Author's Note: It's just the same old. I don't own MegaMan Battle Network or any MegaMan series. Drop me a review.

S. Rain, no problem. Basically, I was just trying to come up with an insult that made ironic sense with that Maddy and Match crack. Yes this is a LanMaylu fic, and that's the only kind that you'll see me write, because I REALLY can't see Maylu and Chaud or Chaud and Yai together. Yes, we're back to grumpy Chaud because this isn't related to the Mega-Man.EXE: Network series, I hate having him act like this because I kind of like the guy, can't explain it, but I do. And it's time for a deep dark secret to be revealed, I don't own a single Mega-Man Battle Network game! Of course, you guys probably figured that out long ago. I have played a couple, but I don't have the time or the budget to actually buy the system and cartridges, so that's why I cut so many corners, I don't know where the corners are

C. S. Omega, thanks for the info. I need it.

Let me say this here, then maybe I can get the anonymous E-mailer off of my back. I have strong positions against homosexuality (watch that go over well in the review boards), SO I WON'T WRITE ABOUT IT.

One final note, they are going to confront the agent that blinded Maylu in a later chapter.

Tuesday, 10:12 AM: Sakurai house.

"E-Mail!" Roll alerted me, "It's from Lan!"

"What's he say?" I asked as I reached over and pushed pause on the training simulator.

"Just that he'll be late this morning, he got called to SciLab for some reason."

"At least he didn't oversleep." I quipped, "We'll just train some more, while we wait on him. I think your sword skills are improving."

"Thanks, but that virus you sent isn't working too well in this simulation," Roll informed me, "How about a different one?"

"O.K.," I unpaused the simulator and listened to it resume our session, "Hurricane! Battle Chip in, Download!" I put the proper Chip into my P-E-T.

"Hurricane!" Roll sent the storm at her target, a standard training Navi.

"Now, hit him with this! Cyclone, Battle Chip in! Download!"

Instead of it forming, I heard the sounds of an explosion, then Roll and her simulated opponent logged out simultaneously.

"What was that?" My Navi gasped as she crashed into my P-E-T.

"It was..." I replied, "It sounded like a -"

"But it couldn't have been." Roll obviously had the same idea, "could it?"

Friday 10:23 AM: Tag Team Tournament.

"And today we have Maylu and Lan," Ribbita shouted, "against Tony and Hubert with their Navis, Shock-Man and Dozer-Man!"

"What do they look like?" I asked Roll.

"Shock-Man's orange and black, he's about as tall as Proto-Man, and it looks like he's electric based. Dozer is yellow and gray, he's small, but built like a tank."

"And battlers." The announcer cried, "Jack in now!"

"Jack in, Roll, Power up!"

"Jack in, Mega-Man, Power up!"

"Jack in, Shock-Man, Power up!"

"Jack in, Dozer, Power Up!"

"I'm so excited I'm sparking!" It must have been Shock-Man that said that.

"I'm gonna pound you into the dirt!" That voice had to belong to Dozer.

"And Battle Start!"

"Let's get cracking," My partner said, "Spreader, Battle Chip in, Download!"

"Let's do this, Roll." I agreed, "Aqua-Tower, Battle Chip in, download!"

"Is that the best you've got?" A voice shouted at me, "Earth-Barrier, Battle Chip in, Download!"

"I dig it!" Dozer shouted.

I heard a low rumble and then two explosions, which I guessed where Mega-Man's Spreader and Roll's Aqua-Tower crashing into the barrier.

"Earthquake!" Dozer yelled, I heard a sharp crack and a low rumble.

"He split the arena in two!" Roll cried, "Me and Mega-Man are separated by a huge hole!"

I bit my lip; most of our attacks depended on teamwork with Lan. With Roll trapped on one side of the arena, and Mega-Man on the other, we'd be at a serious disadvantage.

"So which Navi do you want to take out first?" A different voice said.

"Let's get that cute pink one." The first said; I decided that he had to be Hubert, Dozer's Op. "How much trouble can a blind Net Op give us? Then we can get Mega-Twerp."

"Now they're both on my side!" My friend cried out in shock.

"They wanted to double-team us!" I realized that that had been their strategy all along. "Hang on Roll, we'll find a way out of this."

"You think that hole is going to keep Mega-Man out of the fight?" Lan snapped, "Not if we use an Area-Steal Chip."

"I wouldn't," Hubert said, "You see, earthquakes are Dozer's special ability, and only the Navis that he wants can cross the chasm."

I heard Lan growl in frustration.

"Now, let's take her down!" Tony shouted, "Electric Blaze!"

"Rock Slide!" Hubert called.

Roll and I were in serious trouble, I'd never even heard of those attacks before, much less seen them. How could we possibly win now?

An explosion rang out, and Roll groaned as she hit the floor.

"Use this Shock-Man." Tony instructed, "Electro-Sword, Battle Chip in, Download!"

"Cyber-Sword," I was grateful that I had chosen that chip, "Battle Chip in, Download!"

"Thanks!" Roll replied.

I tried to think of what they would do now, Roll and Shock-Man were locked in a sword fight, the obvious move would be for Dozer to attack now. I grabbed a pair of defense chips and waited.

"She's not bad at swordplay." Hubert said, "use this Dozer, Quake 3!"

'What?' I thought, 'Doesn't he know that he'll hit Shock-Man as well? Oh, well, I'm not complaining.'

"Area-Steal, Battle Chip in, Download!" I slid the chip into my terminal. I heard Roll warp away; Tony shouted for Shock-Man to get out of the way of the falling projectile. He wasn't fast enough.

"What are you doing?" Shock-Man shouted, "You got me!"

"Roll," I slid a couple of chips into my terminal, "We can't fight them both at once, keep one of them occupied with these: Cloudy Virus, Battle Chip in, Double Download. Piranha Virus, Battle Chip in, Download. Now, use your sword on the other!"

"Roger!" She agreed. I heard her summon the viruses and then send them after Dozer, I knew she'd want to go after Shock-Man herself.

"Electric Blaze!" Tony yelled.

"Barrier, Battle Chip in, Download!" I slid the chip home; I kept half an ear on Dozer. I had a plan but I couldn't risk Tony or Hubert overhearing it if I told Roll. I just had to hope that she had read my mind. Dozer was fairing fairly well against the virus, and I was waiting for him to delete them both before we struck.

"Gotcha!" Roll cried, I was guessing that she had successfully hit Shock-Man.

"Lightning-Bursts!" Shock-Man cried.

There it was! Dozer had just deleted the last virus. I slid my last Area-Steal chip into my P-E-T, that escape option was gone now. "Area-Steal, Battle Chip in, Download!"

I heard the chips take effect and Roll escaped from the Bursts. I heard her cry: "Hey Dozer, over here!" Just before she slashed her blade.

Dozer Logging Out.

"Yes!" I pumped a fist; we had done that perfectly.

"Great job!" Lan shouted, "There's only one more to go!"

"Playtime is officially over, Shock-Man." Tony replied, "Upgrade to level 4 now!"

"Right." The electric Navi replied, "Lightning Blast!"

I heard a deafening explosion, and Roll cried out. There was no way we could have escaped that.

"Maylu, the... sword's gone." My friend reported, "But I think I'm alright."

"You won't be for long!" Shock-Man shouted, "Electric Blaze!"

"Lan, we've got to get over there!" Mega-Man shouted, "Let's risk using an Area-Steal."

"O.K." My ally replied, "Battle Chip in, Download!"

I barely registered the slight crackle that told me the chip had taken effect. It must not have worked because Lan downloaded another Area-Steal almost immediately.

Roll had just cleared the attack.

"Why don't you give up?" Our opponent taunted us, "We're going to win!"

"No you're not!" Roll and I cried in unison, I could feel her determination.

"We've come too far to quit now..." My Navi retorted.

"So if you want to win, you'll have to beat us." I finished.

I was certain that I could feel Roll nodding in agreement.

I sensed it coming; our determination triggered it. And for the first time, we achieved:

"Style Change!" We shouted together.

"No way!" The shock was evident in Tony's voice. "Is that even allowed?"

Beeps and clicks poured out of the computer. I relied on Lan to tell me what was happening.

"Roll's boots just went to a deep green," He explained. "And the gold trim on them just turned dark brown, and she's got knee pads now. Her leg armor turned gray, as well as the black on her arms. Her chest armor has gone brown, shoulder pads just appeared as her gloves went green, and her helmet's changing to brown and green. She's got a mouth guard now, and... her hair's become loose and full, like Proto-Man's is."

"Wood-Shadow!" Roll cried. "And it looks like I've got two new abilities."

"Shadow..." I tried to remember everything I could about that attribute, "that'll increase your speed and stealth abilities. Sometimes it'll also increase your HP."

"And the judges have agreed," Ribbita interrupted us, "That the Style Change is a legal move, as we have no rule against it."

"Alright then," I pressed a button on my terminal. "Let's see what this does!"

"I just turned the entire area into a flower/grass arena!"

"Perfect!" I agreed, "As a wood based Navi that'll allow you to heal yourself."

"Shock, take her down now!" Tony shouted, "Use this!"

"Electric Blast!" The Navi cried.

"Like we're going to fall for that old trick again." Roll muttered.

The explosion erupted, and slowly cleared away.

"Did we get her?" The electric Navi asked.

"Nope!"

"Where is she?" Tony sounded confused, not that I blamed him.

"Up here!" Roll shouted.

"AHH!" Shock-Man obviously found out that we had used Roll's new abilities to avoid the attack altogether and move her directly above his head. And I knew that Roll packed a mean roundhouse right, which she would be more than happy to share with him.

"Now for this ability!" I pressed another button.

"Thanks, let's see what this Grass-Blade Sword does!" My Navi replied.

"Quick, Electro-Sword, Battle Chip in, Download!" Tony shouted.

"On Guard!" Shock-Man cried. I groaned at his lousy imitation.

"With pleasure!" I heard Roll take off towards Shock; her speed had definitely increased, as her footsteps were much quicker.

I heard the two battlers meet, and their individual weapons clash.

"Please..." I muttered.

Lan gasped.

Shock-Man logging out.

"Yes!" I burst into a cheer. That had been the hardest battle we'd ever fought, but we had won.

"And you saw it here, folks!" Ribbita roared, "Although double-teamed the entire match, Maylu and Roll have come back to win the round! What a match!"

As I jacked Roll out, she returned to her default style, I couldn't help but be a little disappointed. The Style Change had been a great achievement for us, and I hadn't been able to see it happen.

"You did great, Maylu." Lan congratulated me, "I wish I could have been more help though."

"One of these days we'll get to work together." I assured him, "After all, not every opponent can split the ground in two."

"Yeah," he chuckled a bit. "And you've achieved the Style Change, I never thought that anyone else would."

"What can I say?" I pushed my disappointment aside. "I learned from the best."
Author's Note: See you on Tuesday.