A/N: Sorry Guys, Stuck with my exams, and too happily whooping over the holidays in June (In Singapore it is the school holidays) So I have decided to scrape the battle network. I may just continue, but I got the writer's block for battle network, and a truckload of ideas of X/Alia parings. Expect a new story soon. So this is the final chapter till the block lifts off. As apology, this chapter will be long.

Chapter 5: Is Gay or is not gay? That's the question.

A sigh was heard. Blues and Megaman stood up, relieved they would not be like their operators. X walked by, searching for the hospital that should be there. His head was probably too heavily hit. He walked past, and went off the platform.

He was lucky he had equipped his hover. Finally shaking off the dizziness, he warped out. Not before he received a note on a meeting for the Officials. Reaching, he found no one. Bass floated down.

"Thanks."

X was puzzled, but then remembered him saving Bass. Then Bass went away, with Gospel next to him. The next second, they disappeared, and Officials started coming in. X was amazed. Bass risked his life just to say thanks. Talk about the other people out there.

So the meeting started with some sparring, with X observing. They did not want to be roasted. X was playing chess with a program, thrashing it constantly. Only a few knew. The fact that he set the program on a new level, one he created, the "Easier than eating but looks difficult." But they were so terrorized of what would happen if they revealed the information.

When the sparring was done, X was at his twentieth game, apparently bored. Then the meeting went on, with Officials talking about their kills. X remained silent, for he did not have any trouble in his slice of the net, which only includes his home network.

After the "bragging" was done, Blues stood up, and handed out their new assignments. X got a boring criminal with the name of the "OC" Which meant the Official challenger.

X yawned, warped out, and returned with the "OC" apparently in the midst of robbing a store.

"What?"

"How?"

"Blues just met his successor."

"chock WTF?"(Blues fanatic)

OC tried to sneak away before X pointed his buster at OC's head, and fired. OC went limp, and defragmented. X explained.

"Come on. HE left clues a MILE long, starting with a chain of robberies in a line. Come on man, that guy is a lousy criminal."

Blues was furious. Not only his record for fastest deletion was being broken, X was so proud.

Set against Blues curses, the scene changes… to real life.

Lan and Chaud were going lovey-dopey when alone, which was often. When the doctor came in, Lan's mother and father came in, a shocked expression on their faces.

"Uh… this is real awkward, but Lan, you are… technically … Female."

Lan almost yelled. Chaud, unfortunately, was eating then…

After a grumbling cleaner went out, the doctor sat down and talked. About a lot of things. Like his obsession for a certain Net battler. His love for plushies. His love for roses.

Then came the question. HOW IN THE /$&#$ WORLD DID LAN (FEMALE) TURN INTO A MALE (IN BODY, NOT MIND)?

Then Chaud interrupted.

"Maybe of a wrong chromosome or DNA make up? Although the chances are about 1 in 5 and about one googolplex (or 1010,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or 10googol), that is, 1 followed by a googol zeroes."

"Exactly! A wrong chromosome!"

"Uh… I don't see how?"

"It is the chromosome in his body!"

"Are you sure you are not mad?"

"It appears that he was born prematurely (Dr Hikari nods), causing the chromosome, as it wasn't properly developed."

So, they weren't gay. The doctor said that unless they operate on Lan, he may die soon. That meant "repairing" the chromosome. Operation was scheduled for two days later.

Chaud was discharged and spent time visiting Lan.

X was furious and decided to delete love calculator for it's ridiculously (italics) accurate (italics) results. X was mowing the Undernet virii quickly, destroying all that stood in his path. He Armageddoned all, and because, the Undernet was not linked to the real net, the shockwaves caused by the rapid Armageddons did not cause another disaster. X moved quickly, reaching the area he found Bass last time.

Switching Elements, he went in, melting the barrier and creating another when he passed through. He was pissed off, but refrained from melting the criminals. He explored the place, finally noting the criminals existed much earlier than him, much earlier than everybody.

Holding out his hand, palm touching the "cage", he found that the criminals were infected with a virus. He moved on, remembering his data on Alpha. He sped down, reaching the end. The end contained a "cage" in the middle. X reached over.

And jumped back in shock. The "cage was melting slightly, a very good achievement by just using electricity. X bent over, equipping the electric element. He accessed the prisoner's data remotely, using the electricity to send his probes in.

He gathered the name only. The rest were corrupted data, consisting out of binary zeros.

The name was Bass.

X was shocked. Then he remembered an important fact. It was this.

When things are developed, there are prototypes.

This was probably an early version of Bass. X switched the elements, turning into the ice element. He added a few electricity fused blasts, turning into a barrier that absorbed electricity.

X Dashed away, into Bass's hut. He opened the door, and napped on the now-abandoned bed. X woke half an hour later, exploring the rest of the place. He walked around, and discovered a piece of paper. It read.

This is the collection of developmental unstable Net Avatars. The board says something about changing the name to Net Navigators. Though, Alpha is going finely. Project Bass has caused a terrible mishap to Alpha. Poor Cossack. Project Bass was not even connected to Alpha. But Cossack was the scapegoat.

Great. This seems to be the diary or something of Lan's Grandfather. With that, X exited the way he came. Then X went back to the PET, and took another nap. Shin was bored, after the excitement on the girl Lan had died off. He was doing homework, but was more focused on his navi. Shin spent another hour, planning some upgrades. He developed them in the hour.

The upgrades were a pair of swords and another shield and a clip on X's arm to attach the shields. X attached them immediately, sawing the dummy which regrew. The dummy was make of the same material like X's hair, self generating. X started practicing some sword moves, like the scissor cut and the X slash. The first time X X slashed, he almost injured himself. X found the scissor cut easy and developed his combo. He was using the combo on the dummy and the dummy was getting slow on the regenerating as it was destroyed when it was regenerating.

X rested, not after practicing a few times. X was fed up of the random fan girl that would appear, and yell at him how much she loved him. He was about to fire his weapon until Blues came. X was yelling back about what a bitch they were when Blues came.

Or more exactly, ran by yelling about rabid fans. X paled, and exited his homepage.

Meanwhile, it was time for Lan's operation. Two days had passed quickly. Lan was being wheeled to the operating theatre. Chaud was standing outside, wishing that his love to survive. Poor Chaud. He does not know how many girls are about to kill him for not loving them.

Dr Hikari was by his wife, like Chaud, wishing that their child to survive. Then the doctor came out, wheeling Lan's bed. Chaud, seeing that Lan was not dead, ran over to kiss him. Dr Hikari smiled as he saw Lan hug Chaud. The doctor asked Chaud to leave Lan alone as the patient needs time to rest. Chaud was surprised to see that the cell multiplied so fast that there was a slight bump in Lan's chest.