Disclaimer: I don't even know why I bother putting this thing here. I mean, if you got to this chapter, you obviously saw chapter 1, which says the same thing as what I'm supposed to put here. But just to go along with it, I. NO. OWN. Not Megaman. I own Sapphire and Sayuri/Kayiri, but NOT Megaman. Can't own him, ya see. He's already owned. By someone who isn't me.

A/N: I just realized how much I adore torturing the characters of my stories. I mean, just last chapter, I made Lan break down in uncontrollable tears. Por qoi! (For what) Ahem. Anyhow, yeah, I love torturing the characters. No idea why. I love making them cry. If they don't cry…it just feels empty and unsatisfying. I dunno why, but I do. Which means that there will most likely be more crying this or next chapter...Wh00t. T-T

New songfic coming soon! Joy!

P.S. Iluff the scene I created at the end last time, with Chaud getting hit with the pinecone…xD

Searchman-sama: is on the back of manga vol. 8 in CHIBI VERSION! Squeee

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Lan rolled out onto the paved path leading from the foresty area back into suburban Dentech. His PET swinging in his hand, he pushed himself harder and faster until he was far out of the darkness and out of earshot.

"Lan…are you okay?"

No answer.

"…Lan?…"

Still no answer.

"Fine. If you don't want to talk, that's okay. But just know that it's not me that wants to know, it's Sapphire asking. Sayuri wants to make sure."

The screech of wheels stopping on pavement could be heard, and the burning rubber smell that accompanies it followed.

"Tell her I'm fine. Does she want me to wait for her here?"

Megaman turned around and talked to Sapphire for a minute, then said "Yeah, she wants you to wait."

Lan turned back toward the forest and could see Sayuri pushing her black scooter toward him as fast as she could.

"I should have waited for her in the first place…" Lan grumbled to himself, but he waved to her anyway, as she waved back. Behind her, invisible to everyone but him, Lan could see Chaud walking slowly in the opposite direction.

Chaud! I have to get back to him! He…wait…what am I saying? He should be apologizing! To meand Sayuri!Lan shook the thoughts out of his head and ignored the skunk-haired youth. (I'm stealing that phrase…maybe I should copyright it. ©)

Soon Sayuri's figure got closer and closer, faster and faster, until Lan was surprised to see her right in front of him. Below them was a steep hill that the street went down.

"Wanna race me down?"

Lan looked back at Sayuri. "Huh? I-I-I don't k-know…"

The brown-eyed girl winked at him and said, "Well, it's the only way down, and you're brave, aren't you?" She then proceeded to cling to his shirt like a rabid fangirl. "I don't want to go down there aloooooone…" She whined.

Lan tried to back off, but was unsuccessful. All he really did was get pushed closer to the part of the hill where it started to get the steepest, which just turned him into a big-eyed ball of fear. "Ummm…Sayuri, I-"

But he never got the chance to finish his sentence. If anyone were to read his thoughts half a moment before she pushed him down, he would have been thinking I need to stop wearing skates permanently, and then he would have been thinking oh CRAP.

"Sorry, Lan!" Sayuri yelled down to said netsavior.

As he fell, Lan screamed and flailed his arms around, trying to stop himself futilely. Chaud heard the yell and turned around, only to see Sayuri doubled over in laughter. He was about to run over there and give her a push down when Protoman stopped him. "We can't do anything about it now, Chaud-sama. Don't you think following them is enough?"

"…No…" Chaud mumbled, looking at Protoman peculiarly. "I thought you'd be willing to do anything to make sure Megaman's safe. What's with you being so lax now?"

Protoman looked away for a moment in embarrassment, but soon returned Chaud's gaze. "I was just thinking…it seems like a big invasion of Lan's privacy to be doing this, not to mention risking his trust of you. Plus, we're pretty much completely undermining his ability to think and act for himself; you know what he's going to say when he finds out? That's right, he's going to yell at you for not trusting him, he's going to tell you to stop mothering him, and he still hasn't forgiven you for what you did about the girl."

"'The girl' has a name, you know."

Protoman jumped about 3 feet in the air inside his PET, and turned around to find Sapphire sitting cross-legged and calmly in front of him.

"Hello there, ace-battler Protoman."

Protoman sweatdropped and blinked behind his visor, while Enzan groaned and said, "Let me guess…" Then he turned himself around and found Sayuri 3 inches from his face. Sayuri had a furious fire in her eyes, countered only by the (obviously forced and hard to control) friendliness in the rest of her expression.

"HI!"

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OMG! I'm still not done! I have MOOOOORE! That's right, folks, I'm going to be double updating this time around, just to make up for the times that I've been flaking out on you. In fact, I'm so inspired I might just triple update. YUS.

….REVIEWS GET! And I only got 1 PM about Sapphire's picture. I'm sure more of you want to see her? Ah, that's okay. You can all just pretty much look at a picture of Megaman, give it longer hair and boobs, and POOF! Sapphire.

- kthxbai.