So, bugs and fish rock out?

SpikeyA: 90 HP
SpikeyB: 90 HP
ShrubbyA: 50 HP
ShrubbyB: 50 HP
ShrubbyB: 50 HP
CanodumbA: 50 HP
CanodumbB: 50 HP

Target.EXE: 130 HP

--FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE!--
"The Spikey...my mortal enemy!" Tara aimed her buster at one of them, but didn't shoot. "Brandon, let's get on it!"

"That's all fine and good, but we're waiting to take the Spikey down! Take down the other first, got it?"

"...All right...I guess that's a better plan..."

"That's more like it!" Brandon started the transfer of chip data over to his Navi. "Battlechip, Shotgun! Triple slot in!"

"Three? Aren't you the nice operator all of a sudden?"

"Hey, if it works, it works!"

"And I'm not arguing!" She aimed her Shotgun-ized arm towards the enemy, and fired thrice, taking extra special care on the last one. "Well, that does it for Shotgun."

"And that does it for my PET's processor for the moment! You know the drill by now!"

"Right...!" And the cursor Navi did what she always did in such a situation; brace herself for the counterattack...


[Order of Turn:
1-Shotgun chip attack on CanondumbB (50, possible splash)
2-Shotgun chip attack on ShrubbyC (50, possible splash)
3-Shotgun chip attack on ShrubbyA (50, possible splash) (Snipe used)]
Shotgun spam went flying in every which direction, taking out the chosen Canodumb and Shrubbies. The final Shotgun blast managed to send the remnants of the attack that had deleted the Shrubby past the mutilated virus and into the one standing behind it, taking that one out as well. The Spikeys, enraged, took off in opposite directions in a circle around Tara. One of them spat a fireball that nailed her square in the side.

SpikeyA: 90 HP
SpikeyB: 90 HP
ShrubbyA: DELETED!
ShrubbyB: DELETED!
ShrubbyC: DELETED!
CanodumbA: 50 HP
CanodumbB: DELETED!

Target.EXE: 100 HP
"Ow!" Tara winced as the flame attack nailed her, but soon smiled upon seeing Shotgun do its thing. "But, if it lets me see Shotgun pull tricks like that, it's worth it!"

"You and your fancy Shotgun..." Brandon sighed at his Navi's painfully obvious chip preference, then pulled out a different chip. "All right, here's something for you to take out that Canondumb with! Battlechip, FireHit! Slot in!"

The cursor Navi immediately launched the flaming punch attack at the cannon virus. "Okay, that takes care of that! Now to take care of those Spikey! Who are still my mortal enemy!"

"I know, I know...here, wail on it with this. Battlechip, Hi-Cannon! Slot in!"

"With pleasure!" Walking the extra mile for the sake of accuracy, she paused before shooting a blast at the hated virus. "Now how about something to finish it off?"

"Nah, I have a better idea!"

"What could possibly be a better idea than that?!"

"This! Battlechip, Guard! Slot in!"

The defensive chip began shielding Tara, who was a bit surprised about the move. "Oh, so this is what you meant. So long as it helps bring down Spikey, I'm game for it!"

"Good, because it's kinda late now!"

"..."

[Order of Turn:
1-FireHit1 chip attack on CanondumbA (60, Fire)
2-Hi-Cannon chip attack on SpikeyB (80) (Snipe used)
3-Guard1 chip (60-, Reflect)]
The Firehit, which probably would have worked perfectly for anyone else, repaid Tara by scything through the air just to the Canodumb's left. If it could have chlortled, the virus would have been doing so as it fired a shot toward the Navi. Tara had just enough time to launch off her HiCannon, bringing it to within an inch of its life, and pull up her Guard. The Canodumb's shot reflected off the shield, and nailed it for a portion of the damage that it had been spared by the Firehit's miss.

SpikeyA: 90 HP
SpikeyB: 10 HP
ShrubbyA: DELETED!
ShrubbyB: DELETED!
ShrubbyC: DELETED!
CanodumbA: 30 HP
CanodumbB: DELETED!

Target.EXE: 100 HP
"...Did that thing just miss?" Tara stood there, somewhat shocked that it failed to do its job. "Hmm...although now that I think about it, it looked almost...unsure of where to hit. Maybe it works better on moving targets?"

"Maybe. We'll have to try it out some more later! But for now, let's focus on getting the weakened viruses out of the way!" While it hardly needed to be mentioned, Brandon started inserting chips into his PET. "Battlechip, Cannon! Slot in!"

"Too bad we can't split the damage up any. We could take them both out with just one!" The cursor Navi's arm became shaped like the remaining Canodumb, then aimed at the virus with its own weapon. "But, chips don't work that way..." She took a shot at it, then turned towards the Spikey she had hit earlier. "Shall we finish this one with its own chip too?"

"The team of Brandon and Tara is always pro-irony!" The operator heeded his Navi's suggestion, and inserted a Spikey's chip. "Battlechip, HeatShot! Slot in!"

"Pro-irony and anti-Spikey!" She took careful before launching the fire attack at the dog virus. "That should be one down, one to go!"

"I never did get why you hate those things so much...I think they're kinda cool for viruses!"

"You'd never understand! Never!" Without waiting for a third chip, Tara fired a laser shot towards what was preferably the final virus.

"I'm not going to argue with that. and I don't think I ever want to prove you wrong on it, either..."

[Order of Turn:
1-Cannon chip attack on CanondumbA (40)
2-HeatShot chip attack on SpikeyB (40, Fire) (Snipe used)
3-Snipe Laser sig attack on SpikeyA (60)]
Irony served well. Both the Canodumb and the Spikey were wiped out by their own chips. Snipe Laser put an obvious dent in the last Spikey, but didn't quite kill it. The virus seemed to want to shoot back, but then thought better of it and dashed off in a strafing pattern.

SpikeyA: 30 HP
SpikeyB: DELETED!
ShrubbyA: DELETED!
ShrubbyB: DELETED!
ShrubbyC: DELETED!
CanodumbA: DELETED!
CanodumbB: DELETED!

Target.EXE: 100 HP
"Hey, hold still, so I can blast you!" Tara was doing her darnedest to get an accurate lock on the remaining Spikey, but didn't seem to be quite succeeding. "Okay...I think I've got the aim down...so send me something to finish it with!"

"Hmm...nah!"

"...What?! What do you mean, nah?!"

"It's weak now! Your buster can finish it off as well as a chip at this point!"

"Oh sure, make your Navi do all the work..." The cursor Navi began charging her buster, while still trying to maintain a proper sight on the Spikey.

"And who sent you all those Shotgun and Cannon chips earlier?"

"......Oh, here we go! Charge complete! Not sure if I've got a perfect aim, but it doesn't matter anymore..." She fired a single shot at the remaining virus... or so she thought. "Okay, that did it! At least I THINK it did..."

[Order of Turn:
1-Charge
2-Charge
3-Charge shot on SpikeyA (36) (Snipe used)]
Boom! The charged shot had plenty of power, and took the Spiky down a notch...permanently.

SpikeyA: DELETED!
SpikeyB: DELETED!
ShrubbyA: DELETED!
ShrubbyB: DELETED!
ShrubbyC: DELETED!
CanodumbA: DELETED!
CanodumbB: DELETED!

Target.EXE: 100 HP

--VICTORY ASSURED!--

Get: Heatshot x1, 200z!
"...Yep, it did. And I triumph over Spikey once more. Just the way things should be!" Tara's normal scanning of remaining data began. "......Huh, looks like we got a chip this time, too. And it's...a HeatShot!"

"HeatShot? Heh, perfect!" Brandon placed his new chip in his folder as his cash total decreased, then increased slightly. "Good news!"

"What?"

"Did some more trading during that battle. One of which was a HeatShot for a Shotgun. So if you consider what we got from that last battle, we got a Shotgun for nothing!"

"Really? Wow, that guy must've wanted a fire chip really bad..."

"I guess. Oh, and I also got a Recover10!"

"...And why did you do that?"

"Well, I checked the shop price for it earlier. I got this one for less than half what they're asking!"

"...Your money, I guess..."

"Hey, I thought it was a good deal, all things considered. At the very least, it won't hurt, will it?"

"I guess so...so, should I keep going? Or you wanna jack out for a little bit first?"

"Hmm...actually, there's somewhere else I wanna go! Jack out, and we'll head there!"

"Oh sure, and leave me in the dark about where this place is..."

Brandon pressed a button on his PET. "I'll tell you in a sec, just get back here!" And as a result of said button press, the cursor Navi disappeared from the Net without a trace.

(jacking out, back to ACDC Town)