Mission Name: Virus Training

Description: While walking around the Net, you see a notice posted on a bulletin board:

Kyosuke, you'll RP meeting the BusterMaster at a small stall in the ACDC Area. No one else is around. The Buster Master is wearing medium white armor; he has no helmet and his long black hair waves even though there may be no wind at the time. On the back of his armor is a mechanized implement of unknown purpose, but it's components are folded up as it is not in use.

Note:Hp is restored after every battle

The sound of my current favorite rock song filled the room, while I remained seated over at my desk. The computer screen was on and displayed various structures composed of sticks and balls. Most people would think that I was just looking at some stupid toy or something, but in fact they were actually models. These were molecule models used to help visualize molecules in chemistry. Most people would think that this was boring, but I actually liked fiddling with things like that. I guess that’s the reason I was studying Engineering over at the University. I still didn’t know which area I would specialize in, so I had to take the basic courses till I chose. It didn’t really bother me; I wasn’t in any rush to decide. Suddenly my PET began to beep. I looked down at the screen and noticed that my Navi had found the data I asked him to find, and sent the link to my computer. Useful little guy, I would’ve probably spent about an hour searching for it.

I never imagined this moment would ever come for me. To think that I would end up just like the millions of people all over the world who own a Net Navi and spend countless hours of my time just browsing the Net. Frankly, I could’ve done without one, but still. I guess that my obligations as an uncle led me down this path, so it was useless to whine about it. I would have to put up with this new “partner” of mine for the rest of my life, or at least that’s what it says in the guarantee. If they hadn’t been running that promotion that day at the store, I would’ve never actually made any attempt at getting one. Part of me still thinks that the clerk made it up just to get me to buy one, which would make sense since I’ve known the guy for years and he’s always been trying to get me to buy one for myself. I never really saw what was so interesting about a Navi, but I at least managed to find a use for him… keeping my little niece’s Navi’s out of problems. A sort of “Cyber Uncle” to keep an eye on the girl’s Navis while they were in the net. It was the best thing I could come up with at the moment.

“Hey Kyo, why is it that you bought me? I mean, in the two weeks you’ve owned me, I busted like two viruses. If you don’t get practicing, you’ll end up regretting it…” Exclaimed my Navi, X.EXE, in a slightly frustrated tone of voice. I ignored him for now and just kept listening to the music and working on my test review. “HEY! ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!!” Yelled X to me.

I looked down at the PET as I grabbed the controller for my stereo system and hit pause. I could swear that owning this Navi was like having a second mother. All he did was remind me of everything I need to do. I mean, it’s like having your own personal babysitter. I can’t even go somewhere without this guy telling me I have to be somewhere else at a given time. I should’ve made sure not to make him with such a big mouth and maybe toned down his attitude a bit. Then again, he wouldn’t really be like me if I did that.

“You really need to get a life. Remind me to program you a girlfriend if I ever take a programming course.” I said to my PET.

“Kyosuke! I’m serious! If you don’t start taking this virus busting seriously, you’ll end up regretting it. I mean, even your nieces are better virus busters than you.” X reprimanded me.

“Okay… Okay… But I don’t get what you’re getting so worked up about. I mean, I’ve already got the basics down.”

“Well if that were true, then I wouldn’t have taken all that damage when you tried to fix the TV the other day.”

I kinda shrugged at hearing that. I knew that I had really screwed up that day. My mom gave me a verbal whiplash over the fact that I almost gave the TV a critical error. I guess I had no choice. I’d have to do as X intended and go get some practice in. Who knows, maybe I’ll enjoy a bit more this time around, plus I could use the break from all this studying.

“Okay X. So where do you want to start?”

“So that means you’ll actually going to practice?” He said slightly surprised.

“Yes… Yes… Now let’s get this over with before I change my mind.”

“Perfect! I’ve got the perfect place to go for training. I found a post on the Net from the Buster Master. It’s a training course for noob busters.”

“Okay, then where is this Busting Guru at?”

“It Buster Master and he’s got a stall at ACDC 2.”

“Got it! Now go ahead and give me a ring when you get there.”

“Roger!”

Meanwhile on the Net…

I can’t believe that Kyo actually agreed to train. Something I said must’ve gotten to him. It was probably the whole TV episode thing. I have to make sure to thank her for the verbal whiplash she gave him. Now all I needed to do is put on a little show and show him how cool busting really is and I’m sure that he’ll stop been so procrastinating with his virus busting training. I wasted little time and quickly made my way through the net toward ACDC 2 where Buster Master would hopefully help me to get Kyo interested in virus busting.

It didn’t take me long to reach ACDC 2. I quickly began to scan the area looking for the stall mentioned in the message. After a few seconds of searching, I managed to find the stall with little problems. Standing at the stall was a black haired knight of sorts. I guess that not everyone is into robotic looking Navis. Oh well, to each his own I always say. I quickly headed over to the stall as I sent a notice to Kyo that I’d found the stall. Upon approaching the stall, I put on a friendly smile and addressed the Navi in a friendly manner.

“Hello! My name is X.EXE. Your the Buster Master, right? I’m actually interested in participating in your free training course.”

(Wow...that was good XD )

The Buster Master looked at the navi that had arrived at his stall, and he was glad to see a friendly face arrive at his stall. "Hello!" He announced, "I am the Buster Master, and I am giving the training course." He looked the navi over and looked him in the eyes. "If you are ready then we can begin."

A grin appeared on my face upon hearing the Buster Masters words. However this grin was suddenly covered up by what seemed to a sheet of light emanated from my neck and extended to almost all of my head, save for my face. It was part of my code that activated only when I was about to enter combat, and for good reason. The code then took the form and solidified into a helmet. Then a second but small sheet of code covered my lower face and solidified into a face guard of sorts. Frankly, I thanked Kyo for the fact that he added this little feature. It gave me a kinda bad boy look to me, and I really enjoyed it.

“Are you ready Kyo?” I quickly asked my operator.

“My Battle Chips are all hear and I’m ready to go. Just give the word little buddy.” He replied.

“Great! Well, we’re ready when you are Buster Master!”

With that, my right hand’s code was rewritten and a blue flash of light emanated from my forearm and solidified into a blade. It was my weapon of choice, the X-Blade. I quickly took a step back and took a combat stance readying myself for whatever the Buster Master might choose to send my way.

"Very good!" Shouted the Buster Master. He was quickly replaced my three Mettaur.

- Battle 1 -
[_][_][_]-[_][_][3]
[_][X][_]-[_][2][_]
[_][_][_]-[1][_][_]
X: X EXE-Hp:140//Ap:3//Dp:2//
1: Mettaur:40HP//1AP
2: Mettaur:40HP//1AP
3: Mettaur:40HP//1AP

Mettaur - Normal - 40HP/1AP
Shockwave - Normal - 10 Damage
Buster Range
Hit Effect: Goes through navis/objects, but stops at holes.
A Mettaur may only move up or down.

Uploads: Cannon A, Cannon A, Cannon B

X fires Cannon A at Mettaur 2!

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[_][X][_]-[_][2][_]
[_][_][_]-[1][_][_]
X: X EXE-Hp:140//Ap:2//Dp:2//
1: Mettaur:40HP//1AP
2: Mettaur:40HP//1AP (-40 HP)
3: Mettaur:40HP//1AP

Mettaur 2 is blown out of the water...
Mettaur 1 and 3 move down and attack
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[_][X][_]-[1][_][3]
[_][_][_]-[_][_][_]
X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:2//Dp:2// (Pending 20 damage)
1: Mettaur:40HP//0AP
2: Mettaur:Blown out of the water...
3: Mettaur:40HP//0AP

Chips: Cannon A, Cannon B

Enemy Turn:

X dodges up. (- 1 DP)

Navi Turn:

Moves down. (-1 AP)

Fires Cannon A at Mettaur 1! (-1 AP)

[_][_][_]-[_][_][_]
[_][X][_]-[1][_][3]
[_][_][_]-[_][_][_]
X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:0//Dp:1//
1: Mettaur:40HP//0AP (Pending 40 damage)
2: Mettaur: KO!
3: Mettaur:40HP//0AP

Mettaur 1 deleted
Mettaur 3 attacks
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[_][X][_]-[_][_][3]
[_][_][_]-[_][_][_]
X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:0//Dp:1// (pending 10 damage)
1: Mettaur: Deleted
2: Mettaur: KO!
3: Mettaur:40HP//0AP

Enemy turn:

*X dodges down. (-1 DP)

Player turn:

AP Restored (+3 AP)
Keeps Battle Chip. (Cannon B)

*Moves up. (-1 AP)
*Fires Cannon B (-1AP)

[_][_][_]-[_][_][_]
[_][X][_]-[_][_][3]
[_][_][_]-[_][_][_]
X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:1//Dp:0//
1: Mettaur: Deleted
2: Mettaur: Deleted
3: Mettaur:40HP//0AP (40 damage Pending)

-Battle 2 -
[_][_][_]-[S][_][_]
[_][X][_]-[_][_][_]
[_][_][_]-[_][H][_]
X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:3//Dp:2//
S: Swordy: 90HP//2 AP
H: Shrimpy: 60HP//2 AP

Swordy - Sword - 90HP/2 AP
WideSword - Sword - 30 Damage
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[_][_][X]-[S][_][_]
[_][_][X]-[_][_][_]
LongSword - Sword - 30 Damage
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[_][X][X]-[S][_][_]
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If an enemy would fall into the range of one of its attacks, a Swordy may teleport to the front row to attack, provided there is a panel for it to occupy. After it attacks, it must move back to its original positon.
If one full turn goes by where a Swordy cannot attack, the Swordy will use an AreaGrab to steal the rightmost column of the opponent's field.

Shrimpy - Aqua - 60HP/2 AP
Bubbler - Aqua - 20 Damage
Buster Range
Hit Effect: Shotgun

With one final cannon shot, the last of the Mettaur viruses were vanished right before me. They were easy viruses but their sheer numbers were enough to delete even the toughest navi, so it was wise to eliminate them as quickly as possible. Thankfully they were only three, so it wasn’t that hard. I just had to hope that Kyo was impressed by my performance.

“So what do you think Kyo?” I said to my operator.

“It was okay I guess.” He replied.

“What?!?! That was a perfect bust! No damage and everything. I’m sure you have to be at least a little impressed.”

“Not really.”

I swallowed a growl that I had in my throat and just took it easy for a minute. If I was human, I would sure have to take a deep breathe and just try to relax. I’m pretty sure that even that wouldn’t have made me feel any better. I guess that I would need to find some other way of getting my point across. Suddenly, the Buster Master made another group of viruses appear. This time around, there were two viruses only. It was a Swordy and a Shrimpy. Seeing the Swordy gave me a good idea on what do and decided to draw some attention to myself using some nice up close and personal type of combat with some swords.

“Hey Kyo! Do me a favor and upload that sword combo we discussed the other day.”

“What? You mean the Wide sword, Atk+10, Area Grab, and Wide Sword? Why do you want that?”

“Just trust me on this will ya?”

“Okay… okay… one “Sword Chip Combo” coming right up.”

The data for the chips was quickly uploaded into my weapons cache and I then prepared myself for the battle ahead.

-Battle 2 -

Uploads: [Wide Sword S + atk+10*], Area Grab S, Wide Sword S

Player Turn:

*Moves foward one space. (-1 AP)
*Uses [Wide Sword S + atk+10*]. (-1AP)

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[_][X][_]-[_][_][_]
[_][_][_]-[_][H][_]

X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:1//Dp:2// (-2 AP)
S: Swordy: 90HP//2 AP (90 Damage Pending)
H: Shrimpy: 60HP//2 AP

Swordy is deleted
Shrimpy moves up and attacks.
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[_][X][_]-[_][H][_]
[_][_][_]-[_][_][_]

X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:1//Dp:2// (-20 Hp)
S: Swordy: Deleted
H: Shrimpy: 60HP//1 AP

Chips: Area Grab S, Wide Sword S

Enemy Phase:

*X Dodges attack! (-1 DP)

Player Phase:

*X uses Area Grab S. (-1 AP)

Chips Remaining: Wide Sword S

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[_][_][_][_]-[H][_]
[_][X][_][_]-[_][_]

X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:0//Dp:1//
S: Swordy: Deleted
H: Shrimpy: 60HP//1 AP

Shrimpy moves down and attacks
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[_][_][_][_]-[_][_]
[_][X][_][_]-[H][_]

X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:0//Dp:1// (-20 Hp)
S: Swordy: Deleted
H: Shrimpy: 60HP//0 AP

Chips: Wide Sword S

Enemy Phase:

*X Dodges attack! (Up) (-1 DP)

Player Phase:

*Ap Restored! (+3 AP)
*Keeps Current Battle Chip.
*X moves foward two squares. (-2 AP)
*X uses the Wide Sword S Battle chip. (-1 AP)

Chips Remaining: None

[_][_][_][_]-[_][_]
[_][_][_][X]-[_][_]
[_][_][_][_]-[H][_]

X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:0//Dp:1//
S: Swordy: Deleted
H: Shrimpy: 60HP//1 AP (80 dmg Pending)

- Battle 3 -
[_][_][_]-[_][1][_]
[_][X][_]-[_][_][C]
[_][_][_]-[_][2][_]
X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:3//Dp:2//
1: Spikey 1:90HP//3 AP
2: Spikey 2:90HP//3 AP
C: Canodumb: 60HP//0 AP

Spikey - Fire - 90HP/3 AP
HeatShot - Fire - 30 Damage
Buster Range
Hit Effect: Shotgun

Canodumb - Normal - 60HP/0 AP
Cannon - Normal - 10 Damage
Buster Range
A Canodumb will only attack if an enemy is in the same row as it.

((OCC: Sorry for taking so long to reply. I've been burried in H.W./Projects/Finals. I hate College...))

- Battle 3 -

Uploads: [Mini Bomb B + atk+10*], Cannon B

Player Turn:

*Moves foward one space. (-1 AP)
* Uses [Mini Bomb B + atk+10*] on Canodumb. (-1AP)

[_][_][_]-[_][1][_]
[_][_][X]-[_][_][C]
[_][_][_]-[_][2][_]

X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:1//Dp:2//
1: Spikey 1:90HP//3 AP
2: Spikey 2:90HP//3 AP
C: Canodumb: 0 HP//0 AP (60 Dmg/K'O)

[Don't worry about it.]

Virus turn:
Spikey one and two do nothing
[_][_][_]-[_][1][_]
[_][_][X]-[_][_][_]
[_][_][_]-[_][2][_]

X: X EXE:Hp:140//Ap:1//Dp:2//
1: Spikey 1:90HP//3 AP
2: Spikey 2:90HP//3 AP
C: Canodumb: 0 HP//0 AP

Edit: Where did I get Cacti....? :wacko:

Bump?

:hmm: