Chapter 4: The Great School Jacking!

After the whole oven explosion crime wave was taken care of, Lan decided to show the Mew Mews around ACDC Town, he even go into his friends' houses (Well, it took him awhile to get Dex's Web Address) to gain their web addresses. After he showed his new friends around, the sun was setting and Lan and the girls headed back to the Hikari household where Mrs. Hikari came home with five sleeping bags for the Hikaris' newest additions to the Hikari Household. It's kinda like the classic sitcom, Full House, only in the MMBN universe. And so they slept for the night.

(Several days has passed since the oven explosion crisis was thwarted by Lan, MegaMan and the Mew Mews… In a secluded area far from ACDC Town.)

Two figures were in shadows, the first one spoke in an old and raspy voice "Do you understand…? This area is your next target." The darkness was alight by a hologram of a familiar school. "Go and install the reeducation brainwashing program in this school and recruit more members for the WWW. Do this right and I will guarantee you an increased salary for buying those rare Battle Chips you craved for."

"…Roger, huh!" A nerdy voice acknowledged.

(In the middle of the night, at the gate to ACDC Elementary…)

A shadowry figure was standing in front of the school gate at the late of night, his silhouette was a man who is 41 years old, and has a bushy hairstyle. He inspected the engraved sign on the right fence of the gate.

"ACDC Elementary… DenCity…" We see the man's mouth which is not in shadows. "…This is the place!" The man's mouth formed into a sinister grin.

(The following morning…)

Lan and Zoey were running down the street to get to school. It turns out Zoey is also a heavy sleeper like Lan and it took MegaMan a couple of tries to get them up. The other Mew Mews were up and headed straight for ACDC Elementary in time before Lan and Zoey were finally up.

"Ahhh!" Zoey let out a panicked scream as she and Lan ran as fast as they can to school. "We're gonna be late for school!"

"Man! How come no one woke us up?!" Lan growled as he skated with all his might to school. He was annoyed that he's going to be late for school, again!

"I did a couple times! You two didn't get up!" MegaMan shouted out in annoyance. How is his NetOp not expelled from school if he continues being late?

"That's because we're heavy sleepers! We can't help it!" Zoey shouted back at MegaMan, her excuse was a weak one.

"What about everyone else?" Lan asked, changing this important discussion for another pointless subject.

MegaMan groaned as he again face palmed and muttered through his mouth "They're already at school!"

"Duh!" Lan rolled his eyes while making such sarcasm as he and Zoey entered the school.

Lan and Zoey observed the hallways. It was empty, which means that everyone must have gone to class."

"Looks like everyone is already in class…" MegaMan pointed out the obvious.

"MegaMan, is there any new mail?" Lan asked his NetNavi, Zoey turned her gaze to Lan with a annoyed expression.

"Lan! Didn't you hear what I said?" MegaMan closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, an anger vein appeared on his helmet. "You better get to class quick! Geez!" MegaMan calmed down and let out an annoyed sign and began checking for email. "You have two new emails. The first is NetNews. 'Student net crime is on the rise. The reason for it is still unknown.' And the second one is from Yai. 'I called your name for you in homeroom, so you owe me one.'"

Lan gritted his teeth and grinded them in a small rage, an anger vein popped on his forehead. "That Yai…!" Lan sighed. "Well, no point in hurrying, I guess!"

"Why do I even bother…" MegaMan raised his hands up in the air, sighed and shook his head in disapproval for his NetOp's tardiness. Zoey sighed as well, she could feel MegaMan's woes about waking up Lan and getting him on time. But she also overslept, but still, she needs to pity MegaMan. Maybe because she has a thing for the blue NetNavi.

Lan and Zoey headed upstairs to the second floor of the school. There, they saw Corina, Bridget and Kikki waiting for them and Corina was looking at them with a disapproval face.

"Zoey Hanson, you're late." Corina puffed her cheeks with a frown as she placed her hands on her hips and glared at the two lazybones.

"Sorry, we overslept." Zoey sighed before flashing one of her cheery smiles by adding in "But MegaMan woke us up."

"You're just in time, Zoey." Bridget closed her eyes and smiled. "The teacher is about to introduce us."

"I'll be at the back door..." Lan said with a embarrassed grin as he slowly walked backwards a bit before reaching the back door and entering through the door. The Mew Mews looked at Lan's movements suspiciously, how does that boy avoid getting in trouble if he keeps up getting late for school is beyond them.

Lan peeked through the back door and saw everyone seated as well as Ms. Mari and a 41 year old man with bushy hair, nerdy glasses and wore a typical business suit which consists of a white shirt with a red tie and blue pants with black shoes.

"Looks like everyone is still in homeroom and class is about to begin…" MegaMan whispered from his PET.

'Sneak time!' Lan let out a michevious grin as the screen fade to black, we heard some noises, and in about 30 seconds later, Lan somehow made it to his seat without being caught. "Yes! I did it!"

"…So class, this is Mr. Higsby," Ms. Mari gestured her hand to the bushy haired man before continuing with "he'll be helping me teach for the next two weeks."

Mr. Higsby made a slight bow before introducing himself. "Hello, I'm Mr. Higsby. I like to collect rare Battle Chips. It's my hobby!" Mr. Higsby beamed with such over exaggeration. "I'm looking forward to trading with all of you. Be sure to see me if you have a rare Battle Chip." He sniggered with a snort. He seems nice enough, but there's something odd about him that gives out a bad vibe.

"The new teacher is kinda… scary…" Yai shuddered with a sweat drop.

"Not really scary, but sort of weird…" Mayl nodded in agreement after she whispered her opinion to Yai.

"I didn't know teachers have hobbies." Lan arched an eyebrow in suspicion.

"Well, you know what they say: everybody's got to have a hobby." MegaMan whispered with a smile, reminding Lan that there are things people enjoy other than video games and other things that they find interest in.

The class exchange whispers, gossiping and giggles about Mr. Higsby. He seems like a very nice guy.

Ms. Mari cleared her throat to get her class's attention. "Let's all give Mr. Higsby a warm welcome. And class, we have a new teacher teaching in Class 2-1. And wouldn't you believe it? She has a teaching degree from some famous location." Ms. Mari beamed, amazed that she learned that Renee has a bachelor's degree at a young age. "Her name is Renee Roberts and I hope you all give her a warm welcome."

Ms. Mari then glanced at the door near her. "And class, we also have four new students who are middle schoolers and will be attending our classroom as part of ACDC Elementary's middle school program." She called out to the Mew Mews. "You four can come in now."

The Mew Mews entered the classroom and stood beside Ms. Mari. "Everyone, this is Zoey Hanson, Corina Bucksworth, Bridget Verdant and Kikki Benjamin. I hope you welcomed them as part of our class… Especially you, Dex!" Ms. Mari shot a glare at Dex who sweat dropped and gulped in panic. Ms. Mari returned to her cheery smile and finished homeroom with "That's all for homeroom." And left the classroom, followed by Mr. Higsby.

After Ms. Mari and Mr. Higsby left the room, the class got acquainted with Zoey and her friends.

Lan saw Yai and Corina talking about the latest fashion and jewelry and how rich they are, Bridget and Mayl were chatting like normal girls do, Kikki was showing some tricks to the class which they liked, and Zoey was reading about the history of PETs since she and her friends must learn more about the world they are in.

Meanwhile, Renee began teaching her class, at first, they thought Renee was a cold and harsh teacher, but deep down, she is really caring and they took a liking to her.

After awhile,t he school bell ranged. "Hey! The teacher is coming!" A student exclaimed. When he said that, everyone went back to their seats.

However, instead of Ms. Mari, Mr. Higsby came in and sat at the teacher's desk.

"Well now, I'd like to began the first class, huh." Mr. Higsby adjusted his tie. Mayl raised her hand.

"Huh? Mr. Higsby, where is Ms. Mari?"

Mr. Higsby looked at Mayl oddly. "Oh Ms. Mari? She wasn't feeling well, so she went to the nurse's office, huh!" Mr. Higsby smiled, however, Bridget can spot an evil glint in his glasses.

"What the!" Dex gawked as he recoiled back a bit on his chair, almost falling down.

"Quiet, everyone. …first class is study hall, huh!" Mr. Higsby told the class, leaving confused reactions from the class.

Dex however, was grinning as he whispered "Score!"

"Don't rejoice just yet, huh! I want all of you to do math drills. I'll be checking them later!" Mr. Higsby reminded them with a strict tone.

"Darn it!" Dex moaned as he hung his head in defeat.

"Alright everyone, jack into the blackboard and good luck!" Mr. Higsby grinned as he walked up to the blackboard and pulled out a green PET and jacked his Navi in and left soon after. Bridget however, was concerned about Mr. Higsby's actions.

'There's something odd about that Mr. Higsby fellow…'

"Geez, math is hard, especially in the morni… Huh?!" Lan was bored at first, but was alarmed when the blackboard showed an error message flashing again and again.

"Eeeek! What is that?!" Yai screeched in alarm as the rest of the class were also surprised by the alarm and flashing error message on the blackboard. Suddenly, a shadowy person in a black room with a glowing W behind him appeared on the blackboard screen.

"We will now announce… the WWW's master plan to control the net!" It was the same raspy voice that we heard at the beginning of this chapter.

"Lan! This is a WWW re-education program! And that must be the WWW's leader!" MegaMan gasped in alarm as he figured out what's happening right now.

"Our true plan is to start a war, the EndGame! We will take control of every military net and all other nets around the world! The only cure for this rotten world is… DELETION!" The classroom was erupted with gasps of shock and horror.

"Why? Why would they do that?" Mayl questioned the WWW's master plan to destroy the world, why are they planning to destroy the world?

"Today, we're starting a new instruction program to hire new staff for the WWW!" The WWW leader said with a dark glee. "Children! Study well and become good slaves for the WWW!" The WWW leader laughed manically as the screen was cut and it resumed to the flashing error message, leaving panic in the classroom.

"No way am I gonna be a WWW member, man!" Dex frowned as he stood up from his seat, just the thought of being a member of the WWW makes him sick.

A female student was trying to turn off her terminal, but couldn't turn it off. "Oh no! My terminal won't turn off!" Her eyes widen.

"Nooo! The door's locked!" A male student wailed as he tried to get the door open.

"Everyone remain calm! Me and GutsMan will take care of this!" Dex stood up from his seat and declared with arrogant heroics. He then rushed over to the blackboard.

Zoey and her friends rushed over to Lan's desk and Bridget asked with worry evident in her features "Are you sure we should let Dex handle this alone?"

"I dunno…" Lan shrugged, he too was concern about Dex doing this alone. "But let's go check it out."

Lan and the Mews rushed up to the blackboard. Dex turned to Lan, concerned about Lan thinking he and GutsMan can't do it alone. "Lan… I know how you feel, but let me and GutsMan handle this!" Dex got out his orange PET.

"Check it out! Me and GutsMan are the bomb!" Dex boasted, yep, his ego is getting the better of him.

"Uh, Dex? Maybe you shouldn't do it alone…" Yai expresses her concern about Dex's plan to get them out of here.

"Let's go, GutsMan!" Dex grinned at his NetNavi.

GutsMan pounded his chest like a gorilla and exclaimed "Yeah! Let's do it! Guts!"

"Maybe you should let Lan…" Corina started to say, before she was rudely interrupted by Dex.

"Quiet! I'm trying to concentrate! Jack in! GutsMan, goooo!" Dex shouted as he jacked in his NetNavi.

"…Here come those viruses!" Dex made some karate sounds as GutsMan battled the viruses. However, the viruses have gotten GutsMan in such a pickle. "What the…?! Hey! Yipes! Help!" Dex panicked as the viruses deleted GutsMan. Dex was silent as tears ran down his face.

"They got him…" Yai said grimly.

"Dex, do you have a backup?" Mayl asked in concern, hoping that Dex has a way of bringing back his NetNavi.

"Y-Yeah…" Dex sniffled as he weeps in a corner.

"That's a relief." Yai sighed in relief before turning to Lan with a smile. "Okay, Lan. You're up! Show us what you're made of!

"Yeah! Kick that virus's butt!" Kikki cheered as she pumped her fist in the air.

"Sure thing!" Lan nodded with a grin before turning to his PET. "Let's go, MegaMan!"

"Right on!" MegaMan acknowledged.

Mayl got out a Battle Chip with a picture of a NetNavi who is pink and female, and has two antennas on the sides of her head. "Here, take Roll's Navi chip with you. If you use her, she can attack the virus and restore MegaMan's HP." Mayl explained as Lan grabbed the Battle Chip.

"Thanks, Mayl!" Lan nodded before plugging into the blackboard. "Jack in! MegaMan, execute!" Lan jacked in MegaMan.

MegaMan appeared in the school Cyberworld, it looks different… it must be because of the WWW hacking into it.

"MegaMan, how are things in the Cyberworld?" Lan asked from his screen.

MegaMan looked around, he frowned. From his look, it doesn't look good. "It looks different. The WWW must have changed it."

"We have to fix the net later. Right now, find the lock program." Lan suggested, MegaMan nodded and began his trek through the Cyberworld.

MegaMan had to fight two new viruses, a HighCannon and a Mettaur2, different versions of the common Cannon and Mettaurs, but a bit stronger. It was tough due to MegaMan's current level, but the Blue Bomber managed to toughen it out and deleted the viruses, he got two new Battle Chips from the viruses he has deleted. MegaMan soon got to a green door. This must be the lock program for Classroom 5-1.

MegaMan activated the passcode program, but unfortunately he doesn't know the passcode. However, the passcode program hinted of how many chairs in the classroom.

Thinking quickly, MegaMan turned to Lan's screen and told him "Lan! Check how many chairs are in your classroom!"

"Uh…" Lan had to use his brain to figure this out. He counted how many chairs are in his classroom and he added them to get his desired answer. Lan smiled and told MegaMan "Try 9."

"Okay. Entering passcode…" MegaMan entered the passcode. For about 5 seconds, the lock accepted the passcode and disappeared in a flash of light. "Right on!" MegaMan smiled, at least Lan used his brain for once, but that's what makes Lan his best friend and trusted NetOp.

"Okay. We're getting everyone out of here. Keep going and find whoever did this to the school." Lan ordered as he, the Mews, Mayl and Yai escorted their fellow classmates outside of the classroom.

MegaMan nodded in acknowledgement as he pressed forward. He fought more viruses that got in his way. He encountered another door, but this time, there's no hint of the passcode. MegaMan frowned. This could take a little bit longer. And after six tries, he entered the right passcode. He continued his trek down through the school Cyberworld, gathering many data, some of which hold a HP Memory for his HP system. Soon, our blue hero came across another door program, this time, it wants the number of volumes of Histories of the World.

MegaMan contacted Lan who was helping Renee evacuate her students. "Lan! How many volumes of Histories of the World are there?"

"Uh…" Lan sweat dropped as he began to think. Luckily, Bridget did the thinking for him.

"How about the library? I bet it's unlocked when MegaMan was traveling through the school Cyberworld." Bridget suggested, it's worth a shot, but it may work.

"Alright." Lan nodded and turned to his PET's screen. "Hang tight, MegaMan. We'll have the answer soon!"

And Bridget was right! The library is unlocked and Lan volunteered Bridget to do the searching since she is the brains of the Mew Mews and Lan's team of heroes.

Bridget counted how many volumes of Histories of the World in the bookshelf. She stood up and turned to her friends with a cheery glance and gave our heroes the answer they seek.

"There's 30 volumes of Histories of the World."

"Gotcha." Lan nodded. "MegaMan, try 30."

MegaMan acknowledged the answer he was given and entered the passcode. 5 seconds later, the passcode was accepted and the door was unlocked.

And the journey continues, MegaMan encountered another locked program that requires him to enter the passcode that doesn't offer a hint. MegaMan was about to give up after 9 tries until he entered the right passcode this time. 'Geez, whoever invented these doors must be really dumb to not almost give out some hints…' MegaMan rubbed his forehead, but remained vigilant as he pressed forward.

MegaMan encountered another locked door program. This time, the hint states that it wants the number of doors in the school.

"Lan, how many doors are in the school?" MegaMan asked his NetOp for the question for this tough passcode.

"Uh…" Lan rummaged his hair while trying to think. Did he even pay attention to the doors every time he goes to school?

Good thing Renee answered that for him by answering with a calm and cool tone "It's 15. Try using that, MegaMan."

"Will do." MegaMan nodded as he inputted the passcode. It worked and the door was unlocked. "Nice one, Renee!"

MegaMan made his way to a square with a bridge. However, just as he stepped foot on the bridge, green electricity shocked him from the ground. MegaMan screamed in pain as he stuttered weakly "L-Lan…"

Lan checked his screen and his eyes widen. "MegaMan?! What happened?!"

"I'm stuck in a trap… Sorry…" MegaMan grunted weakly as the pain continues to course through his body.

"Hang on, buddy! Where are you?" Lan reassured his NetNavi.

MegaMan mustered his strength to overcome the pain and turned to see the name of the room which the Cyberworld is hosted on. "Near the AV… Sorry again…"

"We got to help MegaMan!" Zoey pounded her fist in her palm with a determined look.

"Right! To the AV Room!" Lan proclaimed as he and the Mews headed for the AV Room.

Lan was about to open the door until Mr. Higsby came out of the AV Room and bumped into Lan. "Sorry, snort." Mr. Higsby apologized as he headed east of the school.

"What was Mr. Higsby doing in the AV Room?" Corina arched an eyebrow.

"It doesn't matter. Maybe the AV Room is a good place to use your Marks of S to jack into the Net." Lan suggested.

However, Lan's mention of the Marks of S was heard by Mayl was by the staircase to the second floor of the school. "Marks of… S?" Mayl murmered to herself as she pondered what does that mean and how can it allow Lan's new friends to jack into the Net.

As soon as Lan and the Mew Mews entered the AV Room, Lan spotted a glowing computer. He figured this must be the reason MegaMan is caught in the trap. But… What was Mr. Higsby doing in here anyway? The Mews got to the blackboard and used their Marks of S to jack in while Lan rebooted the computer.

In the school Cyberworld, MegaMan was freed of the electric trap while the Mew Mews jacked in, already in their Mew forms.

"Whew! Thanks Lan!" MegaMan said in gratitude as he gave his friend a thumbs up.

"Told ya I can get ya out!" Lan closed his eyes and grinned. "And I brought backup."

"We're here to help you, MegaMan!" Zoey did a cute pose after saying that.

MegaMan chucjkled a bit. "Thanks guys. Let's move out!"

With those words, our team of heroes continued on. They fought more viruses that are set to hinder their progress, but with the Blue Bomber's leadership, they made quick work of them. They came across one last door. Only this time, it requires a school ID.

"Do we know anyone who has a school ID?" Corina wondered as she crossed her arms and began to think.

"Maybe Ms. Mari has one? Lan, find Ms. Mari!" MegaMan ordered.

"You got it!" Lan agreed as he exited the AV room.

He remembered Mr. Higsby was heading east of the school, which is where the teacher's lounge is. As he was about to make for the teacher's lounge, he heard a muffled cry for help. "Huh?" Lan made sure his ears were listening good. It sounds like the muffled cries are coming from the storage room.

Lan entered the storage room and discovered Ms. Mari tied and gagged.

"Mmmf mmf!" Ms. Mari said through the blindfold around her mouth. (Help me Lan!)

"Ms. Mari!" Lan gasped as he rushed over to Ms. Mari's side and began untying her. "Hold on! I'll set you free!"

Ms. Mari stood up from her position and dusted herself. "Thank you Lan. Oh, wait until I get my hands on that Mr. Higsby!" She clutched her fists in fury.

"Ms. Mari, what happened to you? And did Mr. Higsby really did this?" Lan turned to her for answers.

"Well, as soon as we left my classroom after homeroom, Mr. Higsby told me he wanted to speak to me in the teacher's lounge. When we got there, Mr. Higsby used some kung-fu move on me and knocked me out. A few minutes later, I found myself in the storage room, tied and gagged! It was awful!" Ms. Mari shuddered with worry on her features.

"Ms. Mari. I need your school ID to stop whoever is broadcasting the WWW re-education program in the school." Lan pleaded.

"I know. Here, take my ID badge. Use it on the scanner next to the teacher's lounge door." Ms. Mari nodded as she gave Lan her ID Card. "Please, you got to save the school!"

"You can count on me and MegaMan!" Lan gave his teacher a thumbs up as he exited the storage room. Lan got to the scanner in the hall and swiped Ms. Mari's ID card through it. Lan turned to his PET's screen. "MegaMan! I used the ID Card!"

Back in the school Cyberworld. The door unlocked. "Thanks Lan." MegaMan acknowledged as he turned to companions. "Come on. The guy who is responsible for this can't be too far!"

The heroes entered the teacher's lounge area where they saw a green NetNavi whose head is a lightbulb was messing with the main servers.

Corina aimed her Heart Arrow at the NetNavi and said in a heroic tone "Halt, villain!"

The NetNavi was alarmed before doing a 360 and faced our heroes. "Huh? I never thought you make it this far!" He gasped in surprise.

"Stop the announcement right now!" MegaMan pointed his MegaBuster at the NetNavi.

"Hm?" The NetNavi looked perplexed. "But being a WWW slave is fun! Isn't it, Mr. Higsby?" He turned to a screen and it showed Mr. Higsby who is in the teacher's lounge.

"Yes! With my new WWW salary, I can buy lots of rare Battle Chips!" Mr. Higsby snickered evilly while snorting.

"I knew it! And you call yourself a teacher!" Lan growled angrily, and Mr. Higsby was a nice guy!

"You're the reason school Net Crime is up!" Zoey added, filled with righteous fury.

"Heh… I do feel a little bad about it." Mr. Higsby looked down despondently, feeling a bit guilty that he committed a horrible crime.

"Mr. Higsby!" His NetNavi scolded him, reminding him of the mission at hand.

"Oh right," Mr. Higsby nodded. "but I'll do anything for rare Battle Chips, huh!"

"Who needs rare Battle Chips bought with the WWW's dirty money?!" Lan reasoned, trying to make Mr. Higsby understand that committing crimes won't earn him rare Battle Chips.

"Yeah, yeah!" Kikki hoped two times, agreeing with Lan.

"Huh! …Silence!" Mr. Higsby growled. "Now you face me and NumberMan!"

"Not a problem." Lan challenged. "Everyone, prepare for battle! Battle routine, set!"

"Execute!" MegaMan acknowledged.

(MegaMan and the Mew Mews VS NumberMan)

"Your chances of victory are zero! Number Ball!" NumberMan raised his hands up and three dark blue balls with numbers on them appeared and he hurled them at our heroes.

MegaMan spot the lowest number and turned to his friends. "Attack the ball with the lowest number!"

"I got it!" Bridget nodded as she got out her weapons. "Deep Surge Attack!" A tidal wave hit the ball with the lowest number and destroyed it.

"HighCannon! Battle Chip! Slot-in!" Lan inserted his new BattleChip into the PET's chip slot.

A blue version of the Cannon weapon formed in MegaMan's right hand. He got through the opening and fired the cannon at NumberMan, giving the NetNavi some decent damage.

"Ouch!" NumberMan winced. "You're good, but not good enough! Dice Bomb!" NumberMan then made a dice appear on the floor.

MegaMan quickly realized it's a bomb. "Get rid of that bomb before it blows up!" He issued.

"Leave it to me!" Corina nodded as she fired a Heart Arrow at the Dice Bomb, destroying it before it can detonate.

"Sword! Battle Chip! Slot-in!" Lan inserted his favorite Battle Chip into the PET's chip slot. MegaMan rushed towards NumberMan and slashed him three times with his sword.

"Okay, not bad for a couple of kids…" NumberMan mutered as he summoned more Number Balls. But our heroes made quick work of them.

"Tambourine Trench!" Kikki slams her attack onto the ground and an earthy shockwave hit NumberMan for some large damage.

NumberMan summoned another Dice Bomb, but MegaMan used his sword to make quick work of it.

"Shockwave! Battle Chip! Slot-in!" Lan inserted another Battle Chip into the chip slot. MegaMan's sword disappeared and he wielded with both hands, a pickaxe and slams the pickaxe onto the ground, a shockwave rushed at NumberMan and hit him for medium damage.

NumberMan retaliated by firing buster shots from his hands which hit our heroes for small damage.

"Okay, try this on for size! MiniBombs! Battle Chips! Triple Slot-in!" Lan got out three Battle Chips with pictures of a small blue bomb and inserted them one by one.

MegaMan threw three bombs at NumberMan, resulting in a explosion that hit him for large damage and knocked him to the ground.

"That's it!" NumberMan growled as he stood up from the ground. "Now you forced my hand! TimeBomb!" NumberMan summoned a ticking time bomb onto the ground.

"Not so fast! Rose Bell, full power!" Zoey launched her ultimate attack at the time bomb, destroying it.

"Now's our chance! WideSword! Battle Chip! Slot-in!" Lan inserted the WideSword Battle Chip into the chip slot.

MegaMan rushed towards NumberMan who was distracted by the impossibility and absurdness of his TimeBomb being destroyed so quickly. MegaMan slashed NumberMan five times, ending the fight. NumberMan screamed in agony as he was deleted.

"Way to go, MegaMan!" Zoey leaped up into the air with joy. Mr. Higsby was moaning and groaning.

"See! You were wrong all along!" Lan grinned over his victory over this fake teacher.

Mr. Higsby continued to groan.

"Let's see you and your rare Battle Chips now!" Corina smirked as she crossed her arms and huffs in victory. Mr. Higsby sniffled as a small tear fell out of his eye.

"Lan, I think he gets it now." MegaMan told him, feeling sympathy for Mr. Higsby.

"I'm right, am I?" Lan demanded.

"…It's true!" Mr. Higsby wailed. "Lan is right! I should have collected rare Battle Chips by busting viruses!" Mr. Higsby snorted sadly. "I'm sorry about what I have done. I'll be good for now on. Trade chips with me sometimes?"

"Sure." Lan nodded with a smile, but replaced his happy smile with a serious frown. "But you have to make up for what you did and help everyone by leaving the WWW and fix the mess you helped them created." Mr. Higsby nodded in understand.

"Lan, restart the server and restore the net to normal." MegaMan reminded him.

"Got it!" Lan nodded.

"Time for us to jack out." Zoey smiled.

Back in the real world, Lan, the Mew Mews, Ms. Mari, Yai, Dex and Mr. Higsby watched as Lan restarted the sever. Lan got out his PET anc called Mayl. "Mayl, how does it look?"

"The announcement has stopped. Good job, Lan." Mayl closed her eyes and smiled, making Lan blushed.

"Well done, Lan." Yai smiled as she commented on Lan doing a job well done.

"Hey! Not bad, Lan." Dex commented on Lan's skills, well it looked like it, but he's really jealous.

"Not bad? You mean good job!" Yai smirked at Dex's stubbornness of accepting that Lan's skills are better than his owns.

"Uh… Well…" Dex was thinking of a excuse.

"You ain't seen nothing yet!" Lan grinned as he looked at his PET's screen. "MegaMan?"

"Huh?" MegaMan arched an eyebrow.

"Good job!" Lan praised him.

"Don't relax just yet, Lan. You have English class coming up next." MegaMan reminded him with a teasing smirk.

"Oh man! I fixed the servers too soon!" Lan sighed as he crossed his arms and pouted.

Everyone laughed at that remark. Another WWW plot foiled by our heroes, but why is the WWW planning to start a war that will end all life on Lan's world?

To be continued…

Next chapter: Trains, NetNavis and Boulders

A/N: Sorry it took me so long to finish this chapter. How do you like the added scenes and revisions I did? Hopefully, I am improving my skills bit by bit. I hope to see you next chapter.