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Reply to Ghost501's review of Chapter 2: Hmm... An oversight on my part, perhaps. We'll say that Megaman hit Gutsman's weak points!
Reply to Stardustwarrior's review of Chapter 2: Well, the wait is over. I hope you and all of my other readers enjoy!
-Chapter 3: A Heated Battle-
In The Real World...
"L...La...Lan..."
"Megaman? Megaman! What's wrong! Answer me, Megaman! Megaman!"
There was no response from the PET. All Lan could see was a static screen. His mother shrieked in horror at the sight of the fires intensifying.
Suddenly, the PET beeped like a mobile phone, indicating a call. Lan didn't know who it was or why anyone would call him in this kind of situation, but he accepted the call anyway. A small window appeared on screen, along with a familiar face online!
"What?" Lan gasped. "You're that panel repair guy from before!"
"Ha ha ha! That was just a disguise!" the repairman cackled. "I work for World Three, laddie! The name's Mr Match!"
"So all of those oven explosions... They were your doing?"
"Heh! That's right! My Navi, Fireman, and I do pretty good work, eh, laddie?"
"You won't get away with this, Match!" Lan snarled.
"Ha ha! Sorry about that, but there's no escape! You've no choice but to join your Navi!"
After letting out another laugh, Mr Match hung up, leaving the window on Lan's PET to be closed. Lan growled. He needed to do something to put out the fire! Then, he remembered something that was in the house.
"What will we do, Lan?" his mother asked fearfully.
"Don't worry, mom!" Lan told her, heading for his room. "I know something that can put out that fire!"
After he entered his room, he frantically searched everywhere for what he was looking for. From under his bed, he pulled out a tray and took out his water blaster. To Lan's relief, it was full and could shoot a good dose of water at a time. On the way out, he took an empty battle chip, just in case he comes across some data. After rushing back to the kitchen, Lan held his PET up high. Underneath, he locked and loaded. Pulling the trigger, a burst of water was released around the oven. Lan used up all of his ammunition, but luckily, the fires were calmer.
"Oh, thank goodness the fires are better!" his mother sighed in relief.
The fuzzy static on the PET cleared up and Lan could see Megaman again, albeit still on the cyber ground.
"Megaman!" he called to him. "Answer me, Megaman!"
In The Hikaris' Oven...
"Megaman! Answer me, Megaman!"
Megaman could faintly hear the sound of Lan's voice. He struggled to get up.
"You okay, Megaman?" he heard Lan ask him.
"A little hot, but I'm fine!" Megaman said to him. "Thanks, Lan!"
"Now, c'mon! We've gotta fix the oven!"
"Roger!"
With his newly acquired Ice Blocks uploaded to him, Megaman headed out of the thawing section. On the way to the oven control area, he saw pillars of fire. He summoned the power of the Ice Blocks and froze the fires. Then, the ice cracked and shattered, leaving nothing left. There were also waves of viruses out to get Megaman, but he deleted them easily, taking no damage in the process.
Eventually, Megaman made it to the oven control area. The gold area of the oven had a matching dome with a lever on it. However, in front of it was a NetNavi, one of World Three's Navis, to be exact. He had a torch like head with fire burning on top of it and sported a red torso. His boots were gray and tipped with red, while his gloves were a slight gold color and could morph into his trademark cannon, the Fire Arm.
"Huh? Who are you?" he grunted.
"I'm Megaman! So, you're a World Three Navi, aren't you?" Megaman assumed. "Your mischief ends here!"
"Ha! So you're the Navi for this house! You and your kid operator don't stand a chance against Mr Match and me, Fireman!"
"We won't know unless I try! Lan, you ready for battle?"
"Yeah!" Lan grinned.
"Ha ha ha!" someone laughed evilly. It was Mr Match and he was addressing Lan through his PET. "Play with fire and you get burned, laddie! Let's show them what happens when children don't learn their lesson, Fireman!"
"Ha ha ha! I'll burn you, you puny Navi!" Fireman roared as he changed his hands into his Fire Arm.
"Not gonna happen, hothead!" Megaman grinned as he prepared his Mega Buster.
The battle began with streams of flame from the Fire Arm. Megaman jumped over it and blasted away at the fiery Navi with his Mega Buster. He received a Cyber Sword from Lan and slashed at Fireman, who screamed in pain.
"Heh heh. Not bad, kid," Fireman smirked. "But I'm just getting warmed up!"
As Megaman was about to make the second slash, he was hit with the Fire Arm and was sent crashing at the control area's dome. He dodged Fireman's free fist and slashed at him again. Fireman keeled over and growled.
"Grr... That's it!" Mr Match shouted in anger. "It's time to turn up the heat, Fireman! Fire Sword! Battle chip in! Download now!"
"Heh heh heh," Fireman laughed evilly at Megaman. "Trouble's cooking for you now, kid!"
Fireman's Fire Arm cannon disappeared from his arm and in its place was a thick orange blade with fire blazing around it. Fireman swung his blade at Megaman, but he backflipped away. The fire Navi leaped at him in pursuit and swung his blade down at the blue Navi, sending him down to the cyber ground.
"This doesn't look good, Lan," Megaman groaned in pain, his Cyber Sword disintegrating and his normal arm coming back. "If we don't get this guy, I'm toast!"
"But we can't give up now!" Lan responded. "Quake! Battle chip in! Download!"
A ball of glowing energy formed in Megaman's right hand. He grasped it and jumped away from Fireman's Fire Sword, landed behind him and threw it in the air above Fireman.
"What now?" Fireman grunted.
Megaman swung his arm down. The energy ball changed into a silver weight and was about to crash down on Fireman, but he jumped away from it and the Quake slammed down on the ground, then disappeared.
"You think that'll work on me?" Fireman taunted Megaman.
"No, but this will!"
Megaman charged his Mega Buster. He leaped over Fireman as he charged up his Fire Arm and pointed it at Megaman. He released the blast at Fireman's back.
"Hah! That won't work! This is the end for you, laddie!" Mr Match grinned. "Get fired up, Fireman! Fire Tower! Battle chip in! Download now!"
The fire that was lit above Fireman's head instantly grew twice its size. The Fire Arm's flames burst through the gaps and Fireman slammed the cannon down the cyber ground. Two pillars of scorching hot flame shot out of the cyber ground and slid along it to Megaman. Meanwhile, Megaman backed away in horror, but he soon found himself cornered by bumping his back to the dome. The Fire Towers quickly moved along until they came in contact with each other and Megaman, releasing a huge explosion which engulfed the blue Navi.
Lan called for Megaman, but he didn't respond. He lied on the cyber ground in pain. Fireman stepped in front of him, pointing his Fire Arm at him.
"It's been fun, Megaman," Fireman grinned evilly. "But now's the time to burn you."
"Megaman! Don't give up!" Lan commanded him. "Get up! Get up!"
"It's too late, laddie!" Mr Match cackled. "Your puny Megaman will be ash when Fireman's done with him!"
Mustering up just enough strength to carry on, Megaman slowly got up. His eyes locked with Fireman's.
"Megaman! You're alright!" Lan gasped in relief.
"Let it loose, Fireman!"
"Now, Megaman! Area Steal! Battle chip in! Download!"
Fireman released a stream of flames right at Megaman. The smoke from the small explosion that was made cleared up, but Megaman was nowhere to be found.
Suddenly, Fireman was hit on the back! He turned around to see Megaman right behind him!
"Grr... I'll roast you!" the fiery Navi yelled.
"Heh. Not before I put out your fire! Ready, Lan?"
"Let's do this!" Lan cheered. "Fighter Sword! Battle chip in! Download!"
Megaman grinned as his right arm was transformed into a long, powerful scarlet blade. It was Fireman's turn to step back in horror. He released flames from his Fire Arm, but they were slashed in half. Taking a leap, Megaman swung the Fighter Sword, which transformed into an extended red stream of energy, and slashed at Fireman one last time.
Fireman roared in extreme pain as he was sent flying to a corner. He turned his head to Megaman, who prepared his Fighter Sword again.
"Grr... You may have won this round," Fireman began. "But this won't be the last time we meet!"
"That's right. And anyway, we finished our mission," Mr Match added. "Yes, this is just the first step in World Three's plan!"
"What are you talking about!?" Lan demanded to know.
"I found the program we need right inside your oven! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Fireman, jack out. We'll meet again, laddie!"
Fireman managed to get up and began to disappear in a blue light.
"FIREMAN, LOGGING OUT."
Back In The Real World...
"Wait!" Lan shouted. But it was too late. Mr Match hung up. "Darn it!"
After Megaman had pushed down on the lever and fixed the oven, he jacked out and returned to the PET.
"Well, World Three's plans may really have begun, but on the bright side, we saved the house!" Megaman said.
"Yes. Thank you, Lan!" Lan's mother said.
"No prob..." Lan said with a straight face.
"Are you worried, Lan?" Megaman asked him. "About World Three?"
"Yeah. There's so much I need to know," Lan frowned as he made his back to his room. "And you almost got deleted there!"
"I know, but it was only the first time we fought them. And they won't control the Net! Not if we can help it!"
"But Megaman, we don't even know where they'll strike next!" Lan sighed.
"C'mon, Lan. We'll wait for them to come," Megaman told him.
"I guess that's the only thing we can do..."
A week has passed since the oven incident and everything seemed as if they were back to normal. However, nothing was what it seemed.
In the middle of one night in ACDC Town, a mysterious man stood in front of the gates to ACDC Elementary. His overly fuzzy hair covered the look in his eyes.
"Yes..." he mumbled to himself. "ACDC Elementary in DenTech City... This is the place! Soon, those rare battle chips he has promised me will be mine!"
And there you have it. The fight with Fireman novelized, just for you guys and gals!
I suppose I should apologize for the fire related puns that were littered throughout. I just couldn't help myself!
-Have a great day, week, month, whatever, and stay upbeat, y'all!-