Disclaimer: (drools over Searchman chibi on back of vol. 8) Oooooooooh…(blinks) Oh, I'm supposed to do the disclaimer? O-okay…(holds up manga and points to chibi Searchman-sama)

…I DON'T OWN HIM! T-T

A/N: Ow. My hands hurt from banging on the computer table during a really good song was playing. OWWWIE. You should really listen to E.S. Posthumus. Their songs are just instruments and a chorus in the background, no singing or nuthin, and they make some frickin good songs. With drums. (bangs on table to rhythm of drums)

T-T ow.

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"Ummm…Hi. And you would be…"

Chaud was currently on the ground, staring up at a looming, dark presence that was Sayuri.

"You're saying I don't look familiar? Hm. For a prodigy, you have bad manners and a bad memory."

"Selective memory, Sayuri." Sapphire chimed in.

Protoman shot a look in Sapphire's direction, who didn't flinch a bit. (Heh, I almost said 'flinch an inch'. Heh.) Meanwhile, Sayuri still berated Chaud.

"For one thing, I had never met you in person before 2 hours ago. Second, I used to look up to you, but from the way things are panning out, it looks like you're looking up to me." She smiled a bit and continued. "Third, I don't care what kind of relationship you have with Lan. I don't want him, I don't need him, and truthfully, I don't like him very much."

Chaud glared angrily at Sayuri. "Then what are you hanging out with him for? You obviously don't like him like that, and he might start to get the wrong idea. What are you trying to achieve?"

Sayuri glanced down at her own PET, which now housed Sapphire. "Go on, Sai. Tell him. See what he thinks. See what he does." This was said with a smirk that didn't look right.

Sigh. "Alright, I'll tell you. My mom-"

"Oh no. Don't even go on blaming this on your mother. Moms don't make people do things like…like…like this!" Protoman yelled from Chaud's PET. "At least not normal moms!"

"Will you shut up already and lether go on?" Sapphire yelled.Protoman shrank back and clearly nodded. "Uh-huh."

Sayuri seemed satisfied. "Good. Now, as I was saying, my mom has a grudge against the Hikari family; namely, Hikari-hakase, Lan's father. She believes that what she did to save his son, Hub, was totally immoral and would have been illegal if she was mayor. My mother, Sayuri Megami, Sr…"

Chaud mentally slapped himself. I should have thought of the possibility that someone else shared her name!

"…She ran for mayor the year Hub Hikari was turned into Megaman. She told me that if I ever meet the Hikari boy, to do whatever I can to make sure his life is as miserable as possible."

Chaud made another mental note to slap Sayuri again.

"My mother never had the chance to do what Yuuichiro did. I, too, had a twin, and if Mother had been allowed to save her, like Hub was saved, then she would have been turned into Sapphire. Instead…" Inhale, exhale. You can do this, Sai. For Mama."…My real twin sister, who really was named Kayiri, died on our first birthday. My mother was heartbroken. She was determined to show that if her own daughter couldn't be saved, no one else could." She finished quite dramatically.

"Ah…" was all Chaud could get out. This story was completely different from the one she had told Lan. How do I know that she's telling the truth now? It doesn't make any logical sense…if she's set out to destroy Lan, why is she telling me, the person closest to him? Then realization hit him. (RealiZATION, people. Not a brick. That's what people throw at me.) She's daring me to tell him...daring me to make him believe me…she's toying with me!

Sayuri giggled a little bit, then looked over at the hill she had pushed Lan down, which he was scaling once more. "I'm...gonna...get...you...forthat...Sai..." He gasped in between lunges, smiling the entire way.

Chaud got up and slid down the hill in order to help him up, but Lan pulled away. "Nuh-uh. Get away from me, Blaze!" he growled, making sure to put special emphasis on his use of Chaud's last name.

Chaud was dumbstruck. He called me Blaze...he hasn't said my last name like that in years... He just sat there with his hand on his forehead, pushing his hair back in exasperation and looking around wildly for something to focus on. (You know you want to imagine that. -)He won't even let me try to help him...he'll hurt himself to prove a point...Chaud began to slowly walk away, swaying as if he had just been hit by a speeding car, toward the hospital...or at least, that's where the others saw him going. Chaud just wanted to get away from it all, not caring where he went. And definitely not caring that he had left his PET on top of the hill.

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OMG! I'm still not done! I have MOOOOORE! More more more more MORE! Here's the second update in my big huge updating streak. I've been inspired, yes I have.

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- kthxbai. (Maybe I should change my pen name to that, since I say it so much online. You guys might not see it that often yet, but you will. Youuuu willlll...muahahahaha.)