Dragonscales: Please continue! Im a huge Lan/maylu fan:)

Me: If you're a big Lan/maylu fan, then you'll like this chapter!

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Lord Cynic: Eh... been hiding in the shadows and reading this without dropping a line. Well, best to do this before the fanfic runs away from me. Great work on the fanfic thus far. The characters are showing great thought and concern for each other, and they possess some qualities I've never thought of up until now. Lookin' forward to the next chapter. Lord Cynic, logging out.

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Disclaimer: I own everything concerning Megaman and Capcom! Wa- ha ha ha ha! er- ahem.. not really.

I'm afraid that this is the last chapter. I'm sorry this story turned out to be so short, but I couldn't think of anythign to make it longer. It's longer than usual though, so I hope that helps.

For all you Lan + Mayl romance lovers out there, there's a nice mushy part at the end so I hope you like that!

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The next day Lan, Yai and Mayl all waited outside the school. It was the perfect time to talk to the principle. He always stayed at his office on regular days. They had seen a guard walk by and asked to see the principle and they were now waiting for him.

The guard finally returned and said "The principle will see you, but only for a little while."

He opened the gate and everyone walked through to the school. Mayl was getting more and more nervous, but she kept her faith in Lan. "This had better work." said Lan. He himself was nervous. "Mayl, do you still have that note?"

"Yes, here it is." said Mayl producing the letter from the principle. Lan took it. "I think I should have it when I go into his office." said Lan.

When they finally reached the outside of his office, Lan told everyone to stop and looked at his watch "Hmmm..." He knocked on the door "Come in!" called a voice from inside. They all came in and were suprised to see that three chairs were lined up in front of his desk. They were about five feet away. The principle saw their confused looks and smiled ever so slightly.

"I saw who you were by checking with security, heh heh- oh um, please take you seats." Yai took the one on the left, Mayl took the one in the middle and Lan took the right because there weren't any others to choose from obviously.

Yai gave Mayl's hand a squeeze "Don't worry Mayl. I'm sure we can get you back in school."

The principal didn't seem to be paying them much attention, he kept scribbling things on different papers. He was probably signing legal papers, you couldn't sign a legal paper by computer.

"Seeing Mayl here, and you Yai and Lan, I would be stupid not to assume that this has something to do with Mayl being expelled."

Lan nodded in amazement "You would assume correctly Mr. Principal." He got up from his chair and took out the note. "You wrote this I believe?" the principal looked up and nodded "Yes, I did. Is there something wrong with that?"

"Sort of, you see, Mayl didn't directly hit Dex first-hand. Do you know about Dex hitting her in the eye the last few days before?"

The principal blinked his eyes and looked a little angry. "I wasn't aware of that. Nobody reported it, How could I possibly know?"

Lan almost scoffed "Nobody reported it because they were afraid of being beaten up as well!"

"Oh" was the only reply the principal made. He started scribbling again.

Lan sighed and walked right up to the principal's desk and slammed down the note on top of his other papers.

"Mayl did not hit Dex on purpose! I was defending her when he hit me! She hit him in self-defense, look!" He brushed his hair back and revealed the bruise Dex had given him. The principal winced.

"That's a pretty big bruise!" he remarked. "But how do I know your telling the truth?" he tapped something into a computer and brought up Lan's record "You have told 13 lies in the past year and a half." He turned back to him. "You could just have easily fallen down and got that bruise, I'm still having a hard time believing your story Lan."

Lan took in a deep breath and exhaled it slowly. "Alright. If that's the way you take it, I'll have to bring in my one and only witness." He walked over to the door and opened it "Come in." he said. Everyone looked and saw...

Dex.

He stood in the doorway for a minute and looked around wringing his hands nervously. He walked up to the principal and said "Lan is telling the truth Mr. Principle. I did hurt them first and incriminated them later."

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The principal shook his head in amazement when Dex told him the whole story. He just leaned back in his chair "Oooh boy." Mayl looked at Dex and shook her head piteously "Poor Dex." she whispered.

Dex heard it "Spare me your pity, I have no need of it."

"By the way," said Lan "I think the teachers have been gossiping about what's been happening lately, Please have them talk about this as much as they did earlier."

The principle printed something out of the computer and handed it to Mayl. "Here you are Mayl. I offer my most sincere apologies for what has happened. I restore your place in the school."

Mayl held the note. She said nothing, but you could tell she wanted to jump for joy. "Dex, I want you to remain here. The rest of you, go." Lan patted Dex on the shoulder. "See ya later." and everyone left.

When everyone left the office. Nobody said anything. They kept walking till they got on the other side of the school gates and they all stopped walking.

Then they all jumped up and cheered "Yahoo! Yippee!" cried Mayl waving her note around. Yai smiled. Jumping about and cheering was above her, but she smiled. "What do you think will happen to Dex?" she asked.

Lan shrugged "Probably a months suspension, but I imagine he won't be punished too harshly beyond that. I'm glad I could convince Dex to come, I probably couldn't persuade him." "Yeah." agreed Mayl.

When they made their way to class later, it seemed like news traveled fast. Everyone was looking at them and nervously shuffling away. A couple of kids came up and apologized for their rude behavior.

One kid in particular said "I'm sorry for bad-mouthing you like that." Mayl nodded appreciatively. "Thanks for apologizing."

The boy looked at Lan and gave him a thumbs-up. "That was real cool beating up Dex like that."

Lan shook his head "No, Dex is a nice kid, he just lost his temper. It was not cool and Dex deserves more help than anyone."

The kid laughed aloud "Ha- ha ha! I can't believe you are saying that!" "Well then here's why..." Lan grabbed the kids collar, dragged him towards him and whispered in his ear. The kids expression slowly changed from humor to shock, then shame. He backed away "Gee... I didn't know that."

The kid walked away and told some other kids about it. They looked sad when they heard the story and they told other kids. "I think this will work." said Lan.

Suddenly the bell rang "Oops!" they all cried and ran like mad for their class. They noticed on the way that Dex was leaving the building looking disappointed, but relieved.

Some kids were passing Dex and looked at him. Some with disgusted looks on their faces, but also some with pitiful looks. Dex just looked away. Lan smiled "I think that the kids won't be too harsh with him after all."

After school that day. Mayl and Lan walked home to find a group of kids at Dex's apartment. Dex looked over their heads and smiled at Lan "Thanks he said. Lan saluted and walked by to hear the kids saying "Say, do you need help with your homework? How about a calculator? If you need help I can..."

Lan smiled triumphantly and when they reached Mayl's house, he leapt in the air and cheered "Yes! Everything is turning out right now!" He landed on the ground "Dex is not going to be a little-I mean, big-brat to everybody. You got your place back in school!" he smiled. He stopped jumping about and stood trying to get his breath back.

Mayl giggled a little at his behavior. "Lan you really did it!" .

She looked at Lan again and suddenly almost felt like crying all over again. He had done it. When she was hit in the eye, he was there to comfort her. When she was attacked, he protected her. And when she was being insulted by the school, he was there to defend her. And when she was expelled... he got her back to school again. And he had brought peace back to everyone's relationships with Dex.

Lan saw her and backed away. It was coming and he knew it. "I'm glad we were able to get you back in school- augh!" Mayl locked her arms around his neck.

"Lan, I love you!" She cried and tried to, well shall we say, perform a little action. But he jerked away and ran. "Stay away!" he yelled. They ran around the block. Lan began running out of breath. If someone was going to get, you know what, he would be the one performing that -little action-. It would be best if he did it first.

He jumped behind a dumpster and waited. Mayl came running up and panting heavily. "Lan?" she said looking around "Lan where are you?" Lan looked around the corner. She walked up to the dumpster and looked in. "Not there." she said and looked around. "Come on Lan!" she called "I just wanted to..." she stopped and sighed. She started to walk away again.

Lan crept up behind her. "BOO!" he yelled. Mayl spun around "Eek!" she screamed. Lan laughed really hard. Mayl glared at him. "Don't ever do that again!" she said.

Lan just leaned against the wall shaking with laughter "Hee he he... sorry, I couldn't resist it." Mayl waited for him to calm down before she spoke again.

"Lan, I want to say something.. I have to say this." she said. Lan calmed down "What is it?" he asked.

Mayl drew in a deep breath. "I just wanted to say thank you Lan. I never knew this much about you. You truly are a special friend. You got me back in school and Dex won't be considered low down. I don't know what we'd do without you. I don't know what I would do without you. You helped him out, and you helped me out. Thank you."

She began walking away again.

Lan's eyes filled with tears at the compliments he just recieved. He suddenly felt ashamed at hiding from her.

He walked up to her and took her by the shoulders. He gently turned her around and gave her a kiss. She almost fainted. Now she was the one who was shy, and Lan was the bolder one.

He let go. "Mayl...I..." he began. He had a lump in his throat. "Uh... your welcome. I'm sorry I ran from you, I was a little shocked... I- I love you too Mayl."

"Lan... oh Lan" was all she could say. They both stood there for a minute just smiling at each other and Mayl gave him a kiss back.

"Ahem!" said a voice. Mayl and Lan jumped and looked behind them. There was Yai "I don't want to interrupt such a romantic scene, but I was wondering if anybody wants to go to Dippin-Dots for ice cream?"

"Alright!" said Lan and Mayl in unison. Lan and Mayl clasped their hands together and they all walked off to celebrate.

THE END

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