me while catching his breath. "I didn't care what happened to anyone else as long as I got control"
"But I turned my Net Navi, no my best friend into a monster"
"Yeah but, you did it so no one would get hurt by Shademan's plans, I on the other hand turned navis evil for my own personal gain. You have nothing to worry about"
"..." I know he's telling the truth but, I just can't get over the fact about what I did to Protoman.
"Chaud, sir" I came back to reality when the navi of our conversion started talking.
"It's not your fault sir, you did what was right for others, if it were me, I would have used the Dark chip as soon as I heard Lan and Megaman talking about it, if it meant saving others"
"You cared what happened to others when you used it and that's all that matters" Protoman finished.
"Thanks guys" "Now we better tell the others, they will want to know this too, especially Lan"
"Why would he want to know, besides being a Net Official?"
"Because, his Navi went dark once too"
(Lan's POV)
"Megaman, how many more days till school starts?" I asked while getting dressed. Chaud called us all up last night and told us to meet him at Yai's tree house. Although I'm wondering why he chose Yai's place instead of Scilab or something.
"Another six days Lan"
"Thanks Megaman" I just finished putting my shoes on when the door bell rang.
"I'll get it" Mom yelled
"Thanks mom" I pick up Megaman's PET on the way out of my room. On the way downstairs I smell something delicious. I go into the kitchen thinking it's there but, there's no food.
"Lan, the food is in here" I heard Maylu's voice say from the living room. I run as fast as I can to the living room recognizing the smell to be curry. When I get there, there's no food to be found.
"Alright, enough of the cruel joke, where is the curry?" Both my mom and Maylu pretended they had no idea what I was talking about.
"Maylu do you know what this curry is"
"No I don't know, Lan, what is curry" It took all they had to keep themselves from laughing. This was the cruelest joke they have done yet. The reason for all this was something Lan and Megaman did a while back.
(Flashback)
"Spidey virus!" Roll yelled at the top of her voice. Normally viruses didn't bother her but, Spidey viruses was a completely different story. Although she wouldn't be the only one yelling in a minute.
"Spider!" Maylu went and ran right out of her room not noticing a Netbattler holding a box that said "Pet Store" on it.
(End Flashback)
It took forever to calm them down and even longer for them to talk to us again and even still they hold a grudge and that was 3 years ago! As you can tell right now she still hasn't gotten over it. As I try to get the info. on the curry I wonder. What was Megaman's punishment over the years. He says Roll gets back at him but, never say what. Roll told me it's true but, she won't tell me either and Maylu won't even talk about it. What is she doing that's so bad Megaman won't tell me.
"Okay Lan, we'll tell you on one condition" Maylu said
"Okay what it is, I do anything"
"Anything?"
"Yes, now please where is it"
"You have to be my slave until school starts" She's joking right.
"There is no way I'm going to be your slave" Crossing my arms to get the point through.
"Oh well, I guess all this curry with have to go to waste than, too bad" This is dirty fighting. I mean come on, we played that joke over 3 years ago, why can't they just let it go. Just as she starts to walk away, I decide to give in to my stomach.
"Alright, Alright just give me the curry, please"
"So, you will be my slave now"
"Yes, yes now please where is the curry!" She starts giggling and points...behind me. What's going on here? I turned around and didn't see anything. Ok enough is enough, I agreed to be her slave now where is the curry.
"Oh come on Lan, the curry is in plain sight" Great now Megaman is mocking me. I don't get it. I'm looking all over the place and I still can't find it.
"Maylu you better point him out better, or we'll be here all day" Now Roll, come on where is the curry.
"Lan look up and behind where you were standing" I do what she says and all I see is our overhead fan. Funny I don't remember there being a light attached to it.
"All I see is our fan and a light attached to it" Everyone looked at me like I just said Dr Wily was a good guy.
"I knew he was dense but not that dense"
"Hey, I'm not dense!"
"Lan look again, and this time a little more closely" I look up again and noticed that it wasn't a light up there but, a bowl tied up with a thin wire. I just looked like the biggest dumbass on the planet. They all started laughing once I caught on. I started laughing too, sometimes I wish laughing wasn't so contagious.
We started walking to Yai's place after getting the curry down. I'm really starting to get hungry, waiting to get to Yai's place so I can eat. There is one thing on my mind though, why did Chaud seem so angry with me and why Yai's Tree house. Something just isn't right here. Oh well, time to get some curry while Maylu is talking to Roll.
"Laannn, leave it alone or your never use that hand again" Damn, how does she do that. She didn't even turn around.
"You know what, my arms are tired, carry my stuff" she said taking off her book bag.
"What! I'm not carrying your stuff" I walk ahead of her to make my point clear.
"You don't have a choice, your my slave remember" Damn it, why did I make that stupid agreement anyway. My stomach answered me by growling. That's why. I got it!
"Alright Maylu I'll carry your stuff" Trying to take the book bag and the curry.
"Nice try Lan, take the bag not the curry"
"Oh man! Well it was worth a shot" Taking the bag away from Maylu.
"Come on Lan, we're almost there" We walked up to the tree house and pushed the button for the elevator. Yes, Yai has a elevator for the tree house now. Anyway when we got to the top. Only Yai, Chaud, and Dex were there. While we waited for Sean, Mamoru, and Tory to show up, Maylu was keeping me and Dex away from the curry until everyone else showed up. I finally gave up and decided to netbattle. I beat Dex just as Tory, Sean, and Mamoru showed up.
"Okay, everyone is here so lets start the meeting" Chaud always straight to business.
"Last night Chaud and I talked to Mr. Famous about our thief from yesterday" he stopped to make sure we were listening "the data there was Navi data"
"Whose Navi data was it" I asked
"It was..."
"Protoman DS" Chaud interrupted. The shock blew us back a step.
"Say What!"
(Sean's POV)
"Say What!" Lan, Dex, and Tory yelled.
"Why was Protoman's data at the high school?" "It just doesn't make sense"
"The data was put there for safe keeping, whoever hid it didn't think anyone would find it"
"What do you mean whoever? How do you not know? Its Protoman's data for crying out loud!" Yai yelled, almost as pissed as Chaud last night, and I mean almost.
"It's part of a set of data on Dark/Viral Navis" Chaud continued.
"Like Shademan?" Maylu asked
"Yes, any Navi that is of Darkness or became a Dark Navi is in the set"
"Wait, with all those Dark chips going around 4 years ago there has to be a lot of data"
"Not necessary. Only the data Scilab knows about is there, so that limits are search down"
"So what are we waiting for? We have to protect that data and get Protoman's back"
"Its not that easy. Different Scilab scientists hid each of the data, so we don't know whose data is out there and where"
"Why wasn't the data at Scilab? It's safer there than at any school" Lan asked
"Well after all the times Scilab got busted into its... not exactly the safest place around"
"Sad but true" Dex, Mamoru, Maylu, and Yai said
"So what are we supposed to do?" Lan asked
"We wait for Mr. Famous to tell us" Chaud said.
"Calling Net Officials"
"Net Officials reporting in Mr. Famous"
"Just Famous"
"Lets get to the point here, what did you find out about the data Mr. Famous" Chaud said
"Well I found out there are 15 data files hidden all around Den Tech City"
"Only 14 of them?" I asked, "Last night by the way you were talking about it, I thought there would be a lot more"
"Yes but all the data was on the really strong navis you've faced"
"I don't get it" Dex said
"It's simple, lets say a non-customized navi went DS, there is no point in collecting the data because even though it went DS it can still be beat by an experienced Net Op"
"So you only collected the data on really strong navis?" Mamoru guessed.
"Exactly"
"Do you know who's data is out there?"
"As Sean and Chaud probably told you, I don't know because it's a risk factor"
"Ok, so we have to figure out whose data is out there and where" Lan said
"Yes, I'm sorry I can't be of any more use"
"Actually you can help us Mr. Famous" Mamoru said
"How?"
"You said a different person hid each data right?"
"Right"
"Sooo, where is the data you hid" Everyone wanted to stupid slap themselves for not thinking of this sooner.
"I'm not supposed to tell you" He got the death glare from everyone in the room, "but under these circumstances I suppose it's alright" Everyone lightened up.
"I hid the data on Shademan"
"Where did you hide it?"
"I hid it in the netbattling arena in Net City" My mouth dropped to the floor. He hid Shademan's data in the most public place possible is he
"Brilliant!" Maylu yelled, huh?
"How is that brilliant?"
"Well think about it, if your looking for something important to steal, where would you look"
"In the most secure place possible, what does that hav... oh I get it now"
"Get what?" Dex asked
"Think about it, scratch that you might hurt yourself"
"Hey!"
"Since the data is so important..."
"No one would think to look for it in a public place like that" Lan finished
"Exactly" I'm beginning to see why that person hid Protoman's data in the school.
"But, what happens if a regular old thief tries to steal something for some quick cash?" Maylu asked concerned.
"We have other Net Officials looking over it just in case" Mr. Famous said, "but if it would make you feel better you can go check up on them as long as you don't blow their cover"
"Okay we will" Chaud finally said something. He seemed to be thinking about something, or more likely someone.
"Okay everyone lets head to Net City, Jack in Megaman, Power Up"
"Jack in Roll, Power Up"
"Jack in Gutsman, Power Up"
"Jack in Iceman, Power Up"
"Jack in Protoman, Power Up"
"Jack in Serenade, Power Up"
"Jack in Axl, Power Up"
(Mysterious POV)
"Interesting, there are data files hidden around" "If I could get it, I could become strong enough to defeat Megaman" The figure turned around and pulled a PET out of a hidden slot in his arm.
"This time Megaman you will not win, Jack in"
(Megaman's POV)
"We're almost there Lan" Walking down the streets of Net City.
"Good when you get there we can check up on the navi's there" We were almost there, when Thunderman showed up.
"Hey Megaman"
"Hey Thunderman, what's up"
"I'm here for a netbattle, but no one can beat me" he paused for a second "I know, how about a netbattle with you guys?"
"I don't know, we were in the middle of something" I said while scratching my head.
"Why don't I come with then?" Axl came up behind me and pushed me forward.
"Naw it's not that important, in fact Megaman can stay here to battle you while we go do the job" I wanted to go to but, the look on Protoman's face told me to stay like Axl said to.
"Sure we'll battle you, bye guys" Everyone else started to go except Roll, who probably stayed to watch the match.
"Okay let's get started" We started walking to the fighting part of the Arena.
(Axl's POV)
"Now that Thunderman is gone we can get back to the mission" We got to the main guard center of the Netbattle Arena. They were a few navis there for cheating in the arena or trying to steal battlechips from the opponents. We made our way around trying to find the area with the Officials guarding the data.
"I wonder where they are?" I asked everyone.
"Well Mr. Famous did say they would be undercover, right" Serenade offered.
"You're right lets keep looking" The more we looked, the more we thought Mr. Famous sent us here to get us out of his hair. Then Gutsman noticed two navis that seemed out of place one was a Vampire Bat type navi like Shademan and sniper type navi like...
"Hey it's Searchman!" Gutsman said so loud that everyone in the room turned to look.
"It's nothing go back to your business" Searchman said.
"Try not to draw so much attention next time!" He told us.
"Sorry about that" Glyde said.
"What are you doing here and who is he" Protoman asked while pointing at the other navi.
"I can't tell you what we're doing here but, as for his name it's Dark Necrobat"
"Nice to meet you Dark Necrobat" I held out my hand to shake his. He then looked at me like I had 2 heads or something. I backed off and went to Serenade.
"Man is he rude..."
"I heard that" I snapped around to look at him.
"I'm a Bat-type navi, I have better hearing than most navis" He was smirking while saying this, and why not he made me look like an idiot.
"Sorry I can't talk right now but, I'm on assignment right now so could you guys leave"
"No problem, let's go guys" Protoman gathered everybody up, "we can check on Megaman and Thunderman's battle now" Gutsman and Iceman ran up to him.
"Wait, what about checking on data file?" Iceman asked
"We just did, Searchman couldn't tell us what he was guarding but, I could tell he was watching the data file for Mr. Famous"
"Now let's go check on Megaman"
(Megaman's POV)
I just won the battle against Thunderman and it wasn't easy, I had to use 3 Soul Unions against him. Thunderman, Roll, and I were just talking waiting for the others to come back.
"Hey Megaman!" Axl yelled from across the room. I guess the others found the data. Now to see what we were going to do next.
"Now that your friends are back I have to go, see ya Megaman"
Thunderman logging out
"We found the data, and it's being guarded by Searchman and some new navi" Serenade told us.
"Alright then, if Searchman is guarding it we don't have to worry about it" Lan said, "Ok guys get ready to log out so we can check in with Mr. Famous" Just as we were about to log out an explosion ripped through Net City.
"It came from the Guard Center!" Glyde yelled
"Oh no, Searchman could be in trouble" Roll tugged on my arm.
"Well let's go" I said as we ran for the Guard Center. When we got there a lot of navi were injured or logging out.
"What could have caused all this" Roll whispered.
"I think the better question is who, not what" Protoman said. A dark shot whizzed past Protoman just barely missing him.
"Ah man, I missed" All of us turned to see the navi that was with Searchman earlier.
"Dark Necrobat what are you doing, where is Searchman?" Protoman yelled at him.
"Oh you mean snack, he's right there" he pointed across the room to a battered up Searchman.
"You'll pay for this you bastard!" I morphed my hand to the Megabuster.
"You were supposed to be guarding the data files with Searchman!" Protoman joined in with his ProtoSword.
"You think those toys will stop me" Dark Necrobat started laughing.
"Dark Hold Battlechip in, download" Dark Necrobat held up his hand and everything stopped, us, Protoman who was two inches from striking his head, and the shot I fired while he was laughing.
"What! How the hell did he do that!" Lan yelled.
"It's the Dark Hold Battlechip, it stops time for anyone who isn't a dark navi"
"Hey! Whose there!" Chaud yelled. A new screen appeared on Yai's computer. A person in a cloak just like the Ice Master appeared. He wore a black cloak, had pitch black hair, brown eyes, and just like the Ice Master looked to be about our age.
"What the fuck! You're a Net Master!" Sean yelled.
"Yeah, so what?"
"How were you chosen to guard the data?" He started laughing.
"Let's just say this, Scilab needs way better security" Lan tried to load a battlechip while he was talking.
"Sorry but that won't work, like I said you need to be a dark navi to move while in Dark Hold"
"Dark Necrobat get the data and let's leave"
"Understood" He picked up the data file next to Searchman and beamed it up to his PET.
"Your not going anywhere" A powerful shot went by everybody and struck Dark Necrobat.
"Who dares to strike me!" A figure is standing outside the room is starting to walk in.
"I wouldn't go any farther if you don't want to be frozen like these fools"
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine" He walked in without getting frozen like everyone else.
"How are you still moving, my Dark Hold should have froze any non-dark navi"
"Whose says I'm not dark" He through back his cloak to reveal...
"Bass!"
"That's right, now hand over that data so I can finally defeat Megaman" He kept walking forward.
"Don't worry Dark Necrobat, we're prepared for this" he pulled out another chip, "Darksword Battlechip in, download"
"What! A Dark Chip, are you crazy" Lan and the others yelled.
"Dark Chips corrupt a navi's data!" Chaud yelled at him.
"I know that, but Dark Necrobat is a special case" he paused to make sure we were still listening, "he was made of the data of corrupted navis who used the dark chips"
"No Way!"
"Yup, so don't worry too much about his safety"
"You should still worry human, just because he can use dark chips doesn't mean he is safe from me!" After he said that, Bass went charging in. While having already formed his Darksword he was ready.
"Battle Routine Set ...Execute!"
"Dark Blade!"
"Heere I comeee" Dark Necrobat charged at Bass.
End
Zero Maverick: Sorry this took so long to make but I got grounded for failing French.
Kimmy: It's your own fault for reading Fanfiction instead of studying
Zero Maverick: Well if the tests weren't so hard I would have passed
Kimmy: Whatever
Zero Maverick: Next chapter up next week
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