Ch. 3: Johnny Mega & Kissing Genie
"Good morning everyone," called out Ribbitta from a microphone, "and welcome to the N1 Net Music Grand Prix! I'm your host, Ribbitta, and this is a great day to see Net Ops & Net Navis battle it out and play Music Chips! Remember this: once in the Grand Prix, you get to fight and play the best Music Chip you could think of that's perfect for this match. If you lose or draw you have to join your opponent as a "back-up singer" and "member of the band"."
Ribbitta continued, "The first Net Music match of the day is the now really hotter than ever Lan Hikari and MegaMan versus Dex Oyama and GutsMan! And what solo Music Chips are they going to play? Only they know!"
Lan simply thought out, "Dex has got to be joking, he's no match for me in anything anymore!"
The match began!
Dex called out, "'Louie Louie' Music Chip in, download!"
GutsMan pulled out a Cyber-Guitar and played along with the Music Chip. It did play the famous 20th century oldie, 'Louie Louie'; very well, it just did not kick Lan and MegaMan off their feet. As Dex's song ended…
Lan smirked and said, "MegaMan, Mega Guitar."
Suddenly, where MegaMan's Mega Buster usually forms, forms a blue electric Cyber-Guitar instead! It bares MegaMan's Icon upon it!
Lan said, "That college delinquent song is no match for this oldie."
MegaMan said after him, "All right, this is an oldie, if it was 1985."
Lan said, "All right, MegaMan, listen. It's a blues riff in 'B'."
MegaMan said, "I'll watch for any changes and try and keep up."
Lan nodded, "Okay!"
Lan inserted the Music Chip ('Johnny B. Goode') and the music played, along with MegaMan of course!
Little do any of them realize that they rocked the entire arena and the audience! When Sal & Miyu danced along to "Johnny B. Goode" and came to the part of "Oh, my can that little country boy can play", they lip synched with it in unison! Even when the song ended, Lan and his Net Navi got carried away by the cyber power chords as they played! MegaMan continued playing on his Mega Guitar in a heavy metal riff style! As they reached a sustained high-pitched note on it, leaving the amplifiers humming it away… they opened their eyes to see the crowd absolutely go wild!
Lan & MegaMan said in unison, "I guess we got a little carried away."
Ribbitta shouted out, "What a performance! Playing a powerful comeback against GutsMan and blowing him away!"
Lan was confused as he looked on the field; GutsMan was no longer seen on it! All he found was a weeping Dex!
MegaMan sweat dropped, "Lan, do you think that the mega-amplifiers went a little haywire?"
Lan responded, "I think so, we'll have to wait until the next match."
"Time for the 2nd round," called out Ribbitta from a microphone, "remember this: once in the Grand Prix, you get to fight and play the best Music Chip you could think of that's perfect for this match. If you lose or draw you have to join your opponent as a "back-up singer" and "member of the band"."
Toad-Man continued for his Net Op, "The first Net Music match of the day is the absolutely gorgeous Maylu Sakurai and Roll & Rush versus the cuter than ever Yai Ayano and Glyde! And what solo Music Chips are these babes going to play, Ribbitta?" Ribbitta answered, "Only they know!"
Yai mentally asked herself, "Why did they have to pick our names out of the hat like that?" Then she gathered her courage and called out, "'Kiss Me' Music Chip in, Download!"
Yai's song did bring couples cuddling together (including Lan's parents), even those with some doubt or broken hearts! Glyde congratulated his Net Op, "Miss Yai, I'd say, well done! Look at the score between you and Maylu so far!" Yai sighed in happiness and said, "Thanks Glyde, but now its Maylu's turn."
Maylu did the prettiest dancing poses she's ever done before saying, "Okay, Yai. It's time to try to ring Lan back into his senses, right Roll?" Roll nodded, "I'm ready, girl!" Maylu called out, "'Genie in a Bottle' Music Chip in, download!" Images of all seemingly hopeless and hopeful romance memory clips appeared as the song started playing.
Maylu & Roll sang it out well! By the point totals between her and Yai, she won!
Ribbitta called out, "What an amazing comeback! Maylu & Roll's lonely hearts just called out to the audience of both the real world and the Cyber World!" Toad-Man agreed, "I hope whoever they were singing it to heard it." Ribbitta added, "And with Rush the cyber-dog as an instrumentalist, how could she lose?"
Maylu did sing and play that song for someone, she just couldn't find him with her eyes now. Lan sat in the back row, noticing that Maylu does need him. Lan said, "We're not ready for that yet." MegaMan said, "With Yai's help, she may advance to the next round." Lan explained, "Yeah, and those in Round 2 against them will be us and Dex." MegaMan remembered and said, "Oh yeah."
To be continued…
Star AJT 84: This fan fic is planned to be before my fan fic of "MegaMan Dark Chaos" ever took place.