Disclaimer: Again I don't own Megaman but it's on my Christmas list right under Inuyasha and Digimon XD.

Chapter 4:

Darkness in the Light

'I knew that Lan wasn't very bright but this is pathetic, that was the tenth apocalypse alert today,' Chaud thought as he left the school with Mayl close in tow. She had been following him around all day and Chaud was beginning to wonder how close Mayl and Lan truly were. As he continued to walk out he noticed a limo parked in front of the school, in fact it was his limo. Chaud watched as Lan got out of the limo and ran over to him.

"Chaud that's you right?" Lan asked even though he was pretty sure after he was called ten times during school to be warned that the end of the world was coming.

"Who else would it be?" Chaud told Lan, "So how was school?"

"I beat some loser named Netto in a net battle. He and his net navi Rockman are such losers, me and Protoman took them out easy, and Netto is such a freak, you should have seen the stupid headband he was wearing," Lan told him as Chaud rolled his eyes as they got into the limo, leaving Mayl behinds so they could talk.

"Well did you hear what happened to your father?" Chaud asked worriedly.

"Yes in fact look at this," Lan said handing Chaud the newspaper he won.

"You know now that I'm reading this something seems off, coming in person isn't Dr. Regal's style, let's ask your father about this when we get to your house," Chaud suggested to Lan as the limo drove out of the lot.

"Excuse me I'm confused, what's going on?" Megaman asked. The two net savers told their net navi's of what happened to get shocked reactions.

"Well I guess that's why "Lan" woke up this morning," Megaman joked with Protoman.

"Well I guess since they know now you should have Protoman," Lan said as he reached into his pocket to grab Protoman's PET, as he pulled it out the Protoman chip that was in the same pocket fell out as well.

Chaud spotted the chip on the floor and bent down to pick it up then realized what chip it was, "Lan, you fixed the chip?" Chaud said puzzled.

"Yeah it seemed simply enough to me," Lan shrugged.

'Hm maybe he really is a Hikari,' Chaud thought as he slipped the chip into his pocket then saw Lan push Protoman toward him, "No keep Protoman What would people think if they saw 'Lan Hikari' with Protoman besides do you think that Megaman could handle doing what Protoman does also without me there to work you'll need Protoman's help," Chaud told Lan then pushed the PET away.

"I guess you're right," Lan replied then something caught his eye, "hey did you do something with my body, it just seems like there's something wrong, I just can't put my finger on it. Did you cut my hair?"

"No but I did change your clothes," Chaud said then thought with a sigh, 'Maybe he's not a Hikari after all.'

"Oh yeah, God I always hated that shirt," Lan commented.

"I don't know I think it looks good on you," Chaud told him with a laugh.

"Hey we're home," Lan pointed out the window at his blue house.

"I guess we should get out now then," Chaud said as he opened the door and stepped out.

As the boys walked inside the house they saw Lan's mother drying dishes in the kitchen.

"Um mom is dad home?" Chaud asked trying to play the part of Lan.

"Yes he's upstairs in bed, oh Chaud how are you?" Mrs. Hikari asked as she turned around and noticed that "Chaud" was with "her son".

"I'm fine mo… I mean Mrs. Hikari," Lan replied.

The two walked up the stairs and turned left. They walked to the end of the hall and entered Lan's parent's room on the right. They walked in to see Dr. Hikari on the bed glowing from the light of the television. "Tonight at eleven find out how much time we really have left until the end of the world," said the television personality.

'Wow news gets around fast," Chaud thought as he traveled further into the room.

"Dr. Hikari, are you ok?" Lan asked pretending to be Chaud.

"Don't worry Lan he knows," Chaud reassured his friend.

"I'm fine just a small bump on the head, I'll be fine," answered Dr. Regal hiding a brief smile.

"That's good to hear. Dr. Hikari did you see what Dr. Regal was doing last night?" Chaud asked sitting on the side of the bed.

"Well when I got there I saw Dr. Regal destroying the synchro device…" Dr. Regal began his lie.

"Wait he destroyed the synchro device!" Lan said in shock.

"Yes I believe he viewed it as a threat and had no idea of your predicament though anyway after that he spotted me and hit me over the head with a metal pipe and after that everything went black," Dr. Regal finished.

"Well first thing I think we should do is check on the condition of the synchro device, Lan can you do it, given my current status I wouldn't be allowed anywhere near a crime scene," Chaud said indicating the fact he was currently Lan.

"I guess you're right, I'd better be going, get well soon Dad," Lan told "his father" as he exited the bedroom.

"Good bye Lan, good luck," Dr. Regal said with fake enthusiasm.

As Lan walked down the stairs his mother caught sight of him, "Chaud you're leaving already, please stay for a little while I just finished making cup cakes," Mrs. Hikari said.

"Cupcakes! Well maybe I can stay for a short while," Lan replied, licking his lips.

"How many do you want dear?" she asked as she held out the plate of cupcakes.

Thirty minutes later Chaud began his descent down the stairs. He could smell Mrs. Hikari's cooking for quite awhile and finally decided to go downstairs to eat, he had made a habit of only taking small portions of her food whenever he visited as not to take to much away from Lan and his family but since he's was Lan at the moment he saw no problem in taking a bit more. As e reached the bottom of the stairs a look of horror came upon his face as he saw Lan engulf a cupcake and from the look of the plate on the table, it would appear that he had already eaten the majority of it.

"Wow Chaud you sure are hungry today," Mrs. Hikari commented with a giggle, "Oh Lan I was wondering when you were going to arrive usually you're down the stares within seconds."

"Um yeah "Chaud" can we speak for a moment?" Chaud asked Lan a little annoyed and indicated for him to come over to him.

"Yeah sure," Lan replied as he got up and walked over to Chaud, "Sorry I just could control myself."

"You should be sorry now get going this is important," Chaud demanded then pointed toward the door.

Chaud walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table, "Lan honey where did Chaud go?" Lan's Mother asked.

"Oh he had some urgent business he needed to take care of," Chaud answered then grabbed a cupcake.

1 Hour Later

Lan woke up to the sound of Chaud's chauffeur's voice, "Master Blaze we've arrived and might I suggest you try to go to bed early tonight.'

"Thank you and yeah I'll try," Lan replied as he opened the door. Lan still didn't feel comfortable being called "master" and was even more uncomfortable being a "Blaze".

"Excuse me, this is a crime scene, no civilians allowed," said an Official in front of SciLab.

"Well excuse me but I happen to be an Official," Lan told him, waving Chaud's badge in his face as he walked in then thought, 'Man is that cool.'

Lan walked down the hall and into his father's lab to find as "his father" had said the Synchro machine destroyed, "Oh Chaud I was wondering if you would arrive," an Official who obviously knew Chaud said as he came up from behind Lan.

"Yes well how much do you know about what happened last night?" Lan asked.

"Not much but apparently It will take a few months to repair this device," the Official told him then saw "Chaud's" terrified face.

"What? Why?" Lan asked astonished.

"Well it seems the blue prints mysteriously disappeared."

Sorry for the short chapter. I kind of ran out of ideas so I'm going to start my sequel to Switched early. If anyone has any ideas on what I should write next or knows Lan's mother's name please tell me XD.