Hey everyone! Ghost501 here, but you probably already knew that. Anyhow, welcome back to I'm Sorry. Things are going to be very different this time around. As some of you may remember, last time in I'm Sorry we were dealing with a depressed Lan dealing with him inadvertently causing his brother's deletion and loss at a chance of love. He was then turned into a navi for the rest of his life. There are going to be some changes this time around…but I'll explain those in the end. Enjoy I'm Sorry Remastered!

Oh, and the date for DN3 still is March 21; it won't be changing.


"Come on…wake up," Lan said to his pale faced friend. He sat in shock, still somewhat unable to believe what had happened. It all happened to fast. A part of him believed that it wasn't true. He was in a dream. This whole day didn't happen. He would wake up thanks to his brother, get ready for school, catch up with Mayl for a while as they walked, be bored for eight hours, and then find something on the Net to do for the rest of the day. Mayl would be at school doing her project; Yai would probably be with her and Dex would be at school too…only for detention.

He would talk to his brother Megaman, avoiding any conversation about his newly discovered crush and life would continue on as normal. But as he took the teenager's hand in his own, reality set in. This day did happen. This was real. He had given into his frustration and made a decision he knew he'd regret for the rest of his life. She had heard him and ran off. And now, she was suffering for it. She'd been hurt far worse than he would have ever imagined. Lan sighed as he looked away from the girl for a moment; the raw facts sinking in. Mayl had been hit by a car. She had just gotten out of surgery and stabilized. She was lying before him in a hospital bed, the anesthesia slowly wearing off.

Lan blinked some tears out of his eyes as he looked back at the girl. If the ground could have swallowed him, he would have let it. This was his fault; all of it. He should have chased after her. He shouldn't have let his temper flare up out of control. He should have just told her. But he hadn't done any of those things.

The brunette cursed himself. Why was everyone around him cursed with his bad luck? Why was he so stupid! He almost had his father killed in the SciLab fire years ago by allowing himself to be tricked into helping Mr. Match with his plot to destroy the science facility. His brother had died in order for him to live. Granted, there was no way he could have seen Alpha coming to "eat" them, but he still felt responsible for not thinking of a different plan. And now, his best friend in the world was in a hospital bed, white as a sheet.

What would it take for his own bad luck to hit him for once? Why did it always have to affect someone else? It was his life. His decisions! Why wasn't the punishment his? Why was it that someone else always got hurt? Someone else always took the bullet for him and left him alone, scared, scarred, and shattered. Every time, he was forced to watch someone else suffer because of his actions. He felt like a plague upon the world; heck, maybe he was one.

The teenager shut his eyes and put his head on the soft bed, "Please Mayl…just wake up."


"Finally, I thought I was about to fall asleep in that last class," Lan said as the final bell rang. Lan gathered his book—which had been on the same page for twenty minutes—and placed it in his bag.

"You did fall asleep. You just caught yourself before the teacher did," Megaman pointed out. Despite being sixteen now, Lan still had a tendency to drift off during class. He had gotten better over the years and avoided dozing during every class, but there were some days where he just couldn't help himself.

"What? I did? Why didn't you wake me?" Lan asked as he got up from his seat.

"You know Ms. Yuri hates it when people are too loud, including Net Navis. Remember the last time I tried to wake you up in her class?"Megaman said, staring unamused at the boy.

"Oh, yeah…heh…sorry about that," Lan said, putting a hand behind his head. Megaman intensified his stare, now very much a glare. The blue navi hadn't enjoyed being yelled at by both Ms. Yuri and her navi, Waveman. Both of them knew how to give someone an earful. Lan had actually gotten off pretty easy, didn't even get detention. His brother on the other hand, got a lecture about how good navis need to look out for their NetOps, including making sure they go to bed on time, from Waveman. Neither of them actually expected the navi to be so serious about Marine Science class, but maybe his NetOp had rubbed off a little too well on him.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah…you still owe me for that by the way. So, what are you going to do when you get home?" his brother asked as Lan exited the class room. The last class of the day was over and the weekend was here.

"Well, I didn't really get a lot of homework. Mayl's doing a project after school today. Which means I'll probably have to do that tomorrow." Lan mumbled.

"Do what tomorrow?" Megaman asked.

"Oh…um…well…" a loud blush ran across the boy's face. He really had to be careful with what he said around Hub. He swore his brother had ears like a hawk, even as a navi. And anyway, he had no plans on giving his brother any dirt on him before he had some on Hub to keep him quiet. Plus, it was such a stupid idea. He didn't even know why he was bothering with it.

"What? You're not thinking about asking a girl to the dance next Saturday; are you, Lan? Especially not a certain red head we both know." Megaman asked with a smirk. He had a suspicion his brother had started having feelings for a certain red head who was no longer in any of his classes. Lan had been deliberately trying to avoid any and all subject involving Mayl Sakurai in a romantic setting over the past year. However, the stuttering and sleep talking gave him away. He was just lucky that he had almost completed corrected his old habits of sleeping in class. Hub snickered to himself thinking about his brother confessing his love for Mayl in the middle of Chemistry class, one of the few periods he and her shared.

"NO! I'm…um…thinking we should go to Higsby's to pick up some new battlechips," Lan said. He was less than stellar about realizing his crush on his best friend over the past year. He didn't even know what happened. Just one day during sophomore year, his heart started beating like crazy when she was around. Then there was the fluttering and the sweaty palms. It was a thing that he hated dealing with. It made dealing with Mayl a lot more awkward and he was in no hurry to complicated their years of friendship.

"Suuurrrre, so when should I tell mom and dad about your girlfriend?" Megaman asked as Lan exited the school building. With Mayl out of the picture for today, Megaman was going to enjoy his revenge for being chewed out last week.

"Girlfriend? Please, I don't have a girlfriend…" Lan waved his hand. Suddenly, the boy started smirking. Hub had a bad feeling that his plan had some unforeseen holes in it, "In fact, out of anyone of us, I'd say you're the one with the double life Megaman."

"What are you talking about?"Megaman said, trying to think a few steps ahead of his brother. If this conversation was going where he thought it was going, he was going to need a plan.

"Oh, don't think I didn't hear about the Sadie Hawkins dance." Lan said smugly, knowing that he was closing the gap of wiggle room Megaman had.

"What about it? Roll didn't want to go alone," the blue navi said, brushing off his comment. He thought he was going to ask about the fact that Roll had suggested going to the new Net Area that had opened up today. Totally not as a date of course, just a couple of red faced friends walking around trying not to do anything awkward to scare off the other. The normal.

"Why didn't she ask Gylde?" Lan argued, he hadn't expected Megaman to be so nonchalant about it.

"Remember, Yai went on that trip to Creamland. Gylde wasn't here."

"True," Lan sighed. Time for a different approach, "I guess that rumor I heard about Roll and Scion was right after all."

"What rumor?" Megaman asked, expressing a bit too much interest. He hadn't heard anything recent in the grapevine—in fact he often tried to avoid the drama—but ever so often he would hear something that caught his ear. But he hadn't heard anything about Scion, the green Net Navi of a senior.

"Oh you know, Scion asked her out, she went with him, they're getting married in two weeks," Lan said cackling, unable to keep his façade. That little reaction had given away a lot more than his brother thought. Although he still carried a bit of his laziness, Lan's density had worn off; making him much more aware of things and people around him.

Megaman blew a quick sigh of relief until he realized his mistake. He had just shown random interest in Roll's love life. He was her best friend! Why should he care? Scion wasn't a bad navi; actually he was incredibly well mannered—even Gylde would complement his them. Megaman slowly looked back at his brother who was smiling wide. Uh oh…

"My my, how the the tables have turned Hub. Your turn now. How's Roll?"

"She's…fine? Heh…" Megaman said, getting nervous. He somewhat hated his brother becoming more observant. It made it harder to hide his crush on Roll.

"Of course, she is. Why wouldn't she be? But…"

"Hey Hikari!" a gruff voice said, cutting Lan off.

"Oh crap…" Lan groaned; Megaman facepalmed. Just who they didn't need to interrupt this conversation: Rickie and Crashman. The pair had become a quick enemy and bully to both Hikaris in the eighth grade. Lan and Hub merely guessed that they were jealousy of their closeness to Mayl and Roll since it was no secret that Rickie had a crush on Mayl. Crashman never really pursued Roll as a love interest, but the navi enjoyed mercilessly teasing Megaman.

"Top of the afternoon to you, Mega-brat," Crashman snickered as he walked over to Megaman.

'Shoot. Knew I forgot something.'Megaman thought as the orange navi walked closer to him. Lan and Rickie had been assigned a project in English earlier that quarter. However, this resulted in the two—unfortunately—trading PET security cube codes. Megaman had meant to change his after the fact but had forgotten.

"My my, Lan Hikari. Beautiful day isn't it?" the black haired boy asked. He wore a smug look as he adjusted his black windbreaker. He tried to puff out his chest, though to Lan it only made him look more stupid than menacing. The brunette resisted the urge to laugh, maybe he would be in luck and the boy would trip. At least then there was a chance of those stupid sunglasses falling to the ground and breaking. Rickie could go on for days about how the shades could make him look so cool.

"What do you want Rickie?" Lan said exasperatedly, trying to find a way around the boy. The sky was beginning to darken; the boy remembered his brother saying that the forecast mentioned thunderstorms today.

"Lan. We've known each other a pretty long time now, right?" Rickie said, putting an arm around the boy.

"Unfortunately," Lan shrugged off the arm and shot the bully a look. How many times did he have to broadcast that he did not like this kid before he took the hint?

"Well, since we're such good friends…I decided it's time to clear up some smoke. What're your feelings towards Mayl?" he asked.

"WHAT? I'm her best friend, not her boyfriend. If I had any—which I don't—why on earth would I tell you?" Lan rolled his eyes. He knew the boy was crazy, but now he just wasn't making any sense. Though, a small piece of him cringing after he denied his feelings towards her. Something about it just didn't seem right.

"Good. I was just makin' sure. 'Cause I was thinking of asking her to the dance next Saturday. I needed to know if I should put on my D game or not." The boy said cockily.

"D Game? Please, you wouldn't even be able to get her to bat an eyelash at you even if you put on your S game." Lan spoke back. Normally he was a much nicer guy, but something about this kid made his blood boil. Rickie was insultive, cocky, annoying, and much more. In Lan's opinion, the only thing he needed were rich parents…then he could put spoiled on that list.

Rickie was the type of guy who believed he could get anything he wanted. Often times, his attempts blew up in his face, but every now and again he would get lucky.

"Yeah, I mean come on," the green eyed boy said, completely ignoring Lan's insult, "Why would she go for you? You're the best friend. But you're also a world savior so you got that going for you. But still, I just needed to confirm. For all I knew, you and her could've been doing some kind of secret dating thing."

"And what if we were?" Lan smirked back, trying to get back at him. He hoped Hub was having an easier time with Crashman, though odds are he wasn't. Many times—if it wasn't for the wireless lock that each NetOp had to turn on before entering the school—fights would have broken out between the two navis. On some level, it was a good thing that Mayl was often in classes with Lan whenever he had one with Rickie. At least then, Roll would be able to break up the fight. Crashman wouldn't dare raise a finger on her because it would only anger Mayl which would in turn destroy any "chance" his NetOp had.

"Well, that would be some big news Lan. I'm sure some of the people I know wouldn't mind knowing that info. But then again, I know a lot of loud mouths…" Rickie trailed off. Lan growled quietly. The boy was backing him into a corner. One, Mayl hated being at the center of attention, especially when it came to rumors. Two, odds are that she would just deny the claim and assume that he had started the rumor, causing harm to their relationship.

Lan stared harshly back at the smirking boy, "Well, you're in luck. I'm not dating Mayl and I'm not in love with her."

"Are you sure? I mean you did just imply that you may or may not have been dating her. How can I trust you?" the boy said sporting his disgusting smirk.

"I SAID I'M NOT IN LOVE WITH MAYL! NEVER WAS! NEVER WILL BE! THERE THAT'S THE TRUTH!" Lan yelled breathing hard; he didn't remember the last time when someone had gotten him this worked up before.

"Alright. I believe you. Nice talking with you, Lan," the boy said, patting his shoulder and walking away.

Lan stood there in silence before turning to his PET, "Did that seem a little weird to you, Megaman? Megaman?" Lan said, before realizing that Hub was wearing a sad look on his face. The navi opened his mouth and promptly closed it. It was almost as if he was trying to phrase something but couldn't. As Lan was about to ask his brother what was up, he subconsciously checked the PET's navi log. He felt his heart drop as he realized that Roll had entered Lan's PET only two minutes ago. But if Roll was close by, that would mean that…

"Oh no," Lan breathed as he whirled around. No…no...NO! She had been there. No, he was just upset; he hadn't meant it! She wasn't supposed to hear that. She was supposed to be at school working on her project! As Lan ran to where she had been standing, he reached down and picked up her hair clip. It had been one of the few pieces she had kept of her original style as a kid.

"They finished early; Roll was trying to surprise me before breaking up the fight. Then…" Hub explained.

"Mayl…" Lan said, not being able to see where she went. Before he could begin to look for her, lightning sparked in the clouds and thunder boomed. The hard cold rain began to surround him in secondes. He wouldn't be able to find her in this storm. Lan turned around and ran back home. However, by the time he was back he was beginning to have trouble figuring out what wet his face more. The rain or his tears.


Update: Friday/Saturday (More than likely Friday)

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