Ryokan virus busting

While Machman gathers up some Zenny and BattleChip data from the destroyed viruses, he notices Aera looking around the destroyed viruses as well.

You find anything?
Yep!

Machman stands up and looks back to her, smiling and holding something in her hands. He walks over to her, and notices the objects in her hands are small bits of data. The little fragments change colors and fluctuate repeatedly. The fragments then start to glow and gradually sink into her hand. She smiles, seemingly enjoying these fragments being absorbed.
Bug frags! Whenever I touch them, they merge with me and make me feel a little stronger.
[Huh... Makes sense, since she isn't really a Navi. We've seen those things around the viruses after we defeat them, but didn't think they served any purposes. Interesting... Oh, Mach. I got the chips and zenny, thanks. Once we get home, we got some serious upgrading to do! And we just might have the funds to do it!]
Looking forward to it!

Machman and Aera continue forward, deeper into YokaNet.

((Requesting Battle #3))
Machman and Aera speed along, now knee deep in FULL WATER, oh the agony.
They come across HOCKEY PLAYERS, DRAGONS, AND SKEETERS.
THOSE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, LIFE-SUCKING VAMPIRIC SKEETERS.
Well, this will be interesting. :'D

DharmaA: 90 HP
DharmaB: 90 HP
DharmaC: 90 HP
EarthDragon: 200 HP
EarthDragon: 200 HP
SkeeterA: 30 HP
SkeeterB: 30 HP
SkeeterC: 30 HP

TERRAIN: 100% SEA

Machman.exe: 100 HP
Aera.SP: 60 HP

-HOCKEY PLAYERS, DRAGONS, AND VAMPIRES-
-BATTLE 3-
-OH MY-
-BATTLE 3-
((Oh dear god.))

Machman and Aera are forced back into the water, well... Aera doesn't seem to mind one bit. As they splash along, they start to hear an odd buzzing sound. Once they get closer, they see a pack of several dangerous viruses. Break types, HP Drain, and HP "tanks" galore! Machman and Aera face forward, prepared to attack.
Viruses Identified! Eight viruses confirmed. Requesting battlechips and Thrust Laser clearance.
[Battlechips uploaded, use of Thrust Laser approved! Wipe them out!]

Machman's wings swing forward and pair up to charge their plasma ammunition. The pairs of wings track down two swarms of Skeeter viruses and lock on. The plasma cores charge to 100% capacity and the wings disengage a part of the the magnetic field keeping the plasma from escaping. The directed plasma is released in one burst, creating two large red energy beams that streak over the water, pushing it out of the way as it barrels towards their respective targets. The force of the blasts create a wave of wind and spray, hopefully taking a light-weight swarm of skeeter viruses along with it.

Machman's wings float back to their standby positions and begin discharging heat. Even from a distance you could see the ripples in the air caused by the heat emanating from the thruster-laden wings. Machman gives his wings some time to cool down as he grips a newly formed boomerang in his hands. He aims towards the Dharma viruses, brings his arm back, and throws with an over-hand motion. The boomerang spins very fast and levels out just a foot or two from the water, causing a small depression in the water directly underneath and leaving a small wake as it zips by. It passes through the Dharma position and climbs to around 10 feet to make it's 180 turn and dives back down to return to Machman. Machman catches the boomerang with his right hand, causing his arm to swing up over his head. The boomerang crushes down into a glowing packet of data and Machman swings his hand back down to the water below.

{You'd better know how to swim!}
His hand hits the water with a splash and impacts the floor below. The energy in the palm of his hand is injected into the floor and creates a powerful seismic pulse. The pulse travels forward in a straight line, aiming towards the EarthDragon viruses. The rapid sinking and rising of the floor below creates a tower of water almost a dozen feet high. The pillar of water gushes forward like a wave and passes through the viruses positions before the pulse weakens and the tower of water is reduced to a medium-sized ripple in the water.

In the mean time, Aera finds one of the Skeeter swarms and fires an energy shot supplied from the jewel embedded in the back of her hand. Machman bolts from the water and closes in on the Dharma virus trio. He lands in front of them with a big splash, crouched down to lessen the stress on his legs from the impact. Seeming like everything else is stuck in slow motion, this right arm changes into an elongated red buster with a large fuel tank secured to the bottom and an igniter program affixed in front of the rather skinny barrel. Machman stands upright and points his flame thrower-fied arm towards the right-most Dharma.

With a nearly inaudible chuckle, Machman injects the liquid fuel into the barrel, where it sprays past the pilot flame and ignites. The stream of flame brightens up the area around them, reflecting off the water and the glint of Machman's armor. Machman then sweeps his flamethrower to the left, trying to cover all three Dharmas in a stream of flaming napalm.

ACTIONS:
Machman
Thrust Laser: SkeeterA,B (30dmg + 2TCD)
Gust: Blow SkeeterC back out of attack range
Boomerang1: DharmaA,B,C (60dmg Wood {Max 3 targets})
Waterline1: EarthDragonA,B (160dmg Aqua + Ground Attack + Line Attack {Max 3 targets}) ((Possible boost by Sea terrain?))
FireBurn1: DharmaA,B,C (50dmg Fire + Line Attack {Max 3 targets})

Aera
Attack: SkeeterB (10dmg)
((Bump))
Machman starts off by blasting two Skeeters to kingdom come, then blows the third one out of the way when it dives toward him. The speed navi then sends his Boomerang spiraling through the ranks, and detects that he hits two, the other advancing on Machman, before the weapon returns.
Trudging toward the PotDragons, the speedster gets a nasty surprise as one of them crashes headlong into him! Luckily, the navi's undershirt saved him from fatal deletion. Grunting, the warrior unleashes his Waterline, drowning the first Dragon completely.
Machman bursts more flames at the Dharma viruses, deleting two, one firing at Aera, who was attacking a Skeeter, knocking her over.

DharmaA: BOBBAQUED
DharmaB: 40 HP
DharmaC: BURNT
EarthDragon: DROWNED
EarthDragon: 100 HP
SkeeterA: THRUST
SkeeterB: LASER'D
SkeeterC: 20 HP

TERRAIN: 100% SEA

Machman.exe: 1 HP (OBLIGATORY ANNOYING WARNING BEEPS)
Aera.SP: 45 HP
((You can change Aera's HP to 25HP due to the SP revision.))

Machman slumps down to his knees as his fatigue gets the better of him. Aera clambers back to her feet, and notices Machman a few feet away.
MACHMAN!!!
Aera splashes to the severely wounded Machman, and keeps him from slumping into the water.
Hrgh. I'm alright... Mazer, requesting recovery chips.
[Confirmed! Stand by.]

Machman begins to glow a bright green as 3 different recovery programs start to repair his programming and recover energy. Machman eases himself up, and moves his arms and legs around as the glow disappears.
Thanks. You're going to pay for that!
Machman's wings rise up into ready positions as bright cyan flames start to appear in each of Machman's thrusters. Machman spreads his stance and takes a quick scan of the surrounding viruses, and plots out a path. Machman then brings his forearms crossed across his chest, the jewels in the backs of his hands glowing brightly. A red transparent screen forms in front of his body. Machman whips his arms back down to his sides an opens his thrusters to 100% power. He rockets forward, the energy screen stretching back and sharpening like a large energy ram. He takes a straight path towards the Skeeter viruses, hoping the combination of his momentum and energy screen will cause a reaction like bugs on a windshield.

Machman then takes a sharp turn, straight towards the final Dharma virus. After passing through the Dharma's position, he takes a banking turn at a blinding speed, creating a massive "rooster tail" in the water. He hones in on the EarthDragon virus and zooms directly at it. Machman's energy screen flickers and quickly fades as his thrusters lose power. He adjusts his thruster direction to direct him towards Aera, skiing on the surface of the water with only his feet and rapidly slowing down with the help of his boot thrusters. He finally stops with a wave next to Aera. He then brings his right arm in front of him, fist facing skyward. His arm and fist then splits apart, nearly tripling in size as pieces of heavy yellow armor appear and fill in the gaps and fasten in with some small sprays of sparks. Machman swings his newly formed GutFist down to his side, making a depression in the water from the force alone. He then draws his GutFist back, prepared to punch and crush anything that tries to attack.
Come at me.

ACTIONS:
Machman
Recover10: Machman.EXE (recover 10HP)
Recover10: Machman.EXE (recover 10HP)
Dash Attack: SkeeterC, DharmaB, EarthDragonB (90dmg + Impact {5 targets Max})
Counter1: Machman.EXE (Counter attack with GutPunch for 70dmg + Breaking + Impact)
Gust: Dodge

Aera
Heal: Machman.EXE (recover 10HP)
((Mod pl0x! [Translated: "Bump!"]))
((Inspiration = Dead))
Machman heals, crashes into stuff, the water does ONE HUNDRED DAMAGE to the EarthDragon, killing it, and nothing is left.
Great, awesome, go in the onsen or something, relax.

DharmaA: BOBBAQUED
DharmaB: RAN OVER
DharmaC: BURNT
EarthDragon: DROWNED
EarthDragon: THE OCEAN DOES NOT LIKE YOU
SkeeterA: THRUST
SkeeterB: LASER'D
SkeeterC: CRASHED

TERRAIN: 100% SEA

Machman.exe: 31 HP (OBLIGATORY ANNOYING WARNING BEEPS ANYWAY)
Aera.SP: 25 HP

-VICTORY-
Get: 1350z, 32 Bugfrags
[Good work, both of you. You think you can still fight, Mach?]
Yeah. I should be okay. I'll try to play it safe next time.

Aera clings on to his arm as they slosh forward deeper into the network.
Don't overexert yourself, okay?
I won't, Aera. I'll be alright, I have you to help me out!
Aera lets out a troubled smile, she is still shaken up from seeing Machman in nearly critical condition a few minutes ago.

((Stand by on Battle #4, SP upgrades in progress:
+10dmg = 30BugFrags + 2 SP Lvl
+1 action = 100Bugfrags + 5 SP Lvl
Total = 130BugFrags & +7 SP Lvl & +1 Navi Lvl
Requesting Approval by Mod))
((Approved. Aera Loses 130 Bugfrags. Gains +10 DMG, +1 Action, 7 levels. Machman gains one level.))

Machman and Aera run into a blizzard. Augh, that really sucks.
A Geyser erupts nearby them in this cold environment, nearly whacking them off. The water is FREEZING, they should find normal ground.... which is nowhere in sight.
A steamy form lashes out at the two, almost singing their bodies completely, but they manage to avoid it.
A fan of some sort hums in the distance, maybe two.
The digital navigators' sensors slowly process the information around them, and the feedback isn't too good.

WeatherA: 80 HP
WeatherB: 80 HP
WeatherC: 80 HP
MistyA: 100 HP
MistyB: 100 HP
MistyC: 100 HP
WindboxA: 100 HP
WindboxB: 100 HP

Terrain: 70% Sea, 30% Geyser (scattered)
Weather: Blizzard (Elec Boost, but extreme chance of freezing when hit by an Aqua element attack)

Machman.exe: 31 HP
Aera.SP: 25 HP

-THROUGH THE COLD AND STORM-
-BATTLE 4-
-BREAK THROUGH-
As Machman and Aera continue sloshing forward, the temperature starts to drop rapidly.
Is that... snow?
The pair watch as a few snowflakes pass by, then the wind picks up and the amount of snow starts to rise. They cringe as they are buffeted by the cold and the wind.
[Wait, that can't be right! There has to be something causing this. Machman, I'm sending you battle chips now. There are likely viruses ahead! Stay on your toes and fight defensively!]

Machman and Aera continue forward, and see the viruses ahead, along with the hum of windboxes.
You stay behind, I need to take out those WindBoxes first. Don't let them get too close!
Aera nods and starts to glow green while Mazer activates a recovery program in her system. Machman's hand jewels begin to glow and his wings move into artillery position. Machman brings his brightly glowing hands together, energy leaping from the jewels on the backs of his hands and gathering in a bright orb in front of him. The the bright packet of energy grows bigger, Machman could feel the heat warming his face even in this blizzard, and stretches arms forward with fists clenched. He then opens his hands, palms forward, and unleashes the energy in front of him. The orb explodes in a wave of heat and fire, streaking towards the Windboxes and illuminating the area around them. By the time the PhoenixShot passes through the Windboxes' position, Machman's wings have already charged and targeted the fan viruses. Machman fires the plasma cores in two large red beams that brighten the snowy sky above them, making the snowflakes look like still-glowing embers floating above a bonfire.

The red glow of the beams dies down and is steadily replaced by a green glow as a small recovery program, compliments of Aera, activates and attempts to repair some of the damage in Machman's program. Machman then takes aim at one of the Misty viruses and his right hand changes into a rectangular yellow buster with two silver loops protruding from its end. A slight buzzing noise could be heard as the current flowing through the metal loops created a bright yellow electrical ring. He adjusts his aim and fires without so much as a recoil. The ZapRing crackles as some of its electricity arcs into passing the snowflakes on its trajectory to the misty virus.

Machman looks back to Aera, who nods and they both leap into the air in unison. Their wings kick on, perching them in the air and ready to dive out of the way of any attacks that may come their way.

ACTIONS:
Machman
Recover10: Aera.SP (Recover 10HP)
PhoenixShot: WindBoxA,B (70dmg Fire + Wide Attack)
Thrust Laser: WindBoxA,B (30dmg + 2TCD)
ZapRing1: MistyA (80dmg Elec + Blizzard Boost + Stun)
Gust: Dodge

Aera
Heal: Machman.EXE (Recover 20HP)
Dodge
Machman struggles against the Blizzard, healing his hunny, and blasting through with his PhoenixShot at the windboxes, and then going with his Thrust Laser, but a freak wind makes him off balance, only bringing down one of the blowing machines.
Shrugging it off, the speedster moves in to eliminate a Misty, the natural element of the virus, the sea terrain, and the Blizzard making it a bit too easy.
Aera soothes Machman's burns from his last fight, but the Mistys aren't standing for that, and grab at the speed navi, one missing, an errant wind assisting machman for once, but the other grabs hold and nearly crushes the life out of the guy, before returning to its normal position. Machman finds himself... FROZEN SOLID. It might thaw out in a bit.
The Weathers cackle, disappearing into the ceiling and continuing their hazardous onslaught from aboe.

WeatherA: 80 HP
WeatherB: 80 HP
WeatherC: 80 HP
MistyA: DELETED
MistyB: 100 HP
MistyC: 100 HP
WindboxA: DELETED
WindboxB: 30 HP

Terrain: 70% Sea, 30% Geyser (scattered)
Weather: Blizzard (Elec Boost, but extreme chance of freezing when hit by an Aqua element attack)

Machman.exe: 21 HP (FROZEN! -1 Action)
Aera.SP: 35 HP
This is new...
Machman manages to express his surprise verbally, though his entire body is made immobile by ice lodged in every one of his joints. He struggles for a few seconds and eventually breaks free from the ice, but his primary targets have already moved up into the ceiling.
Requesting battlechips, I need to take out that Windbox!
[Roger that. I'm also sending a recovery chip your way.]
I'll handle it. Here, stand still.

Aera's hands press against Machman's chest and her hands begin to glow a soothing green color. She then transfers a fairly large amount of recovery data into Machman, hoping to give him enough strength to finish this battle with energy to spare.
Wow! I feel a lot better. I won't forget this!
Machman brings a cannon chip forward over his right forearm and takes aim at the final Windbox virus. He fires the cannon with a loud boom and a shockwave that sprays water around them. He then looks over towards the misty viruses and aims towards them. As he rotates his arm towards them, the cannon covering his forearm sprouts multiple heat vents and changes to a crimson color. A bright glow could be seen from the inside of the HeatShot buster as the projectile is heated up until it glows white. He fires the buster, causing an eruption of heat and flames and the round leaving a smoky contrail as it soars towards its target. The round then explodes and covers the immediate area in fire. Machman then prepares his thrusters and boosts off to the side in hopes of diverting attention away from Aera, who has spent most of her energy healing him.

ACTIONS:
Machman
Break free of the ice
Recover10: Machman.EXE (Recover 10HP)
Cannon: WindboxB (40dmg)
Heatshot: MistyB,C (40dmg Fire + Splash)
Gust: Dodge/Tactical Movement


Aera
Heal: Machman.EXE (Recover 20HP)
Heal: Machman.EXE (Recover 20HP)
Machman soon breaks free of the ice and then heals himself, Aera providing support healing on the side. The speedster quickly whips out a Cannon, blasting the final Windbox to smithereens.
The Blizzard seemed to die down at that point.
Not missing a chance, Machman blasts a Heatshot to scorch the armor... I mean Mistys, catching one in its blast....
which catches the Heatshot itself, closing into a fist around it, refusing to let any of the shrapnel go to its partner.
Touched, the Weathers come back down again, sending some freezing winds at Machman, who uses the area's wind to dance out of the way...
right into another Misty, which nearly squeezes the life out of him... again. Ouch.
Geysers burst from everywhere, but luckily no one's standing on them.

WeatherA: 80 HP
WeatherB: 80 HP
WeatherC: 80 HP
MistyA: DELETED
MistyB: 60 HP
MistyC: 100 HP
WindboxA: DELETED
WindboxB: DELETED

Terrain: 70% Sea, 30% Geyser (scattered)

Machman.exe: 41 HP
Aera.SP: 35 HP
Finally, those windboxes are done for. Time to die!

Machman prepares a boomerang and takes aim at the misty viruses. He winds up, and throws the green curved blade forward towards the viruses. The blade zips forward, spinning like a top and making a windy buzzing noise and kicking up spray. The boomerang passes through the Misty's position before making a sharp 180 degree turn and passing back through the virus' area again. The boomerang returns to Machman, which he catches in his right hand. The force of the catch drives his arm backwards, he crushes the boomerang in his fist as his hand stops its backward movement. The data ignites and envelopes his entire hand in flames. Releasing all of the built up energy like a coiled spring, he throws a lightning fast punch towards the Misty virus. The flame continues forward after his punch, making a flaming after-image of his fist.

Machman waits for the weather viruses to descend from the ceiling above as his wings rotate sharply backwards and begin to gather power. In the mean time, Aera activates a pair of recovery programs and transfers them to Machman. As soon as the Weather viruses descend, his thrusters kick on.
Don't blink!
He rockets into the air, a glowing barrier forming in front of his body and partially wrapping around him. He streaks towards the Weather viruses, making a pair of loud booms in rapid succession as he breaks the sound barrier! The sonic boom rocks the area, forcing Aera to deactivate the acoustic sensors in her ear pylons to prevent serious damage. He gets one of the Weather viruses in his sights and plows towards it, only increasing his speed. He continues his incredibly fast pace a second Weather virus, and finally the third. His thrusters then lose power and die down, causing an additional sonic boom as he decelerates past 600mph. Using his boot thrusters to keep him oriented and slow his decent, he maneuvers down to the water below next to Aera. His wings float out in front of him and cross eachother as a yellow guard shield materializes. As it does, the wings' thrusters point forward, prepared to deliver a massive thruster burst to possibly stave off any counter attacks.

ACTIONS:
Machman
Boomerang1: MistyB,C (60dmg Wood)
Firehit1: MistyC (60dmg Fire [Ranged])
DashAttack: WeatherA,B,C (90dmg + Impact)
Guard1: Machman.EXE & Aera.SP (Reflect up to 60dmg)
Gust: Blow back 1 attacking virus

Aera
Heal: Machman.EXE (Recover 20HP)
Heal: Machman.EXE (Recover 20HP)
Machman throws a Boomerang at the Misty, to catches it in near-death, making it not pass to its ally, AGAIN. What was with these guys and GRABBING things? DX
The second Misty pounces on Machman, nearly squashing him flat in a.... body slam? Luckily the speedster whacks it away with a Firehit, the virus landing a bit away from its intended position.
Undettered, the speed navi charges toward the Weathers at HIGH SPEED.
His HIGH SPEED attack crashes into those NOT SO HIGH SPEED Weathers!
THE SOUND BARRIER IS BROKEN!
VIRUSES DIE.
And Machman puts up a Guard while Aera heals him, though the remaining Misty lied on the ground unconscious.
Just to make it anticlimatic
A geyser erupts underneath the virus, destroying it.
Oh, but a Geyser erupts under Machman too, MAN that sucks.

WeatherA: CRASHED
WeatherB: BURNED
WeatherC: SONIC BOOM'D
MistyA: DELETED
MistyB: SUICIDE'D
MistyC: GEYSER'D
WindboxA: DELETED
WindboxB: DELETED

Terrain: 70% Sea, 30% Geyser (scattered)

Machman.exe: 69 HP
Aera.SP: 35 HP

-VICTORY-
Get: Blizzard, 500z
[Good work, both of you!]
That was tough... Glad I had Aera with me!
Machman reaches down into the water and pulls up some zenny and battlechip data. As he uploads it into the PET, Aera grasps his hand.
I was really worried about you back there!
I got a little scared back there too. Wind, adverse terrain, freezing conditions, viruses that hide in the ceilings... the works. I couldn't have gotten through without you.
Aera cracks a smile as they continue to slosh forward into the net. Maybe they'll run into something a bit warmer this time!

((Requesting Battle #5!))
Well, sorry to say, but Machman and Aera only go into MORE water. :/
Something HIGH SPEED approaches from behind them, and they duck just in time.

"Machman, huh? Heh, this will be interesting," a birdlike, evil, twisted voice cackled as something zoomed erratically around the duo.

The blur finally stopped and shot down in front of the navis, cackling madly.

"I... am Twisted Albatross.EXE, Machman," TA leered, saying the navi's name with disgust. "A pathetic looking navi like you doesn't deserve such a name! Keeehahahahahaha!" the bird navi laughed maniacally.
Pointing his finger, talon, whatever at the speedster, the twisted navi growled, "I'll make sure your name doesn't even reach the history records! Prepare to be deleted!" With that, Twisted Albatross charged heavily at the Navi and SP duo. Oh crap!

Twisted Albatross.exe: 200 HP (CHARGING)

Terrain: 100% Sea

Machman.exe: 69 HP (BEING CHARGED AT)
Aera.SP: 35 HP (BEING CHARGED AT)

-GO MACHRACER GO-
-BATTLE 5-
-HIGH SPEEEEEEED-
[Looks like you have a fan, Mach]
Machman and Aera attempt to dive out of the way as TwistedAlbatross.EXE barreled towards them. Machman looks back, attempting to track the bird-like Navi.
He must have been observing us the past few battles. Requesting battlechips!
[Battlechips uploaded! We'll show him what we're made of!]
Not yet. This Navi has the advantage here; terrain, ability, and information. I will just be wasting chips if I don't observe his tactics. Give me some chips to but on stand by.
[Roger that. Stand by.]
Mazer activates a Recovery10 chip as he uploads the newly acquired Blizzard chip and a WaterLine chip. Machman and Aera continue to look out for this flying navi and prepare themselves to dodge any incoming attacks.


ACTIONS:
Machman
Dodge incoming attack
Recover10: Machman.EXE (Recover 10HP)
Prepare Blizzard Chip
Prepare WaterLine1 Chip
Gust: Dodge

Aera
Dodge incoming attack
Dodge
Machman and Aera quickly dive out of the way as TA barrels toward them. Grunting, the birdnavi smirks a little as Machman recovers.
"That might help you, but not your little girlfriend!" the albatros taunted, stopping in the air. "Take this! Wind Twister!" the twisted navi roared, spraying out a jet of water at Aera, then proceeded to flap his wings repeatedly, making the water turn into a giant twister. Aera strafes out of the way of some of it, but the rest heads right toward her! Fearing for her safety, Machman uses his own wind, crashing into the attack and saving Aera.
But the taloned predator wasn't over yet, he pulled out the ever familiar Dash Attack and pointed it at Aera.
"Let's see if you can really keep up with your name, Machman," Albatross squawked hysterically, charging toward Aera in a blur.
The speedster aggravatingly tried reaching her, but it was too late...
Aera had fallen, pierced through the chest by the enemy. Twisted Albatross cackled in glory. The enemy grinned, chuckling as he zipped a few feet away, reveling in whatever distress he caused Machman, the bastard.

Twisted Albatross.exe: 200 HP (Cackling)

Terrain: 100% Sea

Machman.exe: 79 HP (Grieving? 1 Free Action for long ass emotional tirades) [Blizzard] [Waterline]
Aera.SP: EJO'D (Lasts one action to hear a long ass emotional tirade)