The Grand Ball
Chapter 6: Big Crushing Secrets Unleashed
Cyber World Net City
"Protoman..." Armella whispered.
"Protoman? You only knew him for...oh." Roll smiled.
"Yeah." She laughed softly. "Love strikes. So WHOM do you like?" Armella asked back.
"Uh..." Roll blushed. "No one."
"Hah! You're lying!" Armella cried.
"I can tell you later okay? You will know soon." Armella pouted and kept staring at the fountain.
Downtown Net City
"You okay? You look pale." Protoman and Megaman were watching the cyber lake shine down on them. Megaman shook his head.
"It's nothing. I really want to tell Roll my feelings for her." Megaman whispered shyly.
"You..." Protoman shook his head and made a small grin.
"You have feelings for her?" He asked nicely. Megaman blushed.
"Yeah. Ever since Lan found out he told me that he would always be there for me. So the best way to tell her is at the ball."He said.
Protoman just stared at him. He never knew that the blue navi would be in love. Although he sometimes shows it whenever he was around the pink navi by letting her grasp his arm. There was silence for a few moments. Until,
"Protoman! We gotta go!" Chaud said. Protoman got startled but obeyed the commands. When he was about to log out a hand stopped him.
"...Don't tell anyone okay?" Megaman asked. Protoman smiled and nodded. He logged out of Net City and went to the P.E.T
"Now I gotta find Roll..." Megaman went back to the main entrance of Net City.
Scilab 11:30
"Where's Chaud?" Calista asked. Apparently he was not in the room anymore.
"He had to go back to his company for some paper work. He said he would be back soon." Lan replied.
"But doesn't he take so long?"
"Yeah. So he ends up saying sorry sometimes when he comes back the next day." Lan said. He quickly thought of something.
"Why?" Lan asked. Calista blushed.
"No reason. I was just wondering where he is."
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Maylu was plain bored. She has to do something. Then she suggested something.
"Hey. Can we show you around the Dentech Mall?" Calista turned her head to look at her.
"I mean, if you want. And besides since I have nothing to do, why not start our shopping for the ball?" Maylu grabbed Lan's arm.
"Hey- what!" Lan fell over to the ground.
"Oh Lan! You need something to wear too!" Maylu helped him up.
"But I can still wear my dad's old one." Lan stated.
"Hey. I talked to your dad and he said that he threw it away since it was so old. So-" Maylu pushed Lan in the main entrance.
"Calista do you want to?" Calista just stood there. Then she made her decision.
"Sure. I have to ask Oscar if he wants to stay here for a little while." Calista swiftly went to where Dr.Hikari is. She saw Oscar working on the design of the new navi.
"Dr.Hikari? I'm going with Lan and Maylu for a tour. Can you keep an eye on Oscar?" Dr.Hikari stopped typing.
"Yes Calista. He is working very hard on the navi and I don't think he can stop!" Calista turned to Dr.Hikari's direction and she saw Oscar running around with a lot of papers laden with data.
"Well. Don't make him work too hard." Calista smiled and she left the room.
Dentech City Mall 12:00
"Wow. It's larger than Sciba's!" Calista stared at the main entrance. A large fountain was in the middle and people coming in and out of stores carrying bags of accessories or such.
"Lan. You can go alone. We can meet you at the food court in an hour okay?" Maylu grabbed Calista's arm.
"Come on! You want to get some stuff for Armella right?" Calista nodded quickly and said,
"Bye Lan!" The girls ran off. A couple seconds of silence until Lan responded.
"Well it looks like you and me Megaman." Lan said quietly.
"Okay Lan."
Walking around the Mall
Lan saw a chip store and can't believe who was running it.
"Higsby? What are you doing here?" It was Higsby with his bushy brown hair and glasses and Numberman organizing the store.
"Hello Lan. Can I get you something today?" Higsby asked.
"Well answer first! I thought you were the smart one." Lan stated.
"Okay okay. Look my old shop is getting a bit deserted so I decided to move here!" Higsby replied. Lan looked around and asked,
"Where's Shuuko?" Lan asked for the girl who works with Higsby. Also known as the Bad luck girl. But she was always a good girl after all.
"She had to do a couple of errands for me, you know getting more chips from the company."
"Well, I need an accessory chip for Megaman." Lan held his zenny in his hand. "Have you heard of the ball that Yai is throwing?"
"Yeah. I heard of it. I don't know if I'm going or not but you can have a chip for free...ONLY ONE though..." Higsby thought thoroughly. Lan smiled and put all his zenny in his pocket.
"Well, I'll look around. And thanks." Lan walked around the store while Megaman looked at the cyber store.
"So many chips...Ah ha!" Lan stared at the blue cyber rose pin by the glass counter. It was the rarest kind he had ever seen. He knew that it would be perfect to replace with the plain pink one that Megaman wears.
"I'll take this one." Higsby went to the counter, turned the key to open it and digitalized it in a chip.
"Here you go." Higby gave the chip to Lan and he put it in his chip bag.
Cyber Store
/What could I give to Roll.../ Megaman stared blankly at every design he saw. Just then something grabbed his attention. In the back of the most popular chips in the world there was a lonely little diamond necklace. It shone with eternal light that was meant for Roll. Megaman smiled and called Numberman for service.
"Numberman, can I get this?" Megaman pointed to the necklace as Numberman scurried to help.
"Of course but...don't you want something fantastic? I recommend the gleaming earrings in the front eh?" Numberman calculated.
"Yeah but one problem...we don't have any ears..." Megaman sweatdropped.
"Oh! Silly me!"
/I have no idea why they created earrings anyway for navis./ Numberman thought.
"Well I guess you're right..." Numberman grabbed the necklace carefully and did the same thing as Higsby did.
"Here it is..." It was wrapped tightlywith white paper and a red ribbon. It was sent to a private file of Megaman's.
"Thanks." Megaman logged out of the store.
Reality Chip Store
"Hey what do you got for me now Lan?" Megaman crossed his arms.
"Well I'm downloading the chip first." Lan slot in the chip and the blue rose pinned into Megaman.
"Wow...my color..." Megaman took off the pin to look at it. His emerald eyes gleam with happiness.
"See? I knew there was a color for you." Lan waved good-bye to Higsby and went somewhere else.
Girl's Department
"Maylu stop!" Calista was in a dressing room in a large store.
"Look. Since your grandma will probably get you something in China, I figure you just need more clothes." Maylu pushed her in a room and kept looking around.
/I wonder if she's always like this.../ Calista sighed and put on some clothes.
"Roll, when will we get a dress for me?" Armella asked in the P.E.Ts.
"Soon...after Maylu's frenzy we should be getting out of here..." Roll replied.
A couple of minutes Maylu came back to check on Calista.
"You done yet?" Maylu asked patiently.
"Yes." As the dressing room opened Maylu's eyes widen. Calista was wearing capri pants matched with a long-sleeved shirt that were the color violet. She was wearing a light blue hat and a scarf to match also.
"So..." Maylu waited for a positive review.
"I LOOK RIDICULOUS!" Calista shouted. Maylu's made a frown. But she smiled again.
"You look fine. And we're buying it."
"WHAT!" Calista startled.
"Hey I always see you in plain pants and a shirt. You need some style in your life." Maylu smiled. Calista accepted the suggestion and went back in the dressing room.
"Maylu. When are we done with your frenzy? Armella is waiting." Roll asked.
"Okay, first the ops forthirty minutes and then we will do the navis for the remainingthirty minutes before we get to see Lan." Maylu put on a small hat. Her eyes beamed. Roll sighed and turned to see Armella in a sitting position. Roll had an idea.
"Armella, do you want to walk around net city once again?" Roll asked. Armella's head went up.
"Well...not really."
"But you look so bored. I was just-"
"Roll...it's okay I'll wait." Armella smiled.
"You sure?"
"Yeah." Armella stood up. Roll was surprised but accepted Armella's decision.
30 minutes later...
"Maylu we bought so many stuff!" They were holding giant bags of clothes that everyone kept staring at them!
"At least we got you some new clothes to wear...oh look over there!" Maylu pointed to Higsby's store.
"Is this where we...oh wow!" Armella and Roll logged in to the cyber store and found a full supply of gowns that were long and short, glimmering with so many twinkles and brightness.
"Higsby! I brought a friend over." Maylu and Calista walked in the supply store. Higsby opened the Employees Only door and greeted. His eyes stared at Calista and his mouth dropped. The two girls were dumbfounded why but Higsby stammered,
"Hey you're...YOU'RE THE COMPANY'S DAUGHTER!" Higsby ran up to her and shake her hand, very grateful to meet her.
"Umm...thank you?" Calista let go quickly. Higsby thought about what he did and apologized for such behavior.
"He is a chip whiz..." Maylu whispered. Calista finally knew and asked,
"Our navis need a gown for the ball. Are you going sir?"
"I don't know...unless Ms.Mari is there!" Higsby's eyes widen with please.
"Who..." Maylu patted Calista's shoulder.
"She's my teacher and he has a major crush on her." Maylu replied. Higsby went back to reality bobbling his head.
"Well your navis are already logged in so..."
Cyber Store
"Roll you look so great!" Armella sees Roll in a long pink gown behind a matching cape. It had puffy sleeves, white gloves and her hair braided at the end of a large pink ribbon.
"This? Well... Should I Maylu?" Roll asked.
"I'd be insulted if you didn't, you look fantastic." Maylu downloaded the chip since she already has permission and the gown is safely in her possession.
"Come on Calista. Choose one!" Armella said.
"I would rather let you choose Armella. It is your gown." Calista replied. Armella shrugged and walked around the gown section once more and then she spotted a beautiful cerulean gown sparkling stars of light.
"Wow..." Armella tried on the gown. It was like she is water in a clear oasis.
"Armella..." Armella turned around and sees Roll and Numberman looking happily at the navi.
"Shoud I get it?" Armella asked shyly.
"OF COURSE YOU SHOULD GET IT!" Everyone suggested. Armella fell down in the ground, startled by the yelling.
"Okay!" Armella took off the dress and Calista downloaded it to a chip. When it was done Calista put it in her chip folder.
"So everything's done?" Calista asked.
"Not quite. You gotta help me choose a gown." Maylu dragged her back to the girl's deparment without saying good-bye to Higsby. But Higsby was in a trance of love so why bother?
A/N: Okay. I was in a major breakdown meaning that I had no more ideas for this chapter. But I hope you like this one. They are still continuing at the mall so I'll update as soon as I can. Next time!