The End Of Rivalry

Chapter 3: Child's Play

I do NOT own any of the characters (except Isabella) or items used throughout the story.

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Before you read the fic: This story takes place during the Axess series. A few things I've changed for the sake of this story is the fact the Megaman is Lan's twin brother Hub (wasn't in the anime) and that Dex and Yai are staying in DenTech.

ON WITH THE FIC!

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A smirk formed on Dex's face as soon as Ms Mari turned to write on the board. A sudden impulse had kicked in five minutes into the class, and for the past two, he has been itching to act on his urge.

He swiftly, but silently grabbed his pencil case and opened it, grabbing two of his large erasers.

He smiled evilly, seeing Lan asleep in his desk one row ahead of him, to the left. He held one eraser far at his side and quickly, with all his might, he pitched the eraser at the back of his head.

"AHHH!" Lan groaned loudly, waking up instantly. He rubbed the back of his head in pain.

"Is there a problem, Lan?" Ms. Mari interrogated sharply.

"No Ms. Mari," he said innocently.

The elementary school teacher rolled her eyes and went back to her lesson. Dex and Gutsman covered their mouths to muffle their laughter, and it was barely working. Lan now opened his pencil case, determined to get his revenge.

"Lan, maybe you shouldn't," Megaman cautioned. Just as his Navi finished his protest, and eraser flew at the side of Lan's face at jet speed. Lan grabbed and grimaced. After the pain faded, he whispered to Megaman: "I am getting my revenge."

Megaman rolled his eyes.

"Whatever," he spoke in an annoyed tone.

Just then, Roll teleported into the computer on Lan's desk.

"Hey Mega!" she greeted warmly, blushing faintly.

"Good morning, Roll!" Megaman welcomed her, as he, too, blushed.

Meanwhile, Lan was rummaging through his pencil case, trying to find something to throw back at Dex. His eyes finally fell upon his sharp scissors. Perfect.

Lan pulled the scissors from his pencil case, getting a glare from Megaman.

"Woah woah woah!" he said, confused. "Lan, isn't that a bit extreme?"

"Don't worry," Lan laughed. " I'm just going to scare him a bit."

Lan turned to face Dex and began cutting the air, and evil look covering his face. He drew the scissors back in a way that made it look like he was going to throw them. Dex's eyes widened and his skin paled a bit.

"No, please!" he begged loudly. "Don't hurt me!"

By now, Lan had put his scissors back, Dex not seeing it, however, as his face was buried in his arms. Everyone in the class was now glaring holes in the crybaby.

"Dex, I would appreciate it if you disrupt my class!" Ms. Mari scolded angrily. "You're being tested on this, so open your notebook and copy this down!"

Dex looked up, a stuttering mess as he tried to compose himself. Maylu covered her mouth with her arm , obviously trying to cover her laughter. Her face turned beat red and she buried her face into her desk Yai and Tory giggled at the stupefied Dex, while Lan sat in his desk triumphantly.

--Later—

The rest of the day passed painfully slowly; Yai was eager to call Chaud, making the glacial-paced minutes slow even further. When the bell rang for the final time, the kids all cheered, and pushed and shoved to leave and get home as soon as possible.

"Yeah!" Dex said happily, meeting with his friends. "It's finally over."

"I know!" Tory agreed. "I thought it would never end!"

"Hey Yai?" Maylu asked, breaking Yai out of her sudden trance. "Don't you think you should call Chaud?"

Yai nodded silently.

"Yeah," she responded. "I wonder what he wants to talk about?"

"Probably something business related," Lan added in, not wanting to feel left out,

"Hey everyone, Dex and I are going to jack-in and meet at the Coliseum a little later," Tory informed the rest of the group. "Do you want to come too?"

They all nodded, agreeing.

"Alright, see you all then," Dex said, before turning to Lan. "And Lan?"

"Yeah?"

"Gutsman and I have been training, and we challenge you and Megaman!"

"You're on, Dex!" Lan accepted his challenge.

Maylu and Yai looked at each other, sweatdropping. "Boys."

-END CHAPTER -

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Okay! There's chapter 3. The fourth one's all written, I just have to type it up :P

Chapter 4 will be up next weekend.

-0Zero0