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Reply to Ghost501's review of Chapter 4: Yes, I think that the 'other two' should have reappeared somewhere along the lines. Maybe one of their Navis should have joined the team in BN5 and the other being a Link Navi in BN6!
Reply to E's review of the Prologue: I see where you went with that. I try to look over my chapters and see where I can add in my own twists, to differentiate the novelization from the actual game's events.
Reply to Stardustwarrior's review of Chapter 4: A third thumb? That'll take at least two people!
Hmm... I don't think I've ever heard of the LanXSal pairing. Then again, fans have paired more obscure characters together...
-Chapter 5: Calculating And Recalculating-
The AV Room had a yellow floor and was a room of many computers. For some strange reason, Lan saw that one of them was still turned on. Taking a look, he found that the screen was frozen at the desktop background. He assumed that the memory of that computer was full.
Well, Megaman is frozen in place right now, he thought to himself. And this computer's frozen. Hmm...
Lan's theory was that the frozen computer was what made Megaman freeze in place, so he held down the power button on it until it was shut down. Then, he pressed the button again to turn it back on. Wondering if what he did worked, he returned to Class 5-A to check on Megaman.
"Megaman!" Lan called to his Navi from his PET. "You okay?"
"Lan!" Megaman responded "You got me out! Thanks!"
"No problem! Now, let's go!"
There were several paths that branched out, with more branches branching from them. However, they all held viruses and met at one point. Lan saw Megaman mae his way through and guided him in deleting the viruses along the way. Afterwards, Megaman was greeted with another set of bars that required a code. '07' was punched in and the the way was open once again.
Megaman continued his way along the pencil shaped paths until he came across another set of bars. This one, however, was a darker shade of blue than the others and Lan and Megaman noticed no set of buttons around. Instead, there was a slot to insert a type of card in.
"Why now?" Lan groaned. "Where can we get a card like that anyway?"
"Could Ms Mari have one?" Megaman suggested.
"Hmm... Maybe... I'll be right back, Megaman!"
Because Ms Mari never reentered the classroom after introducing the class to Mr Higsby, Lan found that things were getting a bit difficult. However, he remembered that he bumped into Higsby earlier, who looked like he was in a rush. Thinking that it was linked to where Ms Mari was, Lan went to the bottom floor, where he saw Higsby, and searched all the rooms for his teacher.
As Lan passed the door to the Storage Room, he heard muffled cries for help. The boy rushed into the dusty room and found his tied up friend Tory! He untied his friend and ripped off the duct tape from his mouth.
"Tory! What are you doing here?" Lan asked him.
"I thought I heard Ms Mari in here," he said. "But Mr Higsby found me and tied me up!"
"What? Then where's Ms Mari?"
"Mmmph!" a muffled voice sounded from somewhere.
Lan and Tory began to search around until Lan found his teacher in one of the closets. He swung the door open and found his teacher tied up and unable to speak. He untied her, while Tory caught up with him and peeled off the duct tape.
"Thank you, Lan and Tory!" Ms Mari cried in relief. She took a deep breath and asked him, "But what are you doing here?"
"World Three's trying to enslave us kids!" Lan told her. She gasped at this. "And Megaman and I are trying to fix the problem! Hey, do you have an ID card?"
"What? Why, yes, I do, but why do you need it?"
"We need it to pass through! Please, Ms Mari! Let me borrow it!"
"Of course," Ms Mari smiled, handing the card over to her student. "You did save me, after all."
"Thanks!" Lan said, taking his leave. "And don't worry,! I can do this! Tory, you stay here and look after Ms Mari!"
As Lan stepped out of the room, he noticed a peculiar structure on the other side of the corridor. He realized that it was the time recorder and he noticed a slot on it. Looking at the card, he guessed that the time recorder was where to slot the card in. He slotted it in and rushed back to his PET.
In The School Network...
Data surrounded the slot on the bars, revealing the ID card Lan used earlier. The bars disappeared, along with the card, signaling that the way was open. Megaman stepped into the area and searched for something suspicious. He found a huge server to his left and a NetNavi guarding it.
"Lan, this must be what's causing the reeducation program!" Megaman said. "And there's someone there!"
"Well, let's get through him!"
Megaman rushed to the server, but was blocked by the Navi. This green Navi had a head of a spherical computer server and ever changing numbers displayed on a little screen on his chest.
"Were my calculations wrong? I didn't think you would make it this far!" the Navi said to Megaman.
"We've got to stop the announcement program!" Megaman told him.
"Hmm? But being with World Three is fun! Right, Mr Higsby?"
"Yes!" Higsby responded, which could be heard by Lan through his PET. "The boss has promised me rare battle chips! And with my salary, I can buy plenty more!"
"I knew it!" Lan growled. "And you call yourself a teacher!"
"Heh... I did feel a little bad at first," Higsby grinned sheepishly, adjusting his glasses. Then, his expression changed. "But then, I realized that I would do anything for rare battle chips!"
"But why would you buy them with World Three's dirty money!?" Lan snapped.
"Silence!" Higsby yelled. "Now, you face me and Numberman!"
"Hah! No problem!" Lan grinned. "Megaman, let's go!"
"Stop him, Numberman! We need those rare battle chips!"
Megaman began to shoot at Numberman, who took direct hits from the Mega Buster's shots. However, after recovering, Numberman raised his hands up, summoning three blue balls (which he called 'Number Balls') in front of him, with timers on them. He released them at Megaman, who shot at them and narrowly dodged the third. Numberman's head began to glow red, signaling his rage, and he shot more of those balls at his opponent, hopefully taking him out with speed. But Megaman was just too quick for him. He dodged the balls, while bright energy formed in front of the Mega Buster. As he approached Numberman, he pointed his arm cannon at him and fired a charged up shot, sending him flying.
"No!" Higsby shouted. "Numberman! Long Sword! Battle chip in! Download!"
"Area Steal! Battle chip in! Download!" Lan shouted, slotting in an Area Steal chip.
Numberman's right arm morphed into a Long Sword, which, on the surface, appeared to be a stretched out version of the Cyber Sword. As he dived down at Megaman, he saw the blue Navi disappear! However, his orange eyes and computer head glowed green and he began to calculate his enemy's new position. As soon as Megaman reappeared, he took a devastating swing of the Long Sword and was sent flying away.
"Yes! Now we've got him!" Higsby grinned evilly. "Cannon X2! Battle chips in! Download!"
Numberman's Long Sword and left arm changed into two green cannons. He took aim and fired at Megaman. After the blue Navi was left on the ground, Numberman walked to him, raised his hands up and spawned three ticking time bombs around the blue Navi.
"Ha ha! Taking into account the proximity of these bombs and the force they exert, I calculate that this fight is over," he smirked.
"Megaman! If we're gonna beat this guy, we need to strike quickly!" Lan told Megaman as he struggled to get up.
"Don't bother!" Higsby said to Lan. "When Numberman calculates something, he's always right!"
"Well, he'll be wrong today!" Lan grinned. "Megaman! Wide Sword X2! Battle chips in! Download!"
Megaman stretched his arms out and two swords, each thicker than a Cyber Sword, took his arms' places. Just before the time bombs displayed '0', they were sliced in half and disintegrated into scrambled bits of data. Megaman got into a fighting position and began to spin like a top at Numberman. In panic, Numberman summoned a wave of Number Balls, which were sliced in half like the time bombs. Megaman repeatedly slashed at Numberman while spinning and sent his opponent flying. The Wide Swords disintegrated and Megaman's arms returned.
After Numberman got up from the cyber ground, he had enough. He raised his hands up high and data gathered in two piles. The data formed dice, which fell in Numberman's hands. He threw them beside Megaman and anticipated his result.
"Ha ha ha! When the dice land, they'll explode!" he cackled. "And the power depends on the numbers rolled. If it's a double six, you're finished!"
"And what makes you think you'll be lucky?" Megaman smirked.
"Hah! I calculate a high chance of a double six!"
The two Navis stood strong. The dice remained above the cyber ground and were still spinning. In no time, they landed. The results were a shock.
"Snake eyes!?" Numberman shrieked. "That's not... That's not possible!"
"Hah!" Megaman grinned, barely feeling a thing from the exploding dice. "Haven't you heard that gambling will get you nowhere?"
"Alright, Megaman!" Lan cheered. "Spreader! Battle chip in! Download!"
Megaman's Mega Buster reformed. Though Numberman summoned more Number Balls in the blue Navi's way, they were all destroyed, thanks to the wide area Spreader chips were able to cover. Some of them even got through to Numberman!
"Area Steal and Spreader! Battle chips in! Download!" Lan called out, sending the chip data to Megaman.
As Numberman recovered, he found himself unable to see his opponent once again. He knew that he would reappear behind, so he span around, swinging his fist at his opponent. However, the rather weak punch didn't inflict too much damage on Megaman, who let loose with a second Spreader. At close range, the bombardment of shots did a lot of combined damage to Numberman.
"Great job, Megaman!" Lan cheered. "Now, to wrap this up! Fighter Sword! Battle chip in! Download!"
"No!" Higsby screamed. "I won't stand for this! Those rare battle chips will be mine! Numberman! It's time for our secret weapon! Knight Sword! Battle chip in! Download!"
The emerald green Knight Sword and the red Fighter Sword clashed and the two Navis pushed forward at each other, refusing to give up until the other went down. Sparks flew as the two swords grinded against each other. Though the Knight Sword was stronger than the Fighter Sword, Numberman's state, slightly worse than Megaman's, slowly took effect. It eventually got to the point when he was overwhelmed by the force Megaman exerted and took a swing to the stomach. Numberman screamed in pain, but his NetOp ordered him to jack out before it was too late, so he fled from the battle.
"..." Higsby remained silent.
"Just admit it!" Lan told him. "You've been wrong all along!"
"You're... right..." Higsby admitted solemnly. "I shouldn't collect rare battle chips by being with World Three. I should collect them fairly, by busting viruses. I'll be good from now on, I promise!"
"That's great," Lan said. "But... You still have to pay for your crimes... So, do something to help people out, alright?"
"I will!"
"Megaman, restart the server."
"On it."
In Front Of The Server...
Lan, his friends and Ms Mari witnessed the main school's server flash different colors. After a few beeps, bleeps and bloops, the server restarted and everything was back to normal. Everyone heard cheers of joy and relief, meaning that the announcement program had stopped.
"You did it, Lan!" Maylu cheered.
"Yay for Lan!" Tory cheered also.
"Hey, Lan. Not bad," Dex smiled.
"'Not bad'?" Yai sneered. "You mean 'great'!"
"Yeah, whatever," Dex responded.
"Megaman," Lan addressed him. "Good job."
"Heh heh. But don't relax yet, Lan."
"That's right," Ms Mari agreed with Lan's Navi. "Next up is English class!"
"Aw man!" Lan whined. "I fixed the server too soon..."
The whole group laughed away in response.
Alright, that's the second boss fight done. But the day's not over yet. There's plans to be made after school, but will they be carried out without interruption? Knowing how this world works, perhaps not!
-Have a great day, week, month, whatever, and stay upbeat, y'all!-