I didn't do the reviewer replies last chapter…ahem.

Terratasha: OK, let me start from the beginning. I can't really make the chapters much longer; there's only one POV per chappie, as you've probably noticed. Furthermore, there's a reason why Chaud's acting like this – for the moment, it's confidential.

Now, about the Mega Man and Lan being brothers. Mega used to be a human but he's a Navi now, so it makes sense that he's not completely human or Navi (Especially after this crazy adventure). Technically, he and Lan were twins, so one has to be a bit older. (I read that it's Mega Man; so, in my fics, he's about three minutes older than Lan.) About the brotherly relationship… Well…um… That's just plain not-plotting-properly-ness. I'll have to strengthen the bond between the two of them in future fanfics.

As for the contact lenses, the ones who should know – Maylu, Dex, Tory, Yai, Yuuichiro, Haruka, Chaud, Proto Man, Bass and Wily – either already know or will eventually. The people who don't know them, however, won't figure out their identities if they don't look too closely. (It's Battle Network 3. They're not that famous…yet.) As for the last request, it gets revealed in this chapter. ;)

(PS: This isn't my last Mega Man fanfic… Should you read and review any others that I'll write, please don't stuff everything into one paragraph. It makes things easier to read.)

Fiinikusu Akumu: Going to school is the kind of thing Mega would do, don't you think? (giggles) Also, thanks for the info about BN5. Chaud's not being brainwashed, though – it's something even weirder. (Bizarre, huh?) Bass SHALL appear, owing to the fact that everyone seems to like him so much. Sweet dreams to you, too! XD

Star Holder Commander: I'm glad you like my fic, but… You shouldn't criticise a story like before – you have to balance the good with the bad. :D

Rose Kitsune.EXE: OF COURSE Mega Man's not deleted! He still has fans, doesn't he? If not, this fanfic would be about Chaud! (begins dancing crazily for no apparent reason) XD

Jhvh777: Upon beginning the latest installment of Getting Back (creative chapter, by the way!) I noticed you had answered to the reply I had sent you. That said – give Roll a Moogle! MUAHAHA! (laughs evilly) 'Scuse me for that bout of craziness. What I meant was if you're stories' plots get changed because of us reviewers, remember this one's will, too! Because now I'll have to put Roll in here somewhere….

Plus, about your OC's problem, I suggest for you to write a list of 'em down somewhere –you'll get more organised with your fanfics. (slow, pleased smile)

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Mega Man's POV

Lan charged out of the house looking positively amazed. The walkie-talkies were old models and I hadn't seen his reaction through when I'd told him about the school thing (Newer walkie-talkies have built-in screens), but I could very well guess it. I wanted to pass as a twelve-year old human, and that also meant going to school, and Lan was-well-stupefied.

Lan-being who he was-was darned amazed that I actually wanted to go to a building every morning to sit with other kids my own age and learn something for a change. To him, it would be absolutely useless for him later on. I, on the other hand, was pretty sure that they didn't let you be an Official NetBattler if you couldn't do seventh-grade math and English. (sniggers).

Anyway, as soon as Lan had waved to his mom and hopped down the steps to join me, I miraculously appeared from the shadows and walked doggedly on beside him. Lan still looked totally surprised; when he noticed me, he raised his eyebrows in a superiorly annoying, superiorly sarcastic way.

But the only sentence that came out of his mouth was: "You, little Navi, are one weird dude."

"Hey, I'm not little," I returned, patting his head in a babyish way. "You're the one who's like three centimetres shorter than me."

Lan opened his mouth to reply, but just then we were passing his friend Maylu's house. He could see her coming out the front door, so he gestured for me to pull my sweatshirt hood up as he waited for her.

I stepped back into the cool shade of an oak tree beside the street (Oak trees? In DenTech City? Since when? I sure wish Lan had shown me all this stuff from before.)

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Lan: Mega, you dork, I did not on purpose not show you that oak tree.

Mega Man: (raises eyebrow)

Thecrazyfanficcer: For once he's actually right. I just stuck it in there when I wrote the fic.

Lan: Why?

Thecrazyfanficcer: What do you mean why? It was just so Mega Man and Lan could have some shade.

Mega Man: (grins evilly) See, I'm famous.

Lan: So not fair. My Navi is more famous than me.

Mega Man: Which would make sense, considering I'm also smarter than you.

Well, on with the more-sarcastic-than-crazy fanfic ...

Mega Man: Hey! I'm not sarcastic!

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Lan hesitated slightly as Maylu came forward. She's really a cute-looking girl - I could see why Lan likes her - about medium height, a little shorter than my Net Op, with short red-violet hair that fell almost to her shoulders. She was wearing her traditional outfit-red skirt, knee-high socks, blue vest-the one that I'd always seen her wearing from my glances into the Real World. One hand was one her PET, which held her NetNavi, Roll. "Maylu, this is my friend... uh, Jack." Lan had already forgotten what my "name" was.

Mayl however, ignored Lan and moved toward me, her brown eyes shining. "It's Mega Man, right?"

"How did you know?"

Maylu's brown eyes were glowing again. She grinned mysteriously. "I have my ways," she replied.

Lan was watching this exchange with his eyes wide and his hair up. Well, more up then it would have normally been, anyway. "How did you know that?" he demanded his friend/crush. (TCF: Hey! Being the romance fanficcer that I am, I had to mention that somewhere.)

"Like I told your humanized Navi, Lan Hikari, I'm not telling," Maylu answered with a very uncharacteristic smirk.

Lan muttered something unintelligible in reply, then turned around and began the trek over to Dex's house. Maylu fell behind so that she was shoulder to shoulder with me, one hand still on her PET.

"So, how did you know?" I asked Maylu as we made our way through the smaller part of DenTech. Maylu only shook her head, rolling her eyes.

"It was too obvious," she explained. "I noticed Lan hadn't been talking to us since Saturday. And his mom told me."

I grinned. "His mom knows?"

Mayl grinned and cocked her head to the side. "Why, Mega, if you were a human you should know that mothers are smarter than you think."

I grinned and poked her in the ribs. "I am human. Besides, call me Jack Miller. That's my new name."

She patted me on the head jokingly. "OK, Jack. Now you stay like a good boy. I'm talking to your Operator - or should I say owner? - now." With that, she strolled on ahead and went to talk to Lan. I heard them talking for a bit, then I saw my Operator cheer up and blush considerably, making his cheeks look like Macintoshes in the sunlight..

Soon we picked up Dex at his house, which he was just exiting, PET in hand. Yai, as usual, would be going by limo. Sure enough, a long, fuchsia-coloured limousine slid by us at that very moment, sending dust clouds in its wake.

"She's lucky," Dex said reverently as the silver streak passed us. "She's rich and she's a genius."

Then his attention snapped off the sleek car pulled smoothly away from us. He turned toward me, and I could tell he was hesitating. "Uh-"

"It's okay, Dex," I assured him. "She already knows."

Maylu grinned in a most unMaylu-ish way. "Yai isn't the only genius around here," was her answer.

So the four of us made our way over to the school, which, now that you mention it, was only a few blocks away from Lan's house. Just as we were about to cross the street, Lan leaned towards the others. "From here on in, you're Jack Miller," he muttered, his spiky hair flicking in the wind. "Guys, from this point on, Mega Man.EXE exists no longer. Or if he does, he's not standing behind us right now."

"Very funny, Lan," I teased with a slight grin, pushing a gap between the others and succeeding in pushing my shorter former Operator to the side. "You don't need to tell them."

"Got that right," Dex added suddenly, doubling over with laughter. "Man, this is funny. For once in my life I'm actually smarter than Lan."

Then Maylu said something and the colour rose up into Dex's cheeks. I'm not telling you what, but he was stuttering in that Dex-y way of his all the way across the street.

The DenTech City Academy was a normal sized affair on the other side of the ACDC district rectangular in shape. Kids were swarming all over the green lawn; the bell hadn't rung yet. I shifted the backpack Lan had supplied me with slightly as the school cropped up into sight.

Amazingly enough, no one noticed us. I bit my lip at that point, thinking about it. OK, so why would they notice the others? I reasoned. It seemed logical. They were regular students, after all. I was overreacting, I supposed. I couldn't really say much for myself, though; when everyone noticed I was the new kid, I sure hoped they didn't notice my uncanny resemblance to Mega Man EXE, NetBattler Navi extraordinaire.

Before my thought stopped, however, the other three decided to stand under the shade of yet another oak tree and talk. Being who I was, I declined the offer, preferring to walk away and observe just what it was before the children of DenTech City did on weekday mornings before the morning bell rang.

I braced myself as I walked through the throngs of preteen-and-under youths gathering in crowds in front of the school; I had the none-too-distinct feeling that some one would notice me and my reign in the Real World would be over. For the second time, I shook my head at the fact that no one recognized me-we had been on TV, after all-and was absolutely amazed that no one even seemed to notice I was a new kid.

I chewed my lip again, suddenly veering to the right; I had seen one kid, standing alone by himself in a corner. He was leaning up against the wall, looking both lonely and worried at the same time. He was a bit younger than Lan-around eleven maybe- with thick, curly russet-red hair and a cute, almost cherubic face. He was a little chubby, and from what I could tell, there was no personal terminal shoved up his jeans pocket.

"Hey."

The kid spun around, his hazel eyes wide in surprise. He quickly recovered, his freckles glowing as he smiled in spite of himself. "Hi. Who are you? I've never seen you around before."

"Jack. Jack Miller, to be exact. I'm a new kid," I replied easily; I was already into my new position as supposedly normal under-eighteen human resident of DenTech City.

"Well, I'm Chris Richardson," the kid replied, grinning as he shook my hand, just as Arnie had a few days ago. He wasn't like Arnie, I could tell. For one thing, Lan's cousin would never just say outright "Who are you?" And, I knew, Arnie would not have smiled so easily at the sight of a "new friend."

"Why are you alone, Chris?" I asked innocently, sincerely hoping that it was just a coincidence and not what I thought it was.

"Well, you see, I have no friends. Kids make fun of me because I'm chubby," Chris replied, almost apologetically, sighing as he did so. "And I don't have a PET, so they think I'm not cool."

I found myself reaching out and patting his shoulder. "I don't have one either, Chris, but it doesn't mean I'm not cool, does it? It matters what's in your heart, not what's in your pocket." The part about not having a PET came to me so naturally, so easily, that I wondered how I had done it. But then again, I realised, I was(OK, had been) a Navi, so how could I actually have one?

Chris grinned excitedly. "That has got to be one of the nicest things anybody not related has ever done for me, Jack, and I've only just met you," he thanked me shyly. That was such a nice thing to say I grinned back; without thinking, without reasoning, I knew I had made a new friend. But hey, I figured, why not?