Hey all! Sorry about the long wait, but I wanted to wait and see how this thing with the review responses turned out. But then I didn't hear anything and I wanted to update and I knew that all of you wanted me to update so I did. There weren't many reviews that I got that were respondable to anyway. So here we go!


The crowd cheered as Lee logged out Cypher and walked over to where Kyle was standing stunned. Lee shook his hand. "Good try. You need to learn to relax more. Don't let the pressure get to you. If you let it distract you, you'll lose."

Kyle smiled weakly. "Thanks."

Chaud watched him walk away. "Not bad technique, though we'll have to see how he does against a stronger opponent."

Lan looked at him in disbelief. "What? You're not actually considering him to be a Net Saver, are you?"

Chaud shrugged. "Like I said, we'll have to see."

Mac won his next match as well, so both him and Lee advanced on to the final rounds. Only eight contestants remained as the announcer returned to the center ring. "Before our next tournament match begins, we have a special treat for all you out there. Some of you may know that we have two sets of twins that compete in this tournament. So now, we will have a two-on-two match pitting the Jamison twins against the Francis twins."

The crowd buzzed with excitement as Lee and Mac stepped up to one console facing off against a boy and a girl. They were Kris and Kristine Francis a.k.a. "The Lightning Twins." Both had black hair, though Kristine's was longer and she had a gold headband. Both wore a gold T-shirt with a black lightning bolt on it. Kris wore black pants and Kristine wore a black skirt. Both had black shoes. Their navi's symbols were displayed on a patch on their right shoulders. The announcer called out: "Ready, begin!"

"Jack in, Cypher, power up!"

"Jack in, Surgeman, power up!"

"Jack in, Electro, power up!"

"Jack in, Electra, power up!"

Beside Cypher, a navi that looked exactly like him appeared. This was Mac's navi Surgeman. The differences were that the colors were mixed around. Instead of Cypher's typical blue suit, black armor and gold stripes, this navi had a black suit, gold armor and blue stripes. The only other difference was the symbol was switched around too: A blue double-pointed lightning bolt on a black field.

Across from them, two navis looking nearly identical to their Ops appeared. Electro and Electra both had black suits and gold chest armor, gloves and boots. Electra also had a gold skirt-like piece. Their helmets were plain gold with a single thick black stripe down the center. Electro had short black spiked hair coming out the front, while Electra had long black hair with blonde streaks hanging down her back. Their symbols were identical except for one thing. They both had half gold and half black separated by a zigzag line, though while the black half was plain, the gold half had a horizontal black stripe in it. The difference was that Electro's gold half was on the left side, while Electra's was on the right.

"You ready?" Cypher murmured to his partner.

"Do you need to ask?" Surgeman replied.

"Then let's do it."

"Right." The two navis leapt into the air going opposite directions. Both brought out their primary weapons and started raining shots down on their opponents. Reacting swiftly, the other two started dodging while returning fire with their own weapons.

In perfect unison, Cypher and Surgeman landed and started to charge. "Bamboo Sword, battlechip in, download!" Both got a Bamboo Sword and slashed at their opponents.

"Area Steal, battlechip in, download!" Electro and Electra vanished and appeared behind them. "Boomerang, battlechip in, download!" Two Boomerangs flew simultaneously toward the sword carriers. Cypher back flipped over his and slashed it as it passed underneath. Surgeman tried to outrun the one aimed for him. Just as it was about to hit him he dropped to the ground and it passed over. He stood up and grinned back at Cypher. However, he forgot the returning Boomerang and was hit from behind.

Lee glared at Mac. "What did I tell you about Boomerangs?"

Mac smiled sheepishly. "Don't turn your back on 'em?"

Lee shook his head despairingly.

Cypher helped Surgeman up. "You OK?"

"Yea, I'm fine. Let's finish this."

"Watch out!" Meanwhile, Kris had downloaded a Bamboo Lance chip and the lances were shooting up closer and closer to them. "Air Shoes, battlechip in, download!" Both navis shot up into the air, though Surgeman was a little unsteady due to his injury. Finally, he couldn't hold his flight path any longer and plummeted down onto the lances.

"Surgeman, logging out."

Mac smiled apologetically. "I guess that Boomerang did more damage than I thought."

"It was a direct hit by a Wood attack on an Electric navi!" Lee shouted. "How much damage did you think it did!"

"Dunno. You'll have to go it alone."

"No duh." Lee muttered.

"I think that this would be a good time for a you-know-what."

Lee nodded wordlessly before giving orders to Cypher. "Be ready for some battlechips comin' 1-2-3."

"You got it. I was just getting warmed up anyway."

"Ok, Bamboo Lance, Boomerang, Wind Box, battlechips in, download!"

"What do any of those chips have to do with another?" Lan wondered.

Lances started springing up in front of Cypher, adding to the already massive field of them. Next, Cypher hurled his Boomerang into the field. It zoomed through shaving off good lengths of lances and making them fly into the air. Then the Wind Box appeared and blew all the shaved off pieces and sent them speeding point first at Electro and Electra. So many of the lances were there that they didn't have a chance of dodging them all. Many made direct hits and if they didn't, they still did substantial damage.

"Electro, logging out."

"Electra, logging out."

Once again, the crowd went wild. Lee and Mac shook hands with each other and their opponents. "Nice move." Kris commented. "I would have never thought of it."

"That's my style." Lee said. "Using weird combos once in while."

Suddenly, Cypher called to him. "Lee, we've got trouble! Another navi's in here and he's attacking!"

Lan stared at the hologram that was projected above the arena. It showed Cypher and another navi fighting. "Is that…Flashman?"

Chaud glanced up. "Yea, I think so."

"But...but I thought that he was deleted."


Oooo... The plot thickens. Stay tuned for the next update. And some of you haven't given me your favorite double souls/style changes. Please do. Later days!