Hello to anyone who is reading this. Here is the second chapter to this story. It is not as heavy with information as the first chapter but I had to explain some of the changes before I could get started. On with the story then.

Exiting their house after breakfast, Megaman and Roll headed to the Town guard head quarters. This, as expected when the guard was first formed, is located in Yai's Mansion with the main command room in the tree house they would battle in as kids. Apart from the amount of technology that was present in her mansion, the positioning was another reason for the choice as it is situated in the center of the town.

When passing Lan and Maylu's house the normal shouts could be heard. "Lan, you had better hurry up or we are going to be late, Again." Sang Maylu's voice, the irritation easy to hear.

"I know, I know. It's not like this hasn't happened before. I was always late to school because Megaman enjoyed seeing me rush around in the morning. He was hopeless at waking me up!" This got to Megaman. It wasn't his fault that Lan was almost always late, he always went back to sleep every time he was woken until Megaman lost his patience and shouted at him.

"Just wait until I get my hands on him." Growled Megaman having heard Lan's comments. He stormed up to the door and knocked loudly. When Maylu opened the door he pushed past her, anger visible on his face, and headed to the stairs, and called out in a sarcastic tone "Come here brother, I have a present for you!"

As Roll walked up to the door to greet Maylu, Lan's screams echoed through the house. "No wait! You can't! NO! AHHHHHHHH!".

Cringing at the scream Maylu asked, "What's up with Megaman?"

"Oh, Mega just heard Lan's last comment and got annoyed." giggled Roll knowing exactly what was going on upstairs. Five minutes later Megaman descended the stairs with a defeated Lan cowering behind him, rubbing his head. The grin on Megaman's face was wide and anyone who knew the twins could tell what had just happened. Lan slipped past the laughing figures of the girls into the kitchen to grab a bite of breakfast.

Lan, an inch shorter than his navi at 5 foot 11, was dressed in his normal getup with a few minor differences. He has black trousers instead of shorts and his vest is left open rather than closed. His headband is no longer around his head but on his upper right arm. His hair is, as ever, a mess with locks falling in his face. Maylu, now 5 foot 10, still wears the same style clothes from her childhood without the vest. She had grown her hair until it was a third of the way down her back. Roll, also 5 foot 10, wore clothes that were of the same style as her navi armour. She wore long, pink boots over black stockings and a pink mini skirt.

Upon leaving the house five minutes late for the meeting they were supposed to be at the four friends began talking about the day's events so far.

"Why did you have to do it so hard Megaman, I'm going to have a headache all day now." Whined Lan rubbing the spot on his head where Megaman had given him a noogie.

"You complained about the help I gave you through your school years and blamed your lateness on me, when everyone knows that it is almost impossible to wake you up without physically attacking you." Snickered Megaman. He had enjoyed the short fight with his brother and it had put all thoughts about that morning behind him. Until now that is. "Anyway, I thought you were going soft in the last month of calm. I have a feeling that something is going to happen soon."

"Well what ever it is it will have to wait as we have arrived at HQ." Interrupted Maylu.

"Yeah, we had better get inside and apologize for being late." Scolded Roll entering the building.

"It's about time you four," said Yai as they entered the building. "Everyone is waiting and the news can't wait forever." Yai was still wearing the style dress that she had worn as a child and was still about a foot shorter than everyone else.

The meeting lasted for an hour and nothing but this 'News' was discussed. The news concerned the enemy patrols in the area, there had been a great increase of them and the number of local garrisoned troops had increased as well. The guard leader wanted to confirm the news and find out exactly what they were up against so their top members were sent out on recon. This included Lan and Megaman who were teamed up and sent out to search the western side of the town.

After about an hour of walking Lan began to get bored and tried to spark up a conversation. The first thing that he thought of to talk about was something that Megaman had mentioned earlier.

"What makes you feel that something bad is going to happen?" asked Lan catching Megaman off guard. No reply came for a minute so Lan prompted him. "Well?"

"I don't really know to be honest. It is partly a gut feeling but it also has to do with a dream I keep on having." Sighed Megaman hoping that Lan would not delve too deep into this.

"Really, what is the dream about?" inquired a curious Lan.

"It was about the day we took down the last of the Alliance Navis. The day that Zero sacrificed his life for us. The end of the battle and the explosion just repeat themselves. I had thought that I had got over that day, but it still hurts to remember it." Megaman paused. He looked around as if he heard something.

"I know, I feel the same way. But why did that make you think something is going to happen?" Pausing to look at Megaman he noticed the concentration on his face. "What's wrong?"

"I thought I heard something. I guess it must have been the wind. Anyway, it makes me worry because I haven't had dreams like that for the past five years." Megaman paused again to listen. "There it was again, didn't you hear it?"

"No. I didn't hear anyth…" started Lan.

"RAAHHHHH!" the voice echoed through the trees to their right. Pushing into the trees from the clearing the sounds of battle began to become louder. Before the pair could get to the source of the shouting they chanced upon a patrol of enemy soldiers. The patrol consisted of ten soldier navis, looking like normal netnavis with only their soulless eyes showing, armed with a buster and beam sword each. Lan without thinking reached for his own sword, activated it and charged head on into the patrol. Sighing, Megaman (in his normal aromur at the moment) activated his megabuster and trailed Lan in the vain attempt to protect him.

Upon reaching the first soldier Lan swung his sword at its chest, slicing through it. The unsuspecting navi made no noise as it burst into a cloud of pixels and disappeared. Having seen this the rest of the patrol prepared for a fight, some aiming their busters, others raising their swords. Lan charged a second navi wielding a sword and began trading swings. Quickly gaining the upper hand Lan took a final swing cutting off the navi's sword arm effectively removing him from the fight. However, as this blow was struck another of the navis joined the battle tackling Lan and pushing him to the ground. Unfortunately, Lan hit his head on a rock knocking him unconscious.

Megaman caught up with Lan in time to see him hit the floor and not get up. Seeing this he aimed his buster at the nearby navis and let loose a volley of shots, forcing them away from the unconscious Lan. Continuing this barrage of shots Megaman made his way over to Lan, dodging the enemy fire in the process. Once he had got to Lan he took his eyes of the other navis to check on Lan. This was a mistake as a stray shot grazed his cheek. Enraged Megaman took aim and released nine shots from his megabuster, stopping the enemy assault. Turning his back on the now pixelating navis, he started checking Lan for serious injury.

Once he was sure that Lan had no serious injuries, Megaman began to pick him up and attempt to get back to town. Being preoccupied with Lan, he didn't notice the figure enter the small clearing carrying a body.

"Help." The figure called in a tired and wavering voice. "Please help us." At this he collapsed onto the floor on top of the body he was carrying.

Leaving Lan's side Megaman made his way over to the figure, taking note of his clothing. He was in light blue jeans with a white shirt and navy blue jacket. When he reached the fallen figure he took a look at the body that he was carrying.

"No. It can't be…"

There we go, the second chapter completed. Now i wonder if anyone can guess who it is? If not you will have to wait untill the next chapter to find out.