By the time the group had finished watching Despicable Me together, Wily had decided that he had another item to add to the list of things he would build for Vinyl. She didn't just need a big brother. She needed a pet. Throughout the movie, he'd noticed her glancing over to the screen showing Mega Man's progress every time Rush was on screen. Perhaps building a similar support unit for her forthcoming big brother would give them both a pet.
However, before he could act on that for his designs, he noticed that Mega Man had reached Pharaoh Man's chambers. He turned the sound back on as the group turned to watch. "This shouldn't be that long," he muttered. "Pharaoh Man's optics are adapted for low light for his archaeology. He'll be especially vulnerable to Flash Stopper."
"Don't be so sure," Kalinka giggled.
As Mega Man entered the chamber, he switched to Flash Stopper. He wanted to test that weapon out. Pharaoh Man turned to face him as he entered. "Bad day," he groaned as he saw Mega Man.
"Yup," Mega Man replied. "Freeze Ray!" He set off the Flash Stopper. Seeing Pharaoh Man freeze, he grinned as he moved in close to spam his buster.
Before he could pull the trigger - and while the effects of Flash Stopper were still in effect - Pharaoh Man blurred forward and slammed his fist into Mega Man's gut, knocking him back. "Would you like to try again?" he asked, cracking his knuckles.
Mega Man growled deep in his throat. "Freeze Ray!" he shouted, setting off the Flash Stopper as soon as its effect ran out.
Before he could get a shot off, Pharaoh Man had delivered a jump kick to his head. "Have another?"
"Freeze Ray!" Mega Man shouted at the top of his voice, triggering another Flash Stopper.
"You really shouldn't call out your attacks before using them," Pharaoh Man scolded. "It only lets me dodge."
"How the hell can you dodge a flash?" Mega Man demanded, only to be knocked on his back from a Pharaoh Shot.
"By turning off my optics when you shoot, and turning them back on exactly one second later," Pharaoh Man explained. "Also, that was a Pharaoh Shot. Just letting you know."
Mega Man growled as he stood up. "Then I'll just stop shouting it."
"And I'll just keep close and disengage my optics entirely," Pharaoh Man countered.
"That's not fair!"
"Says the robot trying to spam my weakness."
Mega Man blinked for a time. "...touche-"
A Pharaoh Wave slammed him against the wall. "Actually, that was your chin, and a Pharaoh Wave," Pharaoh Man offered helpfully. He then closed the distance rapidly, immediately delivering rapid fire punches and kicks, interspersed with close range Pharaoh Shots and Waves.
Mega Man did his best to fight back, but he wasn't doing well. He was privately glad he had a few E tanks stocked.
Kalinka grinned as everyone watched the fight. "That's why Daddy made Pharaoh Man with that personality. The Pharaoh Shots and Waves aren't his primary weapon. He's programmed with seven different styles of Martial Arts!"
Wily stroked his chin as he watched. Hmm...if Vinyl will be spending a lot of time with her new big brother without me, he'll need to be able to protect her. Giving him martial art abilities wouldn't be a bad idea-
"No more palm blasting!" Mega Man shouted from the screen as he caught Pharaoh Man's arm as he tried to launch a Pharaoh Shot. The sphere of energy kept growing since it hadn't been launched yet. As Pharaoh Man had to focus to control the growing sphere of energy, Mega Man resorted to a head butt before leaping back, causing his foe to drop his blast on himself, breaking him to bits.
Kalinka pouted. "Aww...I just lost 500 rubles!"
"You're betting on the outcome of these fights?" Wily demanded, shocked. When Kalinka nodded eagerly, he rolled his eyes. "At least tell me you're using a pseudonym. You are supposed to be kidnapped, after all."
"Yes, I'm using a pseudonym," Kalinka promised as she started typing away on her mobile unit.
Rolling his eyes, Wily went back into his lab to work on his new creation. Downloading everything related to 'Martial Arts' from the net would be a good way to begin, using an optimization program so his system would only keep whatever meshed well together in his actual hard drive. He then made a final decision regarding the exterior, and worked on finishing it up.
Then came the programming. He decide to let the personality core craft itself for the most part, only encoding one thing into the actual programming.
Primary Mission: be a good big brother to Vinyl.
He was rather surprised that as soon as that was accepted by the systems, it immediately began accessing the net and downloading other files, running them through the same optimization program that the martial arts files had been put through. He stroked his chin, wondering if he should pay closer attention to this.
"Daddy!" Vinyl called out. "Mega Man vs Ring Man!"
Rolling his eyes, he turned to go watch the fight, deciding he could solve the conundrum of his new robot later.
As Mega Man stepped into Ring Man's chamber, he held a full sized Pharaoh Shot over him, ready to throw.
"Dattebayo!" Ring Man shouted as he leapt into the chamber, only to receive the full blast right to his face, knocking him back. "Ow! That hurt!" he complained as he leapt back to his feet, only to receive another Shot, though this one not fully charged. "Hey! Stop-"
Mega Man continued this pattern, charging the shot until Ring Man was leaping to his feet and launching it before he landed on them.
"Give me a chance to fight back!" Ring Man roared angrily.
"Nope," Mega Man replied as the last Shot made Ring Man explode.
The whole group stared. "So..." Wily began. "Was that bad programming on the part of Ring Man...or is Mega Man just getting that good?"
Protoman shrugged. "Probably a little of both..."
"I told Daddy he should have used the Shippuden version..." Kalinka grumbled.
Well I guess we now know exactly why Ring Man was yelling Believe it! Thank god he stopped doing that in Shippuden.
Mega man you spamming cheat XD. Fun chapter, I look forward to the next one.
KUNG FU PHARAOH!
Can't wait to see Bass interacting with Vinyl
Shippuden version more powerful, but a whole lot more angsty.
Where is that Sunset Shimmer adopted by Naruto fanfiction someone said they were going to be working on anyways?
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
Alright, NOW Vinyl's gonna drop Bass and their little Trebble!
6614744 Sunset Shimmer is going to be raised by Star Fox not Naruto. Also Tatsurou do you hate Naruto or something?
6614804 Star Fox? Sounds cool. I may have gotten it mixed up with Celestia.
But it was by someone not Tatusrou.
well, you know how this goes, folks.
...Is it... Is it wrong that I imagined the sound of Sonic dropping his rings...?
This Pharoh Man is OP, glad to see where Wily got the idea for at least some of Bass's badassery. That is Bass he's working on right?
...I have the oddest feeling Bass is going to be Super OP.
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I don't really like the series. And I find it hard to take any ninja who wears orange - not to mention a headband that proclaims him both as a ninja and where he's from - seriously.
6614924 There's actually a story behind the orange jumpsuit, and it speaks badly of the Konoha Shopkeepers.
EDIT: Long Story short, a rather hateful shopkeeper sold it to him for cheap, hoping it would get him killed on a mission.
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And the headbands?
6614989 inexcusable. On the offchance it blocks ANYTHING (having a forehead protector) it'd make too much noise and potentially ruin a mission.
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I meant also the fact that it's marked with symbols proclaiming both that they're ninjas and what village they come from...and everyone knows how to read them.
6615015 It's been explained as being akin to an ID card for ninjas... a really bad one, but still.
6615015 I absoluty loved this story, especialy the toad man part. Keep up the great work mate.
... Before I read this, I'd like to predict something. According to every incarnation of Pharaoh Man I've seen, there's an 80% chance that Mega Man is going to come across his biggest challenge yet... so hold on to your butts!
... *Sniff* You used the joke... you really did. That means so much!
Huh, I was right. Neato.
Well of COURSE he should have used the Shippuden version; that one has more butt-kicking ability.
You know, I've been thinking to myself about this whole battle of ideals for a while, mostly focusing on Wily's side, given that it appears to be foolhardy at first glance. I mean, how would taking over the world change anything when all that would come out of it is an increased stigma towards robots after Wily and Vinyl inevitably pass on? Well, to figure that out, I had to think of the counter-argument to that: humans will be smart enough to accept robots as equals with time. Well, while there are certainly humans who see robots as equals in the future, there are still those who do incredibly stupid things due to a certain dislike of them, like Weil. In that sense, it could be seen as unwise to label the human race as a whole to be smart enough to think "They look like us... they talk like us... they have emotions like us... so maybe they... ARE us?!" So while it's hard to see many benefits of seeing Wily's point (other than giving those who were given up on like in MM9), you can certainly see some downsides to Dr. Light's philosophy as well... although Dr. Weil probably wouldn't have gone through such desperate measures to punish the Mavericks if the one who was responsible for Maverick Virus didn't develop it... just saying.
BASS BASS BASS BASS BASS BASS!!!!
That was both cruel and satisfying to Ringman based on his personality. Cruel, because he didn't even get to try and fight back, satisfying because screw you Naruto! Anyway, shame what happened to Pharaohman because he actually proved interesting as a fighter.
I'm hyped for Bass, even though it's three games away
Unless something happens...
Every time a reference appears, I feel like playing a
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Oooooohhh.
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He's trying to blend in with the hunters during deer season!
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All your bass R belong to Wily.
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Dig Dug.
But this Megaman did not even beat a giant robot the hard way.
Shippuuden version? You mean the one that can't win a fight ever.
7521519 the one with sage mode,nine tails mode,rikkudo mode...need I go on?at least she didn't say Body to mode..he's a planet breaker almost by then...I know he broke the moon a little.
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You mean survive getting hit by a move that cut the moon in half??
pharaoh man is based off of Jackie Chan?!
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When I watched Naruto, I saw it more as an organized military... that happened to use tactics similar to ninja. Or just loosely based on ninja, since a lot of the stuff was definitely not even close to ninja tactics. (Like, just talking about an "army" of ninja is nonsensical.)
Still, I found it an interesting story, despite there being some pretty major flaws.
Found an error, and this is my third time reading this one. Great story, all three parts.
man, pharaohman gave megaman a hard time even WITH his weakness weapon, also even on a reread i keep forgetting certain details about this story, it's weird, but still love how the games are handled.