"Ow..." Her head was spinning around endlessly, she felt like her whole body was dipped into a pool of fiery lava. "My head..." Val felt strange, she didn't even remember what happened.

'Was that just a few moments ago? Seconds? Minutes?!' She looked around, suddenly, a flash of blue appeared before her!

"Ah!" She flinched and tumbled backwards, resulting her to land on her bottom - rather quite harshly.

"Greetings..." A low voice echoed, it's tone gravelly and raspy. She stared at her legs for a moment, hesitant to look directly at whoever was speaking towards her.

Valerie took a gander at it, "W- who are you?!..." She stood on her feet once again. "Are... are you some kind of monster?..." Her eyes scanning this blue-red 'thing' floating before her.

"GRAH! I am not a monster you naive girl!" It took on a hostile tone, she took one step back. Val looked at the thing, she raised her fists, determined.

The levitating being's eyes were blood red, growls emitted from the back of it's throat; it seemed as if it was a volcano, waiting for a violent eruption.

One moment, it's expression changed. "Gahahaha!" It laughed, leaving her confused, but, she didn't put her fists down. "I was hoping for a human girl like you to run and scream! I'm impressed, kid."

Valerie refused to let down her guard for a second, she frowned, thinking it's a trick.

The fearsome beast let his clawed hands fall to his sides, eventually not growling anymore, and hunched over a bit more. "I am Chroma. These humans used my name as 'color' in some ancient language, I came from another planet - Planet FM. I believe you use the term 'alien' as a being from another world in outer space, correct?" The being responded unusually casually.

She finally puts her hands down, but still alert. "Yes, but... why did you come here? Specifically, why did you come to me?..." Val asked, clearly puzzled.

"I am being hunted down by others who are like me - EM Beings - other aliens. As for the other question in particular..." Chroma hummed, "Your...wavelengths match up with mine, little one."

"Please, don't call me that. Just... Val. I'm Val Ayaka." She introduced herself.

"My body is made out of electromagnetic waves, and thus, I cannot actually injure you. Even if I kinda wanted to. You can only see me, because we have matching wavelengths and I chose to let you see me. Though, you're unable to see these... 'Wave Roads' in the sky."

She looked skywards, surely, there was nothing but a dark canvas hanging overhead. However, when she squints, she sees these otherworldly, green transparent roads and orange paths all jumbled into one huge maze of messy lines.

"Do - Do you mean...those... green roads?..." She pointed to the one nearest to them. "It's so faint, I might actually mistaken it to be my imagination... And... I'm probably going insane. . ." She breathed.

"Interesting... So you can hardly make out the 'Wave World' with your own naked eyes..."

He was about to explain something further, however, he interrupted himself by abruptly looking around with caution. Val also scrutinized their surroundings with extreme awareness, though, she found nothing in sight. . .

"What's wrong?..." Her own voice turned serious.

"There's another one. . ." Chroma muttered uncomfortably, he turned to her. "I hope you don't mind."

"Wha...? Ah!" She flinched again in surprise, the being turned into a ball of energy and zipped into her Transer at light speed! "W-wait a second, another one?! Do you mean?! -" She gazed at her device in a hurry.

"Indeed, another FM-ian like me, probably trying to track me and hunt me down." The alien explained firmly.

". . ." She fell silent. "Understandable... You can hide in my Transer for a while..." She said calmly, much to Chroma's amazement.

'Hrm. . . She doesn't even mind?...' The FM-ian thought confusingly and curiously at the same time.

"AH! Help!" Someone shouted in the middle of the night, making Val twitch in shock for a mere instant. She sprinted to the source of the voice, it led to another street.

"It's that presence again. . . Hold on." She stopped her tracks on the corner of a battlechip shop. She looked at her Transer. "Can you at least see those orange whirlpools?" She gazed, her eyes darting around. Valerie squinted her eyes at a corner of someone's house.

"It does look like some type of whirlpool..." She mumbled.

"I need you to stand on top of one, and I'll tell you what comes next, alright?"

She looked at where the voice came from, someone was trapped inside of the car! "!"

"Don't worry, if ya want to help, listen to me and head over to the whirlpool called 'waveholes'." Chroma reassured her. "You humans are very extraordinary creatures... Why do you choose to help?"

"Because that's what people do." She said very sincerely, Chroma hummed while deep in thought, sparks of curiosity flickering in his head.

She finally stood directly on top of it. "Okay, I need you to say 'EM Wave Change, your name, and then On The Air' you got it?"

"If someone notices me shout that like a maniac in the middle of the night, I swear I'm going to be done with this whole thing. . ." Val facepalmed herself, imagining how embarrassing it would be; no one would like to be near a psycho and call the police on her or something.

"Just do it already!"

"Alright, alright! U-uh. . .

EM Wave Change!

Val Ayaka,

On The Air!!"

She felt a unknown sensation as a bright light engulfed her for the second time, her body felt more heavier and stronger, and once she opens her eyes, she was on the green road! She was really on the Wave Road, in Wave World herself!

"Woah. . . So this is Wave World. . ." Her mind conquered in immense interest and astonishment. "Ah, what happened to me?!"

She was hunched back, her whole body was covered in spikes, thorns, and razor sharp scales like those on a mythical dragon. 'So that's why I felt more over encumbered... it's this crazy armor I have on me, no wonder Chroma must be used to being hunched over...' She has these yellow talons and a tough skin that resembles a tail.

She felt movement, which forced her to move a bit. "So I'm your Effigy? Hmm. . . So, what? You're gonna freak out like a little girl?"

"No." Val spoke aloud. "If you move, I'm forcibly being controlled against my will a bit. . ." Val said, uncertain and anxious about this.

"Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble...Unless I'm bored... I fortunately take most of the damage also, so you won't be beaten up after pulsing out. That doesn't mean I'M gonna take ALL the damage!" Chroma bellowed.

She thought, then asked a question that's been on her mind the whole time. "But why do you need me to merge with you? Can't you just fight viruses solo?"

"It's quite complex, to put it this way, my powers here aren't the same as it once was on Planet-FM. I'm forced to fuse with someone who has the same waves as me, which is you, Valor." Chroma explicated.

"Did you just call me "Valor"?" She questioned.

"Yes."

"Well, if you're comfortable with that I guess. I don't mind." She shrugged.

"As I was saying, when we're fused together and take on this form, this is a wave form, there's a name for this... It's called 'pulse in'. Of course, you can 'pulse out' and become normal in the Real World - but don't do that just yet! I'm itching for a battle!"

"And I'm more than certain that I want to save that person in the car. . . and kick some EM Viruses!" She exclaimed thrillingly.

"Might as well see how good you are in fighting, don't worry, I'll guide you through it. So don't complain!" He shouted. "Let's get warmed up in the car's Comp Space, once you find a path nearest to the car, you can fly in! Alright, let's go!"

They traveled through the green pathways, and reaching the car. She passed through some peculiar things that also levitates off the ground, things that people cannot see with the naked eye. "This is as close as I can be. . ." Val murmured. "Next step?"

"See that wavehole on top of it? Go touch it, reach into it, and you'll fly right in."

"Gotcha."

Once she zoomed into the machine, it seemed as if she entered into another world again, instead of the Wave Roads, it was colored panels as the floors.

"There they are, there are groups of 'em! They're called Mettenas, easiest viruses to fight ever! Just make sure you don't get too reckless, alright Valor?" Val nodded as she approached the yellow-colored, helmet wearing, enemies that has a pickaxe on one hand.

"Alright! Wave Battle!

Ride On!!"

https://youtu.be/feUdtM1d9DE

(Yes, this is NOT MMSF, it's MMBN. MMSF theme is a remix of MegaMan Battle Network 2)

"Don't get scared and run now!"

"I won't run, even if I AM scared. I'm willing to help anyone!" She spoke courageously, her inner self burning with determination. "It's time for some virus busting!"

"Hah! "Valor" really does fit you! OK, you're gonna need some battlecards to retaliate these guys!" Chroma explained as she shifted through the battlefield, dodging the enemy attacks.

"OK. So, which to choose?"

"Chips in the same column and be paired and picked together, Cannons are good choices since they do 40 DMG, exactly as much as their HP! But, our HP can reach to zero too! Remember, the same types of chips can be also selected - no matter where they're positioned!"

"Got it!" She chose the chips and evaded their attacks!

"Keep in mind, once choosing battlechips, you need to wait for the 'Custom Gauge' to fill up so you can choose again."

"How are you so used to this bulky armor? I don't recall you fusing with someone back at Planet-FM." She used two Cannon battlechips and fired at the Mettenas! 'Gotta wait for the Custom Gauge to refill. . .'

"Destroy, and ask questions later, kid!"

The viruses exploded as their HP reached to zero!

"Alright!"

"Watch out, Valor! You're not done yet!"

She activated the Custom Screen and picked up two battlechips: Air Spread, 10 DMG. She aimed at the EM viruses, used her Air Spread before the Mettena could unleash their attack with their pickaxe! The enemy was paralyzed and Val's attack also hit the others with her Air Spread!

"Nice one, Valor! You just got a Counter, timing your moves well and getting a surprise on the enemies right before they use their attacks will grant you a 'Counter'."

She noticed that she only have two cards selected, another one was in her deck of chosen battlechips."I'm assuming Counter gives me cards without having to access the Custom Screen or wait for the Custom Gauge." She pointed out.

"Yeah, they're called Bonus Cards. There's only a few left, don't get lazy now!"

She destroyed and annihilated the rest of the EM enemies in one turn, another horde of angry opponents were ready to hit her with their shock wave-like attack. As she entered in her fighting stance, ready to strike back, her partner spoke up again.

"OK, let me teach you how to use one of my abilities, the others are somehow unusable. . . Anyhow, this one is called 'Spectral Scream'. Charge up your buster, then focus that charged energy to your mouth!"

Valerie nodded in response, she darted to her right, making the Mettena's attack miss. She began charging up like Chroma explained and focused the energy to her muzzle. Waiting for it to be fully charged, she felt it suddenly shift within her! She inhaled!

Val went in front of the enemy, somehow getting them in a straight line! "Now, kid!"

She released the energy, watching a wave of raging flames blow in her direction! The Mettena viruses panicked and got swallowed up by the sea of furious fire, they blew up as the fire breath ate away their remaining HP! "GROAHHH!" Chroma roared just as angry as the flames!

"Easy!"

"You have done a very good job, let's pulse out before that mysterious presence catches our scent."

"OK."

After that, Valerie pulsed out, her body transforming into light and brought her back into the same spot - in the Real World. Val strolled around the corner, she saw the person inside the car that was trapped earlier, now wasn't locked in. The person smiled that he was now outside, that smile also sneaked up on her, making Valerie smile too.