H'y'all! Reviwer replies again.

Jhvh777: Little kids can smell fear? Long tale, by the way. ;D My OC is really that scary? Weird...

Star Holder Commander: Finally, Commander! Something that'll change the fate of my Mega Man fanfics forever! (holds up hands while forks of lightning flash dramatically in background) Translation: I'll use your idea in my epilogue and it'll run for probably most of these stories, changing loads of stuff along the way! XD

Rose Kitsune.EXE: My... My principal was funny? The idea was actually kind of weird, if you ask me... (shrugs) Anyway - on with the fanfic! ;) (Also, try and be nice to your mom!)

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Lan's POV

Mega Man nodded and bade Chris goodbye. I waited a little impatiently - okay, a lot impatiently - as he said something to the younger boy, who replied quietly, his face solemn. I couldn't help but notice how Chris's hand went to his neck as he talked, right on top of the thick golden chain he'd been wearing as a necklace for as long as I could remember. When they were done, Mega headed back to us, his face abnormally serious.

"He says he wears that chain because his mom gave it to him the day before she died," he informed us, eyes on the sidewalk. "It's his last keepsake of her."

We walked on then, the four of us together, but staying mostly to ourselves. I was lost in thought; I knew the others were, too. (Seriously, it's just about the only time you're gonna see Dex thinking.)
As if to get our minds off of it, Maylu sneakily asked some while later, "So, what do you think of our school, Mega-uh, Jack?"

"Neat," he replied cheerfully, the bag bouncing on his back as we went along; his former sadness appeared to have disappeared... Wait, that sounds bad. (rolls eyes) Anyway... "I think I'll go again tomorrow."

Me and Dex gagged in absolute unison and must have looked shocked, amazed, and repulsed at the same time. Maylu, however, seemed pleased. "That's great news, Mega Man," she told my former NetNavi. "It's good to know someone finally wants to learn around here, unlike those two," she added, rolling her eyes playfully in our direction.

"Aw, they're not as dumb as they look," Mega grinned in joking reply. He sent an annoying wink in our direction. "You just have to say things extra slow so they can understand."

Know what we me and Dex did? We groaned. And groaned. And groaned...

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When Maylu had been returned to her pink-and-red house a few minutes later, I rounded on Mega Man."Nobody takes Maylu from me!" I thundered at him. "And I mean nobody, especially not my twin, best friend and former Navi!" I lunged for him, but Mega Man tossed me a sparkling grin and grabbed my arm - stopping me in my tracks - just as I was about to bring it on.

My face must have registered shock then (I mean, come on, man, since when was he that strong?) as I forced my arm in his grip, which did absolutely nothing to help the situation. At first I thought Mega Man was going to throw me down like they did in karate class, you know, just by sweeping his hand downward, but he did something worse – and much more painful.

Mega tightened his grip on my fist, and, before I could do anything at all, he twisted my arm. Just like that. All the way down so that it hung limply at my side and the pain flamed from my wrist all the way to my shoulder. I yelped, very much in pain before staring at Mega Man, who grinned back triumphantly and patted me on my mass of spiky hair. "Never underestimate your elders, Lan Hikari. I thought you should have known that by now."

Clamping one hand to my injured forearm and glaring at him darkly, I actually had enough voice in me to yell out loud: "You're only three minutes older than me!"

Mega grinned annoyingly and faced the north, as if waiting for an imaginary breeze to ruffle his hair (who was he – Brad Pitt's teenage son?) and tossed a dazzling smile into the DenTech countryside. Then he turned back to me and Dex, though his green eyes were half-glazed and – in short – he looked, well... Intelligent.

"Which probably explains why I'm smarter and more handsome than you," Mega Man Mega smirked to the two of us, his eyes glowing in a most degrading fashion.

"Why you little-" And I lunged for him again, feeling oddly like Homer Simpson as Mega grabbed me in one smooth movement before tossing me onto the floor, right beside Dex's blue Nikes. The big guy was choking with laughter as he reached out a hand to help me up.