I own no Megaman characters, any familiar dialogue or the main plot. Credits to Capcom.
Before I begin, I would like to say a big thank you to 'MysteriousClue' for adding this story to their favorites and 'SonicAmyTailsFan' for adding this story to their alerts and favorites.
Reply to Stardustwarrior's review of Chapter 1: Game switch? You mean the sequels? If that's what you're talking about, it might be a while before I decide what to do with the sequels.
That fight will come soon, but this chapter will also contain a fight, albeit a small one.
Reply to Emeraldpichu's review of Chapter 1: Thanks. If this is to your liking, then I hope that you stick around.
-Chapter 2: Cooking Up Some Trouble!-
After School...
A boring six or so hours in school later, classes were finally over. However, Lan and Megaman weren't totally free yet.
"So, why are we waiting for Dex again?" Megaman asked. "Wasn't he the one who hosted the challenge?"
"He's got after school cleaning duty today," Lan told his Navi. "So I can't bail on him."
"Hmm, you're right on the not bailing part..."
It took a long time, but eventually, Dex made it out. The two friends began to make their way to the squirrel statue in the park.
"What took you so long?" Lan asked impatiently. "It's just cleaning duty, right?"
"Sorry, Lan! It's just that I was rushing and when I was done, Ms Mari told me to do it again!"
"Sigh... Whatever. Let's do this!"
"Yeah! Gutsman is so gonna beat Megaman this time!"
"I doubt that!"
A few minutes of waking later, Lan and Dex arrived at the park. It had everything anyone could want: playing areas for the kids, chatting areas for the adults, green grass, tall trees and an area for Net Battles. The pink squirrel statue in the middle of the park was known to ACDC residents to be a ground for kids to have Net Battles on. The park in this bright, sunny afternoon would soon turn into a battleground for Lan and Dex, who stepped in front of the squirrel statue.
"Said your prayers, Lan?" Dex taunted him, extending out the cord from his PET. "Jack in, Gutsman! Execute!"
"Hah! You're gonna wish you said yours!" Lan grinned, pulling out his PET's cord. "Jack in, Megaman! Execute!"
In The Squirrel Statue...
The squirrel statue's 'cyber sky' was dark blue with images of squirrels flashing about. At the same time, Megaman and Gutsman's 'cyber battleground' was as green as grass and looked like it, too.
In flashes of blue light, the two NetNavis appeared, looking ready to fight.
"Guts! You think you can stand up to this?" Gutsman taunted Megaman, pounding his chest with his left fist.
"You won't be able to stand up when this battle's over!" Megaman smirked. "Lan, are you ready?"
"As always!" Lan replied.
"Get ready, Gutsman!" Dex told his Navi.
"Guts! Okay, Megaman. I'll let you make the first move!"
"You're asking for it," Megaman warned him, his right arm forming his Mega Buster.
The battle began with Megaman firing at few shots at Gutsman, who took direct hits from them. After getting back up, Gutsman's right fist grew. He rushed at Megaman and stretched his arm out for the punch, only to miss. Gutsman raised his left arm and swung it at Megaman, but before it connected with him, Megaman was sent Area Steal and he warped away. Now behind Gutsman, Megaman charged his Mega Buster and fired a powerful shot at his opponent's back.
"Grr... I'll get you for that, Lan!" Dex vowed. "Guts Hammer! Battle chip in! Download!"
Gutsman stretched his hands upwards, clasped them together and formed a large hammer in place of them. He swung it down and created a violent shockwave which was sent at Megaman, who jumped over it.
"Guts... Hold still!" Gutsman shouted as his Guts Hammer disappeared and his hands returned.
"We've got him now, Megaman!" Lan told Megaman. "Cyber Sword! Battle chip in! Download!"
Megaman's Mega Buster disappeared and in its place was a normal sized sword. After landing on the ground, he leaped at Gutsman, raised his sword and slashed down at him. He heard his opponent fall to the cyber ground. Turning around, he saw that Gutsman was being jacked out.
"GUTSMAN, LOGGING OUT," a computerized voice announced.
In The Real World...
"Grr... I'll get you for this, Lan!" Dex vowed, leaving the park.
"You were awesome, Megaman!" Lan praised Megaman, jacking him out of the statue. "Now let's go home."
Coming home, Lan was greeted by his mom, but saw a a strange man checking out the home control panel next to the TV. His slightly long hair, sideburns and pointed beard were as red as fire, slightly contrasting with his NetSafety uniform. NetSafety, as Lan's mother began to explain, sent this man to their house to check for viruses.
"We think viruses are responsible for the oven accidents," said man told Lan. "We're checking every home's control panel just to be safe."
"Thanks, mister," Lan said to him. "We won't get in your way."
"While we wait for him to finish, let's get on the Net," Megaman suggested.
"Good idea."
Lan walked up the stairs and entered his room. He switched on his computer and took out his battle chip sack in case of viruses, before throwing his backpack next to the drawer.
"Alright. Here we go," Lan said to Megaman when he logged in. "Jack in, Megaman! Execute!"
On The Internet...
Megaman arrived at Lan's homepage, which had a teal cyber ground and a soccer themed cyber sky. He was greeted by some of the Mr Progs (various programs) before stepping on a portal to the Internet.
Megaman laid eyes on a vast network, with a grass green cyber ground and a bright blue cyber sky. There were many paths leading to many different people's homepages (access to them being blocked off by Security Gates, which required the correct password inputted to let a Navi through), most appliances and other areas in the Net. The world wide Net was split into different countries' areas, which were split into different cities' areas, those of which were split into different areas for the different towns. Those who jacked into the Net from ACDC Town, like Lan, would arrive in the 'ACDC Area', a part of the entire 'DenTech Area'.
A few steps into the ACDC Area, Megaman saw Glyde, who looked like he was worrying about something.
"Hey, Glyde!" Megaman called for him. "Something wrong?"
"Ah, good afternoon, Megaman," Glyde greeted his friend formally, though with a worried tone. "Yes, something is very wrong. One of Ms Yai's programs has gotten himself lost!"
"Lost?" Megaman gasped. "That doesn't sound good. The poor guy could be anywhere."
"You're darn right it doesn't sound good!" the sound of Yai's voice cried. In the Net, voices of those speaking in the real world were projected through the Net, so a NetNavi can hear their NetOp. "And he was one of my favorite programs, too!"
Yai began to weep, but Lan tried his best to calm her down.
"Hey, how about we help you look for that program?" Lan suggested.
"You would?" Yai responded, her hopes rising. "Oh, thank you, Lan! Thank you! When you've found it, bring it back to my homepage and tell it to let me know. Glyde, give Megaman here the password."
"Certainly, Ms Yai." Glyde turned to Megaman and told him the password to Yai's homepage. "Thank you in advance, Megaman. I'll check my right and you check your left."
"No problem," Megaman said. With that, the two friends split up.
Throughout the search, viruses were popping up in front of Megaman's way. They served no real purpose, other than to delete anything in their path. They were rather weak viruses, consisting mainly of Mettools and Canodumbs. A few shots with the Mega Buster was able to delete any wave of them.
Continuing the search, Megaman looked in open areas, corners and different Security Gates, but when he came across Tory's homepage's Security Gate, he saw Iceman talking with a Mr Prog.
"Hey, Iceman!" Megaman greeted him.
"Heya, Megaman," Iceman greeted him back, the NetOps following suit. "If you came to ask me to hang out, I can't right now. I agreed with this Mr Prog to Glyde, so he can take it back to Yai's homepage."
"Hey, don't worry about it," Megaman told him. "I agreed to help Glyde look for you and he gave me the password for the homepage. I'll take him back for you."
Just after, Tory's mom called him to have his snack. Tory hated to bail out, but it seemed like Megaman had everything covered, so after he and Iceman bid farewell to their friends, Iceman jacked out.
Just as promised, Megaman took Yai's Mr Prog over to the Security Gate, entered the password and entered Yai's homepage, which had a cyber ground of silver, gold and platinum and a diamond themed cyber sky.
After Lan let Yai know of the Mr Prog's return, Yai thanked him.
"You know, maybe I should start hiring you to help me with some other stuff!" Yai added.
"C'mon, Yai. We're friends," Lan chuckled. "You don't need to 'hire' me."
It was at that moment that Lan's mom called him for his snack.
"Well, I better go and eat," Lan told Yai. "I'll see ya later."
"Goodbye, and thanks again!"
At Lan's House...
After jacking out of the Internet, Lan switched off his computer and headed for the kitchen. However, he heard his mom shriek from there! He rushed to her to see what was wrong, with his battle chip sack ready, and found that the oven was set ablaze!
"Aah! How did that happen!?" Lan yelped.
"I-I don't know!" his mother responded. "I was trying to make hotcakes, but look! And the repairman said that nothing was wrong! What should we do!?"
"Well, either that guy was just a rookie or he just forgot something. Maybe it's a virus or a bug or something!"
"Lan! Jack me into the oven!" Megaman said to Lan from the PET. "I'll deal with it!"
"Are you crazy!?" Lan's mother shrieked. "Not only is that dangerous, Lan, but that PET is VERY expensive! What are you gonna do if you drop it!"
"Trust me, mom," Lan reassured her, walking up to the flaming oven. "I've got this. Jack in, Megaman! Execute!"
In The Hikaris' Oven...
Megaman was jacked into the oven, to see the whole place burning away. Everything, from the cyber sky and cyber ground to the panicking Mr Progs were tinted red because of the pillars of fire.
"Hey, are you alright?" he asked a group of three seemingly sweaty Mr Progs.
"Megaman! Yeah, we're fine," one of them answered.
"Did you see what happened?" Megaman asked.
"Well, all we saw was this hot headed Navi pop in and suddenly, this place was on fire," the second Mr Prog responded. "Because of this heat, this oven network is broken up."
"Do you know anything I can do?"
"Well, there's the oven control area..." the third Mr Prog said. "But those fires will get in the way. You'll need Ice Blocks."
"Great. Where are they?"
"Over there, in the thawing section," the first Mr Prog said, pointing to Megaman's left. "But we can't get to it because of those scary viruses over there!"
"Huh?"
Megaman turned in the direction the Mr Prog was pointing at and saw a Mettool, a Canodumb and a Flappy.
"Woah... Lan, you're right," he said to him. "There are viruses! And their data signatures are World Three's!"
"We've got to stop them!" Lan responded.
"Right!"
Megaman's left arm transformed into the Mega Buster and he managed to delete the Mettool and Canodumb, but the Flappy flew away. After it flew high up, it transformed into a silver weight and came crashing down on Megaman. However, the blue Navi dodged it in time, while charging up a Mega Buster shot. He took careful aim and released the shot, deleting the Flappy.
Turning to the Mr Progs, he told them, "You stay here. I'll take care of things from here."
"Alright. Good luck!"
Megaman took off and found more viruses standing in the way. He took care of them without an problem and found a panicking Mr Prog. He realized that he was in the thawing section because of the big ice block on the cyber ground.
"Megaman! Thank goodness you're here!" the Mr Prog spoke up.
"Do you know where the Ice Blocks are?" Megaman asked him.
"I have a few, but I'm too afraid to go out there and use them! Those viruses will attack me!"
"Don't worry about it," Megaman smiled. "I'll take care of things."
"What? You sure?"
"Very."
"Okay then," the Mr Prog said. "Use these to put out the fires on your way to the oven control area and fix the oven."
"Got it," Megaman said as he made his way. "Thanks."
Suddenly, though, fireballs were headed his way and blasted him down to the cyber ground!
"L...La...Lan..."
"Megaman? Megaman! What's wrong! Answer me, Megaman! Megaman!"
Virus Log-
Mettools: heads with a yellow pair of feet, a yellow helmet with a green cross, beady eyes and a pickaxe used to send shockwaves
Canodumbs: green cannons on stands which fire at anything in its path and can rotate itself, but only up to 90° clockwise or counterclockwise
Flappys: gray creatures that can fly and turn into a weight to crush anything below it and are invincible in their weight form
Well, what can I say? Megaman searches for the cause of the oven being on fire and gets blasted away. Not much else to it, really. Stay tuned next time!
-Have a great day, week, month, whatever, and stay upbeat, y'all!-