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You know that story JunkMan.EXE/Punk.EXE made a while back? The one he said he'd finish, but which ended right before the chapter that he said was his favorite!? You should recognize the name, since it's...pinned to the top of this page.
I'm his sibling who, for some reason (probably just to try out writing skills on a project-thing.), started trying to rewrite the story. (If you don''t believe me, I'll just get Punk to log in for a split second and post confirming this?) In a sense this whole account was a device with which to post this story, but I'm also kinda roaming around the forum and playin' some Battle Network.
But you don't care about that. You care about the story, kind of. Punk's read over this thing and gave it the thumbs-up an' all. Without further ado, here's the first chapter. May add a table of contents to this post.
Chapter 1 Mega Man Battle Network: The Fan Fic: Version 2.0: But Still Battle Network 1!
CHAP. 1: GUTS SPILLIN'
"Lan..." "Ugh...umm..." "Wake up, Lan!" "Just five more minutes..." "You've got mail, Lan!" "..." "You'll be late for school, Lan!" "Buhhh..." "WAKE UP! WAKE UP YOU IDIOT! WAKE UUUUUUP!!!" "AAH!" The child formerly known as Lan woke up, rubbing his eyes groggily. "MegaMan, what was THAT for?" He was looking over at a blue electronic device, placed on a desk at the other corner of the room. "That was pretty rude of you!" "Sorry, but it's the only way to wake you up!" a voice coming from the device replied. "First of all, it's time for school! Second of all, you got mail from...DAD!" Lan's brown eyes lit up, now looking awake as ever. He leaped out of bed and ran across the room to grab the device...a PET! The e-mail was opened as soon as he could press a couple of buttons. "Dear Lan," it read. "I'm sorry I couldn't get off work Sunday. I'll be home soon. I made MegaMan a power-up program, but I couldn't send it to you through e-mail. I'll give it to you next time I'm home, which is soon. To make up for it I attached a battlechip to the e-mail. Try it out! -Dad" As Lan closed the e-mail, a digital human-looking character appeared onscreen in its place. This character...was MegaMan! He was dressed primarily in a blue jumpsuit and fashion-forward helmet. "Hey, Lan," he said, "you got a Cross Gun chip! It sucks!" "Not now, MegaMan! I've gotta get ready for school." Lan set the PET back down and began to get set for school.
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Contrary to popular belief, Lan Hikari was just as fashion-forward as his NetNavi MegaMan. Under his short brown hair was a blue headband, which proudly displayed a strange, circular design. He wore a weird orange vest over a white shirt. Every day of every season, he wore shorts with yellow stripes down the sides. Perhaps most trendy and fashionably of all, Lan skated around town on a pair of orange roller blades, which had the ability to retract their wheels and turn into platform shoes. Yes. He wore this EVERY DAY. After getting dressed, eating a healthful part of this complete breakfast (Super Sugar Blastey-O's (now with more trans fats!)), brushing the remaining cereal bits off his teeth with his handy toothbrush, et cetera, he stepped outside. Lan lived in ACDC Town which, with a name like that, was actually a small, quaint, suburban area. Right outside his door was a red-haired - and by 'red-haired' I mean 'deep ruby red-haired' - girl. She did not look pleased. "Lan! You're late!" she huffed, crossing her arms. "What took you so long!?" "How long have you been waiting, Mayl?" Lan wondered. "You say that every day! And I'm hardly ever late for school! What constitutes as late in YOUR book?" "Well, I really just got here, but I just like to make you angry!" she admitted. "Ha ha! You got angry!" said MegaMan. "I did not!" "C'mon, let's get to school!" Mayl and Lan hustled off. Eventually they eased into a casual walk together through the neighborhood. "Hey, have you guys heard about ovens spitting out fire? It's all over the news now! Word on the street says it can all be traced back to some hobo tampering with people's ovens!" Lan laughed. "It's impossible for an oven to set itself on fire! What street are you getting this from?" Everybody thought about it for a second. "Well, anything's possible in...200X!" yelled MegaMan with an echoing effect. "I wonder what idiots decided to name this year 200X. Last year was 2051, so I'm confused," Lan said. "The government?" MegaMan guessed. "Oh!" he said with a reassured smile. Mayl was getting tired of the conversation. "Oh. Here's school." Ahead was a huge, garish school with a gated entrance. Its walls were yellow, and decorated with pink and white. Kids were given a passcode to get through the gate but, fortunately for them, the gate was so short they didn't have to bother. The kids hoisted themselves over the gate and walked inside.
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The gang walked through some unexciting hallways and found themselves standing in a bustling classroom. "There's still some time before class starts," MegaMan told Lan as Mayl drifted away from them. "Let's chat with everyone!" "Everyone?" "Everyone!" Lan glanced over at some kid in an orange, white-stripe-in-the-middle kid right next to the entrance. "But I don't WANNA talk to HIM!" "YOU HAVE TO," MegaMan begged. "Fine..." Lan took a deep breath, and approached the kid. "Hey, Kid. How are you?" "Mornin', Lan," Kid responded. "Dex was lookin' for you. He's too big to be in fifth grade. Scary..." "Big? You mean his stomach?" "What? No! Go away, you freak! Don't keep Dex waiting!" Kid turned away. "What's with that kid?" Lan whispered to his PET. "His name's Kid!" "I didn't even know that before I started talking to him! I didn't know his name...but how did he know mine?" Lan stroked his chin. MegaMan facepalmed. "You've been in the same class for FIVE YEARS now! You just haven't been paying attention at all! You should know this guy!" "Well, it's not MY fault he looks like EVERYONE ELSE." "Not until later in the game!" "What game?" "Oh...uh...I don't know, really." He was silent for a moment. "Let's chat with everyone!" "No!" "At least chat with Dex!" "Okay, fine. You actually have a point with this one." Lan rollerbladed across the blue tiles of learning -- because seriously, who walks anymore? As he went he heard bits of discussion around the classroom...stuff about flaming ovens and triple-double-u and stuff. Finally he reached the big fat tall guy Dex, who had been standing next to the ant farms in the opposite corner of the classroom. He was wearing a hefty green t-shirt, and had a triangular hairdo that looked kind of like a thin, brown mohawk with the back torn off. "LAN!!" he yelled, as if on cue. "I CHALLENGE YOU! And MegaMan. To a netbattle. Against GutsMan. AFTER CLASS!!" Their teacher spontaneously appeared behind Dex! She was wearing a short, green-and-purple dress, and had a supercurly hairdo that curved around the back of her neck. "No netbattling in the classroom!" she announced in a soft, kindly voice. "Yes, Ms. Mari," Lan sighed. "Ah said AFTER class!" Dex repeated. "Dang, teach! What're you gonna tell meh next?! No BRUSHIN' TEETH in class!?" "Sorry! My mistake! But seriously, class is starting soon, so get seated, kids!" She faded away and reappeared behind the front desk.
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Another boring, virus-busting day of school. You, the reader, might want to know what happened, but you, the reader, will get to see some more exciting virus busting in the future. Lan and Dex stood next to the short school gate, holding their respective PETs. This special device flipped open, like a laptop computer, and even had its own little keyboard and monitor. It was handheld, kind of, as the designers stuck a big handle on the side for easy gripping. While Lan's was mostly light blue, Dex's was mostly light GREEN. A horde of students had gathered around them. "Fight! Fight! Fight!" The majority pumped their fists and chanted. "Shut up, punks!" Dex looked back at Lan. "So, are you gonna be a crybaby and leave, or are you gonna FIGHT like a MAN?" "Uhh...fight like a man?" "Good enough! Be careful, 'cause GutsMan RAWKS!!" "If you say so." "Don't mind if I do!" Using retractable cords in their PETs, the two kids connected the devices together! "Jack in!" Dex said. "GutsMan! Execute!!" Lan followed suit. "Jack in! MegaMan! Execute!!"
BATTLE START!
The connection between the two PETS made a temporary battlefield. MegaMan appeared in the middle of nine large, garish and ghastly red panels. He adjusted his blue-with-yellow-squares helmet, which mostly but not completely concealed his brown hair. The same symbol which was on Lan's headband sat on either side of his helmet and on his chest, as if to say that they were as close as brothers! Ooh! His only other real armor was a pair of big meaty gauntlets, and some boots suited for the rain. The opposing Navi GutsMan appeared in the middle of his own roaring, rambunctious blue panels. GutsMan had huge yellow fists and a gorilla-like body, appearing to be well-suited for all-out physical attacking. "Roar!" he roared. "LOUDER!!" Dex shouted. "ROAR!!" "Ready, MegaMan?" Lan asked his Navi. "It's only GutsMan. How hard could it be?" "Yeah, I know. Just makin' sure." "Grrrr...GutsMan's gonna POUND you!" Dex growled, feeling insulted. "Okay, let's do it quick! While he's provoked!" Lan yelled. He jammed a small, square-shaped cartidge into the side of his PET. "Cannon, battlechip, in!" MegaMan's gauntlet turned into a bulky blue cannon! He took time to aim his cannon. "Do it, quickly!" "Shockwave, battlechip, in!" Dex countered. "Guts GUTS!" GutsMan threw his fists backward into the air, combined them into the shape of a hammer, and brought 'em right back down! Sadly for him, the cannon hit first and the attack was negated! "Guts--?" "NO!" wailed Dex. "That's what you get for challenging US, Dex!" Lan taunted, and he loaded in another chip. "Sword! Battlechip, in!" MegaMan's arm turned into a glowing cyan sword, and he started running toward GutsMan, taring a huge long crack through the ground! "Eat stuff, GutsMan!" But as he actually looked up, the tough customer got ready to slug MegaMan in the face! "WAAUGH!" Bang! He was hit square in the face by GutsMan! MegaMan stood there, dazed, for a second. "Ugh...momma...waffles..." He shook his head around. "What?" "Give 'im another Shockwave!" Dex commanded. "Battlechip, in!" "This match is OOOOVAAAAAAARRRRRR!! GUUUUUUUUUUUTS!" GutsMan got ready to throw down his arms... "Recover10, in!" MegaMan jumped up in the air, feeling refreshed! "Yeah! Now I have 20 HP!" His arm turned into a small cannon - the Mega Buster! - and began to charge up a shot. "Panel Out 1! Attack +5! Battlechips, IN!!" Dex forced the chips in! "Gutsgutsguts RAAAAAH!" GutsMan assaulted MegaMan with a pickaxe! "Aw, man! Now I only have 5 HP!" "Well," Lan said, "it wasn't all for naught, right?" GutsMan came at him again with his hands in the form of a hammer! It whacked MegaMan on the top of the helmet, and deleted him! "NOOOOO! I thought helmets were supposed to protect YOOOOOO..."
Enemy Deleted!
"Aw, man!" Lan threw his arms down in defeat. "That was kinda depressing." "YES!" Dex partied. "I got a MegaMan chip! And you actually thought you were gonna WIN! HA!!" he gloated. "In yo FACE!! Seeya tomorrow...LOSER!!" He headed home. "Yeah, LOU-ZER!" some random guy said, following Dex. "I'm goin' home! Why're you following me!?" "Get a LIFE, loser!" another stranger taunted, kicking a pinecone at Lan's face. "Ow!" Lan threw a random discarded can back at him, but missed. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" The kid ran away screaming. "First the biggest guy at school is making fun of me, NOW the biggest kid at school and his FANBOYS are making fun of me..." "I thought he was your friend!" MegaMan said, presently unharmed. "Well yeah technically." "You need more friends. Anyways, cheer up, Lan! At least he wasn't a WWW Navi! I'd have been deleted if he was!" "Uh...WWW? World Wide Web?" "Lan, don't you know? The letter...you got it this morning...terrorists who want to blow the world up or something...WWW? Those guys?" "You said my only letter was from Dad!" "'Cause nothing else excites you anymore!" Lan narrowed his eyes for a moment. "Anyways, we could have WON if he hadn't pulled out that hammer-thing! We could have WON!!" He frowned. "Our other option: get a better recover chip." "Or, even better: go home and forget all about it!" "Right! At least nothing ELSE could go wrong today!"
COMMENTARY: Uh...no, not really for this chapter. Nothing EXCEPT...if you have any ideas for jokes, Navis, areas, or just neat crap you want to have happen in this story, post it or PM me! Chapter Two is already pretty much done. I might go over it and add stuff like description, reader suggestions, etc. So please, suggest stuff! Even if it's a Navi who will appear forty chapters into the future! Lastly, I have no schedule for updating yet. On one hand, I'm a slacker. On the other hand, I'm really getting into writing the IceMan chapter. So after a short while, I'll hopefully decide on something.
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