A/N: Hi! Just a reminder. In Chapter 2 about the swords, I made that up. So don't bother finding the chips in Mega games or watch a million episodes just to find them. Sorry if you did! Keep on reviewing!
The Grand Ball
Chapter 4: Calista and Surprises
Sidewalk 2:00
"Lan! Wait up!" Chaud ran as fast as he can in the bright sun beaming down on him. They were passing by rows and rows of shops. Lan turned around and stopped just to wait for him.
"You have to run faster just to keep up with me!"
Chaud stopped panting heavily right in front of Lan.
"You should at least wait!" Chaud had his head down.
"Well I'm waiting now..." Lan answered while he sneaked off as Chaud had his head down and holding his knees.
"Okay let's- Lan!"
Lan skated off while laughing hysterically down the sidewalk.
"Lan you should've done that..." Megaman sweatdropped.
"Hey I'm the youngest out of all the net savers so why should I wait? He has more strength than me."
"Because I would look behind if I were you..." Megaman grinned.
"Huh?"
Out of no where Chaud was right behind him and he's gaining speed while holding a brown rope...!
"AHHHHH!" Lan skated much faster.
Unknown Place 3:00
"Where is the little girl?" A deep voice asked.
"She's right by the ice cream shop. Should we make our move?" A navi asked back.
"Yes. She's alone. Send him in."
A dark door had creaked open and a man in a black cloak appeared.
"Yes master?" The man answered.
"It's time." The deep voice said.
"...Right away sir." The cloaked man exited.
"We will have the secret chip..." The deep voice whispered.
"Of course..." The navi logged out of a large screen.
Ice Cream Shop 3:30
"I'll take chocolate please." Calista was in the shop getting a cone.
"Here you go miss." The cashier handed the cone politely.
"Thank you."
As Calista walked out of the shop licking the creamy substance she saw something unusual.
"Chaud...you can let go of me now. I see Calista."
She can't believe what she saw. Lan's hands are tied up by a rope while Chaud stayed behind.
"Ummm...Hi." Calista greeted and went to the point.
"What happened?"
"You don't want to know." Lan sternly said.
Flashback
"AHHHHH!" Lan skated much faster.
"I told you, you should've done that! Now he's faster." Megaman yelled.
"It's not my fault!" Lan skated faster and faster that he didn't see where he was going until he tripped over a rock. He was dizzy like he can see Megaman's symbol spinning around.
"Lan you okay?" Lan noticed that Chaud was right next to him.
"Yeah..." Lan rubbed his head. Then Chaud grabbed both Lan's wrists.
"Good..."
End Flashback
"So you got tied up?" Calista stared.
"Yes...Chaud, you can cut the rope now." Lan growled trying to get out of the grip.
"I wish I can but I don't have a knife." He smiled fearfully.
Lan scowled at him until Calista opened one of her bags and took out a small pocketknife.
"Hold still." She cut the rope and Lan was free from the clutches of Chaud.
"Thank you." Lan holding his wrist. "Oh, here is your bag." Lan stole the bag from Chaud and handed it back to Calista.
"No problem and thank you."
"So can you answer my question now?" Chaud sat by her while asking in a calm manner.
"Well-" Calista crossed her fingers in the back.
"Cally!"
Everyone turned around to see a boy with black hair and beady eyes who looked like a 9-year-old. He was wearing blue pants and a blue collared shirt exactly like Calista's. He was running straight to her.
"Oscar? What are you doing here?"
"Who is he though?" Lan asked.
"I'm Oscar Rana, Cally's little brother." Oscar faced Calista.
"Cally, grandma is looking for you. She is waiting for you in our new house." Oscar jumped up and down.
"Okay, okay just lay off the sugar." Calista relaxed her brother.
"Wait for me by the toy store okay?" She pointed to the toy store right by the bus stop.
"Alright..." Oscar pouted. "Bye-Bye!" And with that he ran off.
"Ah...little brothers. So about the question..." Calista put her hand in her pocket.
"I design the chips. You see my mom owns a chip company in China. I don't see her that much but she always send me blank chips for me when I was little. I create a lot of chips for the company..."
"But why are you here?" Lan asked.
"My mom sent me here because some people are trying to capture me since I will be the next owner. They want to kill me and take over the company themselves so they will have more power." She said unhappily.
"Wow...it must be hard for you huh?" Chaud asked.
"Yeah...but I'll be okay. As long as I keep long distances from alleys or something." Calista smiled again. She looked at the toy store and stood up.
"I have to go. Oscar's waiting for me." Calista began to walk away from the net savers.
"But..." Chaud stood up. Calista halted.
/What has gotten into him/ Lan thought.
/Master Chaud/ Protoman thought also.
Chaud blushed red. Calista wanted to be with them but she sighed.
"I'm sorry, but I have to bring Oscar back. He even has to lead me to my own house. Maybe tomorrow. I will be at the Scilab early testing the synchrochip." She replied.
"That is fine. Sorry." Chaud's blush faded. Lan saw this and he stayed quiet for a little while until Calista left. Then Lan started asking.
"Sooo...you got a crush?" Chaud tried to hide the biggest blush he had ever done!
"LAN! It's nothing. I hate to see her go since everyone's after her (apparently...)"
"But why were you blushing?" Lan started to question him. Then Chaud made a sigh.
"Okay fine...I DO have a crush okay. But that means I have to find yours the same way."
"Hush...I don't know what you mean..." Lan began to blush.
"I THINK you do. Don't try to hide it like I did. Look how I ended up." Chaud waved his hands. Lan didn't pay attention to him until he came up with an excuse to leave him hanging.
"Well geez look at the time! My mom is making the best curry in the house! I'll see you tomorrow!" And with that Lan skated away to his house.
"Well, well. I caught a sucker. He DOES have a crush..." Chaud smiled.
"Master Chaud?"
"Hmmm?" Chaud took out his P.E.T.
"Your father sent an email. He wants you back in the mansion." Protoman respond.
/What does he want? He never comes home until midnight/ Chaud called a limo to pick him up.
Toy Shop 4:00
Little boys and girls were entering and exiting with toys in their hands as Calista entered to find Oscar.
"Oscar. It's time to go!"
As little boys and girls were talking about a new toy they got Oscar appeared by the cashier.
"Cally? Can I get...my own P.E.T? I grew older now didn't I?" Oscar said whimpering. Calista kneeled down to his level.
"Oscar...you gotta ask grandma first and then come to me okay? Now come on you have to lead me in our new house." Calista stated.
"OKAY!" Oscar took Calista's hand. They went out the doors until the man in a cloak appeared! He grabbed Calista's collar but Calista bit his hand. Oscar went behind Calista.
"What do you want? Leave me and my brother alone!" Calista shouted.
"Oh little girl. It is not you or your brother that I want...IT IS THE CHIP!"
"You better leave us alone or else!"
"Or else what?" He snapped his fingers and a dimensional area appeared right in front of their eyes.
"Oscar, stay inside the toy store." Calista ruled.
"Cally. Be careful." Calista nodded and Oscar went inside where the other children are trapped and the owner locked the doors.
"GIVE US THE SECRET CHIP!" The cloaked man began to change form into his navi. It looked like a cloaked navi that has a symbol of a bear claw in the forehead.
"Cally we gotta do it!" Armella shouted.
"Right!" Calista held the synchrochip in her fingers.
"Synchrochip in download!" Calista slot the chip and both of them shouted,
"CROSSFUSION!" The P.E.T began to glow and a few moments computer confetti burst out. There stood Calista in Armella's form except for her black hair.
"I see you have a synchrochip." The cloaked man said.
"Don't tell me. Tell this!" Calista approached the man viciously and a gold fist loaded smacking him in the cheek. The man's cheek was red but he stood up wobbling.
"Now, now don't make things harder." The man smirked. His hand turned into a cannon and blasted straight to Calista. Calista fell to the ground but got up quickly.
"Aqua Sword, battlechip in!" Calista's arm began to change into a blue sword. She slashed the symbol in half and the man's navi form disappeared. He rapidly got up and took out a ball.
"I'll be back!" The man threw the ball that turned out to be a smoke bomb. A pile of smokescreen suffocated the air. Calista covered her eyes and her crossfusion disappeared quickly leaving Calista tired. The dimensional area disappeared and the children and the toys store owner watched from the window.
"Wow we did it...Calista, we can't give anyone the chip." Armella warned her.
"Yeah...we have to keep it safe." Calista took something from her neck, an image of a necklace with a chip attached to it! She gripped it tightly in her palm. She heard the toy store's bell ding. Oscar ran up to her and kept asking worried questions. He kept speaking gibberish until Calista stopped him.
"Oscar. I'm okay. Come on. Like I said lets go back as fast as we can." Oscar held Calista's hand and they walked to their new house.
Hikari Residence 6:00
"Thanks mom." Lan finished eating his curry. Who knew he would be right about what his mom was cooking?
"Your welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it." She took the plate and began to wash it and Lan went back to his room. Megaman was yet doing another Love file. Lan quietly sneaked in the room and began to watch what he was doing.
"Okay now that I'm done...I better send it."
"Or do you mind telling me what it is?"
Megaman swiftly turned around to see that Lan was facing the screen of the computer.
"Uhhh...what do you mean?" Megaman hid the file in the back. Lan used his mouse and clicked on the file. The file finished loading and Lan read it while Megaman was blushing and went back to the P.E.T.
"Ahh! I knew it!"
"Don't say it!"
"Roll!" Lan shouted with plea.
"Lan? Are you okay up there?" His mom heard him shout.
"Yes mom!" Lan replied back. He walked up to the P.E.T which is in his bed.
"I suspect as much. But why didn't you tell me?" Lan asked the navi with a smile.
"I...I'm just..." Megaman blushed.
"Well never mind. But did you tell her yet?" Lan asked.
"Well..." His blush faded.
"No..."
"I'll be rooting for you all the way." Lan stood up.
"Thank you Lan. And I will be rooting for you too!" Megaman smiled.
"I don't understand a word you're saying." Lan turned around and blushed while walking up to his computer.
/Maylu.../ Lan thought.
New Rana Residence 6:30
"Grandma! I'm home." Calista and Oscar went inside the house looking for their grandmother.
"Ahh Cally. How do you like our new home?" The grandmother asked while cleaning a plate. The house is a two-story house painted yellow (it looks exactly like the house on Cardcaptor Sakura, if you know it. I'm just too lazy to make a house!)
"It looks wonderful. Where is my room? Don't tell me you decorated my room." Calista whined.
"Your room has a balcony in the second floor to the left. And dear, I know what you like so you don't have to worry." Grandma Rana smiled.
/I hope so./ Calista thought and went upstairs to her room.
"Grandma, can I have a P.E.T?" Oscar asked while Calista left.
"Dear, you are 9 years old. I am sure you can have a P.E.T at this age." Grandma Rana patted the boy's shoulder.
"All right. Arigatou." Oscar bowed to his grandma as Grandma Rana bowed back. He ran up stomping to Calista's room to see it. NOSY!
Calista's Room
"THIS IS AMAZING!" Calista shouted and Oscar covered his ears. The room really had a balcony and it had a table set filled with exotic plants. Inside the room there was a queen sized bed and can you believe it? Her grandma knitted a comforter that looked like Armella!
"Ooooh!" Armella squeaked as Calista held her P.E.T up. Her grandma approached the room.
"Arigatou!" Calista ran up to her and gave an embrace.
"Just take care of it. I worked hard on this room for a while." Her grandma laughed.
"I will..." Calista lied down on her bed feeling the soft comforter in her face. Soon she was fast asleep. Her grandma and her brother left her in her new room.
Ayano Mansion 6:50
"Glide, is everything ready?" The little girl asked.
"Yes Miss Yai. We are done for now." The yellow navi responded.
"Good. I will be handing out the emails tomorrow." Yai left the main hall and went to her large room.
/This will be perfect./ Yai smirked as she walked with the P.E.T in her hand.
Blaze Mansion 7:00
The limo parked the limo near the edge of the curve. Chaud opened the door and went inside the mansion. The mansion stood beautifully in its stance.
"Master Blaze. Your father is expecting you. He's at the top floor." The butler said.
"Thank you." Chaud said. The elevator opened and Chaud went in to push the button to the top floor. He waited silently to stop.
"Chaud?" Protoman said unexpected. "I hope it is not one of his lectures again."
"I know. He does his loud lectures at night whenever he comes to my room. He never lets me go to his office. I wonder what he wants." Chaud responded.
"Well, whatever it is, I hope it won't affect the company." Protoman considered. Chaud nodded and the elevator stopped.
BING
It opened and a large door was in front of him which leads him to his office.
Chaud stared at the door for a moment and sighed. Before he was about to knock there was a response.
"Come in." His father's voice echoed through the door. Chaud opened the door and saw that his father's chair is turned backwards.
"Sir?" His father turned his chair around with his eyes staring back in a suit.
"Eugene, I want you to see something." His father took something out of his desk. It turned out to be a photo album. He looked up at Chaud who is still 10 feet away from the desk..
"Come closer." His father reported him. Chaud approached bravely by his father's side. His father opened the album to the last page, skipping a few pictures of Chaud.
"Do you see this?" His father said. Chaud looked closely to the picture. The image was a young woman in a white dress smiling happily with yellow roses in her hands. She was in a sitting position by a clear blue lake.
"This is your mother." He said quietly waiting for Chaud to flinch. Chaud just stared at it in amazement. He never knew that his mom was so beautiful...
"Eugene?" His father answered. Chaud just closed his eyes. His father held up his chin but Chaud fought back. His father forced Chaud's chin higher and can't believe what he saw. He saw his own son crying with his eyes closed while tears dropped like rain.
/Chaud.../ Protoman thought in the P.E.T.
"It's all my fault...I...wish...I wish I wasn't born..." Chaud stammered quietly so that his father didn't here, but he did. His father lifted the chin more and Chaud opened his eyes still watery.
"It's not your fault. She just had to pass away. We love you." His father whispered as he dried off the tears with his thumb.
"You do?" Chaud whispered back still trembling.
"Of course..." He went closer to his son and he had a heart-shaped locket in his hand. He put it on for Chaud.
"Open it..."
Chaud opened the locket and the Moonlight Sonata played. A different family portrait showed but it had his mom in the picture. They looked so happy. He couldn't remember the last time he smiled with his family. In the back of the locket something was engraved. It said: Eugene Chaud Blaze. We love you. He made a small smile and looked at his father.
"Eugene, we will always keep that word. That locket is for you." His father said.
"Thank you..." Chaud stepped out of the office with the locket in his neck.
"Well. That was unexpected." Protoman smiled.
"I know. I can't believe it..." Chaud went to his room and he closed the door silently.
A/N: Whew! That was a long chapter to do. In fact, it took 6 out of 7 pages to do this! Well tell what you think. Thank you for everyone who is reading this! And "Arigatou" means in Japanese "Thank you." So...Arigatou!