Author's Notes: I do not own MMBN or lay claim to any characters thereof.

L. Wulf, you'll find out about Wacko-Man very soon.

Jill, we jumped past the scanning process at SciLab and got right back to business.

C. S. Omega, I know that you're into the mindless insanity stuff, but you can't put Bass into Bug Style, because he's already in Bug Style! And about the only thing you bugged there is my review board...

S. Rain, just goes to show you how strong they've become if they can defeat Chaud like that. Lan vs. Maylu? (You guys are going to kill me for that ending) see below.

WARNING! I have now changed the ending to this fic so that it contains a huge reference to Axess. I don't really think that there's a spoiler there outside of Cross-Fusion, but just so you know, the chapter after the Lan vs. Maylu match goes off into Axess territory. Sort of...

Begin Chapter.

"And now it's Maylu Sakurai and Roll, against Dirk Ruble and... Thief?"

"I've waited a long time for this." A familiar deep voice cut into my thought, causing me to miss the P.E.T. connection.

"You!" I exclaimed. "You're the guy that tried to rob me! And sent Roll to the Under-Net."

"Right, you got my cousin in deep trouble, and now I'm here to shut you down." Dirk told me.

"Cousin?" I tried to make sense of his words as I clipped my connection wire in its place.

"Yeah, Roy Modem." My Opponent continued.

"What?" Was Roy going to hound me no matter what happened? The guy was a major creep. And about as bright as a burned out light bulb, during one of his schemes to get Lan, he'd hit me instead, and taken away my sight. Now, I had to deal with his, apparently egotistical, cousin. "Then get ready, Roll's going to pound Thief into logging out."

"Not likely." Dirk sounded slightly pleased.

"Battle Start!"

"Let's make this fast!" I didn't want to waste any time on this nutcase. "Crossfire, Battle Chip in, Download!"

"Oh, I'm so scared." Dirk whispered. "Barrier, Download. Spreader, Download!"

"Look out!"

"I see it!" I heard Roll bound backward and the Spreader's shot explode without hitting anything.

"Aqua Tower, Download!" I sent the chip home.

"Cool it!" I listened to my friend unleash the attack.

"With pleasure, Mettaur Guard! Battle Chip in, Download!" Dirk snapped.

"Mettaur!" Thief announced.

I heard the little hard hats pop up and destroy the tower, before vanishing themselves.

"Let's kick things up a notch." I placed another chip in the gate. "Ring Unison!"

"Right, that'll do." My Navi activated the Unison, and gain Ring's appearance and abilities. "Ring Arrow!"

"Crossfire!" Dirk demanded. "Right, Fire!" His Navi sent his shot through the air. I heard Roll's arrow shatter, and then the Crossfire slam into her.

"Roll!" I knew what the problem was, I was too angry at Dirk to think straight, if we were going to win this round, I had to calm down, and clear my mind. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah," I heard her pant, "I'll live, but the Unison's gone, we've got to get control to battle this soon."

"Now," I tried to clear away all of my scattered thoughts, "Let's do this, Piranha Virus, Download!"

"Not so fast!" Dirk shouted, "Thief, use your special ability!"

"Yes sir." The Navi's voice said.

"What?" Roll sounded shocked, "The- it's gone! The Virus didn't form- it's over there next to Thief!"

"Right, true to his name, Thief can steal any Battle Chip that you download. So now, that Piranha of yours is working for me!"

"Roll, look out!"

"Piranha Virus." Her opponent stated. "Attack!"

"Hold on!" I jammed another chip into the Terminal. "Area Steal."

"Thanks!" I heard Roll warp out of harm's way, and reappear safe and sound. "He must only be able to steal one chip at a time. Now, Roll Slash!"

I heard the pink Navi use the attack, but with no result, Thief had dodged.

"Now, let's wrap this up!" Dirk shouted. "Lockon, Quadruple Download!"

"I've got you covered!" I grabbed a chip as I listened to the machine guns appear and target my Navi, "Barrier Download!"

"Thief," My opponent snapped, "Don't you dare loose this Netbattle!"

"Yes sir." The Navi said in monotone. "Barrier stolen."

"NO!" I frantically tried to grab another chip, then it hit me, and we could undo Thief's attack! I pounded the button as hard as I could. "He wants to play that way? Fine! Ready Roll?"

"Of course I am, Roll Control!" I heard several small 'pings' as Roll fired at the Lockons. "Now, attack that Thief!"

"BARRIER!" The Navi used his stolen chip in the nick of time, I never heard the shots connect with him.

"That does it!" Dirk sounded enraged, "Thief, you've failed me for the last time! I want you to execute Plan A1 now!"

"But sir." Thief sounded desperate, "it wasn't-"

"Just do it!" My opponent shouted at his Navi.

"Is he a jerk or what?" My Navi asked me, "treating his Navi like that, it makes me glad that I've got you for my operator."

"I'm glad to have you as my Navi." I agreed, "you're right, he needs to lighten up."

"NOW!" My opponent barked.

"Yes sir." The Navi reluctantly agreed. "Awaiting chip."

"Area Steal Download!" Dirk cried out.

"Be careful!" I called to my friend. "We don't know where he'll appear!"

"I've got my eyes open." Roll replied, "hey!"

"What is it?" I asked.

"Thief jumped me from behind!" My Navi gasped, "he's got me pinned in a bear hug!"

"Now, Thief," Dirk ordered, "initiate overload!"

"Overload!" I repeated in shock, "But he'll destroy himself!"

"And your little Navi'll go with him." The Battler stated, "You really are dense, Navi are just tools you use to win battles, they should be willing to do whatever it takes to win, even if it means that they have to delete themselves."

"But that's sick!" I gasped, "If you treat your Navi like a piece of garbage, then he'll act like it, you can't treat him like dirt and then expect him to do his best for you."

"I'm not impressed, look whose going to win."

"Roll, try to break free!" I shouted.

"I am!" The Navi cried, "But he's too strong! And there's only a few seconds left before he overloads!"

"I won't let him do this to you!" I searched my folder: I just had to find that chip... There! I had it. "Barrier, Battle Chip in, Download... now!"

"Thief?"

"Stolen." The dejected Navi muttered, "five seconds left."

"MAYLU!"

"Got you covered!" I slammed a chip into my gate, "Since he can only steal one chip at a time, he can't take this one. Body Double, Battle Chip in, Download!"

I heard Roll warp away, and a lifeless double take her place.

"NO!" Dirk screamed, "Don't overload!"

"Canceling." The Navi muttered, and then I heard him destroy the Body Double, bringing Roll back into play.

"I can't believe him!" My Navi exclaimed, "Why does he keep taking this?"

"I don't know." I shook my head, "It doesn't make- wait, do you feel that?"

"I do..." The pink Navi admitted, "I think it's a Style Change about to activate... But I'm not sure what it is..."

"Then let's do it!" I hit the button, "Style Change now!"

I listened to her transform.

"Activate!" She shouted, "I've got red boots with a jewel of some kind set on a knee guard, and yellow leg, arm, and body armor, with a mustard line running from my crest to the shoulder pads that just appeared. I've gained red gloves with more jewels, and my helmet just turned red, with another blue gem set above my forehead... any ideas what Style this is?"

"Well, you can't have two styles with the same attributes." I thought aloud, "And it doesn't sound like a Gutz attribute Style, it may be a Team element, but the colors seem to indicate a Heat kind of style... I don't believe it, it's Heat Custom!"

"Custom?" Roll's voice was filled with shocked disbelief.

The Custom attribute was one of the most powerful elements ever, and the hardest to obtain. Lan had only activated the 'Aqua Custom' style with the help of the 'Extra Code' a line of code that gave a Navi great power, but weakened them to the extreme after a certain time. And here we had activated it without that code. The Custom Style allowed the user to activate Program Advances with only one chip, instead of the normally required three.

"No way!" Dirk muttered, "We'll still finish you off!"

"Dream on, you delinquent." I snapped, "Spreader, Battle Chip in, Download!"

"Thief!"

"Stolen, about to be used." The Navi replied.

"Thanks, I wanted you to do that." I slammed a different chip into the gate, "Shotgun, Download!"

"Wow," My Navi gasped, "Thanks to Custom style, we've downloaded one chip, but activated a Program Advance!"

I heard Thief fire his shot.

"Ultra Burst!" Roll shouted, A wave of energy tore across the arena, and I heard it demolish Thief's shot, and smash into the Navi.

"Don't you loose." Dirk snapped, "Crossfire Download!"

I listened as our opponent let loose, firing rapidly.

"Boy, your aim is lousy." My Navi quipped as she evaded the blast.

"Now, Shotgun 5, Battle Chip in, Download!" I sent another chip home.

"Oh yeah, Mega Burst!" Roll shouted, just before the sounds of another blast of energy poured out of the computer.

Thief Logging Out.

"No way!" Dirk wheezed, "impossible! I lost to her!"

"Live with it." I jacked Roll out and headed away, if I didn't get calmed down soon, there was no telling what I'd do to him.

"And tomorrow's match is the final round!" Ribbita shouted as I walked away, "Lan and Mega-Man, versus Roll and Maylu! This match is not to be missed!"

"YOU!" An all too familiar voice split the air.

Great, now Maddy was after me.

"You little brat! You messed up Wacko-Man!" The agent screamed.

"What?" I couldn't figure her unintelligible ramblings out. "Is that why you forfeited the tournament?"

"Of course, you messed Wacko-Man's programming up! All he does is sit there going 'I love Roll, Roll really understand me because we've unisoned' or garbage like that. Now I've got to get his memory wiped out!"

Wacko-Man now had a crush on Roll? Oh, brother...

End Chapter.

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