Chapter 11: Final Face Off!
'Mr. Edogawa is now standing face to face with MusicMan, seeing that his loyal net navi has turned against him and is a Dark Loid. Will Mr. Edogawa be able to get MusicMan to remember him?'
Mr. Edogawa is standing before MusicMan, frozen with fear and unable to digest that his loyal net navi has turned against him. Continuing to stand before Musicman, Mr. Edogawa now feels his entire body freeze up as he is unable to move even a single a muscle.
"MusicMan?" Mr. Edogawa now chokes out.
"That's right, it's me, MusicMan." MusicMan speaks up. "The net navi that you used as your little lap dog, to do everything that you asked of me and had me on your human operated leash, but no more as those days are now over."
"MusicMan, what are you talking about?" Mr. Edogawa inquires with a slight stammer in his voice, still frozen with fear. "We have a very strong bond. Why are you trying to throw it all away?"
"We never had a strong bond!" MusicMan answers with anger building in his voice. "The only bond that we ever shared was when you had me run an errand for you. Outside of that, there was no real bond and I thank Flashman for showing me that because if it weren't for him, I would still be your lap dog to this very day."
"MusicMan, I never meant to make you feel that way." Mr. Edogawa speaks with sincerity as he now begins trying to break from his fear. "You're my net navi and most importantly, you're my best friend. I would never treat you that way, you have to believe me."
"Well, none of that matters now." MusicMan speaks as he now raises his right hand in Mr. Edogawa's direction. "I no longer obey humans and most of all, I no longer obey you."
Tori, who is sitting in the middle auditorium seating, is catching an eyeful of the situation.
:MusicMan is Mr. Edogawa's Net Navi: Tori mentally inquires to himself. "Now this is all starting to make a lot more sense."
Continuing to watch the confrontation, Tori now begins struggling to get to his feet, knowing what move MusicMan is going to make next, despite the aching pain that is shooting through his back.
"I know what MusicMan has planned and before he goes through with it, I have to get Mr. Edogawa out of the way and fast." Tori speaks as he continues trying to get to his feet.
MusicMan's right palm now begins glowing as Mr. Edogawa continues standing in front of him with his fear completely consuming him.
Tori now gets to his feet and begins making his way towards Mr. Edogawa, continuing to ignore the pain in his back that is now beginning to spread throughout his entire body. MusicMan's right palm continues glowing brighter as Tori continues making his way towards Mr. Edogawa.
"This is where is all ends, well for you anyway." MusicMan says as his right palm now glows with a steady bright light. "Say good bye Mr. Edogawa!"
"Mr. Edogawa!" Tori shouts as he now reaches Mr. Edogawa and swiftly pushes him out of the way of MusicMan's right hand and into the right auditorium seating, onto the floor.
Miniature guitar picks now shoots from MusicMan's right palm and impacts the floor where Mr. Edogawa was standing, creating a crater in the floor.
Being in the right auditorium seating section, Tori now climbs off Mr. Edogawa and leans up against the nearest chair.
"Mr. Edogawa, are you ok?" Tori inquires as Mr. Edogawa now lifts himself off the floor and leans up against the nearest chair next to him. "And why are you covered with burn marks?"
"I'm fine Tori." Mr. Edogawa answers Tori. "There was a fire in the computer lab and I put it out while getting burned in the process. Now the better question is, what's wrong with MusicMan? This isn't his normal behavior."
"I hate to break it to you Mr. Edogawa, but MusicMan is a Dark Loid." Tori answers Mr. Edogawa.
"He's a what?" Mr. Edogawa inquires, practically shouting.
"Mr. Edogawa, please stop shouting." Tori replies in a whisper. "I said he's a dark loid, which means he's evil. That is why he was trying to attack you."
"MusicMan can't be evil." Mr. Edogawa says in disbelief. "He's a good navi and why would he want to attack me? I'm his Net op."
"It's complicated." Tori speaks, continuing to whisper. "But the good news is, MusicMan's evil condition is only temporary."
"Just how temporary is it?" Mr. Edogawa whispers back to Tori.
"I'll explain everything later, but for now, I have to get you out of here and to a safe place." Tori whispers.
"Now, there is a way to change MusicMan back to himself again, right?" Mr. Edogawa inquires in a whisper to Tori.
"Yes there is, but I can't exactly explain that to you right now." Tori answers him.
"Why not?" Mr. Edogawa inquires in a loud tone.
"Mr. Edogawa, just trust me ok and keep it down." Tori replies. "Right now, let's focus more on getting you out of here and out of MusicMan's way. Once that's done, then I'll explain everything you want to know once we are in a safe place."
"Forget it!" Mr. Edogawa protests. "I'm going to try to get through to MusicMan one way or another and since his condition is temporary, then he should remember me and stop behaving like this."
"Mr. Edogawa, forget about it ok?" Tori speaks sternly to Mr. Edogawa in a whisper. "MusicMan isn't going to listen and if you try talking to him now, then you going to put yourself in a lot of danger. Just by you being in the auditorium right now, you are already at risk."
Tori and Mr. Edogawa continues whispering among themselves as MusicMan now begins looking among the right auditorium seating section, trying to locate the two.
"Come out, come out, where ever you are Mr. Edogawa." MusicMan speaks in a taunting tone. "You know you can't hide from me forever, so just make it easier on yourself, come out here and face me. You and that other human."
Having heard MusicMan's challenge, Tori now releases a sigh.
"Ok enough talk, I'm getting you out of here right now." Tori speaks with determination as he turns around in the row they are in, now facing the exit to the auditorium. "Now on my mark, we run straight for the exit of the auditorium and knowing MusicMan, he will have an attack waiting for us once we surface so we have to move fast."
"Ok." Mr. Edogawa agrees with a nod.
"You know Mr. Edogawa." MusicMan speaks up as he continues looking among the right auditorium seating section. "Hiding from me is only making this worse then it has to be."
"1." Tori now begins counting.
"But since you would rather hide from me then to face me, then I guess I'm going to have to force you out of hiding so we can finish this." MusicMan continues as he now raises his right hand towards the right auditorium section. His right palm now begins glowing.
"2." Tori continues.
"I was really hoping it wouldn't have to come down to this, but sadly it did and you have only yourself to blame." MusicMan continues speaking as his right palm continues glowing brighter. "It was fun while it lasted, but now we have to say good bye."
"3!" Tori shouts as he and Mr. Edogawa now get to their feet and begins heading to the exit of the auditorium.
MusicMan now spots Tori and Mr. Edogawa heading for the exit of the auditorium and now points his palm in their direction. An evil grin crosses his lips.
"Now you come out of hiding." MusicMan speaks as his palm now glows steady. "It didn't take much I see."
An electric beam now shoots from MusicMan's right palm and is heading Tori and Mr. Edogawa's direction at lighting speed. Tori and Mr. Edogawa reach the exit of the auditorium and now exits as the electric beam impacts the doors. Now being out in the hall, Tori leans up against the wall next to the auditorium's left door and releases a sigh of relief.
"That was a close one." Tori speaks.
MusicMan's evil grin now switches to an expression of hatred, being unhappy that Tori and Mr. Edogawa has gotten away from him.
"You may have gotten away from me this time, but you can't run forever!" MusicMan speaks with hatred in his voice.
MusicMan now begins heading for the auditorium doors, but is suddenly stopped by hearing the words: "I never met a dark loid that walked away from a fight."
Having heard that sentence, MusicMan now turns around and spots Chaud. Chaud's lips are curled into a sly smirk.
"Who said I was wal...MusicMan begins, but is immediately cut off by Chaud's right foot now coming in contact with his face. With that, MusicMan now takes a dive to the ground, face first.
"Heh, made you look." Chaud says with slight laughter in his voice.
In the hall
Tori is leaning up against the left wall next to the auditorium and Mr. Edogawa is slowly catching his breath while leaning against the right wall next to the auditorium.
"Now tell me how my navi turned into a dark loid and how he can be changed back." Mr. Edogawa speaks up as he now turns to Tori. "I know MusicMan and he would never act like this."
"MusicMan was corrupted by a dark chip." Tori answers Mr. Edogawa as he now lifts himself off of the wall and stands on his feet. "That's what's controlling him and has made him evil."
"A dark chip?" Mr. Edogawa inquires, now going into a panic. "How did that happen?"
"The dark loid, Flashman, that Lan is battling with now had a hand in it." Tori replies. "I know that for sure."
"Oh, this is just great." Mr. Edogawa speaks, continuing to panic. "Not only did MusicMan try to kill me, but he's being controlled by a dark chip and the Music Festival that I worked so hard on is completely ruined. Can this night possibly get any worse?"
"Mr. Edogawa calm down." Tori speaks up with slight frustration. "Freaking out about it isn't helping at all."
"That's a little hard to do right now, considering my own navi just tried to kill me." Mr. Edogawa continues panicking.
"I know and just in case you forgot, I was a witness to that." Tori replies. "Now just calm down so I can try to figure something out."
"And you never answered me about how MusicMan can get changed back to himself." Mr. Edogawa speaks. "You said there was a way and I want to know."
"There is a way to get MusicMan back to the way he was, but there maybe a negative consequence in doing so." Tori answers Mr. Edogawa.
"And what might that be?" Mr. Edogawa anxiously inquires.
"To delete MusicMan." Tori answers Mr. Edogawa. "Sometimes it takes deleting a good navi turned dark loid and rebuilding it so the dark chip can be completely erased from the navi's system."
"You're going to delete MusicMan?" Mr. Edogawa shouts.
"You must not have heard the 'sometimes' part." Tori says, trying to keep his nerves calm. "But I seriously doubt that deleting MusicMan is even an option just to get him back."
"I hope not." Mr. Edogawa speaks as he now begins trying to calm himself down. "I wouldn't know what to do if I lost him."
Continuing to think of what to do about MusicMan, a thought now pops into Tori's mind.
"As a matter of fact, deleting MusicMan may not be an option after all." Tori speaks up.
"Really?" Mr. Edogawa curiously inquires. "Are you sure?"
"I'm going to answer that, but before I do, I'm going to need your PET." Tori says to Mr. Edogawa.
"Why?" Mr. Edogawa inquires in confusion.
"The only way to tell if MusicMan will require deleting or not, is to check his stats." Tori answers Mr. Edogawa. "By checking his stats, that will tell just how much of MusicMan's system the dark chip is effecting. Now where is it?"
"It's in my briefcase in the Music Room." Mr. Edogawa answers Tori.
"Good." Tori speaks. "I'll show you what I mean and explain everything, let's go."
Dropping his current argument, Mr. Edogawa now begins heading to the Music Room with Tori.
Auditorium
On the stage, Lan is continuing his battle with Flashman as they are now facing each other and exchanging glares.
"Your timing as well your presence was a real inconvenience tonight, Flashman." Lan hisses to Flashman.
"Well excuse me for following orders." Flashman speaks causally to Lan. "And my orders are to eliminate you, so that's what I'm here for and am not leaving until I do."
"Out of all the days that you could pick to do this, you had to pick tonight, which was not only bad timing, but you ruined the most important night for the girl I love." Lan speaks with venom dripping from his voice.
"Oh, cry me a river and don't mind me if I could care less." Flashman speaks, rolling his eyes. "Now enough talk, I want to hurry up and get rid of you because I have a network to destroy later."
"For you to get rid of me, I'd have to let you." Lan speaks as his right arm now switches to the High Cannon blaster. "But you should know by now that's not going to happen."
"We'll see about that." Flashman speaks as he now raises his right hand in Lan's direction. His attack now begins materializing in his palm.
"Yes, we will." Lan speaks in anger, now pointing his High Cannon blaster in Flashman's direction as it begins charging.
Flashman's attack is continuing to grow bigger and brighter. Now reaching its growth limit, Flashman's right hand is now glowing steady.
"Neon Lights!" Flashman calls as he now releases his attack towards Lan.
Noticing the big ball of light heading his direction at lighting speed, Lan now jumps into the air, dodging the attack as it impacts the floor where he was standing.
"High Cannon!" Lan shouts as he now releases the High Cannon attack.
The High Cannon attack is heading towards Flashman at lighting speed. Not being able to dodge the attack in time, Flashman is now slammed as the attack impacts him in the chest and he is sent flying to the stage floor. Lan now lands on the ground in front of Flashman and places his cannon at his side.
"Had enough?" Lan speaks in a taunting tone.
"Ok, now I'm getting angry." Flashman speaks as he now begins struggling to get to his feet.
"Is that suppose to be a threat?" Lan inquires.
"Take it how you want to, Net Savior." Flashman replies in anger as he now gets to his feet and points his right hand in Lan's direction. "But just know, you've done it now."
"The only thing I'm doing is moping this stage floor with you." Lan speaks as he now changes his right arm from the High Cannon to the Spreader. "And you can't stand the fact that you're loosing."
"I can't wait to shut you up for good!" Flashman speaks in anger as his attack now begins materializing in his palm. Noticing that, Lan now begins charging the Spreader cannon.
"Yeah, that's what the other dark loids said and you see the fate they suffered." Lan replies now slanting his eyes in anger as the spreader cannon continues charging. "But I do invite you to get in line and try."
Flashman's attack is now done materializing as his hand now shines with a steady bright light.
"Neon Li... Flashman begins, but is now interrupted by Lan calling his attack.
"Spreader!" Lan calls as he now releases the spreader's attack. The attack now impacts Flashman, making his attack dematerialize and sending Flashman back to the stage floor.
"Why don't you just give up now and avoid being deleted." Lan speaks up, aiming his spreader cannon in Flashman's direction.
"I don't think so!" Flashman hisses as he begins struggling to get to his feet. Not being able to fully get to his feet, Flashman now props himself up on his right knee.
"I've had enough of this and you!" Flashman speaks with fierce anger. "This ends now!"
Flashman opens his left hand as a dark chip now materializes in the palm. Seeing that, Lan now switches from the spreader cannon to the charge shot cannon and aims it at Flashman.
"Your fate is sealed human!" Flashman speaks as he now closes his left hand around the dark chip.
"I don't think so!" Lan sternly says as he now releases the charge shot blast.
The blast hits Flashman's left hand, forcing it open and now knocking the dark chip out of his palm. The dark chip flies from Flashman's hand and now lands in front of Lan's right foot. Lan notices this and grins. Flashman's eyes go wide with horror, knowing what Lan maybe thinking.
"Um, could you push that back to me please?" Flashman speaks in a sincere tone. "It slipped out of my hand."
"Oh, you mean this?" Lan inquires with a sly grin as he now raises his right foot and steps firmly on the dark chip.
Flashman's eyes now go white from the horror of seeing his dark chip being crushed under Lan's foot as Lan now begins moving the crushed bits of the dark chip under his foot.
"That...was...my...last...dark...chip..." Flashman speaks in a stammer as he now begins shivering. Turning his sights towards Lan, Flashman's eyes now fill with hate.
"You are going to pay dearly for that!" Flashman hisses.
"Correction, you're the one who is going to pay for everything!" Lan speaks sternly as he now switches his right arm from the spreader cannon to the Laser blast cannon. The laser blast cannon now begins charging.
"That's what you think!" Flashman speaks with hatred as he now begins trying to get to his feet.
"Wrong! That's what I know!" Lan says as the laser blast cannon now finishes charging and aims the cannon at Flashman. "This is your end!"
"This is for your inconvenience!" Lan speaks as he now releases the laser blast attack. The huge bluish-green beam is now heading towards Flashman at lighting speed. Already being weak from the previous attack, Flashman is unable to dodge the laser blast and is now impacted by it. Flashman is sent flying back to the stage floor.
"This is for your unwanted presence!" Lan speaks as he now releases the laser blast attack again towards Flashman. Already being down, the attack now hits Flashman, impacting him in the chest.
"AND THIS IS FOR RUINING THE MOST IMPORTANT NIGHT FOR THE GIRL THAT I LOVE!" Lan shouts as he now releases his attack for the final time. Being down from the last couple of blasts, Flashman is now impacted by the beam once more, this time in his damaged mid-section.
A smoke screen has formed from the laser blasts as Lan now begins breathing heavily. Placing his cannon at his side, Lan begins trying to catch his breath as the smoke screen now begins clearing. The smoke screen continues clearing out of the area with the heaviest of the smoke disappearing quickly from the area. With the smoke screen continuing to clear, the area around Lan and Flashman has cleared just enough for Lan to see the result of his Laser blast assault on Flashman. Walking up to Flashman, Lan now stops an inch from him and looks down at him, noticing the cut in Flashman's mid-section that was created by the Cyber Sword, has gotten bigger as the data has begun breaking up.
"Now have you had enough?" Lan inquires to Flashman.
Turning his blurred vision to Lan, Flashman now begins struggling to get up as the data from his mid-section continues breaking up.
"You may have won this round, Net Savior, but just remember, the dark loids will always reign." Flashman chokes out. Now having said that, Flashman falls back to the stage floor as his eyes now go white and his body completely stops moving.
Being motionless, Flashman's data continues breaking up, now at a rapid pace from his mid-section to his head and from his mid-section to his feet. The data continues breaking up with Flashman continuing to disappear at a rapid rate. From both ends, Flashman's data has completely broken up as Flashman now disappears from sight.
(Flashman Deleted!)
Witnessing the deletion of Flashman, Lan now completely catches his breath.
"So much for my finishing move." Lan speaks, slightly panting. "Oh well."
Now turning his attention to main auditorium, Lan spots Chaud fighting with MusicMan.
"Looks like Chaud could use a hand." Lan speaks as he now begins heading for the main auditorium.
Music Room
Tori and Mr. Edogawa have arrived at the music room and have entered the class room. Heading for his desk and now reaching it, Mr. Edogawa grabs his brief case from the top of the desk and opens it. Having the brief case open, Mr. Edogawa now reaches in and grabs his PET as Tori arrives at the desk. Pulling his PET into view, Mr. Edogawa now hands it to Tori. Having the PET, Tori notices the 'Access' marquee scrolling across the screen.
"Ok, time to check out MusicMan's stats." Tori speaks as he now hits the B button on the PET.
Having hit the B button, a window now pops up on the PET screen that lists all of MusicMan's information.
"Here we are." Tori says as he now begins looking the information over. Continuing to look the information over, Tori now comes across a highlighted sentence that reads: Navi's current stats. Press A for detailed statistics.
Having read that, Tori now presses the A button which brings up another window on the PET screen that lists all of MusicMan's current stats in detail.
"Now we are getting some where." Tori speaks as he now begins reading over the detailed stats. Mr. Edogawa now walks up behind Tori and looks over his right shoulder, spotting what Tori is reading on the PET screen.
"What is that saying?" Mr. Edogawa inquires.
"Just a sec." Tori answers Mr. Edogawa as he continues looking over the stats.
Continuing to read the stats, Tori's eyes now fall on the information that lists MusicMan's current system activity and notices the percentage is at 75 percent functional, while the information under that states 25 percent of MusicMan's system is dysfunctional.
"75 percent functional." Tori speaks up.
"75 percent?" Mr. Edogawa inquires once more. "What does that mean?"
"75 percent is good, which means that MusicMan doesn't have to be deleted after all." Tori answers Mr. Edogawa as he now turns to him.
"That is fantastic!" Mr. Edogawa shouts with excitement.
"It is, but I wouldn't celebrate just yet." Tori speaks as Mr. Edogawa's smile now falls. "25 percent of MusicMan's data has been corrupted by the dark chip."
"So what does that mean?" Mr. Edogawa asks with great concern.
"Well, with 25 percent of him being corrupted, he won't need to be deleted, but he will require getting some sense knocked into him." Tori answers Mr. Edogawa. Mr. Edogawa's concerned expression now turns to an expression of horror.
"You're going to hurt my navi?" Mr. Edogawa dryly speaks.
"I'm not, but I know of a couple of guys who will." Tori answers Mr. Edogawa as he now hits the clear button on the PET panel, clearing the windows on the PET screen. "And believe me, you'll appreciate it once it's all said and done. Now let's head back to the auditorium."
"Who's going to hurt my navi?" Mr. Edogawa inquires.
Tori doesn't respond, but instead, grabs Mr. Edogawa by his right arm and begins heading towards the entrance/exit of the auditorium. Now reaching the exit, Tori and Mr. Edogawa exit as the two are now on their way back to the auditorium.
Auditorium
Lan and Chaud are fighting with MusicMan as they now jump out of the way MusicMan's combined beam attack.
"You know MusicMan." Chaud begins as he and Lan now land on the ground. "That attack of yours is getting pretty old. Got anything else? I thought you dark loids were suppose to be well equipped with attacks."
"Oh we are." MusicMan replies as an evil smile now crosses his face. "But who said that what you've seen so far is all I have?"
MusicMan now places his hands together with the palms facing each other as a ball of bright light now appears. Lan and Chaud keep their sights locked on MusicMan, trying to anticipate what his next is going to be so they can intercept it.
"I was just saving the best for last!" MusicMan speaks as the ball in between his hands continues bigger and brighter.
"What is he doing?" Lan inquires in a whisper to Chaud while keeping his sights on MusicMan.
"We're about to find out very soon." Chaud replies, not taking his eyes off MusicMan as well. "And whatever he has planned, I'll be ready."
The ball of light in between MusicMan's hands stops growing as it now shines with a steady bright light.
"Have you guys ever played the piano?" MusicMan asks as he now separates his hands. Having done that, the ball of light now disappears as dozens of black and white piano keys come into view. "Because if you haven't, then here is your first lesson!"
The keys now point themselves at Lan and Chaud.
"Oh crap!" Lan curses. "I wasn't expecting that!"
"Always expect the unexpected." Chaud speaks as he now brings his Electro sword into view. "If you have a sword chip with you, I advise you load it now."
"Good thinking." Lan replies as he now changes his right arm from the laser blast cannon to the Cyber sword. Lan brings it into view.
MusicMan raises his right hand in the boys direction as the piano keys now begins heading towards Lan and Chaud. Tori and Mr. Edogawa now walk through the doors of the auditorium, completely unaware of what they are walking into. Hearing the doors open, Chaud and Lan swiftly turn around and spots the two.
"Lan, I just made a discovery about MusicMan." Tori speaks up.
"Now isn't a good time Tori." Lan says to him.
"You two have to back out now!" Chaud speaks up. "You're walking in the line of fire!"
With that warning, Tori and Mr. Edogawa now back out of the auditorium as Lan and Chaud turn back towards MusicMan. Now facing MusicMan's direction, Chaud and Lan are now impacted hard by his attack, which sends them flying through the auditorium doors and into the hallway. Both boys land on the hallway floor face first.
"This is definitely going to leave a mark." Chaud chokes out.
"Yep, I'm going to feel this in the morning." Lan comments as he begins trying to lift himself off of the ground.
Tori and Mr. Edogawa now approach both boys and kneels down in front of them.
"Are you guys ok?" Tori inquires in concern.
"You guys took a pretty nasty fall." Mr. Edogawa comments.
"I'll be ok later." Lan answers Tori.
"I'm fine." Chaud answers as he now begins trying to get to his feet.
"I hope so." Tori speaks. "Now, I found something out about MusicMan."
"Hopefully what his weakness is." Lan comments as he now props himself up on his elbows.
"Not exactly, but I did find out that MusicMan isn't really a dark loid." Tori begins explaining. "Only 25 percent of his data was corrupted by the dark chip while 75 percent of him is still functioning as a good navi."
"Are you sure about that?" Chaud inquires as he now gets to his feet with Mr. Edogawa's help. "Because the way he threw us out of there like two rag dolls, I could have sworn he was a full fledged dark loid."
"That happened because you just had to challenge him Chaud." Lan speaks as he now gets to his feet. "You had to ask him what other moves he had and as you requested, he showed us."
"I'll never do that again." Chaud comments, dusting himself off.
"You know what you guys have to do." Tori speaks up. "MusicMan is still a good navi."
"But just needs one serious reality check." Lan comments.
"I think a double ambush is in order." Chaud speaks up as he turns to Lan. "And the chip to do the job will be the High Cannon."
"I was just thinking that same thing." Lan replies as he now turns to Chaud.
Nodding in unison, Chaud and Lan now convert their right arms to the High Cannon as they both turn around and face the auditorium doors.
"This ends now!" Chaud sternly speaks.
"Yes it does." Lan agrees. "But before we head in, we better recover first."
"Good idea." Chaud agrees as he and Lan's PET's now begins streaming 50pts recovery chips.
As the chips continues streaming, Lan and Chaud's previous injuries disappear as both boys now begins feeling energized. The chips now stop streaming as Lan and Chaud are back to full strength again. Raising their high cannons to chest level, both cannons now begins charging.
"Let's move in." Chaud commands.
"Please go easy on MusicMan." Mr. Edogawa requests with concern.
Lan, Chaud and Tori now turn to Mr. Edogawa with slightly aggravated expressions.
"What?" Mr. Edogawa inquires in confusion.
The trio now turns away from Mr. Edogawa while rolling their eyes.
"Let's go." Lan commands.
On that command, Lan and Chaud now approach the auditorium doors and bursts through them with their high cannons staying at chest level. Now being inside the auditorium, both boys spot MusicMan heading for the stage.
"Hey, you over-grown surround sound stereo speaker!" Lan shouts. "Did you forget about us?"
Having heard that, MusicMan stops and turns around, now spotting Chaud and Lan with their High cannons aimed at him.
"So, you two came back for round two did you?" MusicMan inquires as he now turns completely to them. "When will you ever learn?"
"Game over!" Chaud speaks as he and Lan's High cannons now finish charging.
"HIGH CANNON!" Lan and Chaud now call in unison as the high cannon attacks are now released.
The yellowish white beams from both cannons now combines, creating one huge beam that is heading MusicMan's direction at lighting speed. The beam now slams into MusicMan, knocking him off of his feet and sends him flying onto the stage. Now hitting the stage floor with a hard impact, MusicMan blacks out as the dark chip that was controlling him, materializes over his head. The dark spirit of the dark chip appears, but immediately disappears with the chip in a small eruption of dark flames.
Noticing that, Lan and Chaud place their cannons at their side as their right arms now convert back to their right hand and arm.
"It's finally over." Lan comments.
Not hearing any activity inside the auditorium from the outside, Tori and Mr. Edogawa now enters.
"Is it safe to come in here?" Tori inquires.
"It's safe." Lan answers Tori as he keeps his attention on the stage.
"What happened?" Mr. Edogawa inquires.
Lan opens his mouth to answer Mr. Edogawa, but is stopped by the sight of MusicMan sitting up on the stage with his right hand on his forehead.
"What happened?" MusicMan asks in confusion as he begins looking around the auditorium. "And where am I?"
Hearing MusicMan speak those words, a smile now crosses Mr. Edogawa's face.
"MusicMan!" Mr. Edogawa shouts with happiness. "You're back to yourself again!"
Hearing Mr. Edogawa's voice, MusicMan now looks into the main auditorium and spots Mr. Edogawa standing to the right of Chaud.
"Mr. Edogawa?" MusicMan asks, still in his confusion state.
Being blissfully happy that his navi is back to himself, Mr. Edogawa now begins heading for the stage. Continuing to head for the stage, Mr. Edogawa is now stopped by the sudden earthquake vibrations that have begun shaking the ground. The dimensional area now begins unraveling from around the school. As it continues unraveling, Lan and Chaud's cross-fused forms disappear as both boys go back to normal and MusicMan is now transferred back to Mr. Edogawa's PET. The dimensional area now completely disappears from around the school.
"Glad that's over." Chaud comments.
"You and me both." Lan replies in agreement.
"Where did MusicMan go?" Mr. Edogawa inquires as he begins to frantically scan the auditorium. "He was just on the stage a minute ago."
"He's right here on your PET." Tori answers, now catching Mr. Edogawa's attention.
With that, Mr. Edogawa begins making his way back to Tori. Now being within range of him, Mr. Edogawa stops and snatches his PET out of Tori's hands. Now having his PET, Mr. Edogawa begins shedding happy tears as he looks on the screen at MusicMan.
"I am so happy to have you back MusicMan." Mr. Edogawa speaks with happiness.
"It's good to be back sir." MusicMan replies with a warm smile.
The reunion of Mr. Edogawa and MusicMan continues as Lan now begins hearing Maylu calling out to him.
"Lan!" Lan hears Maylu's voice calling to the right of him. Turning to his right, Lan now spots Maylu running in his direction. Maylu now reaches Lan and embraces him in a tight hug. Lan places his arms around Maylu, now returning the hug.
"Oh Lan!" Maylu speaks as she slightly releases Lan from the hug and now catches with his gaze, with her arms still around him. "You can Chaud did it! You two are the best Net Saviors ever!"
Lan doesn't say a word as his gaze now locks with Maylu's.
"And Lan, I know what you were trying to tell me on stage and I just want to say...Maylu begins, but is suddenly cut off by Lan's lips now meeting with hers. Closing her eyes, Maylu returns the kiss while putting a lot passion into it. Lan gently breaks the kiss as he now catches with Maylu's gaze.
"You don't know how long I've waited to do that." Lan gently speaks to Maylu, continuing to gaze into her eyes. "I love you Maylu Sakurai, now and forever."
"I love you too Lan Hikari." Maylu gently replies to Lan. "Now and forever."
With those words exchanged, Lan and Maylu's lips meet as they now continue their kiss.
With MusicMan and Mr. Edogawa's reunion along with Maylu and Lan's new found love, Tori now smiles at both happy sights.
"There is a lot of love being shared in this room." Tori speaks up as he now turns towards Chaud. "Come on Chaud, let's join in the happiness."
Opening his arms, Tori now begins heading towards Chaud, but is immediately stopped by Chaud raising his right hand to him.
"Don't come near me." Chaud speaks as Tori's smile along with his arms, now falls.
And so, MusicMan has been reunited with his Net Op and Maylu and Lan have discovered the love that they had between them for many years. Everyone is happy, but can that be said about everyone?
A/N: Ok end of chapter 11, but not quite the end of the story. There is a second ending, but I do hope you all did enjoy this and I apologize if the ending kind of sucks. No flames please and if anything is confusing for you, please let me know. The second ending will be out soon, but do please review this and tell me how you liked it.
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