Lan and the crowd burst into laughter.

"Hey, Proto-Man." My Navi quipped between burst of giggles. "You really needed that haircut!"

My eyebrows raised as I realized what had happened. "Roll, you didn't!"

"I did!" Roll replied, "I hit him twice, once on the chest, and the second time I whacked off his hair!"

I started laughing as I pictured Roll standing there, holding onto Proto-Man's long silver hair, and the red raider rubbing the back of his helmet in disbelief.

"Get out of there!" Chaud snapped, "You're too heavily damaged.

Proto-Man logging out.

Ribbita struggled to say something over her own giggles. "And with that… interesting victory-" She broke off as her words dissolved into laughter, "We have our winners. Maylu Sakurai and Lan Hikari!"

"That was a great match, Maylu." Lan's voice came to me.

"It was, let's go congratulate Chaud." I was still trying to control my giggles, my mind kept seeing different ways that Roll had given the haircut, and each one was wilder than the last.

Lan and I jacked out, and then walked over to the other side of the Arena.

"Where'd he go?" I heard Lan ask.

"He's not here?" I asked, "Maybe he went to the lounge."

Ribbita's voice interrupted our conversation, "Maylu Sakurai, how does it feel to be the first blind Netbattler in competition, and to win the tournament in spite of your handicap?" She must have been trying to interview me for something; it was the only reason she would ask me a question like that.

"Lan Hikari entered me in this competition to help prove to myself that I was only handicapped if I let myself be. And he's right, I'm not handicapped because I can't see, I just have to do things differently. Besides, this was a team event, Lan deserves just as much credit for this victory as I do." I said to Ribbita, then I whispered to Lan, "Let's get out of here."

"I agree," My teammate said to me.

Together we bolted past the probably startled Ribbita, and made our way to the Battler's Lounge.

"Great match, you won!" Dex shouted, "Way to go!"

"We're proud of you." My Mom said, "You never gave up."

"And we're going to celebrate!" Yai shouted over everyone. "I've already made reservations, tomorrow at noon, we're having a victory dinner for you, Maylu!"

"Thanks, Yai." I nodded, "But you didn't have to do that."

"I didn't have to, but I want to!" My friend replied, "So I'll see you then."

"Alright, we'll be there." My Dad said, "tomorrow at noon."

"I'll see you then." Lan whispered to me, "Congratulations." His footsteps sounded as he walked away.

'That's odd,' I thought silently. 'Lan, left kind of fast, I hope he's alright.'

Author's Notes: Yes, Maylu and Roll just did something that Lan and Mega-Man never achieved: They beat Chaud! O.K. O.K., so they sort of humiliated them into quitting, but wait'll you see the rematch.

Vokteren, It's all right, I'm used to being left in the dark, besides now I know that he has a nickname. You see; I'm paying my own way through college, so every spare cent I can wring out of my budget is going there. As a result, the only info I get on MMBN is the stuff you can get online, and off the show, so don't worry about it. No, Roll isn't going to use a Dark Chip, I was just messing around with Omega when I said that, but someone will in about 4 chapters.

Jill, You scared me to death in your last review when you said, 'played with Proto-Man's hair'. (I don't know about pigtails, but Laura suggested a Bun) I was afraid that you had guessed the ending to the battle. Yes, that was the hair stunt for this fic.

If you want to bash me for the way I ended the tournament, go ahead.

I don't own MegaMan Battle Network of any characters thereof.