Megaman:Secrets Part III

(Sorry about the earlier chapters, really messed with the writing! Anyways, I'll continue now and fix the other chapters when I get enough time! I'll try and start an alternate way of incorporating the recent AXESS series. Well, here we go! And I appreciate the great reviews I've been getting! Thanks for sticking with me! Keep em coming in!)

"Well, here we are guys!" said Lan Hikari cheerfully as the group of Net Battlers entered the entrance to the bright and recently repainted stadium—with colors of Blue and Red contrasting each other, as a tribute to what was thought of as the most epic battle
(well, it was when construction started) between navis—Megaman and Protoman.

"I'm gonna kick butt!" yelled Dex loudly, causing everyone to roll their eyes and sweatdrop. He marched forward by himself into the stadium."Step up so I can knock ya' down!"

The rest of the group stood a ways behind him.

"Do you think we should tell him he has to register?" asked Yai innocently. Everyone face-faulted.

"What?"

"Let's go and get Megaman and Roll signed up, Maylu!"said Lan, turning around to the red-haired girl and motioning to her to come along. It was when they made eye contact, however, that he froze up completely. Lan had always known that Maylu was beautiful, but it was at this instant that he started thinking even more along those lines

Did I say beautiful? Thought Lan, I meant she's become drop-dead gorgeous!

I can't think of her like that!

Why not?

She's your best friend!

So? Maybe she feels the same way!

"Umm…Lan? Are you coming?" queried Maylu innocently. He was staring at her with an odd, almost dreamy look on his face…almost as if…no… she thought firmly, blushing slightly at her own thoughts. Could it be?

"Hey! Lan!" Which was the most annoying voice ever at that particular moment, came from the P.E.T. he was currently holding. "I know that you want to stare at Maylu, but, come on, snap out of it!"

Ouch.

Lan snapped out of his reverie, looking around widely to see if anyone had caught on to what Megaman had said. Fortunately, no one heard, although, if everyone had been a little bit more focused on their Navi's instead of on signing up, they would have heard a faint sound, emanating from Roll's P.E.T., that sounded rather like a giggle. If directed at anyone in particular, the giggling would have been focused on the odd antics of Lan Hikari and his Net Navi.

After registering their Navi's for the tournament, the group walked over to the exit of the registration building, and were met by several members dressed in rather official-looking clothing.

"Well, thank you for registering your Navis for the tournament, " drawled an official with a slight accent. "You each get a complimentary battle chip with your entry!"

"I don't know about that…"said Lan slowly, "We haven't really had good luck with 'free' battle chips."

"Oh, don't worry," said Yai smartly, "We should just get them tested before we use them on our Navis!"

"Yeah, it's just…." Lan trailed off, glancing sideways at Maylu after she took a chip. She caught his worried gaze, and blushed. It was obvious he was deeply concerned about her and Roll, having remembered the incident with the "Dark Roll" Chip and just how much trouble it caused. It was a sign of his growing maturity, too, putting other's concerns ahead of himself a little bit more than Lan normally would. The two broke eye contact, and joined the rest of the group in their conversation on how to waste the rest of their day before they had to start preparing for the tournament. The group broke off downtown, going their separate ways. Lan, however, decided to escort Maylu back to her house. They spent time discussing the opponents they might face in the Battle Stadium, and trivial things they were going to do to prepare for the matches.

" Hey, Maylu?" Asked Lan suddenly.

"Yes?" replied Maylu. "What is it, Lan?"

"I was wondering…."said Lan, glaring down when he heard a faint snicker from his P.E.T. "…do you want to come over to my house tomorrow? We can go over and train at the practice facility- my Dad's going to be free, so he can take us over! It's supposed to have some new thing that let's Net Ops actually 'be' their navi!"

"Alright!" exclaimed Maylu excitedly. "I'll meet you at around 3:00?

"Sure thing, Maylu." Replied Lan tiredly. For some reason, he was happy, and felt like just asking Maylu to go took a lot out of him. He was in decidedly happier spirits when he was about to leave, however, and Maylu decided to run back and give him a strong hug goodbye, whispering "I'll see you then!" to him, before running inside. Lan felt like skipping all the way back home, although he figured that the image would probably get him locked up in a nuthouse. And he still needed to deal with Megaman teasing him from his P.E.T.—he found a way to increase the volume, and he was drawing strange, strange looks from people with his P.E.T. sing-songing the "Lan and Maylu, sitting in a tree" song to tick him off on purpose.

(UNKNOWN—DENTECH CITY)

"The chip has been delivered, sir."

"Excellent. The plan has been put into action, and soon the Navi's and their owners that pose a threat to me shall be vanquished FOREVER! It is just a matter of time, and when the chip is activated, my Navi will take control of the Net for all eternity!"

(A/N: This part is supposed to be one of those semi-evil anime scenes, imagine some really obscene, evil laugh ending the chapter! I think for my Lan/Maylu scenes, I might base some off the Fayt/Sophia relationship in Star Ocean 3, if anyones played that, there are some good lines that would work well in this pairing, If there are any ideas, raise them for me! Next chapter being worked on now! )