OWN NOTHING.
This takes place a week after last chapter.
Sword of the Phoenix: KimMi1 or something like that. ::Gives you Program advanced style MegaMan plushie:: Your gunna need to get a special rack for them soon.
Sleepy Sheep Guardian: ; yeah, I can tell.
Kiri the chibi neko-jin: Rockman. That sounds funny. considering he's about that ::indicates an inch:: tall and is good with swords and guns...
-If You Keep The Mask On, You'll Suffocate-
Lan quietly bladed down the road. It was raining, just the way she liked it. It was getting late, but she told her mom she needed some air and she would be a while. Somehow, things just were weird. Now she wasn't 'one of the guys' but she had to act like 'one of the guys' when she was 'one of the girls'. It was confusing.
Somehow, acting like a boy, made her feel like one, and now, she felt like she was lying in a lie. Nothing was real. Everything was just a swirling mass of complications. Nothing made sense. Her crush on Chaud, Her friendship with any of the group. Right now, she wanted to be alone. Where no one played twenty questions.
'Lan.' Came a voice from behind her.
She hadn't realized she had stopped. Or that the rain had increased and if she wasn't wet before, she certainly was now.
The brunette turned. She didn't even need to recognize the voice to know it was the older teen. Chaud. She fought to keep the blush down.
'Hello Chaud. I suppose Mayl and Yai told you...' she trailed off.
'Yes. You could have told your friends earlier. I'm sure they wouldn't have cared either way. Just because you were hiding doesn't mean they would have hated you for it.' Chaud said, thinking over his words before he said them.
'I know. I was scared that they would.' Lan said, looking down. It was nice talking to Chaud like this, actually. No fight between rivals, no cold remarks, just comfort.
'Why don't you come over to my place and get warmed up. And dry.' Chaud said, though he himself was as wet as Lan.
'Alright.' Lan said nodding and taking the roller blades off her shoes. ((A/N: They're just attachments to the bottom of her shoe. She has skates as well for them.))
Chaud led her a few blocks to a large house. He opened the door and led her in, closing it behind himself. Now he had a reason to show extra courtesy to Lan.
'My rooms up here.' He said, leading the girl up the stairs to a room similarly furnished to Lan's. 'I'll get you some dry clothes.' Chaud said, pulling out an outfit and handing it to Lan.
Once he turned around, and ProtoMan wasn't looking, Lan changed into the Camouflage pants and a black long sleeve.
'those are the smallest I have.' Chaud said apologetically, when Lan was inspecting the clothes.
'No, its okay. Thanks.' Lan said. 'Hello ProtoMan' she said, acknowledging the Navi.
'Hello.' He greeted.
'You can log in MegaMan.' Chaud said, catching sight of the annoyed and ignored Navi.
'Okay.' She logged MegaMan in who appeared near ProtoMan.
'Hey ProtoMan.' MegaMan greeted Happily.
'whatever...' ProtoMan said, shaking his head.
'Wow. Instant friendship.' Lan said laughing.
Chaud resisted the urge to stare at the younger teen. 'It's a bit of a mind job though. You being a girl and all. But I think at some level I've known.'
'Yeah. I made it kinda obvious didn't I?' Lan said, chuckling. 'I guess I hoped that someone would figure out and not want to hurt me for being a liar...'
'No one would hurt you...' -...Because I wouldn't let them.- Chaud finished in his head.
'Maybe. I was kinda hoping you would figure it out.' Lan said, sitting on the bed beside Chaud. 'You're the most level headed and calm of the group, so I thought you might not be so quick to assume anything.'
'I wouldn't have assumed anything untill you told me the facts.' Chaud said Quietly.
MegaMan and ProtoMan were tactfully speaking quietly about battle chips, but were all ears on this conversation.
Lan looked down and closed her eyes. 'I guess I was the one assuming.' She whispered.
Chaud knew he would sorely regret this later, but oh well. He put an arm around her shoulders and puled the younger teen into a comforting embrace.
'No one's going to hurt you. And if they do, they'll have me to deal with.' Chaud declared.
'thank you Chaud.' She responded quietly.
This takes place a week after last chapter.
Sword of the Phoenix: KimMi1 or something like that. ::Gives you Program advanced style MegaMan plushie:: Your gunna need to get a special rack for them soon.
Sleepy Sheep Guardian: ; yeah, I can tell.
Kiri the chibi neko-jin: Rockman. That sounds funny. considering he's about that ::indicates an inch:: tall and is good with swords and guns...
-If You Keep The Mask On, You'll Suffocate-
Lan quietly bladed down the road. It was raining, just the way she liked it. It was getting late, but she told her mom she needed some air and she would be a while. Somehow, things just were weird. Now she wasn't 'one of the guys' but she had to act like 'one of the guys' when she was 'one of the girls'. It was confusing.
Somehow, acting like a boy, made her feel like one, and now, she felt like she was lying in a lie. Nothing was real. Everything was just a swirling mass of complications. Nothing made sense. Her crush on Chaud, Her friendship with any of the group. Right now, she wanted to be alone. Where no one played twenty questions.
'Lan.' Came a voice from behind her.
She hadn't realized she had stopped. Or that the rain had increased and if she wasn't wet before, she certainly was now.
The brunette turned. She didn't even need to recognize the voice to know it was the older teen. Chaud. She fought to keep the blush down.
'Hello Chaud. I suppose Mayl and Yai told you...' she trailed off.
'Yes. You could have told your friends earlier. I'm sure they wouldn't have cared either way. Just because you were hiding doesn't mean they would have hated you for it.' Chaud said, thinking over his words before he said them.
'I know. I was scared that they would.' Lan said, looking down. It was nice talking to Chaud like this, actually. No fight between rivals, no cold remarks, just comfort.
'Why don't you come over to my place and get warmed up. And dry.' Chaud said, though he himself was as wet as Lan.
'Alright.' Lan said nodding and taking the roller blades off her shoes. ((A/N: They're just attachments to the bottom of her shoe. She has skates as well for them.))
Chaud led her a few blocks to a large house. He opened the door and led her in, closing it behind himself. Now he had a reason to show extra courtesy to Lan.
'My rooms up here.' He said, leading the girl up the stairs to a room similarly furnished to Lan's. 'I'll get you some dry clothes.' Chaud said, pulling out an outfit and handing it to Lan.
Once he turned around, and ProtoMan wasn't looking, Lan changed into the Camouflage pants and a black long sleeve.
'those are the smallest I have.' Chaud said apologetically, when Lan was inspecting the clothes.
'No, its okay. Thanks.' Lan said. 'Hello ProtoMan' she said, acknowledging the Navi.
'Hello.' He greeted.
'You can log in MegaMan.' Chaud said, catching sight of the annoyed and ignored Navi.
'Okay.' She logged MegaMan in who appeared near ProtoMan.
'Hey ProtoMan.' MegaMan greeted Happily.
'whatever...' ProtoMan said, shaking his head.
'Wow. Instant friendship.' Lan said laughing.
Chaud resisted the urge to stare at the younger teen. 'It's a bit of a mind job though. You being a girl and all. But I think at some level I've known.'
'Yeah. I made it kinda obvious didn't I?' Lan said, chuckling. 'I guess I hoped that someone would figure out and not want to hurt me for being a liar...'
'No one would hurt you...' -...Because I wouldn't let them.- Chaud finished in his head.
'Maybe. I was kinda hoping you would figure it out.' Lan said, sitting on the bed beside Chaud. 'You're the most level headed and calm of the group, so I thought you might not be so quick to assume anything.'
'I wouldn't have assumed anything untill you told me the facts.' Chaud said Quietly.
MegaMan and ProtoMan were tactfully speaking quietly about battle chips, but were all ears on this conversation.
Lan looked down and closed her eyes. 'I guess I was the one assuming.' She whispered.
Chaud knew he would sorely regret this later, but oh well. He put an arm around her shoulders and puled the younger teen into a comforting embrace.
'No one's going to hurt you. And if they do, they'll have me to deal with.' Chaud declared.
'thank you Chaud.' She responded quietly.