Digital Strider

"I hate Shrubbies...." Slade clenched his hands after barely escaping the rolling log from Shrubby. He glared towards the virii, growled and stomped the ground in his attempt to threaten the shrubby for he knew that shrubbies were well-known of their timid nature. By the time, he had already gotten rid of the heatshots. A moment after, the surrounding atmosphere grew darker, almost pitch-black as Slade activated his incoming attack.

"Leave the shrubby for now, focus on the remaining Mets!" Kai ordered and placed a chip into the chip reader of his PET. The reader analyzed the chip's data and upon completing, the data was then transmitted to the blue NetNavi for his use.

Meanwhile, Slade had already stood in front of a mettaur after a swift charge towards it. The claw on Slade's right arm had already set ablaze with blackened flare. Staring straight towards the eyes of the virii, Slade tried to let the feeling of fear enveloped the virii. A dynamic slash was then delivered onto the virii, a slash that would pierce even a solid alloy.

"Next the weakened Met! Smack him using the rageclaw!"

Another command from Kai was understood fully by Slade. The Navi then directed his sight to his prey. He tried to distract the Met's attention by growling while a faint light glowed on his left hand, morphing the fingers of him into sharp nails. And without further dialogues, the navi kicked the ground and bulleted to the Met, hence delivering a deadly stab with his fully-materialized claw.


Summary
1. Try to frighten ShrubbyA
2. Black Passion to MetA [60 Dmg]
3. Rageclaw stab to MetB [50 Dmg]
The Shrubby is unaffected by the tactic, since it is hidden. TRhis soon changing, however, as the mets are taken down. It then fires a log right into Slade, panicing.

MetoolA: DELETED!
MetoolB: DELETED!
SeedbatA: DELETED!
SeedbatB: DELETED!
ShrubbyA: 50 HP (Hiding behind MetoolA)

Slade.exe: 140 HP
XD I thought it would work

The shrubby's log hit directly to Slade's left leg, knocking him to lose balance and fell onto the floor. The fall was rather painful than the shrubby's attack as Slade slammed his face first during the fall. He recovered from the attack quickly, standing as soon as he shrugged the attack off. His pride had been hurting more than the injury. ...darn it...a shrubby brought me down....unforgivable!

"Here he goes again.....well, Battle Chip, Sword! Slot In!" Kai sighed, slotting in a battlechip and nibbled on some potato chips.

Slade walked towards the virii, in an almost berserking manner. Rageclaw was detached from his left hand, while the cyber blade materialized. Reaching the shrubby, which was hiding behind the corpse of a mettaur, the Navi sneered and spoke some inaudible curse. His eyes were filled with bloodthisrsty revenge. A severe kick was then delivered to the shrubby, which was meant to horrify the puny creature.

"Prepare to taste the sweetness of death..." Staring straight towards the virii, eyes to eyes, Slade startled the virii and swung his digital blue blade, trying to slice the virii into two pieces...


Summary
1. Kick ShrubbyA [1 Dmg]
2. Stare ShrubbyA, causing deep fear XD
3. Sword stab to ShrubbyA [90 Dmg]
The Shrubby just squeaked, looking absolutely horrified, as the blade was driven mercilessly into it.

MetoolA: DELETED!
MetoolB: DELETED!
SeedbatA: DELETED!
SeedbatB: DELETED!
ShrubbyA: DELETED!

Slade.exe: 140 HP

VICTORY ASSURED!

Reward: 250z!
"Heh..." A simple smirked was seen as Slade made his way to the zenny left by the virii. Picking it up, he transfered it towards Kai's zenny storage in the PET. Slade had already started tyo dash while Kai interrupted.

"Wait, while you were busting, I tracked some bizarre presence of data somewhere near you....do you see anything unusual around?"

The blue Navi surprised at Kai's word. What is this bizarre data? he wondered. Searching through the Netscape around him, he finally came to a stone portal. The portal was made of a pile of stones, and two orb, emitting spectrum lights which caused some kind of space-time rift.

Slade who was dumbfounded by the discovery stood there, mesmerized. "Any idea what is this Kai?"

"Dunno....and this may be the cause of why the house's system was occupied with the virii...." Kai too had no idea about the phenomenon. He was pretty much like Slade, astounded. But a disturbance of the rift snapped both of them out. A shadowy figure was walking directly through the rift. Kai decided to be cautious and sent a battlechip to his Navi "Battlechip, Zapring! Slot In!"

Slade knew exactly what his NetOp was thinking and readied his stance as he uploaded the zapring onto his arm and aimed it towards the portal, preparing for any possible outcome.


De-1337-ed, you can jump in now...
((changed blue with green))

" I told you it's a portal, now get out of there....you're out of track! " Arch orders his navi.

" wait Arch, there's something over there.... "

" I don't care.... "

Arbalest run towards the black figure that he saw just now....

" well, it's a navi.... "

Arbalest stops running and walks slowly....then he introduced himself....before he could so, the navi sprangly attacks him with zapring....lucky for Arbalest to dodge the electric ring but his left somehow made a contact and it burns his skin...."OUCH!! damnit!" Arbalest shouts

" I told you to leave this place....now look what happened to you.... " Arch scold Arbalest for not listening to him....then he resumes, " but still, you're my navi and no one can never hurt you....prepare for battle!!! "

Arbalest heard what his operator said, he take two arrows from his back....but then, he stops....

" what's wrong with you, aren't to supposed to fight back.... " Arch questioned....

" I think that navi isn't really want to fight me, i'll try talk to him.... " Arbalest try to convinced....he knows that something is not right, why would someone want to attack him....he don't have any enemies, neither making one....Arbalest dropped his arrow, slowly he approach the navi....

" look here, i'm not someone that you think....i'm just a normal navi, and you can call me Arbalest....if you want to....say, is this your port? i'm sorry if I accidentaly broke in without your permission.... " Arbalest introduced himself and apologize as well....
"Who the hell are you and what have you done with my door lock?!" Kai questioned instantly, without even trying to understand the situation. He readied sword chips to be inserted but somehow was calmed down by Slade.

"Uhh, he introduced himself already.....why would someone who wanted to corrupt your home's system telling his name?"

"....uhhh yeah...." Kai embarassed by his overreaction, putting the chips back into his chips' case. Seeing his operator had calmed down, Slade walked towards the green navi, trying to explain the situation. "Well, hello there..."

"Arbalest." Kai interrupted, seeing his Navi's puzzled face.

"...well you see Arbalest, something happened to my NetOp's home system, the door locked unexpectedly while we left home and when we tried using the house's key, for some reason it won't open."

Kai continued from the part Slade left, while munching some chocolate bars. "My assumption is, there might be some kind of disturbance with Mr. Prog. Thus, we took decision to check it but the firewall seemed too fragile and virus had somehow invaded this place. So we thought that someone might had been messing, maybe some hackers..."

"By the way, how did you come to my house's system anyway, and from where?"
" I see, no wonder I can entered this place without a problem....actually, I also don't know how I got myself here....before I came to this place, I was lurking at ACDC.net....searching for virii's....I really don't have any idea of what happened to your home system and to clear things up, I'm not the someone that you're looking for.... " Arbalest explained but then, Arch interferes....

" you talk too much Arbalest....enough talking and get out of there....I don't want you to cause any more trouble, enough for today!! "

but Arbalest didn't listen, he continues his conversation with them instead....

" I know how we can solve this, i'll help you until we found the culprit....how's that??? " Arbalest offers some help...

" you want to help THEM?.... " Arch questioned, he didn't believe what his navi just said....

" yeah why not....i'm the one who started this, so i'm responsible for everything....besides, what can we lose?? it's still virus-busting after all.... " Arbalest tries to convinced Arch....

" well, I hate to say this but okay....THEN! you'll leave this place right after you done helping them, got it! " Arch agrees to help them....
So, Dad was right about the system had some path to the Net...but then..., Kai lost in his deep thought for a moment but snapped after Arbalest said that he would like to tag along with them. "That would be appreciated. I mean, we don't know what we're going to face. And it would be helpful if we have someone to tag along in this mission..." Kai shown his appreciation about Arbalset idea about helping him. He really glad that the strangers was not an enemy after all.

"Yup, thanks a lot. But I would like to remind you, whoever was behind all this might be very skillful and probably have a very strong netNavi, too." Slade held out his hand for a shake. "Oh, forgot to introduce myself. I'm Slade and that kid there is my NetOp, Kai Tsurugi..."

"What with the 'kid'?! Oh and nice to meet you, Arbalest and..."
" and Arch, my male operator....we're always like this, fight among ourselves a LOT....so don't take it too seriously, it's the way that we communicate to each other....fighting and arguing " Arbalest introduce his operator to his new member....he revert back his crossbow-buster into a normal hand....

" yeah, we always do this....and most of the time, he lose.... " Arch begin to talks with them, Kai Tsurugi and Slade.exe....

" yeah, 'he'....anyway, you said that the one that did this should be someone that skillful and strong....it's okay, I...opss, I mean WE can handle it....so, where's this virus??? " Arbalest seems to be a bit impatient...

" calm down for a second, you....we might never know what's waiting for you.... " said Arch to Arbalest who is currently smoking....it's the third one for today....
((What HP are you both at?))

Virus Attack!

MetoolA: 40
MetoolB: 40
MetoolC: 40
SpikeyA: 90
SpikeyB: 90
SpikeyC: 90

Arbalest: ???
Slade: ???

Battle 1 Start!
Both of our HP is 140....

"Heheh, we don't need to find them....they came to us..." Slade grinned and glanced at the virii horde which was coming towards Arbalest and him.

"Arch, Slade and I will fight and distract the virii in close range, so it'll be better for you to keep damaging them with long ranged attacks." Kai smiled as he suggested a battle strategy to his new comrade. He then shifted his attention towards his NetNavi, assisting him in thebattle. "I'll send some chips...Battle Routine, Set!"

"Execute!" While Kai prepared his battlechips, Slade had already charged towards the virus group. With his claw in hand, he called forth a black fog which surrounded the entire Netscape. Once he leapt onto the air, the fog seemed concentrated towards his claw, harnessing its piercing power. The claw was then set ablaze and swung repeatedly upon the hound of flame.

"Battle Chip, Sword! Slot In! Spikeys are our main priority.."

"Acknowledged!" As Slade landed safely after the repeated slash, a blinding light enveloped the Navi's body, mostly to the right hand of him. The light slowly faded as a blade, glowed with a faint blue light, attached to his right arm. The navi moved his body swiftly with his maximum speed, lunging and side-rolling to prevent any obstacle overcame him. Slade pointed his blade tip directly in between the Spikey's eyes, with his jet-wing throttling in his attempt to stab the spikey to death.


Summary
1. Black Passion to SpikeyA [60 Dmg]
2. Side-Roll! Lunge! Somersault!....well, it's a dodge
3. Sword to SpikeyB [90 Dmg]
" I got it, so....you're a melee type, great! you handle the spikeys, i'll dispose the mets.... " Arbalest gave his word....he picked back the arrow that he just dropped, insert it into his bow....he search for any suitable target, he shoots out one arrow to a spikey....then he shoots again, to a met....to improve his accuracy, he ducked before he used the Double Arrow skil....

" can I have a vulcan chip, mr.winston.... " Arbalest requests a battlechip and teasing him....

" you're begining to like this chip don't you....and don't call me that name! " Arch slot-in a vulcan chip....he seems not to happy....

Arbalest receives the vulcan gun....knowing that the met he attacked using arrow don't die so easily, he finished it with a vulcan....now he only got 2 shots left, then he spots a mettaur is charging towards him....Arbalest is forced to dodge, for once he thinks that the met should quit in a few seconds but seeing that the met had gone insane....he don't have other choice but to fires the vulcan shot in order to stop the raging met....

" huh, that's a close one.... " Arbalest sighed and sweats are all over him....even though it's just a tiny mettaur, it still dangerous....

" here's something for you.... " said Arch while sending a battlechip....

Arbalest seems to be quite far from the battlefield, thanks to the crazy met....he need to get there fast so he dashes, he noticed that his partner, Slade is struggling....once he got there, Arbalest make a high jump and a full spin....he kept his left-eye closed, he's targetting a mettaur because that was the plan....he take down all the mets while Slade will deal the spikeys....he fires the cannon shot as soon as he target locked the mets....

" hmmm, I think that I just noticed something....but what is it, a navi??? "


[ Turn 1 - DA(30) >>> spikeyA, mettaurA ]
[ Turn 2 - vulcan(10+10*2) >>> mettaurB, vulcan(10+10) mettaurA ]
[ Turn 3 - cannon(40+10) >>> mettaurC ]
Slade strikes the first Spikey before cutting through its neighbor. Arbalest then takes out the weakened dog and also wounds a met. He then uses a Vulcan to take out two helmeted foes. He then blasts the last one, but recieves a heatshot in the face from the final enemy.

MetoolA: DELETED!
MetoolB: DELETED!
MetoolC: DELETED!
SpikeyA: DELETED!
SpikeyB: DELETED!
SpikeyC: 90

Arbalest: 110
Slade: 140
" Arch, guard chip hurry!! " Arbalest demands a guard chip, a spikey's fireball is coming towards him....he cannot dodge it as he's still on the air after blasing a mettaur using cannon....

" errm, i'm very sorry but I can't....i've used it to trade with battlechips....it may sound silly but for now, we need to have strong powerful battlechip....we can find guard chips later, and yes....you got the right to be mad at me, but please don't do it now.... " Arch explains and begging....

Arbalest becomes very pissed off with Arch's doing things, he did this without even talk to him....he got a LOT of things to say but when he remembers what happened last night, he decided to keep quiet and concentrate on his fight....he don't have other choice but to self-defend the fireball and it blasts his head....he let himself fall to the ground after the heatshot burns his face, he didn't move even a slight inch....Arbalest crashes to the ground, and he's unconcious....Arch becomes terrified and dozens of questions running through his mind, is Arbalest alive?, is he dead?, what should he do if he's dead?....

" Arbalest....are you alright!!! " he tries to get Arbalest on the line, but Arbalest didn't respond....Arch reminds himself don't cry, get tough....Arbalest will laugh when saw you crying over him....then he say a few last words with eyes closed....

" dear Arbalest.exe, i still remember you in my heart even though you're gone, i shall remember today's date and time....although i've gotten myself a new navi, but you're still number one....to show you that how meaningful you're to me, no one could ever use the battlechips that you've used.... "

" so, you do care about me after all.... "

" what.... " Arch opens his eye as he heard a voice from his navi....he looked at the screen, Arbalest is still alive! he's very happy and thankful to see that his navi is still alive.... " I thought that you're dead.... "

" I just became unconcious for a few seconds, and yeah....I still feel the pain after I hit the ground quite hard and my head, ouch!....my vision is not clear, I can hardly move my arms and legs....can you give me a second....Slade, i'm okay right here.... " said Arbalest, he do a little exercise....trying to move his arms and legs....jumping several times, do some punching and kicking.... " now that's better.... "

" great! now let's finish this fight, i'm positive that you want to pay back right??? cannon! double-slot in! download! " Arch pick two cannonchips from the holder and slot-in both chips....Arbalest receives the battlechip data, he dashes to the spikey....attempt to chase that thing and blast the beast-like virus with cannon from short ranged....he will make sure that the cannon shot will injures the spikey's head badly, Arbalest is full with rage....the hatred towards the spikey keep increased each time he's closer to the spikey....

[ Turn 1 - dodge/dash ]
[ Turn 2 - cannon(40+10) >>> spikeyC ]
[ Turn 3 - cannon(40+10) >>> spikeyC ]
Slade stunned, seeing as his partner was hit by a fireball. He rushed towards the fallen Navi, but stopped as Arbalest insisted that he's okay. Still being a bit uneasy, Slade moved quickly, yet steadily, from one side of the battle field to another, dodging unnecessary attacks. He made his way towards his partner, hoping that he would provide assistance to Arbalest somehow.

"Arbalest made his move...so should you. Battle Chip, EnergyBomb! Slot In!" Kai stated, inserting a battlechip for Slade. Two blast came out from Arbalest one after another, and at the same time, the multi exploding bomb was fully materialized on Slade's palm. Slade took the opportunity to toss the bomb into the cannon's path, hoping that the cannon blast would drove the bomb towards the spikey.

"....would that even worked?" Kai wondered. Meanwhile Slade arrived at his partner location and guarded him as he made himself a meat shield for Arbalest.


Summary
1. Ran, sprinted, dashed.......Dodge!
2. Throw Energybomb into cannon blast's path, towards SpikeyC[40x3 Dmg]
3. Cover Arbalest with body
Predictably, the Spikey is deleted.

MetoolA: DELETED!
MetoolB: DELETED!
MetoolC: DELETED!
SpikeyA: DELETED!
SpikeyB: DELETED!
SpikeyC: DELETED!

Arbalest: 110
Slade: 140

The Winnah....It's j00!

Rewards: Both Get - 400z
"Heh...guess I didn't need to worry about you after all..." Slade smiled as he looked at Arbalest. Letting out a sigh of relief, Slade walked towrds the data left behind by the virii group and analyzed it. "It's Zenny" The blue Navi spoke, after a few seconds of scanning. Tossing half of the amount to Arbalest, Slade transferred the other half to Kai's Zenny Storage.

"Well, it seems like nothing here anymore..."

Kai agreed with his NetNavi's statement, the PET didn't show any sign of virii. "It seems so....but we need to delete those virus soon, or I'll never get inside the house before midnight." Kai seeked through his collection of chips and picked up another energybomb. "Sending energybomb...complete! Destroy the portal with it."

"Okay, but how about Arbalest, they can't get back to ACDC Net, this way.." Considering that maybe Arch and Arbalest came from ACDC Net, Slade hesitated whether they should destroy the portal or not.

"Yes, but they still can jack-out." Kai explained, but to be polite, he asked the opinion of the duo. "Umm Arch, Arbalest, destroying the portal might stop the virii from entering, but you won't be able to return to ACDC Net, is that okay?"
" hmm, cannot go back to ACDC.net....but I still can jack-out Arbalest without any problem, is it??? " Arch asks Slade and Kai while Arbalest take the half-part data from Slade....Arbalest's movement is not good as before....he barely can move....but he still want to say something....

" I also got a question....if you blow up the portal, it means that my job here is done right??? I wish that I could stay here for a couple of hours....but my injuries is quite serious, and I may need a rest....I must not move around too much.... "
Before any bombs can be thrown, another set of virii appear! This group seems to be quite angry with the pair of Navi.

A NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHES!

SpikeyA: 90
SpikeyB: 90
SpikeyC: 90
BunnyA: 50
BunnyB: 50
BunnyC: 50

Arbalest: 110
Slade: 140

Battle 2....Fight!