Hi again! I'm sorry how I haven't updated my story for some time. I didn't have any time, and was having a major break down. Oh, well. Here it is! Enjoy!

I eventually gave up on waiting until I heard a howl behind me. I stayed where I was, on guard, trying to detect the location from where the howling came from.

/Martin, it's you. I know it is./ Suddenly, in one blurring movement, I struck a treetop, shaking Martin out onto the ground.

"Met your match, eh, Martin?"

"You're going to pay for that," he hissed.

"Not unless if I delete you first! Hiiiiiyyyahhh!" We struck again, sword and claws locking. Chaud had started looking for me (again), and when he heard the howl of Martin, he sped up, then turned into Crossfusion Protoman.

"Longsword, Battlechip in, download!" After that, they saw Martin and me fighting, but a wrath of killing shone in my eyes. Chaud instantly knew that I had no way of getting out of this wrath, until Martin was good again or deleted.

"Stay out of this, Chaud!" I said in a tone I had never used before. " 'Tis not your battle. Hiiyaah! Martin, 'Twill be your deletion, not mine!" CLLLLLAAAANNNGGG! My sword clanked off of Martin's claws.

"Fighting is my element, not yours……Armel!" I gritted my teeth from the sting of the insult.

"Well, you know what? You're a feisty, slime-brained, ninnypin, nukkynose! I glared and spat back. He didn't reply but emitted a loud grrr…He started pushing forward. I noticed what he was doing, pinning me in a corner. I suddenly lashed out, striking him across his face, leaving a deep gash. I had to delete my bad navi now, or never. He would grow stronger as the days would pass, and eventually delete me instead. But all of a sudden, he logged out.

/This is a trick./ I narrowed my eyes. Even Chaud seemed confused. /He's going to come back./ And no sooner had I thought that, did Martin log in behind me. But I was ready. I jumped away as he pounced on the spot where I was seconds earlier.

"Wise aren't you?" And he responded an evil chuckle. "I'll murder you later, Armel, after I find how to with my boss." And with that sentence disappeared.

/So he has a boss, eh/ I though, a grin spreading across my face. Chaud was stunned.

"A boss? He's got a boss?"

"He'll work for anyone in this state," I said, my eyes still blazing with eh wrath that I had just escaped. He fell silent.

/Master Chaud, I believe you should leave her alone for sometime, she may need it./

/Okay, if that's what you want./ Chaud started slinking away, and I knew he was leaving me solitary. Fury rose in my eyes as I once thought Martin would try and fight back.

/I will kill you, Martin. I will kill you./ I walked back to home and into my room. When I entered my room, I saw something on my bed. I walked over to it and saw it was a letter from someone.

"I'm going to Scilab for testing."

/Scilab/ My pulse quickened. /Martin! He's going to be there, I know it! It's the center of technology. What were those chips again? Syncrochips! He would bring it to his boss/ I first packed my battle claws, which I had never used before. When I reached Scilab, I was greeted by Dr. Hikari.

"Armel! Errr...You are kind of in a bad state."

"I've suffered worse." Dr Hikari suppressed a smile. He knew what I was thinking.

"Going to see Lan and Chaud warm up?"

"Yup."

"Follow me" Dr Hikari led me through corridors and doors, and eventually stopped at an odd shaped door. He opened it, and Chaud and Lan were warming up. He went in, and I followed. Lan and Chaud were each facing a high-standard navi.

Battle…Begin…

"Longsword, Battlechip in, download!" Chaud shouted.

"Megabuster!" After a while, the battle ended, and both high-standard navi's deleted. When they came out, they both saw me.

"Hi!"

"Hi, Armel." They chorused.

"Armel, what are you here for?" Lan asked.

"Chaud left a note. Thought I'd see you battle." But Chaud had a gut feeling this wasn't the reason. While I continued chatting with Lan, Chaud was having a conversation of his own.

/Protoman, I think you feel the same as I am right now/

/Master Chaud/

/She's been like this for some time. I think something's going to happen…here. She never did tell me the story about what happened to her navi./

/Martin? She maybe wants to keep it to herself./

/Exactly. Protoman, can't you see? It's too obvious. She thinks about some…/ he trailed off.

/What/

/A dimensional area/

"Syncrochip in, Crossfusion!" Lan was already in Crossfusion as he did this. I drew my sword out, muttering, "I will kill you, Martin!" Crossfused Chaud had a Longsword in hand, Lan with Megabuster, and me, just my trusty sword. Instead of just Martin, it as a whole group of…

/So.. It must be Dr. Regal then. Darkloids./ I thought.

"Ready, Chaud and Lan?" "Yup" and a nod. I sensed something. /Martin/ Chaud and Lan also seemed tense.

"They've got the advantage," Lan said.

"Yeah, I know."

"Are they going to make the first move, or are we going to stay here all day?" Chaud said with boredom.

"I guess we should make the first one," I exclaimed, excitement rising in my voice.

"You love fighting?" Chaud and Lan asked in bewilderment. But my answer was in my eyes.

/Odd, for one./ Chaud thought. Suddenly, the darkloids on the other side attacked. I whirled my blade, fending off attacks. But no sight of Martin.

/Where is he/ My eyes narrowed I heard a growl behind me.

"Here for your death." My answer was cold and fearless.

"Not mine," I seethed, "Yours."

"Bold aren't you?" The blazing of darkness took over. More darkness entered him, making Martin even more evil, but from a new type of darkchip. I felt like biting him with my canines, but his were far sharper. I unlocked my battleclaws this time, never wearing it before. I threw aside my sword, this was hand-to-hand fight. Martin looked startled. I shed a growl. We both ran at each other, battle claws and claws rose, not noticing that everyone was looking at us. The fight was like wolves fighting for the title of alpha. We scratched at one another, mine doing more damage than his. The fight lasted all day. Lan and Chaud had deleted all the other Darkloids, just me and Martin. I eventually realized that this would take forever. So with one great burst of energy, I lashed out. Martin also realized this, but not before I struck him with my claws. He logged out, data lost, and I was dripping with blood. At that time, it was already dusk, when the owls would fly. I suddenly felt dizzy form the loss of blood, and collapsed onto the floor, my battleclaws shining with blood.