Author's Notes.

M. n. Tenshi, Be careful what you wish for.

And don't panic people, there will be some SearchMan action in the next few chapters.

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"Laika!" Lan snatched the Netbattler's hand and began pumping it furiously. "I haven't seen you for a while, how's it going?"

"Fair." The blue headed man shrugged, he'd seen better times, but he wasn't about to let anyone know that.

"Have you been taking care of Sharro while I've been away?" The brunette proceeded with his questions; "You haven't had any more blizzards have you?"

That remark got just a ghost of a smile on Laika's face as he shook his head.

"No, there hasn't been that much trouble since you left... which makes me wonder if you had anything to do with it."

"O.K., you've got me." Lan feigned guilt. "Trouble just has a way of following me around."

Laika's only reply was to shake his head at Lan's comedy.

"So, are you in competition?"

"No." The man replied, he felt that that was a sufficient answer since he didn't want to divulge the fact that he wouldn't be competing for a long while, one of the results from his fight with Lan...

"I see." The brunette replied but didn't look convinced. "Anyway, come on, I want the others to meet you."

Lan turned and headed back down the stairs, this would be great, it was about time the others met Laika, so far all they'd heard were his tales about the Sharrian.

"Hey," The brunette stopped in front of his aisle, and noticed that Chaud had changed seats for some odd reason. He was now sitting in the seat that Lan had vacated just a few minutes ago, right next to Maylu. "Look who I ran into."

"Hmm?" Chaud broke off his conversation with Maylu and turned to see Lan's companion.

"Let me introduce Laika." Lan indicated his blue haired companion, "The same Laika that I've been railing about ever since the Red Sun and Blue Moon tournaments."

"Really." The bi-colored haired teen got to his feet, exited the aisle, and extended his hand to the newcomer. "Chaud Blaze."

"So I've heard." Laika shook the Official's hand.

"Hello." Maylu also got to her feet and offered to shake hands in the general direction of the man's voice. "I'm Maylu Sakurai."

"Sakurai? The same Sakurai from the Tag Team and Expo?" The Netbattler didn't wait for an answer as he returned the handshake, "The Sharrians have heard a great deal about your exploits."

"Oh?" The redhead inquired, just as Ribbita's loud voice echoed through the coliseum.

"And now it's time for the final match of the evening!" The announcer shouted, "Up next we have Tory and IceMan against ColdMan and Chillski!"

The two Netbattlers took their positions in their respective battle stations and prepared to start the match. At Ribbita's command they whipped out their P.E.T.'s and connected them to the Netbattling computer.

"Jack in, IceMan!"

"Jack in, ColdMan!"

"Power Up!"

The holographic computer set in between the two battlers flared to life, and displayed a standard arena, just before the two pint-sized Navi appeared in the arena.

"Who's the refrigerator with legs?" The Eskimo checked out his opponent.

"Who you callin' a refrigerator?" ColdMan shot back, "At least I'm taller than you!"

"By a cyber inch!"

"IceMan, calm down, we'll let our battling skills do the bragging." Tory cooled his Navi off.

"Good idea." The Navi tensed and waited for the gong to sound.

Battle Start!

"Let's go!" Chillski slammed a couple of chips into his P.E.T., "Ice Cubes, Download!"

"Hurry, IceMan!" Tory duplicated the maneuver, slotting in one chip, "Ice Towers, Battle Chip in!"

ColdMan hauled his stubby arms back as three blocks of ice materialized in front of him, a split second later he had snapped his limbs foreword, sending the ice cubes sliding across the arena.

"Ice Tower!" The Eskimo Navi slammed his fist into the ground creating a small hole in the floor, that done, he sent a blast of his icy breath into the niche, causing a row icicles to pop out of the floor and head towards his opponent.

Tower met cube, and both shattered into nonexistence.

"I'm not done yet!" ColdMan's refrigerator doors popped open, and blasts of cold cloudy air shot out, each one began flying towards IceMan, trying to hit him.

"Yipe!" IceMan ducked as two of the clouds passed over his head, immediately they began swinging around to try and hit him again. Not wanting that to happen, IceMan took off running, trying to escape from the homing clouds.

"Quick, get in front of ColdMan and then blow them away!" The black haired Op shouted, causing his Navi to see the way out of his mess.

"Right! Cyber Blizzard!" The Eskimo slipped around in front of ColdMan and then drew in his breath, his attack ready, he waited for the clouds to drift between him and his opponent. Once they were in position, he exhaled, unleashing a powerful blast of icy wind that swept across the arena.

The wind snatched up the clouds and carried them back to their source, ColdMan. The refrigerator Navi was blown backwards by the wind, and then was knocked further backward by his own attacks. Amazingly, he was spared from being frozen.

"And IceMan has taken the lead!" Ribbita shouted into her mike. "Although neither one has an advantage in this round, IceMan has turned the tables and is blowing away his competition!"

"That pun was low!" ColdMan retorted at the announcer, right before he got blasted with another round of IceMan's breath. "You ever heard of a breath mint, Shorty?"

"WHAT!" The Eskimo Navi shouted back.

"I said, SHORTY!" ColdMan retracted his arms and legs into his body, forming his square blunt body. That done he bounced into the air and began to descend, straight down onto the aqua Navi.

IceMan shrieked as the slightly larger Navi slammed into him, knocking him to the floor with incredible force.

"ICEMAN!"

"That's it, pound him!" Chillski shouted.

"Right!" The refrigerator bounced up and prepared to slam into his opponent again.

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Tory's brow furrowed as he slapped another chip into his Terminal. "Download!"

"HIYA!" ColdMan crashed down on IceMan.

Or what he thought was IceMan.

Instead a cute little doll that looked exactly like the Eskimo Navi grinned back up at him.

He had tackled a body double.

"If it's a pounding you want." IceMan's gravelly voice shook the air, as ColdMan got to his feet to see the smaller Navi a few feet away. "I'll give it to you!"

"Right," The black-haired kid jammed some more chips home, "Quake 1, Download! Quake 2, Download! Quake 3, Triple Download! Program Advance:"

"Sigma Quake!" A ridiculously small weight appeared in IceMan's small hand, which he tossed through the air towards his opponent.

"You're kidding me." ColdMan chuckled, "That's a Program Advance?"

"Take a good look, refrigerant-for-brains."

"Huh?" ColdMan glanced up, and got the shock of his life.

The weight was growing bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and even bigger! And to make matters worse, it was multiplying! Now eight extremely large blocks of metal hung above ColdMan's head, ready to drop at IceMan's command.

"It's been fun." IceMan grinned, just before unleashing another round of his icy breath. "Cyber Blizzard!"

The cold air washed over ColdMan, somehow freezing his feet to the floor, and leaving him no escape from the Program Advance.

The weights came down, and then it was all over.

ColdMan Logging Out.

"Yes!" Tory pumped his fist. "Great job, IceMan, we did it!"

Wednesday 7:30 PM, SciLab

"I don't like this." Dr. Hikari glanced over the information pouring across his screen. "We don't even know what they're up against."

"I know." Famous turned to face the scientist, "But thanks to their cover at the World Tour, whenever Nebula makes their move, we'll be ready for them."

"Still," The SciLab employee ran a hand through his hair. "Why do I get the feeling that there's something that you aren't telling me?"

End Chapter.

Next: Lan and MegaMan in a duel of the dragons? Plus, there's trouble in Sharro. (again.)

Now you guys know why I write these things in advace, the rought draft stinks.