Author's Note: The lyrics at the end of this chapter are actually written by me this time. All other lyrics will possibly be altered as soon as I get ae-mail response from Fanfiction about their...rather odd policy. That is all.

Chapter 10: Never Change

Forte and Treble discovered that they run right into Elec Man. Normally, Elec Man would just stand there and really not do anything when Bass was around, but instead the robot master was giving Forte a cold glare.

"So, you're a human, huh?"

"Uh, yeah.." Forte stammered, feeling a bit uneasy. Elec Man had a lot of power, and certainly looked angry. Forte was a little scared, but he tried to act like himself. He didn't know what that would accomplish, but it wouldn't hurt to try.

"Yeah, I am. What, are you jealous?" he boasted, his voice almost cracking. Then he thought. "Oh wait, yes, it will hurt to try. I think it's about to."

The first thing that caught Blue's attention when he got to the fair was a group of booths that had guns on them, as well as baseballs and miscellaneous targets. The next thing he noticed was that the place was filled with people. Everywhere.

People of all shapes, sizes, and ages, talking, chattering, pushing through each other, some tired, some full of energy, and some bored stiff. In fact, him just standing there looking around caused ten people to push him around in an attempt to get past him.

Thinking about it, this might not be as fun as he thought. But since it might be the only chance he gets, he might as well try. Pushing through people, he headed to the booths.

Rock and Dr. Light got in the car, as it was finally time to head to the school and see what it was like. Rock was still just as eager as he had been before, and for good reason. He had a feeling this might be the best thing that ever happened to him.

On the way there, they passed the local fair, and Rock stared in awe at it. Almost immediately, he turned to Dr. Light.

"Can we go there?"

Light looked at what Rock was pointing at.

"Sure, when we get back from your school, we'll go."

Elec Man narrowed his eyes even further, obviously even more angered by what Forte had just said.

"I'm not jealous of you becoming human at all! I'm tired of being the one who always gets left behind to collect dust! I used to be Wily's greatest creation! I was the original, mightiest Robot Master! Then I was replaced by everyone down to that stupid Tengu Man! And you! Wily asked for Tengu Man's help more times than he ever asked for mine…" Elec Man began ranting. Forte looked around him for some way to get away from this. Elec Man had apparently lost it.

"I begged for Wily's help to defeat Mega Man again! I was never granted my wish! And here you are, a human being! Truly, Wily must have outdone himself doing this…but you get the special treatment! Just like always!" Elec Man growled, his body beginning to glow fiercely as sparks danced around it. Forte knew he had to run, but he suddenly felt as if his feet had been glued to the floor. Treble growled.

Out of nowhere, there was a sickening crunching sound and Elec Man collapsed onto the ground. Behind him, Guts Man walked in.

"Wow. Is he dead?" Forte asked.

"…He's sleeping." Guts Man muttered, unphased.

Rock and Dr. Light arrived at the school and started to drive into the parking lot. There weren't very many places to park, and after driving in circles to find an empty spot for a few minutes, Dr. Light found someone parking in the grass, and did the same.

He turned off the car, interrupting a song called "Bring Me To Life" in mid-sentence ("Without a soul, my spirit's sleeping somewhere-"). Then, they proceeded to get out of the car and enter the building.

Upon approaching the large, black, windowed doors, Dr. Light noticed a sign on them that read "Pre-registered students, please go to the assembly for the Open House assembly. Non-registered students and/or students without a schedule, please head to the main office to register and/or receive one after heading to the library." Dr. Light followed its instructions, and he and Rock went to the gym, which was located next to the cafeteria.

Blues finally got to the booth, and discovered that there was luckily no line. As he reached it though, a kid pushed him over and knocked him to the ground. The kid then started yelling about how "he had been there first", and Blues got quite a bit angry. He decided that it wasn't a good time to argue, though, and went to the booth next to it, where you threw baseballs at a group of bowling pins.

There wasn't a line here either, but there weren't many prizes. Apparently, everyone who wanted to play this already had, but he wanted to try anyways. The man at the booth was sleeping soundly, and Blues stood there for a few minutes before clapping his hands in front of the man's face.

The man woke up instantly, yelling something about fire hoses. He calmed down again a few moments later, and looked at Blues.

"Oh, a customer. It's 25 cents per ball."

Blues stared at the man and reached into his pocket…he knew what human currency was (the only thing robots needed currency for is Auto's shop, and he takes bolts), and he hoped he had been smart enough to bring some. He did find something…a green dollar bill. He gave that to the man.

The library was filled with murmuring, whispering, crying, and a lot of excited talking and giggles. Rock and Dr. Light sat down in the nearest available seat (the entire room, sans the bookshelves, had been cleared out to make room for the parents and students). A few minutes after they had sat down, it was exactly the right time, and the lights in the room shut off.

A few of the youngest students released screams of fright, until there was a whirring sound and a light appeared from a projector above. The light hit a screen, showing a photograph of the school with the words "Welcome to Monstropolis Elementary!" under it in large black letters.

Some of the parents rolled their eyes. The kids stared as a man walked up next to the screen and introduced himself.

"Hello, my name is Mr. Welsh. I am your principal." He said in a somewhat cheerful manner.

Dr. Light was a bit confused already. Why did they need an assembly for this? And such a rushed one? From what he heard, most schools simply had food and beverages and got to meet the staff and teachers. This was a little too formal.

"I must apologize in advance for your discomfort. If this seems a little rushed, it's because it was. We were going to have food and refreshments in the cafeteria, but unfortunately…a lot of our school was caught in the crossfire of Wily and that ever-so-lovable Mega Man." The principal continued, sarcastically emphasizing ever-so-lovable. "As a result, we're having to make exceptions while we repair the school, and we do not want a picnic in our library."

Some of the parents looked upset. Rock and Dr. Light were a bit angry, as Rock thought the principal should be glad he even HAD a school anymore. The only reason anything was still standing was because of him.

"So, today's plan is to have this short assembly, and then head off to meet your teachers. On another note, if you have schedules, you'll need to get new ones, as some of our classrooms are under repair as well, and some slight changes have had to been made. Once again, thank your robotic hero for that."

More groans from parents. Rock held his anger inside him.

Forte kicked Elec Man's unconscious body, and got a spark of electricity on his foot, which promptly set on fire. Forte yelled in pain, and Guts Man tried to put out the fire…using his foot.

Luckily, he missed accidentally crushing it. Forte stared at him.

"Please don't do that."

"Sorry. So, Bass, the other Robot Masters heard you became a human. A lot of the pompous ones, like Elec Man here, are jealous, but the rest of us want to congratulate you!" Guts Man announced. "So come on!"

Quickly, Guts Man grabbed Forte and Treble by the waists and dragged them into the room of old Robot Masters. Forte was beginning to really wonder if visiting them had been a good idea. Treble whimpered.

Blues held a baseball in his hand, and looked at the targets. Carefully, he thought about his aim…got ready to toss it…and did so.

The ball went an amazing three inches before gravity hit it and it fell to the ground. The man stared.

"Uh…I won't count that one…" he said, giving it back. Blues tried again, preparing to throw the ball…

And threw it hard and fast. It flew with much more speed and power, but it missed the targets by a mile. It went above them and fell to the ground with a large clunk. The man stared again.

"Uh, OK…you've got three more shots, and ten more pins." He said, giving Blues another ball.

Blues got ready to throw this one, and threw it with the same speed and power as before. This time, it flew straight at its designated target, and hit the center pin. The pin wobbled a bit, and fell into another pin.

"Well, still 8 more targets. You've got 2 balls left."

Blues tried for the fourth time, throwing it with more power…and this time, it hit the pins with much more force, knocking down all but two.

"Much better! Now that's an arm!" the man cheered, giving him the final ball.

Blues threw it at one of the final pins, as he couldn't throw it at both. They were at the end, on opposite sides. It hit the one on left with quite a bit of force, and the pin went sailing. It went straight towards the other one…

And stopped. The man shrugged, told him he had played a good game, and gave him his prize. It was a giant…lollipop? That was very anti-cool, but he kept it anyways.

Playing that had been fun. In fact, he barely noticed the increasing pain in his chest.

After what seemed like forever, the assembly was over. After getting their schedules and meeting their teachers, they got a short explanation of where everything in the school was. The younger kids were tired and bored, some were whining and crying, the parents were annoyed, and Rock was still mad, but luckily, they were all going home now.

He hoped when it was actually time for school, it'd be a lot more fun. In fact, everything he had been look forward to never happened, and he hadn't even talked to his teachers that much, so the whole thing had been uneventful and pointless. He had quickly wanted to go home.

Then he remembered he had also wanted to go to the fair, so he reminded Dr. Light that, and they drove off.

Forte stared at all the robot masters looking over him. Some stared in awe, some poked and prodded, but all he knew is that the room was hot, cold, and filled with a lot of electricity all at the same time.

For Treble, that wasn't even a problem. For Forte, it was. The excessive heat mixed with the artic cold and bolts of electricity was going to make him sick. Or get him injured. He kind of missed not seeing Shadow Man around, but the robot master seemed to be avoiding him too.

"Can I go yet?" he asked.

"Why?" said Cut Man, poking him with a blade and slightly puncturing his arm. "Aren't you comfortable?"

"OW!" Forte yelled out, holding his arm. "No, I'm not comfortable! It's too hot AND too cold, and someone is filling me with electricity! And you just stabbed me!"

"Oh, sorry…I wanted to see if you had any fluids like us! Looks like you do, but I don't remember them being dark red…"

"That's because it's BLOOD. Not OIL or whatever I used to have." Forte snapped.

"Well, you act the same at least!" Spark Man quipped. Guts Man noticed something for the first time, and removed Spark Man's electric rods from Forte's shoulder.

"Hey everyone! We need to back off a little!" Top Man announced, and everyone did so.

Blues crashed into someone, turned around, and crashed into someone else. He then went backwards and crashed into yet another person, then turned clockwise and prepared himself to go right into someone else…

When the bumper car ride stopped, and he had to get out. He was really liking this fair thing. As he got out of the bumper car, an announcement rang out.

"The world-famous band 'The Geminis' is now performing their newest hit, "Never change", LIVE at the stage!"

Blues decided that it'd be fun to go, but he didn't know where the stage was. Luckily, the music started ringing out, so he followed that. The music had a slow beat, with rock overtones. As the song carried, the whole thing got progressively louder.

"I've changed a lot.
In recent days.

I've changed a lot.
In many ways.

I've changed a lot,
But some things are still the same.

I hope you see those things,
And I hope you'll understand…

That no matter what I go through,
Things will still go as planned!

No matter what troubles I may face,
I will not die!

No matter what things I go through,
I won't stop..

I'll continue to try."