Pikatwig: Well, the next chapter of this adventure is here.

KKD: *appears in a flash of light*. Sorry I'm late. What'd I miss?

Pikatwig: Nothing much.

KKD: Just checking, Mango. Ready for disclaimers?

Pikatwig: Sure thing Silver.

KKD: Only thing we own here folks, are our interpretations of the Megaman characters. The rest belong to their respective owners such as Capcom & Archie.

(Ian's POV)

"So… what's happened since I died?" I asked.

"...It's... complicated," Dr. Stellar answered. "We tried to bring you back, and Dr. Wily used Dr. Light's inventions to try and take over."

"Oh… so Project Mega brought me back… why does it feel like my head's all… scrambled?" I asked.

Seeing as Roll was there, she only shrugged, a bit confused.

"Oh?" Dr. Light asked, walking over to me. "I don't remember… meeting you, or what happened to me when I was younger or…"

"Well what do ya recall, Ian?" Roll asked.

I took a moment to think and said the first thing to come to my mind. "Meeting you."

I couldn't help but see Roll blush in response.

"Anyway… we gave you an armor you can summon. I hate to put this burden on you Inafune-kun, but… you need to fight Dr. Light's Robot Masters and stop Dr. Wily," my mom told me, calling me by my real name.

"Inafune?" I asked.

"Your real name, son," she told me, and I shrugged it off.

"Alrighty… so, can we get going with this already?" I asked.

"Right," my mom and Dr. Light nodded. "Analyzing the designs of my Robot Masters, the best one for you to do battle with first is DLN. 007 Time Man," Dr. Light told me.

"Why's that?" I asked.

"He's still a work-in-progress bot like DLN. 008 Oil Man, but at least it's more of a fair fight for your first battle." Roll said.

I gave a tiny nod, and smiled at her.

"You ready, Ian?" mom asked me, checking to see if I was set to enter battle.

"Yep. So, how do I activate my armor?"

"You can activate it upon mental command," Dr. Light answered.

"In layman's terms?" I asked.

"Ya turn it on with yer thoughts; yer mind," Roll explained.

"Ah… thanks Roll-chan, but is there like something I can call out to activate it?"

"Yea. You can make up a code word if you want," Dr. Light said.

I thought for a moment, and then something cool came to my mind. "I got something."

"Then let's hear it," Dr, Light replied.

"Kamen… HENSHIN!" I shouted out. It was then recorded as a passcode before the armor suddenly began to appear on top of my body.

"SUGOI!" Roll shouted out.

"Nice," Dr. Stellar admitted before typing something into a nearby console. "Ganbare… Ian."

With that, I was suddenly teleported away in a flash of blue light before reappearing near the town's clock tower.

"Alrighty, better get moving," I muttered.

-Ian, make your way to the clock tower without harming the innocents. But be careful, Wily may have already sent some troops to defend the tower and prevent anyone from interfering,- I heard mom's voice in my head.

"How are you contacting me?" I asked, as I started walking to the tower.

-EM Waves, that's as simple as I can put it right now.-

"Thought it would be some sort of communicator in me, but yea, that coupled with the EM Waves would make logical sense," I replied.

You see, EM Waves are this mysterious magnetic wavelength that surrounds human and robots alike, they can pass through things without harming anything. It wasn't that long ago that people started using these waves for new purposes, but since it was still new, it wasn't open to the general public, in fact, as far as I knew, only scientists like my mom and Dr. Light had access to it to communicate with each other or their robotic creations. But nonetheless, I needed to find a way to get into the clock tower, and I had no idea how to...

"But how am I supposed to get inside the clock tower, mom?" I asked.

-The EM Waves. In your armored form, it is possible for you to run along them, or even grind on them. There's an access point up on the 10th floor, from there, you gotta make your way to the very top, there's where Time Man has been reported to be seen,- mom told me, and wouldn't you know it, just as I learn this, convenience hits me as I saw some strange waves of color, popping out from the rest of the environments, which I later figured out were the EM Waves themselves.

"Alrighty," I muttered, as I ran up along the surface of the wall, my shoes somehow parkouring to the surface of it, as I hopped onto the EM Waves. "Sugoi…" I muttered.

I had to start running up these waves like they were a special path in the middle of the air seeing as I couldn't get the momentum to grind uphill just yet.

-How's it going Ian-kun?- Roll asked me.

"Okay I guess, I'm just running up the waves instead of grinding like mom said," I told her.

-It's alright; it can take a while to get used to those waves anyway,- she told me.

"Roll… why did Dr. Wily do this?" I asked, trying to calm my mind.

-I honestly have no idea right now.-

"...Had a feeling you'd say that…"

-Sorry, sugahcube.-

I blushed a tiny bit, and then rubbed the back of my helmet in thought. I continued moving a bit, and then I looked down seeing the Mets and Sniper Joes surrounding the clock tower from the ground level… I was just glad that I was just up above them at this point and that they didn't see me, otherwise, I would've been shot in an instant. The only problem with going up this method… the Beaks. I don't know how, I don't know why, but somehow and someway, these Beaks built into the side of the building detected me, opened up and started firing like crazy.

"GAH!" I shouted, trying to dodge the blasts.

-Ian? What's going on?- I heard mom shout as I dodged the blasts, the EM Waves somehow giving me a hand as it's curves and swerves somehow helped me duck and dodge much more efficiently.

"Getting attacked by some sort of enemies!" I shouted.

-Can you get me a visual? Your optic sensors have special camera in them allowing them to take footage of what you see, and you can send them to me via the EM waves you aren't using to walk on,- mom told me, using some techno jargon I didn't get.

"In English please!" I shouted.

-You have cameras built into your eyes! Just access it with your thoughts to take the pics and use your thoughts to send them over!- mom clarified as I soon thought those thoughts and what looked like a camera lense view took up the vision in my eyes.

I did so, and then ran for cover, ducking out of the sight of those blasted beaks.

"Okay, I'm safe for now, what've you got on those things, mom?" I asked.

-Alright… let's see… it's called a Blaster/Beak. It's weak area is the center where it blasts, so try aiming there!-

"So basically… aim at the gun in their mouths?" I checked, trying to put it in terms I could understand at the time.

-Yep!-

I then nodded, but then realized one problem… I don't know how to access a weapon.

"Now that I think about it… how do I fight? Is there a weapon in this armor?" I asked.

(Back at the lab, Roll's POV)

Oh great… I knew we shoulda waited to actually explain everything to Ian in the lab instead of just sending him out to learn on the job like the doctors did.

"Oi! Give me that!" I shouted. "Ian, listen carefully. You have these special energy cannons called Busters built into your arms. The default mode is coded named the Mega Buster. Like with your other abilities, just think, and you can summon one of these busters onto your arms."

-Okay!- Ian replied, as we watched him blast away at the Beaks. -So… is it limited to my left arm or no?- he asked.

"No. You have access to one on your right arm, too, but it's recommended you use only one at a time, seeing if you use both, your energy will end up draining very very quickly." I replied.

-Okay… so, I managed to beat the Beaks. I'm continuing on my way now,- Ian replied, continuing his way up.

"Just be careful son. You don't know how many of those things, or of any other robots Wily has to keep interlopers out," Dr. Stellar told him.

-Gotcha!-

(Clock tower, Megaman's POV)

I simply continue moving, and soon enough I reached the 10th floor's access point. "I reached the access point, and I'm getting into the tower,"

-Good. Now Dr. Wily's not known for being subtle, so if Time Man's up there, look for a door with a W on it; it should lead you right to him,- mom told me.

"That's been the most straightforward you've been with me all day," I pointed out.

-Heh… I suppose so.- Mom giggled at me, as I headed inside, seeing the inner workings of the clock were kinda big. I gave a sigh as I walked forward.

Suddenly, I saw some spinning cans with eyeballs come my way along with these strange metal eyeball with four magnetic suction cups around their bodies. I went ahead and blasted them with ease, and quickly got moving.

"What are these things?" I asked.

-Send me a picture, quick!- Mom told me, which I did. -Tellies and Octopus Batteries. They may not look like much, but trust me when I say they can truly be annoying.-

"Telly, Octopus Battery, Beak… please tell me you're making those names up!" I groaned.

-I wish I was…- she replied. -You'll have to either blast your way past these pest, or find a way around them in order to get to the door.-

I quickly blasted away at them, and while the Octopus Batteries stayed down… the Tellies just kept respawning! I was able to avoid most of them, and get a little further in. I saw an electrically charged pendulum swinging around.

"What's up with that?" I asked.

-Just seeing it from here, we got no ideas,- Roll replied.

"Generators maybe?" I guessed.

-Actually yes, those are indeed generators,- Dr. Light said.

"Wait, what?"

-I examined this place a bit, those generate electricity for the clock tower. Elec Man offered to make those, just don't stare at them…- Dr. Light advised.

However, the one problem… I didn't notice it, but I have been staring at those stupid pendulums.

-IAN!- Roll yelled, snapping me out of that, as I ducked under them and continued on my way up. I saw a sign that read "Floor 13".

"Why don't I like that?" I muttered to myself before looking around for the door with the W on it.

And it was… above me. I sighed, as I jumped up and arrived at where the clock part of the tower was.

"Here I go…" I muttered, as I looked around, and then I heard a warning signal go off in my head.

This forced me to be on my toes and keep looking until… a sort of teleporting signal came in, and a voice yelled out "Time's Up!"

I turned in the direction of the voice and saw a purple Robot Master with a clock on his chest and alarm bells on his head.

"Eh? Who are you?" I asked, a little unsure of who he was.

"I am Time Man, a Robot Master working with the Great Dr. Wily. And what are you doing here?!" the Robot Master asked me.

"I'm here to stop you Time Man!" I shouted.

He rolled his eyes at me, unconvinced by my claims.

"What makes you think you can stop me?" Time Man scoffed.

I… honestly didn't know. But I simply fired my Buster at him. He was damaged slightly, but he was set to counter.

"Heh, you're going down!" Time Man said, readying some arrows of sorts.

"Uh oh," I gulped, readying myself for whatever is to come, he then fired them, and just as I was set to dodge, time began to slow down.

Before I knew it, I was attacked from all angles before the arrows hit me. "Itai…" I muttered. "How did…?"

-His ability is called Time Slow. It allows the user to slow the flow of time!- Mom told me.

"Oh now you tell me!" I responded, feeling a bit annoyed.

-...sorry. I just found out. Took Dr. Light a while to get the data on Time Man up for me to see this,- Mom replied.

"Oh boy…" I groaned as I tried to keep my guard up.

He slowed time down again, but I was able to avoid his "Time Arrows" and fire the Mega Buster, which did manage to get some good hits. "Uh… I could use a bit of advice here," I said.

-He does have a weakness, but you don't have access to the required weapon,- Dr. Light answered.

-Try a Charged Shot!- Roll suggested.

"How do I do that?" I asked.

-Just focus your energy into your Buster, wait for the right moment, and then blast away!- Roll said.

I just nodded, aimed the buster in front of me, waiting for just the right moment as I charged my buster, then I saw Time Man approach, and then… BABOOM! I managed to beat Time Man, he was out-cold, and then I saw him.

-Now you need to copy the Time Slow. Just touch Time Man and your variable weapon system will copy it onto the Copy Chip,- Dr. Light explained.

"Okay… I think I got it," I nodded, walking up to Time Man and placing my hand on his arm before on my visor it displayed some info I couldn't understand, and then it said "Weapon Get: Time Slow."

"Uh… Cool?" I replied, confused as I was about to walk away before I saw Time Man struggle to get up for a moment.

"...Just… who are you?" he demanded of me.

This took me back for a moment as I began to think. The codename of what brought me back to life is "Project: Mega" so…

"Ore wa… Megaman!" I shouted.

"...Onore… Mega...man…" Time Man grunted before passing out again. I was then teleported away in a blue flash…

Pikatwig: This was a nice chapter huh?

KKD: Sure was. I really liked how our hero had to learn of his powers instead of knowing it right at the start.

Pikatwig: Yea, that was really funny.

KKD: Well, that's 1 bot down, 7 to go.

Pikatwig: Hai. Anyway, what did you think of how Ian gave himself the name Megaman?

KKD: Pretty accurate if someone were in his spot. And… I kinda like it.

Pikatwig: Yep. Anyway, anything else?

KKD: Well… not really… *checks watch* In any case we'd better close this up; we've got another story to get to.

Pikatwig: Just Live More.

KKD: Jaa ne! *With a blast from his Gaburevolver on the ground, the two vanish in a pillar of light.*