Title: Secrets of the Undernet

Chapter 9: Pains

Disclaimer: Kay-fuzz don't own. CAPCOM owns. CAPCOM shall die by Kay-fuzz's hands... or at least the translators. Kay-fuzz own story idea (this story). Kay-fuzz do not own other random cameos, either. Random cameos owned by other companies. Kay-fuzz not a company. Kay-fuzz sad.

Summary: After agreeing to a trade with a mysterious Navi, Roll finds herself stuck in the Undernet. Can she uncover it's secrets before she's trapped forever? LanMayl, MegaRoll (near the end... kinda hard to do a romance when they're not together, ne?)

Warning: Contains insanity. One of the prolouge stories for Warp Fusion. Not quite sure what else it contains right now, but it will have some spoilers for what happens in the games/anime/manga (ish), and the history, which we NEVER find out about in the anime... which is really disappointing, but mreh.

Re-cap (last chap): We found out a little bit about TNP- or at least what it stands for. Protoman annoys Tialsia, Eria and the Dark Ladies make their first move, Megaman disappears, and everyone at least sees Mega's private folder. And now we find out what happens!

Spoilers: Maybe a bit more info on TNP. Some info on before TNP.

Rating: PG-13

Song: The World is Black by Good Charlotte

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There was something by his head. Well, other than his hair- which was annoying anyways when he wasn't wearing his helmet, which he took off maybe… once in the last five, six years? But, he was pretty sure that his helmet was still on. And he was pretty sure that no one knew that it could even come off.

So, what could possibly be tickling the back of his head? Well, there would have to be some room between his head and his helmet for it to come off. Not enough for someone to fit their fingers in between, but still....

He groaned, rolling over. Whatever was poking his head was gone now, but it was replaced by a strange weight in his heart. He groaned again, before trying to open his eyes. However, they seemed to be glued shut, and, as much as he tried to move any more, he found it impossible. His whole body lay stiff, face down on what he assumed was the floor.

"Aw, is the poor blue boy unable to move?"

He groaned, recognizing the voice as the one of the Navi that had taken him here. Unable to reply, she continued on.

"Now now, Mega-san. You shouldn't strain yourself. You've been unconcious for a while now. You're just lucky that I wasn't left here with you permanently."

Well, as disturbing as her words were, one thing was certain- at least he could hear.

He felt a weight on his back, and two more pressure points just below his shoulders. He wasn't completely sure what was going on- his mind was still fuzzy, and, after checking all his programming, he realized that he was just taking his time rebooting from being knocked out.

"Now... do me a favour and fall back asleep. You must be so tired..."

Falling quickly under the other Navi's spell, his head fell again, releasing him from the strain of the world.

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There was absolutely no noise in the Hall. No one was sure how to react to the news that Megaman was missing. A select few were even less sure on how to react to the news that the blue bomber also apparently went by the name 'Hub'.

And all of them weren't sure how to react to the fact that what HAD to be Megman's personal, private, as in no-one-can-access-without-permission-from-party-that-the-file-is-about file was in so obvious a place.

And Chaud, with Protoman and Risuko pretty close behind him, was steaming.

However, as angry as Chaud was, Risuko had a much better reason- and therefore was first to regain sense enough to speak.

"Now I have to find another place for that file! You yourself that 'hidding in plainn sight' was the best way to go!"

Tialsia only scoffed. "Who cares about that now, Risuko. Both Megaman and Roll are missing. Therefore, if these people know anything about anything, then the order will continue, and next it'll be-"

"But that's not possible, Tialsia!" The... not exactly 'properly' dressed woman in the viewing screen said as her dark brown hair fell into her face, and the strange angel-like being behind her leaned forward as well, the vines surrounding her body moving to continue to cover those sensitive areas.

"For that to happen, there would need to be a merging of the carbon-compound and the digital sectors!"

Tialsia sighed. "I know."

"Wait wait wait." Yai spoke from her screen, as she asked a question that had been bothering many people watching. "What do you mean that the carbon-compound and digital sectors would have to merge? Wouldn't that mean that where we, humans, live, and the net get fused together?!"

THAT got a reaction out of many Navis and Net-ops, most of which saying that it was physically impossible.

Risuko shook his head as he walked over to Tialsia. "Come now, milady. There has been far too much stress on you. Peorth-sama, may we have your leave to go?"

Peorth looked as though she was about to agree, before a noise, obviously coming from Peorth's vid-screen, caught everyone's attention.

A small, black-haired girl ran into the room, looking obviously distraught. "Peorth!!!!!!!"

The elder woman smiled gently at the girl. "Yes, Skuld?"

"Be... Bell... Belldandy..."

That caught Peorth's attention. "What about Belldandy, Skuld?"

Skuld sniffed once more before bawling, her words completely undecipherable to those who were listening to her through the net. However, Peorth seemed to catch the gist of it, as she turned quickly to the screen, and spoke directly to Tialsia as Skuld ran out of the room, pulling a large mallet off her back and looking quite dangerous.

"Sorry, Te... seems like Belldandy just got herself stuck with a mortal guy, and Skuld, and Urd, apparently, aren't too happy about it."

Tialsia sighed. "We had a feeling this would happen. Peorth-sama, can we count on Yggdrasil's help, or are we going to have to fend for ourselves?"

Peorth sighed. "Only your Net-op, Fæ-chan, will be able to really help you. With Belldandy not here to help opperate the system, it will be only myself, and two new first-class type 2 unlimteds here to manage things. And we still won't have enough energy to keep it working at full strength for a while. We'll leave a connection open, and send Fæ-chan back, with a direct-link terminal, as soon as she finishes her new training. She'll teach you the basics of Gunir there. So, I guess no one will be able to help you, but you'll have access to the system."

Tialsia nodded her assent. "Thank you, then, for that much help, Peorth-sama."

Peorth shook her head, and sighed. "Help is something we give freely. There is no need for thanks."

With that, the screen closed, and Tialsia turned to Risuko. "Okay... who else here knows about Yggdrasil?"

Risuko shrugged. "No one, as far as I know. I never thought that there would be a need to educated these mortals about Yggdrasil, Tialsia. Besides, no one I ever saw come here had the right qualifications to be an agent."

This caused Tialsia to sigh. "Fine. Since it seems like we'll just be the infromers this time round, What are we going to do then, Protoman?"

The red raider was surprised to say the least. "What do you mean, what are we going to do?"

"Yeah! What's going on?!" Tori, Yai and Dex yelled through their com links.

"Weren't you listening?" Tialsia had an obvious stress sign on her helmet.

"No." Was Dex's reply.

"He means yes." Yai cut in quickly.

"But what happened? It doesn't make any sense to us... 'mortals', I think you called us." Tori asked, a sceptical look on his face.

"And what do meanby that, anyways?" Chaud asked, nearly as stressed as hisNavi.

"Grrr... you really don't understand the situation?! Then here's the recap!" Tialsia yelled out. "One: Roll is missing. Two: Megaman is now missing. Three:Both are recorded missing in the same way- the records 'loose track of subject', or something to that effect. Four: Yggdrasil is basically off-line,until my Net-op, Fæ-chan, comes back with a remote terminal. Then we might be able to find out some more info.Until then, we need a leader. And I volunteered Protoman and Chaud!"

Everyone blinked. "Right... so, what?"

Tialsia sighed. "Just talk to Protoman and Chaud."

Everyone's attention was now turned on the duo- and neither knew what to say.

"Er...?"

Tialsia sighed. "If you need anything, I'm going to the Undernet to-"

"No, you are not. You are going to go back to your Home Page, recharge, and strengthen all the firewalls, security blocks, change the passcodes, and talk to Fæ-chan - if you can get ahold of her. Tialsia, we already have enough people missing. No Undernet unless we have someone with resonable levels with you." Risuko told her as he grabbed her shoulders and began pushing her out of the room.

Quersoæn was quick to follow Risuko. "I'll go with her. Besdies, someone will need to be able to get to your hp, Tialsia, to let you know of any updates."

Tialsia nodded, and let Quersoæn now guide her away.

Soon after, everyone turned back to Chaud and Protoman, who had been talking, thinking of their next stretegy. "Alright. Since it seems that who ever is doing this is only after the Navis, then I would suggest that all Navis stick together in groups. At least three to a group- and maximum of ten, as we don't want to interupt the everyday functions and Navis." Chaud said aloud.

Although many looked thouroughly annoyed that he was giving them orders, they decided to follow what Tialsia, and, as such, Chaud and Protoman, said.

The red raider continued where his Net-op had left off. "Quersoæn will remain here, collection information. Everything will be reported back to Tialsia at her home page daily, and Quersoæn will return to me the next morning with any information that Tialsia was able to understand from all of your reports. Anything weird or strange must be reported, even if it's just a small gruop of viruses."

Yai glanced at Chaud through their vid-screens. "So, who will you be partnered up with?"

Chaudshrugged. "We still need someone going through the files here. As long as you are in the Hall, then there is no need to be in groups.Protoman shall remain here, also talking and gathering information. From what sense Tialsia makes, Quersoæn's opinion, and anything else we can get from other sources, including other countries, allies, and our own ideas, we'll make plans for each day, and tell each group what has been covered, and needs to be covered."

There was some grumbling throughout all the Navis that had gathered there. A small, yellow Navi that looked far more customized than some of the others there (for those who have played MMBN 3: Blue version, ya know that yellow chick that keeps going on about not having her long sword, and you have to give it to her to continue with the prelims? Yeah, her) spoke up.

"Er... where will be some safe spots? I have a horrible memory..."

There was some discussion between not only Chaud and Protoman, but also Yai, Glyde, Tori, Iceman, Dex, Gutsman, and Risuko about this, before Protoman addressed everyone one last time.

"The safe spots, if you run into trouble, will be the sqaures, Net City Colisseum, Megaman's home page, here, and, if we can get it out of her, Tialsia's home page." The lastsafe spot caused an anxious look to appear on Risuko's face, and excited looks on the others.

"With so many firewalls and saftey precautions, Tialsia's hp will probably be the safest! Besideshere of course..." The yellowNavi called out, as a sigh of relief swept through everyone.

Soon, groups of Navis were telling Glyde, Iceman, and Risuko who they were working with, and where they would be searching, the three wondering if they could get some help. The yellow navi volunteered to also stay behind, to do research and help keep track of things, and Gutsman just stood there, unsure of how to help.

Protoman and Chaud had since disappeared to check out a few of their 'contacts' before they submitted themselves to sitting around in the Hall, doing research, and waiting for information.

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Quersoæn gasped in wonder. Infront of her was what looked like a giant, golden ring, twirling slowly, a hazy white mist inside of it. Placed on a strange octagonal symbol on the floor, two small golden loops were on the top and bottom, securing the spinning ring in place.

Tialsia was, by this time, really tired out. She had never realized how annoying those swarms of viruses had been, as she never really accessed her web page by the net. Now, however, those same viruses would gladly let either herself or Quersoæn to pass, after a bit of reprograming.

Leaning on Quersoæn, Tialsia looked the other Navi over. Also tired, but obviously amazed by the beautiful glowing ring infront of her, Tialsia was glad to see that the purple and green Navi had gotten over her fright of a few moments ago.

'Maybe using an imitation of Gospel wasn't such a good idea... or Planetman... or those huge swarms of nearly every kind of virus...'

"Hey, Tialsia..."

Drawn out of her thoughts, Tialsia was surprised by how entranced Quersoæn looked. "Yes, Quersoæn?"

"Where does this go? It doesn't feel like it leads to another part of the net..."

Tialsia grinned. "Do you really want to know?"

"Yes!"

"Do you promise not to tell anyone?"

"Of course!"

"And do you promise to not get freaked out by how weird my home page is, and how it interacts with you?"

Quersoæn blinked, unsure of how to respond. "Well, yeah... of course!"

Tialsia's gentle grin turned into one of pure evil. "Then be prepared... here we go!"

Launching the two straight up in the air, Tialsia approached the Gate not sideways, but straight from the top. Suddenly, the two were in the weirdest link that Quersoæn had ever been in before. Instead of the usual numbers and data streams floating past, they seemed to be in a black void. Tialsia grinned, letting go of Quersoæn as she felt all her energies being replenished.

Quersoæn went through a similar feeling, only much different. It felt as though her very body was coming apart, her eyes closing due to the pain. A gentle voice by her ear told her, "Don't worry. Give it a minute or two. Then we'll be there."

Accepting this, Quersoæn lived through the pain- her eyes still scrunched against it. Just as it began to rapidly fade, she felt a sudden surge of power and energy, before being roughly depositied on the ground of Tialsia's home page, falling to her knees as she struggled to stand upright.

When she did however, she still did not open her eyes- not until she was sure that Tialsia was there.

A hand on her elbow proved that the other Navi had, indeed, made it through with her. "Now that you've been through it once, it won't be as painful the next time going either way, and the next time will hurt even less, until you just get used to it."

Quersoæn nodded, refsuing to open her eyes, but for a different reason. "My... my net-op... I can't feel him..."

"Him?"

Quersoæn nodded, scared. "Where are we?"

She dimly heard a sigh. "Unless your net-op is actually here, then you cannot contact him. This place was a special hide-away for many who did not want any contact with the outside world. Only way in or out is that Gate, and the process you just went through strips all communication modules from one's body."

Wondering if that was the pain she felt, Quersoæn put forth the question.

"Yes and no. That was part of the pain- but not the only pain. If you actually open your eyes, then you might be able to see what I mean." Tialsia's voice had a trace of laughter in it, which infuriated Quersoæn.

Just as she was about to open her eyes, she felt the strangest sensation over come her. It was alike a twisting in her gut, making her take a step forward, away from what she knew was the only exit. As she did so, she felt what she considered the weirdest thing- what felt like a piece of water gently brushed against her legs, and the same feeling was recreated around her arms. Something long and almost scratchy-feeling brushed against her neck, her chin, and again just below her shoulder blades.

Stopping herself from taking another step forward, she gasped. "What... are we in water?"

A soft chuckling was her answer. "If you would open your eyes, you would find out."

Deciding that it was far better to find out now and avoid all dangers than to wander around blindly for the remainder of her stay, Quersoæn slowly cracked her eyes open- and promptly gasped at the sight.

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He sighed, stretching. As his back was currently scolding him, falling asleep on a park bench was not the best thing for his body. As he stretched, he heard about three distinct cracks- yup, for his back to crack like that, he really hadn't fallen asleep in such a good position.

He was about to move his right arm to stetch that side of his body, but was stopped by a weight. Confused, he looked over, only to be greeted by a pair of shinning, brown orbs.

"Hey."

He didn't exactly know how to respond to that. "Er... hey?"

The owner of the brown eyes sighed, looking away from his eyes for but a moment. "So... you're awake?"

He nodded, before realizing that she probably expected an actual spoken answer. "Yeah... did you fall asleep?"

She nodded, her hair brushing his chin and neck where his vest didn't cover it. "Yes. I just woke up not too long ago. You know you snore and talk in your sleep, right?"

A small blush crept onto his face. "Er... what was I saying?"

She shrugged. "Not too much... just mumbling about curry and something else that I didn't quite catch..."

"Oh..."

They both sat there in silence, his arm still around her, without either realizing it. The Japanese Maple above let let red-filtered sun light create red shadows all around them, while letting some pure sun light get through, dappling their faces. Everything was silent, except for the far-away sound of kids playing and the far closer sounds of the forest-area in which they were sitting. The shadows, those that were not the red-shaded ones which was just the filtered sun, were nearly none-existant, marking the time around noon.

Both began to become slightly weary, if only from the intensely calming atmosphere surrounding them, when he felt a sudden pain in his chest. He quickly placed his hand against his heart, trying to block out the sudden pain. His movement did not go un-noticed by his companion.

"Are you alright?"

He nodded, his face contorting in pain as another wave washed through his body.

She quickly stood up and knelt before him. "You liar. What's wrong?" She added the last part far more softly than she had said the first, seeing another grimace and shudder rack his body.

He shook his head, and stood up, trying to get to the flat grassy area beneath the Japanese Maple. She immediately was at his side, draping his right arm over her shoulders (as his left was still clutching at his heart beneath his clothing), her arm around his waist, and helped to lead him to the foot of the tree.

Although some unconviently-placed bushes made the going slightly harder, they made it through, before he collapsed, and lay on the ground, spread-eagle. Making a last minute decision, she took off both her vest and his own, fluffing them up into something resembling a pillow which she place under his head. However, it was apparent that he wanted nothing against his chest, his heart, at the moment, as he nearly ripped off his long-sleeved T-shirt which was then tossed by her feet.

Her eyes lingered on his amazing well-toned abs, before she knelt down by his head, quickly grabbing a water bottle which she just so happened to have on her.

When the pain began to ebb, she undid the top of the bottle and poured some of the life-giving liquid into his mouth. He drank greedily, before collapsing again. Although most of the pain had gone, a dull pounding still filled his heart. He gasped and panted, feeling completely exhausted.

She looked on, mainly in worry. There had been a number of deadly new diseases going around the last few years, and she could only hope that he had not somehow contracted one.

Motioning with his hand, she brought the water bottle to his lips again, letting him drink before pulling it away at his signal.

"Are... are you okay...?" She asked timidly, her voice barely louder than a whisper.

His eyes slowly cracked open, catching sight of her, before he slowly sat up, nearly collapsing before she moved to support him.

"I... I am now..." He gasped out, trying to forget the pain of moments before.

Gently trailing her fingers through his now extremely messy hair, she asked the question that had been bothering her, refusing to raise her voice any louder than what it had been when she had last spoken, but trying to make it sound as gentle and caring as possible.

"What was that?"

He shook his head, grimmacing at the pain that caused him, before gesturing to his heart as he leaned his head back against her chest. "I... don't know... just... a pain... in my heart..."

She bit her lip, worried for him. "Does it still hurt?"

He nodded, his hair brushing her chin. It was only then when she realized how close they were, and in where his head was exactly, but a sudden grimace on his face made her think twice about hitting him.

"Sometimes... worse than others..."

She saw how much of a strain it was to have him speak, so she 'shush'ed him, continuing to weave her fingers in his hair. It was only then that she noticed his headband was no longer securing his hair out of his face- looking around, she saw it laying a little ways away, near the bushes.

She reached out to grab it, and as she did so she heard someone on the other side whispering.

"...they are supposed to be around here..."

"I know, but they're not. We're going to have to leave."

"We can't just go back empty-handed."

"No, but we can't just take a stick, present it to the boss, and say 'Look! Here he is!' You know that as well as I do!"

"I know. You would think that there search for that Roll thing would at least make them easier to find."

"Let's just be grateful that it's keeping their mind off of our opperations."

"Which we can't start until we have them!"

"Him, you mean."

"...'him'? I thought we were to capture both?"

"We are. Master thinks that by using the girl as either bate or at least a... possible sacrifice, let's just say, we should be able to control him to do what we want."

"So she's not that important to our plans?"

"The only thing that makes her important is that she is the key to making him work for us. However, if that key was something else, then she would be completely expendable. We might even be ordered to kill her, so that they don't have a trump card over us."

"Right... so, where to now?"

"We need to leave for now. We'll report back to the Master, gather some energy supplies, and then come back."

"Right."

When she was sure they were out of ear shot and sight, she finished grabbing the bandana, before turning her head to look at him- only to be surprised when she found him nearly ontop of her, also listening.

"Wha-?"

"Ssshhhh..." He whispered, pulling her back. She could feel his heart beeting, see the pain on his face, and feel the rigidness of his entire body.

He positioned them right against the maple, his back against the tree and her back right against his chest, his mouth right beside her ear. As much as she tried, she couldn't ignore the strange feeling she had in her gut, like a twisting and turning. Her breathing quickened, her pulse increased. Right when she felt as though she had her body at least partially under control, he whispered in her ear, his lips gently brushing her lobe, "I didn't hear everything they were saying. Did you?"

She gulped, before replying in a barely audible whisper, "They were looking for two people, who were apparently right where we were just sitting."

"Let me guess, a boy and a girl?"

She barely nodded her head.

"...are you going to tell me what they said, or do we have to do the guessing game?"

His words almost made her laugh outright, but she stiffled it, feeling a smile form on his face before quickly turning into a grimace, no doubt from the pain still. He turned her head around so that she could look right at his face.

"They were saying how 'he' was so important to their plans, and how 'she' is just-"

"A key? Yeah, I heard from about where one of those guys said 'she' wasn't important except to help control 'him' or something..."

Together, while still looking in each other's eyes, the same conclusion dawned on both of them. And together, they both shuddered, afraid to even think about the complications this would mean.

"You really think they were talking about us?" She asked, worriedly.

He nodded his conviction. "Yup. We were the only people here in the last ten minutes or so, weren't we?"

She nodded. "Yeah... but not everything makes sense."

"Yes it does."

She cast a glance at him. "How could I control you?"

He sweatdropped when realizing his mistake. "Er... no reason..."

She studdied his face, and serriously began thinking of smacking, whacking or just plain hitting him, when his face contorted in a grimmace.

"You okay?"

He snorted. "As okay as I'm gonna be. The pain really seems to have calmed down, but it still doesn't really go away. It just kinda stays there, kinda pounding or pulsing..."

She turned all the way around, kneeling on her knees, eyes level wth his. Tracing her fingers up his bare chest, her eyes followed their every movement, not even paying attention to his own face. As such, he let his own eyes trace over her face. Every lash, dapple, shade, every stray hair that had fallen into her face after escaping from her clip, the gentleness of her eyes, her full lips- every detail was mapped out in his mind, as he let her run her fingers, which soon became her whole hands, over his chest.

He had to admit that it did feel good, and let out a sigh of relaxation as he concentrated on the movement of her hands. He noticed how she let them return as much to his neck and his stomach as she let them wander to the left side of his chest, just about where his heart was.

He felt her legs shift position underneath her, and she almost lost her balanse, before he quickly raised his own leg and stopped her from falling over, his own hands helping to steady her.

For the first time ina few minutes, the two looked at each other.

Both had gained a slightly red tinge to their cheeks, but their eyes quickly locked together. He wrapped his arms around her as she leaned her head against his chest. Their vests, his shirt, bandana, and their PETs forgotten on the ground not too far away, they both sat there, eyes closed, revelling in the other's presence, until the maple's shadow began to lengthen, and the red shadows on their faces began to darken in color.

By that time, both had decided that it was late, they were hungry, and he was getting cold. As she helped him to put on his shirt again (he had certainly twisted and almost ripped it when he had taken it off, and it seemed that he couldn't raise his hands very highwithout a certain amount of pain), and both reclaimed their vests and PETs, and his bandana, very few words were spoken.

They proceeded out of their clearing together, walking side by side, simply enjoying the calm, peaceful feeling that seemed to pretty much surround the forest area they were in. With every step, she couldn't help but notice the slight grimmaces that would appear on his face, which worried her, but as it didn't seem to bother him much, she refused to let it bother her.

They were nearly out of the park when a lone figure approached them. Completely covered by a black cloak, his eyes, a pure gray, shone out from beneath his hood with some strange inner light.

Both were immediately on their guard as they continued walking. Something just didn't feel right about the man.

They were about to pass him when he moved into the middle of the path, arms out-stretched. Both couldn't help but notice the long black sleeves, and the black gloves he wore.

"You... Lan Hikari and Mayl Sakurai?"

Neither answered for a moment, unsure if he was asking a question or stating that that was their names. After a moment of silence, they realized that it was a question.

He answered slowly, the trying to ignore the suddenly increasing pain in his chest. "Yes... who wants to know?"

The man lowered one hand, while swinging the other around to face them. "I here... I stop!"

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Yes, kill me now. What's that... nearly two cliffies in the same chapter? And after not updating for basically a month, due to reasons completely beyond my control? Okay, that was a lie. I kinda got a really bad mark in English, so Daddy-fuzz has grounded me from the computer on weekdays. But I'm allowed to go on on weekends. No sense? Oh, I so agree. I run to the school library in the morning, though, and go on there... although that doesn't exactly help...

Daddy-fuzz had a heart attack. Not fun. So now, either mom or myself have to be with him at all times. Which means no hanging out after school with friends, no being stupid and doing my homework at 10pm, while heading straight to the computer after school, no doing homework in my bed room (family doesn't like me doing anything other than reading and studying in there... say it's bad for writing... we have no idea why...), and no-GASP!- clubs after school. But daddy-fuzz has another appointment at the hospital soon, and then he might be allowed to go back to work, blah blah blah. Then we'll be happy. Until then, which is about January, don't expect frequent updates.

We are getting our hair re-straightened! Well, straightened properly... the job Cheryl did was horrendous... it went all evil and supper-ridiculously curly again after I jumped in the lake... although, at least now I could use a straightener...

We just got MMBN 1, MMBN 2, MMBN 3:White! We already had MMBN 3: Blue and MMBN 4: Red Sun. We just need MMBN 4: Blue Moon, which is currently about $45.00 (CDN), and we'll have the whole serries! But, we are sad, because we had to trade in our Zelda: Oracle of Seasons game to get the MMBN games. But, we are happy, because the Zelda game did not save anything, and these do! These are Christmas presents, though, so I got to try them out, then away, into the land of wrapping paper, presents, bows, and cards (aka the spare bedroom) it went. So now we have to wait almost a month before we get to play it. Oh well.

Notes

1. Not sure if anyone has realized this yet, but I have a habit of taking random, not-used-or-seen-very-much characters and using them, ie: Tajin and Zednane, and the yellow navi (from MMBN 3:Blue). If anyone knows what that yellow nav's name is, it would be greatly appreciated. Really. She'll show up a few more times, and we don't want to just refer to her as 'the yellow navi'. Even a made-up name would be appreciated. We are stupid and have pretty much run out of names, so if you don't want me to pick a name from the 'Cats' musical (which my friend got me the tape of... we were Bombalurina in grade 7), then GIVE ME A NAME! If there's no name, I shall refer to her as either 'Yellow Navi', 'the Register Navi', or 'Demter'. I say Demeter because I want to call her the name of the Gellicle Cat that signs the memory song with Grizabella, but I can't remember her name... --. Sad sad.

2. Yes, I know, I kept refering to Lan and Mayl as 'he' and 'she' for the whole thrid scene there. No idea why, really. I was going to have this really cool way of saying it was them... and then I forgot it. So, to not confuse the readers, I had the cloak guy say their names (so that the silly readers... well, actually, me, since I'd probably forget... would know that it is Lan and Mayl in that whole scene). Even if they're not really 'together', intamacy and worry are big part of relationships. So, why not put some in? And the cloak guy? Yes, he is an actual character. In fact, one that we all know quite well. I just had him dress up and scare Lan and Mayl, 'cause, ya know... that's the sort of thing he'd do, right? Well, when you find out who it is, then you'll understand.

3. Frankly, I don't care if I get... I dunno, one review for this story. What I do care about, though, is that people at least say 'oh, you should fix this...' or 'what do you mean "bathroom"? Shouldn't it be bedroom?' or 'YOU SPELT (insert word here)WRONG!' Yes, I don't mind the caps lock. Oh, I don't care if I get flamed either. I'm cold, anyways, and big-headed right now (WE GOT 93 IN HISTORY!), so I need someone to say something to bring me back to the poor, incapeable, incompetent person that I usually am. Please.

4. I am sure that at least one person out there has recognized where I got the base design for the Gate to Tialsia's hp from- although, there were some modifications. Cookies to the first person to get it right! Although, where it's actually from, there is no white stuff... no little curly gold parts at the top and bottom, and I'm pretty sure that the base isn't octagonal. It's circular, I think. Or hexagonal. Or Septagonal. Really, I haven't seen it for so long, I have no idea. But they do serve as gates, they are gold, and they do spin on one point continuously.

5. One last thing: the list of responsibilities, if you weren't clear on that when it was mentioned.

Chaud and Protoman- leaders of the search mission
Yai, Tori, Dex, Risuko and Yellow Navi- info collectors and fieldcollectors (go from one place to another where other Navis are, collection reports and info during the day)
Tialsia- gathers all the info, sorts through what's important and not, and puts it in terms Gutsman could understand
Quersoæn- takes the info collected to Tialsia to be sorted; takes sorted info back to others to be re-distributed
Other navis- wander around the net, looking for info relating to Roll or Megaman
Yggdrasil Society- no real part, just info givers who's info goes straight to Tialsia, so she gets the unadulterated and uncahnged versions
Megaman and Roll- Main characters who everyone is now searching for
Lan and Mayl- Net-ops to Megaman and Roll; become a direct part of what's happening on the Net
Cloaked Guy- used to introduce characters as Lan and Mayl in this chapter; actually a personne in the games and anime (shows up a lot in the anime)

Guinto- Leader of the Undernet Resistance (Against the Upper Navis- URAUN)
Nightman- Second-in-command of URAUN; faithful to both Guinto and Eria
Eria- The warpped, distored Roll after Guinto hacked into the Stasis Pod. Doesn't remember anything about her past; Has feelings from both being Roll and Empress (see anime: EXE, during the N1)
Dark Ladies- The Eleven female Navis of the URAUN, besides Eria; loyal only to Eria; were once Upper Navis who also underwent a type of stasis

Quote

Mako just grinned & placed a hand on the back of his head. "They're filled with vitamins & calcium . . .well, the fish anyway."

"You've been watching Megaman NT Warrior again, haven't you?"

"I can't help it if Maysa thinks like I do."

- Mako andYugi from The Lady Centurion's Chaos Magic (Chapter 1)

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They stared at him for a couple of minutes, trying to figure out what his broken words had said. When neither moved, the cloaked guy growled in his throat. "Oi, it's me! Or are your kilts on too tight to get it?"

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"Wha... what is this place?"

Tialsia gently pated Quersoæn on her head. "This, my dear," she said as she gestured with her entire left arm, while drapping her right arm over Quersoæn's shoulders, "Is my home page."

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"Well? What are we supposed to do now?" He ground out, although it was quite hard to hear him, as he barely opened his mouth.

Yai sighed. "We're supposed to wait for Chaud to give us directions."

He jumped up, ready to show Chaud what he thought of that idea, when a voice from the doorway cut him off. "Come on, Lan. Now's not the time to get so up-tight about this. We need to concentrate on our prupose now."