Note from Laura.

Yes, it's me, your annoyingly lovable co-host.

V. ROLL/BEASTMAN?! That's about as bad as a Dex/Yai!! You gave me nightmares! Oh, it was horrible... ohh.... So painful... -faints- ... -regains consciousness- where was I? Oh yeah, I guess it could be pulled off, but I'm not an author, so who knows? Star-man, odd that we didn't see him in the script for Network Transmission, I'll have to do some research. Actually, we do know who Sean is, but we needed to know WHICH Sean you were referring too. 'Sean' turned out to be two completely different, uh, personalities in the anime and the games. In the anime, Sean, a.k.a. 'Kid Grave', was a robot that Wily built as a smokescreen to keep anyone from finding out that he was still alive. –Stupid Question: If Wily can build these robots, why not just flood the world with them instead of trying to destroy the Internet? I know, I know- Bass later seized control of it, and uses the robot so that he can travel both the physical world and the digital one.

B. D. Yugi, I don't know why he didn't catch it either.

S. Rain, is it just me, or are you and Webbuilder arguing through the review boards? Neither Webbuilder nor I watch that much T.V., we're both incredibly busy going to school full time. So while Webbuilder's holding down two jobs and his own business, and I'm at work whenever I've got a few minutes to spare, I guess the rest of you are out there watching people with split personalities play card games. I'm not trying to make a fight; I'm just explaining why we're both so lost in this... Where does he find the time to write this stuff? Back on topic, yeah, the majority of this is Roll action, but we do see a little MegaMan and ProtoMan later on when- AAHHH!!

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"And our next match is Maylu Sakurai and Roll, versus Larry Kerry and Lotto-Man."

"Lotto-Man?" Roll queried, "What's that mean?"

"I don't know..." I headed for my terminal, "But I suppose that we'll find out."

"I'm looking forward to this," A voice came to me, "I've always wondered how I'd stack up against a Champion."

"Well, I guess that you'll find out." I replied, "But I know that you'll do well."

"Thanks, now, Jack In, Lotto-Man, Power up!"

"Jack in, Roll, power up!" I slipped my wire into the gate.

"I'm in." My Navi replied. "Lotto-Man's weird, he's sort of like a clear cylinder with arms and legs, but he's got a bunch of little balls bouncing around in his body. And his head's sort of like a big mirror ball with eyes."

"BATTLE START!"

"Let's heat things up!" I grabbed a cartridge, "Heater, Battle Chip in, Download!"

"Thanks!" I heard the weapon form, and Roll fire.

"Mini Boomer!" Larry cried out.

"Let's go!" A new voice cried out, and a small explosion sounded, they had to have blow our Bubble away with their bomb.

"I'm on it." My friend fired off multiple times.

I heard the Heater do its job, but nothing to indicate that Lotto-Man had been hit.

"Our turn!" My opponent shouted. "First off, I'll download this M-Cannon, then I'll let Lotto-Man do his job."

"You see." The squeaky voice picked up the explanation. "I have a special ability, where I can strengthen any chip by the number of the Lotto-Ball that comes up. For instance-"

"He just shot a large white ball just shot up into the air!" Roll cried out.

"Hang on," I instructed her, "I don't like the sound of this, hit him before he can fire!"

"Right! Heater!" I heard a slight thud, right before Roll squeezed off a round.

"Whoa!" Larry shrieked, "#4! That means we can quadruple the M-Cannon's power!"

"M-CANNON!" The gambling Navi cried as he fired.

I heard the sounds of energy slicing through the air, and then a loud explosion, but the energy kept coming.

"He blew the Heater to shreds!" My Navi gasped. "And his shot's still coming!"

"Roll, MOVE!"

I heard the shot cancel out, she had just managed to clear the blast.

"That was too close, Maylu." Roll gasped.

"I know, we'll have to take this guy down in a hurry!" I grabbed a chip, "try this, Aqua Tower, Download!"

"Right, Aqua Tower!" My Navi shouted. "Aqua Tower huh?" My competitor said, "Fire Tower, Download!"

"Let's see what Lotto I get this time!" Roll's opponent shouted. "#2! Perfect!"

I listened as another tower formed, and raced across the field.

"They'll cancel each other out!" Roll gasped.

"You wish!" Lotto-Man replied, "You see, I doubled that tower's power, so when your hits mine, the Aqua Tower'll be destroyed, but the Fire Tower'll just downgrade to normal strength."

I heard the two attacks crash into each other, but only one dissolve.

"Maylu!" "Area Steal!" I jabbed the chip into its slot.

"I'm safe." Roll replied a few seconds later, "But we're at a stalemate."

"Not for long!" My opponent replied, "Spreader! Download!"

"Lotto Ball!" Lotto-Man screeched.

"Roll, I've got an idea." I stated as I fingered my chips. "Don't attack but watch Lotto closely for a few rounds, if I'm right, we can still win this."

"I understand." My Navi agreed, "we'll just sit tight for a few turns."

"Lotto Ball #7!" My Navi's opponent cried out, "wonderful! I'll just upgrade this Spreader seven times... and fire!"

"Area Steal!" I slid the chip into my P-E-T. I only had one more copy of the chip in my folder, so my theory had better be confirmed soon.

Several explosions blared from the speakers, but Roll reappeared unharmed. "Enough fooling around!" Larry shouted, "Rock Cube!"

"But the Rock Cube is an obstacle chip." I wondered aloud, "how can you upgrade an obstacle?"

"You can't," I could hear a grin in my opponent's voice, "But you can multiply it!"

"Watch it!" I hollered.

"Lucky 5!" Lotto-Man rejoiced, "just the number I needed! Rock Cubes!"

I listened as several loud crunches popped across the Network, I wasn't sure if Roll had made it.

"Roll! Are you there?"

"I'm fine." My Navi reassured me. "But I'm pinned it! I've got two cubes on my right and left, and one behind me, the only way out is through Lotto-Man!"

"It looks like this is it folks!" Ribbita's voice came through the air. "I don't see anyway that Roll and Maylu can come back and win this match."

"Now, Crossfire Download!" Larry called out.

"Lotto Ball!"

"Maylu, there's only one way out of this mess."

"I hear you, we've got to get fully synched." I tried to clear my mind, and waited for Roll to as well.

"I'm ready." She replied.

"Then let's turn this around!" I grabbed the chip. "Number 9! My highest number, perfect! Crossfire fire!"

I slapped the proper chips into my P-E-T. "Typhoon, Hurricane, Cyclone, Download. Program Advance:"

"Desert Storm!" Roll finished, as I heard the attacks combine. "Program Advance now!"

"Uh oh." Lotto's squeaky voice was even smaller.

The Advance tore through the air, and washed its wind and rain over the course. I heard the Crossfire attack shatter, and the Advance crash into our opponent, before continuing on and blowing up.

"Now!" I slapped another chip into my terminal. "Variable Sword, Battle Chip in, Download."

"Thanks!" Roll's footsteps sounded as she tore out of her prison and at Lotto-Man.

"NO! Hurry, Cyber Sword, Download!" Larry shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Lotto Ball, come on, daddy needs a high number." The Navi's voice was laced in desperation, "#1!"

"Yes!" I pumped a fist, I had guessed correctly. "I knew that there had to be a weakness to your gambling strategies, and I found it! It was so simple, I just made two major guesses, first, that you can't replenish your supply of lottery balls until you've existed them all, second, that the numbers only ran up to 9. If you'll notice, the past several turns you've rolled high numbers, and now you've only got one high number left, #8, which means that the odds of you landing a higher number are much less than a lower one. So as long as we use strong chips, we should have the advantage."

"No!" Larry shrieked.

"Got you!" Roll snapped, just before her blade clashed.

"Ouch!" Lotto-Man squealed, "That hurts!"

"Did you expect it to tickle?" My opponent chided his Navi. "Cannon!"

"Lotto Ball!" The Navi mumbled, "AUGH! #2!"

"Doesn't matter, just fire!" Larry shouted.

"Right, fire!" The Navi agreed.

"Got you covered!" I slammed a chip into my terminal, "Body Double!"

An explosion sounded.

"Ha! We got her!" My competition announced.

"I don't think so!" Roll disagreed.

"I don't believe this." Larry sounded desperate, "Tri Lance, Download!"

A crash erupted from the arena.

"I interrupted his shot." Roll explained; "Wait, it's happening again!"

"It's Full Synchro?" I guessed.

"Synchro or not, we'll beat you!" Larry shouted. "Cannon!"

"That's it!" My Navi agreed, "It's been a while since I've felt it. I've gone Full Synchro!"

"Lotto Ball don't fail me now!" The Navi begged, "#8! Finally!"

"Shotgun, Battle Chip in, Download!" I slammed the chip into the gate.

"Thanks." Roll replied, "I can feel the power... It's got to be more than enough!"

"Cannon!" Lotto cried.

"Synchro Shotgun Blast!" My friend shouted.

I listened as the blasts ripped through the air and then a minor explosion sounded but one of the attacks survived and kept going. I just hoped it was ours.

Lotto-Man Logging Out.

"Yes!" Roll and I shouted in Unison. "We did it!"

"I guess I can accept that." Larry's voice came to me. "Good job, I can see how you got your reputation."

"With a little practice you'll be back in action." I told my former opponent, "Good work."

"Thanks." I heard his footsteps as he walked away.

"We're going to do this Roll." I jacked her out of the Network, "I can feel it, we're going to win this tournament!"

"I've got something to say about that." An annoyingly familiar voice interrupted us.

"Maddy." I groaned, "What do you want?"

"Simple, you little blind bat." The WWW agent's sneer was so evident I didn't even have to see it to know that it existed. "I'm scheduled to Netbattle you next week in your next battle. And Wacko-Man's going to destroy that pathetic pink Navi of yours."

"In your dreams," I snapped, "oh wait, you already live in a fantasy don't you?"

"I don't have to take that from you!" Maddy shrieked, "Tournament or not, I'll delete that Navi of yours! I know more about Netbattling than you'll ever know!"

"Oh, can you do that?" I shot back, "I thought you had to have a brain to remember things."

"I'll see you on the field!" The crazed agent stormed away. "And you can kiss that Navi of yours good-bye!"

"I'm ready for you!" I called after her. "Any time!"

End chapter.

S. Rain, was he too snobby for you?

Next: Comic Relief! Roll Vs. Wacko-Man, again, but with a twist!

Next Update: Tuesday.