The Grand Ball
Chapter 16: The Arrival
The day has finally arrived! The ball! Yes, the ball is finally here! Every boy and girl from Jawaii through Dentech will arrive shortly.
Ayano Mansion
"Okay!" Yai and her father had entered the dining hall where all her dressed maids bowed to their feet.
"We want it to be a safe and special ball for everyone." Her father commented.
"Especially the navi ball must be guarded. Is that clear?" Yai said.
"Yes, Master and Miss Ayano." The maids answered.
"Very well. Continue to make the mansion beautiful." Yai said. All the maids scurried to where they were. Yai was silent and she forgot what she was wearing.
"I got to get dressed up!" Yai went up the stairs and into her large room. As for her father he has always looked better each day.
Rana Residence 5:00 PM
Grandma Rana had waited for her two grandchildren to come down wearing the most handsome and elegant clothes. She had found out abut the ball when Calista told her.They wanted to see her one last time before they arrive at the ball. She wanted to fix Calista's dress just in case it needs to be hemmed or knitted. The ball starts at 7:00 and Chaud will be calling in a private jet to be in. A couple of slammed doors and the two children were entering down the stairs looking spiffy.
click, clack, click, clack Their shoes went.
"Aw. You two look great!" Grandma Rana ran over to them and hugged each child.
"Calista, you look gorgeous in that dress." Grandma complimented. Calista blushed. Her hair was shiny and had the butterfly clip that the Girl's Department gave her. She sniled with delight as her glass shoes were very attracting like Cinderella.
"And Oscar you are beginning to look like your father. I'm sure that he will be proud." Oscar smiled. Their father was always remembered each day.
"Wait, your masks..." Grandma Rana asked. She noticed that they weren't wearing the masks.
"We will wear them at the ball. We don't want them to irritate the eyes that much." Calista said. Oscar nodded with agreement.
"Well, I'm glad you are going out." Grandma Rana smiled.
"I-I'm not..." Oscar frowned.
"Oh, don't worry dear. When you grow up you will have someone special." Grandma Rana took a group picture of the two of them and Oscar had went to his room to get Wrenchman. He wasn't expecting that response from his grandmother but he grinned.
"Calista..." Grandma Rana whispered. "Do you...have someone to be with during the ball?" She was curious. Calista blushed small.
"Well...the one who was injured earlier..." Calista said.
"Is Chaud the name? Is he feeling better?" She asked.
"Yeah, a little sore but he will be fine." Calista commented. Oscar came right downstairs with the P.E.T in his hand.
"Who knows what will happen right Cally?" Oscar winked.
"Yeah. Good thinking. I will be bringing the P.E.T too." Calista smiled.
Cyber World
"Uh...Armella, are you sure I look fine?" Wrenchman blushed. He was wearing the same thing as Megaman.
"Of course." Armella reasoned. "Why?"
"Because I barely wear anything and you look beautiful." Wrenchman gazed at the navi.
"Well thank you. You are such a gentleman." Armella blushed. Armella swayed her cerulean hair and her eyes showed great amethyst. "And besides you were just created no big deal." Wrenchman sighed.
"Fine." He whispered as he played with the pinned rose.
Rana Living Room
"Armella." Calista had called her from the P.E.T.
"Yes Cally?" Armella asked as she logged back to the P.E.T.
"Are you ready? You look so pretty." Calista asked back. Armella sighed.
"Yes. Where will we be going?"
"Well, Chaud will be picking us up and we will be at the Scilab where the jet will probably be." She answered.
Hikari Residence 5:10
"Come on down Lan." Mrs.Hikari asked him because he was wearing the suit.
"Do I have to?" Lan asked behind a wall.
"Well what other way do you escape Lan?" Megaman asked. He was wearing his suit also and the blue rose pin attached.
/The balcony./ Lan smiled as he thought.
"Don't even think about the balcony Lan!" Megaman said. Lan sighed.
/No fair.../ He thought. And with slightly less embarrassment he went down wearing the suit.
"Lan...you look great." Mrs.Hikari smiled.
"Hey...can you find the white headband Chaud gave me?" Lan asked. Mrs.Hikari grabbed something from her pocket and took out the white headband.
"Here it is. I found it in your room and I wanted to see how it looks." Mrs.Hikari tied the headband around Lan's forehead and he was dressed properly.
/Where is Chaud/ Lan thought. He held the gift to Maylu tightly.
Blaze Mansion 5:15
"I can't find it..." Chaud was searching around for the gift to Calista. He was wearing a black tuxedo, nothing special since he usually wears something nice in an important meeting. It appears that the gift was nowhere to be found. He had it a minute ago.
"Chaud...we gotta go." Protoman hurried him. He was wearing a red tuxedo with a black rose pinned. He had black dress shoes and he was feeling a bit...uncomfortable.
/I want to get out of these clothes...how does Chaud do it/ Protoman thought. Then he heard Chaud's response.
"I know but..." Chaud was about to finish his sentence until his butler came into the room.
"Young Blaze, the jet is finally at the Scilab. Shouldn't we pick the others up?" He asked.
Chaud had nothing to do now. The gift was officially gone. He will try to find it soon though, but he had to go. The butler let him exit the room first as he followed the young Blaze to the limo.
Rana Residence 5:20
"Okay...I'm feeling a bit impatient..." Calista sat down in the couch.
"Cally, he'll be here don't worry!" Armella said as she dusted her blue gown.
"...Okay. But what else is there to do?" Calista said. Just then Grandma Rana was at the phone with Mrs.Rana.
Kitchen
"Amelia, I will be arriving soon." Mrs.Rana happily said.
"Oh...that's wonderful dear. But surprise the children okay?" Grandma Rana suggested.
"Okay. See you soon. Bye." Grandma Rana smiled as she hung up the phone. She stared at the children who were in the living room laughing and playing games as they waited.
/She'll be home/ Grandma Rana thought.
Living Room
"Hey you cheated!" Calista exclaimed.
"No I didn't!" Oscar smiled.
"Smiling you're lying." Calista tackled him to the ground. They laughed happily until...
Beep Beep
Calista and Oscar dusted themselves off and stood up. The limo had horned them to go.
"Well...that must be Chaud. See you soon Grandma!" Oscar opened the front door and walked through the steps.
"We'll be back as soon as we can." Calista told her grandmother.
"Okay." She said. "Have a good time!"
Calista had smiled and closed the door.
Sidewalk
The limo door was open and Chaud was imaged inside waiting. Oscar came inside first. But there was no sign of Calista.
"Where is your sister?" Chaud asked.
"I don't know. She was right behind me..."
"BOO!" Chaud and Oscar looked to their right and saw Calista with her mask on.
"Don't do that!" Oscar said. Apparently he was startled. Calista laughed as she went inside.
"You look great Calista." Chaud complimented.
"Thank you. The same goes to you." The butler closed the door and in the Cyber World...
Cyber World
"Protoman?" Armella looked around the area.
"Where is he?" Wrenchman questioned.
"I don't know..." Then out of nowhere Protoman jumped right in front of her.
"Eeek!" Armella squealed. "Don't do that!" Armella had a white fan and he hit him hard! Wrenchman cracked up.
"Ha ha. Sorry but you look great tonight." Protoman said. /Ouch.../ "You always look charming in blue."
"The same goes to you. Except red is your color." Armella said back. She fanned herself with eternal beauty.
Sakurai Residence 5:30
/Okay. I'm ready to talk to him.../ Maylu thought as she wore the beautiful dress on.
"Maylu..." Roll disturbed her. She was wearing the pink dress that she loaded in.
"Yes?" She held the P.E.T in her hand and the mask with the other.
"Lan is waiting for you."
"What? Outside?" Maylu asked surprised.
"Megaman told me. He is also waiting for me." Roll said.
"I better go now." Maylu went downstairs and went through the front door. She locked it with a golden key and Roll was right. In the front of the house Lan was standing waiting for her.
"Lan..." Maylu whispered.
"Maylu, YOU KNOW HOW LONG I WAITED! IT'S FREEZING OUT HERE!" Lan whined. Maylu laughed.
"But...you look fantastic..." Lan gazed.
"Thank you." Maylu whispered. Then Maylu never saw it coming. Lan took her hand gently. She blushed and a limo suddenly appeared before their eyes.
"Come in please." The butler opened the door and the two of them went right inside seeing the others. The driver continued to drive.
Scilab Driveway 5:40
The Scilab Driveway was fairly large that a small jet can park anywhere around the area. It was in the back of the Scilab as it had free space. As the limousine parked in the edge all the teens and Oscar went outside.
"Is it ready?" Chaud asked the pilot.
"Yes. It is ready for action." The pilot responded. "Everyone come inside. We don't want to be late."
And so after a quick taken picture from Mr.Famous they went inside.
"Mr.Famous are you coming to the ball?" Lan asked quietly.
"It's FAMOUS! And no, I'm going to be at the Scilab for a little while experimenting things. It's sad that your father isn't coming."
"I know. But I'm sure he will be fine." Lan smiled.
"Have fun Lan." Dr.Hikari went over to him.
"Thanks." Lan finally went inside as the jet's engine powered up. The door closed and the two scientists finally went inside the Scilab to watch the jet fly into the sky.
Blaze Private Jet (right side)5:50
"It's pretty large for a jet isn't it?" Maylu looked around the inside. The carpet was red and the seats were very comfortable. There were a couple of boxes in the back full of important things just in case.
"I know." Calista agreed. "And Oscar...what are you doing?" Calista asked him in the back. He was whispering something to Wrenchman.
"Uh...nothing."
"Oscar..." Calista asked one more time.
"Ugh...fine." Oscar held up a chip. It was a green chip and it had a wrench in the front.
"I-I never saw that chip before." Calista gazed at the chip.
"I created it...when I was helping out at the Scilab in order to get Wrenchman. It's a Wonder Wrench chip." Oscar smiled.
"What's it do?"
"Well...it's just a test run so I won't try it out 'till later." Oscar held the chip tightly.
/This will be a gift for mom...if I ever see her.../ Oscar thought.
(Left Side)
Chaud was pretty quiet during the ride. He didn't feel good when he lost the gift for Calista. He wondered what he's going to do now.
/I'll probably should search for it one more time after/ He thought.
He shook his thoughts away and wondered what the others were doing. On the right side Maylu was telling more about Yai Ayano and what she does to Calista. Lan was right next to him and...he was silent the whole time. He was gripping something in his pocket and that made Chaud twitch.
"What is inside the pocket?" Chaud asked. Lan was surprised that he even saw him.
"Uh...nothing." Lan took out a white glove. He grinned that nothing else is inside the pocket. But Chaud didn't fall for it.
"Hikari..." Chaud said.
"Chaud, it's nothing!" Lan still stared at him but he is not even blinking. He just had a curious look on his face. Lan sighed.
"Okay, just don't tell Maylu this..." Lan took out a red box. Chaud's eyes widened.
"I knew you liked the girl Lan." Chaud grinned.
"Yeah..." Lan blushed.
Cyber World
The conversation was pretty quiet for the navis but Megaman stared at the gift he was going to give to Roll. The diamond necklace was pretty special. He gazed at its beauty and Protoman watched from behind.
"Is that for-" Megaman jumped and turned to see Protoman. "-Roll?"
"Yeah." Megaman had the same expression as Lan. Protoman nodded. Their destination was pretty close.
A/N: Chapter 17: The Grand Ball