A/N: OMG! Chappie 9! I can't believe it...(sniff) I really love my people!
/Inner Me: And they love you too, Natalie./
Me: YAY! (glomps fans)
/Inner Me: Fans are very fragile, Natalie. As your inner muse, I suggest...(looks at me)/
Me: (still choking - ahem, GLOMPing, fans)
/Inner Me: And you don't listen. Must I call in your muse/
Me: (looks up with bright eyes) Which one?
/Inner Me: This story's muse. (whispers: smexi Enzan...)
Me: (squeals) SQUEE! Do it do it do it do it do it-
/Inner Me: Only if you stop sayi-/
Me: Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it-
/Inner Me: STOP THE MADNESS/
Me: Then bring him in.
/Inner Me: After you write the freaking chapter./
Me: Oh. That would help.
/Inner Me: Would you like me to do the disclaimer/
Me: (sigh) Please do.
/Inner Me: Ok then. Natalie does not own Megaman/Rockman by any standards. She does, regrettably, own Sayuri-chan and Sapphire. (gets bricked by Sayuri and Natalie)
Sayuri: It's just Sayuri!
Me: Whaddya mean, regrettably?
/Inner Me: I mean just that.../
Me: (notices how long this convo is getting) Ehehe...I think we better get on with the story now...
Sayuri and /Inner Me: Wha? What about reviews!
Me: Meh...ok, ok, fine. On with the reviews, then. Ya little impatient...
RandomRathFan: Ehehe..he...I'm changing the marshmallow thing. Right this minute. At first (in the darkness of night) it looked like it was good, but now I thought of a better one. ""A light summer breeze blew through long brown hair as if it were simple strands of thread, blowing carelessly in the wind." How's that for ya? Thought so.
grandmaster p: HEY! How dare you laugh at my fangirls and their "squee!"-ing! HOW DARE YOU! lol...i really have nothing more to say...oh yeah...I've started collecting the Megaman NT Warrior manga series! I'm already to Vol. 5! Isn't that exciting? (crickets) Thought so.
Rose Kitsune.EXE: No, they're not related. Actually, it will turn out to be something quite creepy. And yes, Chaud most likely will faint when he sees the two of them. But you'll find out what happens.
livi510: That's perfectly ok. I didn't update for quite a while, so you people deserve some time to review. And about the whole eye thing...where did I say that Protoman has big brown eyes? I didn't mention Protoman at all in Ch. 8! x.X where are you getting these things! lol j/k, but really.
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la la la - someone speaking
la la la - someone thinking
"la la la" - someone whispering
la la freaking la - someone yelling
Too confusing for ya? Too bad.
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In the real world, Lan and Sayuri felt like they were looking into a mirror that changed their gender. Lan saw a girl about his age, with shoulder-length auburn hair, but wearing clothing that made a little more sense. (A/N: HELLO! Has anyone noticed that Lan's shirt is long-sleeved, yet he wears shorts! COME ON!) Sayuri wore a short-sleeved white shirt with an orange sleeveless vest, and black shorts (short-shorts! XP) with a yellow stripe down the side. Her shoes were also orange, and Lan was relieved to see that they, unlike his, did not contain wheels. Instead she had a black scooter with orange flames leaning against the wall. To top off the mirrored image, a blue headband pushed her hair back, but the symbol was different, obviously. Hers and Sapphire's emblem was actually quite different from Lan's and Megaman's. Their symbol was divided in half, one side black, one side light blue, with a flame in the middle. On the black side, the half-flame was blue, and on the blue side, the fire was black. (Hope that gives you a bit of a mental image. I'll draw and scan it at my dad's house so yallz can see.)
In the cyber-world, the situation was quite the same. Megaman and Sapphire were pretty much looking into a gender changing mirror as well. Instead, Megaman saw a NetNavi about his height (which isn't that tall in the first place XD /gets bricked by Megaman/ ow...), with black hair pulled back into a long ponytail. Megaman noticed that her hair had subtle turquoise streaks in it. Then he noticed Sapphire's appearance. Most of her body was navy blue, with two stripes of sky blue down her sides. Her gloves and boots were a darker shade of this blue, and her helmet was a bright cerulean. One of the main differences was a yellow chest plate that wrapped around her shoulders and back as well. Not to mention the different emblem...The last thing Megaman looked at was her eyes. He gasped. They were the same shade of lime green as his. (A/N: That baka! I wanted those hot smexi eyes/blush/ Well, I wanted them on Megaman...)
The group gave a collective blink, then they all started to faintly blush from seeing someone of the opposite gender staring at them like that.
Finally the girls spoke up. Sayuri introduced herself to Lan, who shook her hand with a trembling one of his own. Sapphire did the same, as did Megaman.
Feeling as awkward as he possibly could, Lan did the only thing that could make the situation even more awkward - point out the obvious reason for it.
"I...I couldn't help notice...your outfit..." He seemed to give her "elevator eyes", which made Sayuri blush even deeper.
"Y-yeah...same here." Sayuri had her hands clenched behind her back, Lan's were up behind his head.(A/N: Why do guys in anime always seem to do that!)
"...So...You have a NetNavi, right?" Lan commented, looking at Sayuri's shockingly similar PET.
"...Yeah..." She looked up at the screen on the wall and giggled. "It seems your navi and mine are already aquainted."
"Huh?" Lan looked over at the screen, to find two nearly identical navis in the hospital's homepage. (A/N: Just had to remind you where they are before I leave for the night.)
"Hey...your navi looks just like mine!" Said Lan, once again pointing out the obvious.
Sapphire giggled this time. "Seems we do look pretty much the same as eachother..."
Megaman nodded. "This is...odd." Lan wholeheartedly agreed.
Sayuri thought for a moment in the silence. Who is this...I must find out more about him.
"Would you...like to go out to lunch with us?" Sayuri was startled out of her thoughts and looked up at Lan. "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
Lan had a bit of a blush creeping up his neck as he repeated the question. "We thought you might like some company..."
Sayuri looked at Lan, then stole a glance at the screen, where Megaman and Sapphire were making animated conversation. Then she looked back at Lan.
"I'd love to."
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Chaud Blaze lay in the hospital bed with anger in his eyes. Why couldn't I get him out sooner? If anything happens to him...damnit, this is all my fault!
Protoman blipped onto the screen next to Chaud's bed, looking down at the young boy. He could see many emotions from here. Hurt, sadness, anger...What's this?Thesword-wielding navilooked more closely and saw something he had never seen before in those sea blue eyes. Is that...jealousy I see? This was just perfect. The last thing Protoman needed right now was for Master Chaud to be jealous of someone, especially with the news he had to tell him.
"Master Chaud..."
Chaud looked up at the screen and saw Protoman there. What's he doing up there?
"What is it, Protoman?"
Protoman looked down a little bit. "I have...good news, and bad news." Well, it might be bad news for you...
"Good news, please. Goodness knows I need some right now."
"Alright then. Lan Hikari is up and about, and he seems to have no complaints."
Chaud sat up in his bed so fast Protoman swore there was a rocket attached to his back.
"Are you kidding me? That's great news! I'm so happy he's OK..."
"I think you're forgetting about the bad news, Master Chaud..."
Chaud looked up from his reverie. "And that would be?"
The red navi cleared his throat uncomforably, a very un-Protoman thing to do. "Well...actually, it seems, now there's two sets of bad news. One's bad and..." Protoman thought for a minute. "...The other seems worse."
"Give me the worse news."
"We found out where the blue smoke came from."
Again, the rocket seemed to appear on Chaud's back as he sat up like a lightning bolt.
"Really? Who? Who was it? I'll crush them!" Chaud clenched his fists. They tried to kill my Lan...they'll pay for that.
"It seems...it was a toxic smoke bomb made by a certain 'Sayuri Megami'." (A/N: I love plot twists...this will lead to the first netbattle in my story! yay! and...stuff...)
Again, Protoman thought to himself for a minute. With the way things are working out...this may turn out to be just the bad news...what's this? An e-mail from Lan and Megaman popped on screen. "Master Chaud, you have mail from Lan." Protoman read it at light speed and gasped. This is bad...really bad...we must go get Lan and Megaman!
"What is it, Protoman? You look worried...is something wrong? Did something happen to Lan or Megaman?" Chaud got up out of bed this time. (A/N: I suppose he was just tired of shooting up all the time.) He got changed into his normal clothes and looked at Protoman, who hadn't said a word.
"...Protoman...?"
Protoman's hands were balled into fists. "We have to go find Lan and Megaman now."
"Why? What's going on?" I've never heard this in Protoman's voice...it sounds like...protectiveness...like he needs to go protect Megaman...Chaud laughed a little to himself, careful not to let Protoman hear. Of course he needs to protect Megaman.
"Protoman, tell me what's happening."
"It's the smoke bomb girl. She and her NetNavi have met Lan and Megaman."
No...what're they gonna do to him? "Are they going anywhere?"
Protoman let a small smile appear on his face. "Well, Master Chaud...it seems, with Lan being the nice guy that he is, he invited Ms. Sayuri out to lunch."
Chaud got his shoes on and transferred Protoman to the PET. I have a feeling this is only going to get worse...
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SQUEEE! Isn't that so awesome? I...I know I didn't exactly get around to explaining what the smoke was all about, and I didn't exactly makeChaud faint from seeing them yet...cuz he hasn't seen them yet! He has no idea that Sayuri is pretty much Lan's twin...hehehe...
On a happier note, like I said earlier, I'm starting to collect the Megaman manga series. I'm already up to volume 5! It's getting really good...yay!
Ok, R&R people, and -guess what- SURVEY TIME! Kuhblahm! So I want you to tell me what you want Chaud to do when he sees Sayuri:
a) slap herand later have him explain that he was jealous (my personal choice),
b) slap her and have him explain later that he was angry at her for doing the whole smoke thing, or
c) have him faint. I'm all for A, but majority rules! I just think that choice A will lead to more emotion from Chaud...which is so smexi.
Yesh it is.