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Rodger shook his head violently as he ran into battle after his comrades. "Looks like everyone beat me to the punch again. Jared! Send chips please!" Rodger screamed to his operator, realizing he was already late into the battle.

Jared's eyes darted amongst the battlefield, yet found no spot unchecked. He fished a single chip from his pocket, the trusty shotgun, and loaded it. "You'll know what to do." He said, for the first time in a while letting his Navi do what he wanted.

Rodger was taken aback by the guesture, but continued nontheless. He loaded the data and took a long while repositioning himself... step by step he inched closer to the Pulsebat near the back. He lifted his arm in ready, and quickly shot off the shotgun at his prey. Perhaps he was getting tired, or lazy, as he didn't seem to put as much effort into his aiming than before. Then again, he could have just felt cocky.

The moment he fired his chip, Rodger jumped back and darted about in a random matter; dodging, albeit strangely.

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Summary:
1. Tactical Movement
2. Shotgun (50) Pulsebat B, No spread target
3. Dodge

Quote (Corrupted Child)

I'd also like to take this moment to say they'd better have an announcement for a new Wii Zelda ready for E3 '10, and it better be good.

Yes.

Jared looked upon the scene in awe. A near army sized group marched towards the Navi in fearless appearance, leaving Jared speechless on how to approach them. Among the group there were some new virii he had never seen, so he immediately accessed the databases for information. "Alright Rodg, we've got some new viruses, so I'll give you some information..." He said, quickly reading the results of his query. "We've got virii called Swordys in the front... they attack closely so stay away from those. Next are the Spikeys, you remember those. PulseBats are the ones hiding behind the statues, they attack with some sort of sonic attack... it says here if it hits an object it spreads. Jared paused for a breath and heard Eternalis through his monitor, shouting orders. Heh, a natural leader. Jared thought to himself.

"Okay, so should we take his advice?" Rodger questioned, keeping an evasive stance before receiving his orders from Jared. "Yeah, I was going to suggest the same thing. The Swordys would give you a problem, and you're already somewhat injured, so go for the Spikeys. However, don't get near the statues or you might be hit by one of those sonic spreads." He paused once more for a deep sigh and fished out his battle chips. "Okay, attack strategy... Don't try to delete them all at once, try to weaken them. I'll send Shotgun, Heatshot, and this new chip we just got, Zapring. If I'm not mistaken, because you're Elec element this chip should deal a little more damage than normally." He stated, pushing each chip into the PET in the order he named them out.

"Gotcha. I'll start the operation." Rodger said, and then he was off. He sprinted from panel to panel, keeping his target primarily in sight, but his enemies also in his peripherals. Mainly, he wanted to keep a distance from the Swordys, he wasn't a close combat kind of person. Eventually he reached his target, but wanted a good first shot, so he arced his run to line up the Spikeys. These virii moved pretty quick, so he had to make his shots count. Just as he saw an opening, they would move, and he had to relocate. It was tricky, but Rodger knew he could handle it. "Steady..." He said, preparing the chip data in his right arm, ready to fire. Now, instead of running, he simply walked, waiting until they lined up in his sights while moving. The moment he saw them blink into position... Bam! The chip burst through his right buster, kicking back a small bit before he jumped into another running stance.

Taking off once more, he felt the Heatshot burning inside of him, ready to be released. He knew from previous experiences that Spikeys wouldn't allow themselves to be spread more than once, so this time he simply aimed carefully on one, hoping it would lead to a second target if he timed the shot right. "Here goes..." He said, keeping a steady jog and lining up his cursor with the enemy. A quick pull of an invisible trigger and the fiery bullet sped towards his foes. As normal, Rodger didn't keep an eye on his previous targets, he watched over everything else after he attacked one virus. It was a bit cocky, because he relied on his skills so much as to not care enough to see if his shots hit, but truth be told he was very skillful.

Lingering towards the back, Rodger spotted the Spikey he had first fired at. It looked to be a good target for his new chip, if the first chip had hit, he could possibly delete the virus. Rodger aimed his buster and slowed to a halt, letting his aim take priority over his movement for a moment. A risky action, but worth the outcome. Hoping Loki would have his back, Rodger stopped completely to focus aim on his target. Feeling a sense of connection with this chip, both his element and subtype aligned, Rodger almost knew he could hit the enemy. "Okay. Exhale..." Rodger said, releasing all breath (that is, if he had lungs he would have) and crouching to better take his shot. "Now!" He yelled, firing the green ring, pulsing with electricity towards his foe.

He had weakened the virii some, perhaps even deleted one of them, he could only hope on Loki and Koumori to do the rest. "It's up to you now, guys!"

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Summary:
1. Shotgun (50 Damage) Spikey A, Spread to Spikey B
2. Heatshot (40 Damage, Fire) Spikey C, Spread to Spikey B
3. Zapring1 (40 Damage, Elec, Stun 1) Spikey A

Rodger stepped back in question, but let Loki be. "Okay, if that's what you want." He looked up to his operator with an unsatisfied look. He seemed to be saying 'At least we tried.'

"Okay... let's go then." Jared said with a sigh, his Navi repeating the gesture, and walking off into the unknown internet.

(( Let's kick this pig! ))

Out of his deep concentration, Rodger peered through the cloud of smoke, hoping for signs of... "Yes! Victory!" The Navi said, dashing towards his prize. There were zenny galore, some for him... and a battlechip! "Score! What it is, Jared?" The operator paused to inspect the chip. "Looks to be... a Zapring1 chip. The kind that those bunnies drop!" He said with excitement, looking into the digital screen. "It's Elec element, your element to be precise... and it's shot type too! Just our luck, right?"

"Awright! I'm fired up! Let's go bust more virii! Anyone else with me?!" The Navi screamed, throwing his fist into the air with charismatic wonder. He inspected his "team," the two stronger Navi seemed okay. Not perfect... and neither was Rodger as he thought of it. A little dent... but Loki, he looked pretty bad.

"Buddy, Loki... need some help? You don't look too good... I've got an extra MiniEnergy if you need one." Rodger graciously offered. Jared looked down with a smile, glad that his Navi was kind enough to offer it... even though he would have to ask Jared himself to administer it. "I can give you one, Jack, if you'd like."

I play every now and then... I can't get any good at it because my internet won't let me. In case anyone is ever wondering, my steam tag is Morrowlife.

...Not that you'll get an excellent game from me, I lag so bad that I won't know when I'm lagging until next December.

45. To ward off the Zombie Apocalypse.

As the tongue flew at Rodger, he freaked out and didn't know how to react. "Ew... that's a really sick attack." He said simply, after firing his chips and adjusting to the slight pain. Upset that he didn't delete them like he had suspected, he turned to Jared for a scapegoat. "Hey, pal, why didn't that do what you said it would?" His brow furled and fists clenched, Rodger.EXE was beginning to lose his temper.

Jared responded calmly, however concerned more of Rodger than the viruses. "I overestimated that Heatshot, it's my fault. Forget that though; how badly were you injured?" The operator asked, hoping for a more positive answer. "Oh, I'm okay, but those virii shouldn't be. We need to get rid of them!" He said, pointing in the direction of the remaining enemies. Jared nodded to himself. "Okay then... Let me think for a moment." Scratching his chin, Jared began to concoct a new strategy for his Navi friend to attempt.

Jared watched through his monitor as the ninja-like Navi Loki.EXE prepared to attack... from the looks of it, he wasn't going to try moving again. That mine must've hurt him badly... Jared mentally noted that ranged attacks would be good here. That, of course, was Rodger's specialty. "Okay Rodg, here's what you do. I'll send in a Shotgun chip and you focus in on that last Bunny. From there, all you need to do is take extra time to aim at that Miner in the distance and I'll send you a Cannon chip. I can only hope the other two will delete the rest... I hate taking a long time on my deletions." He said tentatively and carefully to make sure Rodger heard him correctly. Just to make sure, as he was sending in the chips, he reassured Rodger. "Did you get that?"

Rodger nodded, waiting for the connection of chip data and Navi to once again appear. "Right. I won't move an inch." He said, pumping his arm and loading it with data. He didn't bother with trying to line up the viruses this time, instead he focused simply on hitting the Bunny as a burst of energy flew from his gun-arm. Then, switching views, he entered a moment of zen, blocking off all other movement, sound, everything.

All that was and would be was Rodger.EXE and the Miner. At least, that's all there was in Rodger's mind. Soon, the Miner wouldn't be there anyway, so it didn't really matter. Rodger firmly planted his foot into the panel he was standing on, making sure he was stable before preparing the chip data. He took a glance at his opponent in the distance... a long way off. "I can do this, I just have to... concentrate." He breathed. If he had eyes to blink with, he would have done so as he released a sigh of serenity.

"Ready..." His arm was drawn into the air, his buster arm as a matter of fact. Rodger kept it still without the use of his other arm, which was on the opposite side of him, keeping balance. He knelt slightly as his arm began to take shape.

"Aim..." Almost as if a personal target had been set behind the Miner, Rodger was homing in on the virus. With one perfect shot he could destroy it, and if that's all it took, he was willing to give it the best he had.

"Fire." Instead of an excited yell or scream, Rodger simply let his attack do the talking for him. The digital cannon-shot boomed out of his buster arm, skyrocketing through the sky. He looked away before it came near the Miner... he simply couldn't see until the smoke from his gun had cleared and hopefully he had emerged victorious.

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Summary:
1. Shotgun (50 Damage) to BunnyF (No Spread Target)
2. Take Aim
3. Fire Cannon (40 Damage, Knockback) at Miner B

(Single Shot Cooldown: 1/2)

40. To get rid of a sore throat.

"Rodger! Into attack position now, before you slack off!" Barked an excited Jared who didn't want to see the quality of his teamwork fall short behind everyone else. Sure, all of the other Navis had more experience, that was understandable, but Rodger had no excuse not to catch up to them with excellent speed. "Are you ready for orders?" The commander questioned, fishing a few chips from his pocket, ready to give his advice to the Navi.

Already in a dash, Rodger looked up as if to speak to his friend face to face. "I'm already one step ahead of you, approaching my enemy! Eternalis has the majority of the Bunnies taken care of, and I know nothing of these Miners... but send me information on the ghost-like virii so I can bust 'em quick!" A rushed Navi shouted, bringing his arm to a firing position.

Smart Navi... Jared thought to himself as he pulled out two chips. "Retrieving information... got it. Spookys are little ghost creatures that are pretty fast, and don't like being hit, however they only have 30 HP. Should be easy to get rid of." He said, with a smile. "Sending that new chip, Heatshot, and good ol' reliable Shotgun. Here's the plan: Fire the Heatshot at a Spooky, lining it up with the Bunny that Eternalis didn't designate. Then, use the Shotgun to blow away two more Spookys. From there, you can use your Single Shot at the Miners, help Koumori out. Got it?"

"Right-o. I'm off! Yo, Loki, help me take out these Spooky virii if you can!" He said with a quick step towards one of the Spookys. Already feeling the data being sent, he decided to aim carefully at the Spooky, making sure to hit it the first time. Slowing into a stop, he lined up the barrel of his buster with the Spooky, adjusting to it's movements, and fired at the lined up Bunny as well. A burst of heat shot through his arm, exploding at the end of his buster.

Springing right back into action, Rodger ran to the next couple of ghost viruses, readying the chip in advance. When he approached them, he made sure to account for their speed, and fire appropriately when two or more were in a line. Rodger was now well used to the kick of the Shotgun chip, so as soon as it was gone, he ran towards the remaining enemies: The Miners.

"Hey, watch your step! Some of those panels are mines." Jared shouted, watching as Rodger made sure to avoid such casualties. Apparently, during this fight, he was on the ball.

"Alright, here this goes." Rodger said, pulling a deep strength from within him to reveal itself. His chest glowed a white-hot before his arm began to glow itself, sparkling in the dim recesses of the net. Channeling this energy, he aimed and focused on the Miners, and firing. The kick of this weapon was much greater than the chip, and it took a little out of him as he supported himself on his knees, looking onto his work. "Up to everyone else now..."

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Summary:
1. Heatshot (50 Damage, Fire Element) SpookyA, spread to BunnyA
2. Shotgun (50 Damage) SpookyB, spread to SpookyC
3. Single Shot (40 Damage) MinerA, spread to MinerB

As the remaining virii burst into particles, the Navi Rodger.EXE simultaneously burst into hardy, jolly laughter. "Alright! I did it! All thanks to me, the greatest-"

Rolling his eyes, Jared rudely interrupted his own Navi. "You took out one Metool. Stop acting immature." He cleared his throat and looked at the remaining team."Nice work everyone. I'm sorry we weren't of much use this battle... Someone decided to be a slowpoke over here. I won't let it happen again." Rodger looked devastated. However, he understood his owner's urgency, and decided to shut up.

Looking on to his friend, Jared felt a little... cold. He frowned before speaking, "Rodg... sorry. But you're a little embarrassing sometimes, you know?" He said with a worried smile. Rodger continued to look down.

Finally, the Navi looked up with a smile. "You numbnut! You programmed me that way!" He made a punching motion in the air before turning to his new friends. "Well, shall we go?"

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Rodger stood back lightheartedly as he watched two of his teammates dart into action, prepared and ready to take out complete rows by themselves. Eternalis had sworn to destroy the Canodumbs in the background, and he was the first to go. This was one disadvantage of playing teams, Rodger didn't always get initiative in every situation. Man... I probably could have taken them, Rodger thought with remorse, looking over the battlefield. He watched Eternalis fire his boomerang at the virii, and then his eyes averted to another Navi.

Apparently, Koumori had this covered. She simply stated should could handle all of the Champu, which were virii that Rodger couldn't remember. She apparently was going to dash through the entire line, destroying each one herself. That was fine.

Even Loki was taking charge ahead of him. This was strange to Rodger as ordinarily he was the first into the heat of battle. He sighed as he watched Loki prepare his weapons. Loki didn't have the right equipment to take them all out at once... so he'd just finish the job.

"Okay, Jared. This should be simple. Orders?" Rodger impatiently asked. His foot tapped as he kept an eye on his opponents... who looked quite childish, really. Almost like little virus babies. Their little picks shone in the darkness of the net and their custard yellow helmets covered any sight of a face...

"Yeah, this is easy. Finish it off with a Cannon. Nice, quick, blunt, to the point. Just... Don't miss." Jared responded after fiddling with the chip he just recently received. Sliding the familiar Cannon chip into his PET, he turned control over to Rodger.EXE for a little while. "Where's the variety, Jared? We're always doing the same thing." Complained the Navi, who was getting bored waiting. "I can't help that, I only have so many chips to use..."

"Then just sit back and watch this," Rodger hummed, dashing forward to come within range of his opponents. There they were, as fearless as could be, the "frightening" metools and their little picks. Taking off into an arc to the right, he took a position to fire while running.

"Cursor lining up..." Mused the Navi, who tracked down the last Metool that Loki didn't seem to have covered. An invisible cursor seemed to cross over the virus, giving Rodger the invisible okay to continue. "Calculating distance and trajectory..." Rodger looked over the distance to the virus... carefully slowing down to a jog before he nodded. "Alright. Fire."

At his command, a blast of power exploded from the Cannon's mouth, spiraling towards the Metool. Rodger took a quick step back and began to run in another direction to be sure while his time waiting he didn't step into an attack. "Wonder if we got 'em..." He said, looking over at the other Navi and appreciating their effort.

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Summary:
1. "Tactical" Movement
2. Cannon (40+Knockback) at Metool D
3. Dodge

18: Ending a relationship.

Jared patiently sat, watching and waiting until the virii would show up. He chuckled as he looked onto the few Navi. All so colorful. They were a real sight, an oddball group honestly. He looked at his watch, and out of a nitpicky habit he changed it from standard to military time. "I guess now we play the waiting game." He said slowly, crossing his legs and looking on.

"I hate the waiting game..." Rodger grunted impatiently, stomping around ACDC Net. He couldn't detect any viruses... but no one really could. They were sneaky devils, virii, popping out of nowhere and attacking... Well, Rodger would be ready. "Come on out!"

(( Indeed, Battle 1, Ready. ))

Out in the distance of the net somewhere, a soft sound penetrated the serene silence of "-Yaaaah! Umph!" A bump, skip, and scuttle across the base of ACDC Net showed an armed and ready Rodger.EXE who quickly got off of his rear end and stood, ready to fire at the first thing that moved. "Hah!" He yelled, pointing at Loki. "No quick movements... or I might accidentally blast you!" Rodger confirmed, lowering his buster.

Jared's voice boomed overhead as he watched the Navi practically threaten Loki. "Hey, Rodger, watch yourself. There's no need for hostilities among friends." He said in a condoning voice. "I'm sorry Jared. Excuse me Loki, that was rude of me." Apologetic as he sounded, Rodger scolded himself quickly in his mind, and then returned to goofing off.

"So! I'm ready to get this thing started, where are all the virii at?!" Enthused as he was, he was once again interrupted by Jared. "Calm down! We have to wait for Kedamono and Koumori to show up... Seriously, what's with you today?"

The look on Rodger's face was simply priceless. Well, it would have been if anyone saw it. Three people had joined him? What a wonderful adventure this was going to be! He was already starting to feel the twitching enthusiasm shiver through his body as two more people introduced themselves. There was a Mother-Daughter pair... Koumori.EXE and Momo. They seemed nice enough; Rodger figured they were due a welcome and introduction. "Hi there little one... I'm Rodger.EXE." He said, bent down to Momo's height before looking up to Koumori and extending a firm hand. "I'm glad you will be joining us!"

"Good to meet you all, Kedamono, Jack. I suppose we should get going, seeing as Eternalis has jumped the gun on us." He said plainly over the intercommunication program through his PET. Rodger chuckled and nodded. "I'm excited too! Let's goooo!"

And then there was a certain fox-like Navi, Loki.EXE. He appeared before the three of them clad in ninja gear with a stout stature, looking over to Rodger and Koumori. His two tails shone brightly as he introduced himself, his NetOp, too, and invited Rodger and Koumori to join him in virus busting. "Well!" Rodger started, a bit offset. "I was under the impression I was getting a group together here... but whatever, the more the merrier!" With a nod of the head and a slight grin, he began to feel his own excitement overflow. "Alright, let's go!"

Ready to bust some virii, Rodger took his leave of NetSquare and charged into the portal that Loki and Eternalis had already jumped into, ready to come out firing. He welcomed any oncoming virii with a battle cry, "Fi-yaaaaah!" His voice faded out as the teleporter did it's thing, transporting him back to ACDC Net. A smiling Jared sighed behind his terminal, "Eh... He just doesn't rest, does he?"

"Yes! I would like a team up please! Introduce yourself! I'm Eternalis.EXE!" A voice rang out in response.

Wow. That didn't take long... Jared thought silently as he heard the reply. Apparently Rodger knew what he was doing; perhaps there were other Navis who were as enthused and excited to bust virii as he. Let the puppies have their fun then. He mused, watching on with slight interest.

"Oi! I'm Rodger.EXE, pleasure to meet you Eternalis!" The Navi yelled out with a short bow, then pumping his fist to indicate that he was ready. "If you're ready, I'd like to get started. All that remains is for you to pick where we bust, and then for the virii to start hitting the floor!" A cocky grin masked his excited attitude for the moment as he approached his new Navi.

"Excuse me..." Jared began, "Eternalis? Rather, your operator. This is Rodger.EXE's operator, Jared. Please excuse my Navi's impatience, he can be quite irritating..." The man spoke from behind his monitor, hiding a chuckle beneath his voice. Rodger immediately yelled out at him, "Hey, Jared, why you gotta be that way? I'm not impatient... I just... don't like waiting!" He said with excitement. "Yeah, I don't like waiting."

"Heh... that would be the definition of impatience, Rodger. Anyhow, I too am itching to bust, so shall we?" Jared encouraged, leaning back in his chair. It was always a good thing to meet new people, perhaps these would one day become great allies.

"Where is it... where is it..." Jared muttered as he diligently searched through his mess of a flat. Clothes were overthrown, drawers pulled and shut, boxes open and lids flung across the hall... Even his mattress was overturned. "No, not there. Where did I put them last..." He whispered, double checking every crevice he had already looked in. With an exasperated sigh, he doubled his search effort and tore through his own home in vigilant watch.

Finally, Rodger had heard enough. "Alright, what are you looking for? I give. Just, tell me." He said, impatiently tapping his virtual foot, waiting on him to respond.

"Ah! Found it!" Pull a dull gray box from another box, he dusted off the lid and slowly lifted it. Then, looking at his PET, he spoke to Rodger. "Alright, going to need to you shut down for a moment. It's a surprise."

"Whu- Why?!" The Navi yelled in question. "What are you going to do to me?!"

"Just... relax..." Jared said, pressing the manual shutdown key on his PET, and plugging it up to his Desktop. He fiddled with some disks and other forms of memory, but he finally finished installation almost an hour after beginning. Pressing the start key, his PET shone to life.

"...Wh-- What did you... Why do I feel?" Rodger started, but Jared interrupted. "Navi Customization Programs. I found my old set, and installed it. You should be slightly more efficient in combat now. You're welcome."

Rodger stared through the personal screen up at Jared, speechless. He nodded and continued trying to find a partner in NetSquare.

As the first foot fell on the warp-pad, the sleek look of the gray and maroon suit slid into place, permitting all to see that Rodger.EXE had entered NetSquare. "Well. I'm here, NetSquare." An impatient quivering voice stated, practically jumping in anticipation for the event to come. His optics scanned the area: plenty of Navis to join, tons of time to kill... And the virii were just waiting to be busted.

"Don't get your hopes up, there may not be anyone here who wants to Team up. Just... wait." Jared said patiently, tapping his fingers together from behind his monitor. "I'm sure if you're patient enough, people will simply-"

"Hey! Anyone in the mood for busting some viruses?! I'm looking for a team up!" Rodger screamed confidently. His voice boomed over the entire area of NetSquare, just begging to be answered.

Somewhere in the real world, Jared could be seen shaking his head, sighing. "I never thought he would try to advertise teamwork..."