Note: when I use three I mean at the same time somewhere else. When I use more than three, I mean later in time.

Chapter 5: The Beasts Within

"Well, goodnight Megaman!" Solarman said to his friend after many hours of practice.

"See you tomorrow at the tournament!" Megaman replied. They both jacked out.

"Remember to wake me up early Solarman," Drew said to his navi before placing it on his nightstand.

"Goodnight Drew," Solarman said, going into standby.

"Goodnight Solarman." Drew said, falling asleep.

"Hey, Lan," Megaman said to his operator.

"Yeah Megaman?" Lan asked.

"Whenever I'm around Solarman, I feel like using my beast-out power... it's like something is calling to Gregar's power." Megaman said.

"I told you we should have had dad delete that data," Lan said, "but no, you said we had it for a reason, that it was a unique power, and that we shouldn't just get rid of it."

"And I still think we should keep it," Megaman said, "even if we haven't needed it, you know that right after we do get rid of it; we're going to need it."

"Yeah," Lan said, "That would be our luck."

"Goodnight Lan," Megaman said.

"Night Megaman," Lan said, dozing off.

"Lan!" Megaman called out, "Lan! There's someone on the phone for you! Lan! Well, I didn't want to do this but..." Megaman turned the phone function off of vibrate, and turned its volume up to the max. BBBBBBRIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Lan yelled as he fell out of his bed.

"Phone call for you Lan!" Megaman said in his regular tone.

"Hello?" Lan asked.

"Hey Lan!" the voice on the other side said.

"Oh, hi Drew," Lan said.

"Lan, get to the school now! You're gonna be late!" Drew said, before he hung up.

"Late?" Lan said, as he rushed to get dressed, and ran out the door.

"Drew, you did call Lan, right?" Mayl asked.

"Yeah," Drew said, "give him another minute." Then, a girl with brown hair and brown eyes walked into the school.

"Drew!" Solarman said, "That's her!"

"Does Solarman mean Paige?" Mayl asked, "What about her?"

"Well Solarman has a crush on her navi," Drew said.

"And Drew has a crush on her!" Solarman said.

"Solarman!" Drew said.

"Well I think it's sweet," Mayl said.

"You would laugh," Drew said.

"But you aren't because you have a crush on Lan!" Solarman finished.

"What makes you say that?" Mayl said, embarrassed.

"We aren't as dense as Lan is," Drew said.

"Who's not dense like me?" Lan asked as he ran through the school doors.

"Finally!" Drew said, "You're here! Let's get into the auditorium!" Lan ran into the auditorium.

"Mayl?" Drew asked, "Can you save two seats for us? Thanks!" He said as he followed Lan.

"Ah! Lan and Drew!" the principal said from the front of the auditorium, "You're late! We almost had to disqualify you! You're in the first match!" Lan and Drew ran to the front, and look at their opponents.

"Chaud?" Lan asked. He didn't recognize his partner though.

"Lan," Chaud said, "the only reason you would even stand a chance is your skill, not your partner's. He is probably just an inept net-battler, who just happened to get a lucky break."

"What!" Drew asked, mad, "Listen to me you pompous freak! I'm a better net-battler than you could ever hope to be! My net navi and I have never lost!"

"Then you are weak... victory brings pride, failure brings strength." Chaud said.

"Solarman," Drew said.

"I'm just as mad as you!" He responded.

Lan and Drew Jacked-In.

"Battle one, Begin!" a judge said.

"Full-Synchro!" Drew yelled, as they became one, "I won't hold back any of our strength! BEAST-OUT!"

Waves of power burst from their body, as Falzer's strength was awakened. They gained wings, claws, and a whole new look, completed with red eyes, but still retaining their red scarf.

"Falzer?" Megaman said, "No wonder Gregar's power was stirring within me!"

"Better stand back Megaman," Lan said, "Drew has a really bad temper."

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Drew yelled as he sliced Protoman's partner once, deleting him. "Now for you..." Drew said.

"Protoman," Chaud said, "attack!"

Protoman jumped at Drew, attempting to slice him. Drew grabbed Protoman's sword, then he broke it.

"Megaman," Lan said, "He'll delete Protoman if we don't stop him!"

"We can't!" Megaman said, "He's in a frenzy! We can't touch him!"

"Megaman!" Lan said.

"What?" Megaman asked.

"Hit Protoman with a cannon chip, before Drew can finish him off! If this works, we could force him to jack out! Cannon battle chip in! Download!" Lan said.

A large cannon appeared on Megaman's arm. He aimed the best he could, then he waited. Drew was shooting his Falzer Buster at Protoman's shield. And his shield was breaking! Drew flew up in front of him, then he slashed the shield, deleting it.

"Now!" Megaman yelled, shooting the cannon. The shot hit him.

"Protoman," Chaud said, "It's hopeless, Jack-out."

"Roger, sir," Protoman said jacking out.

"You may be stronger than I thought you were," Chaud said, "but that's only because your navi's a monster." Chaud and his partner left the stage.

"Drew," Lan said, "why didn't you tell me Solarman had Cybeast Falzer's power?"

Drew let out a terrible screech.

"AHH!" Megaman yelled, "That sound, it's tearing my data apart!" Megaman, collapsed, clenching his ears. Then, his eyes opened. He let go of his ears, and he stood up, but there was something different about him. His eyes burned with a red color. He opened his mouth and let out a roar. Falzer/Drew turned around and faced Megaman. The roar knocked Drew out of sync. Only Falzer/Solarman and Gregar/Megaman remained in the battle-field. Drew didn't seem to be himself either. When he looked at Lan, Lan saw red eyes, Falzer's eyes. Drew took multiple chips and put them into his PET quickly. Solarman's hands turned into M-Cannons, two Tankcannons appeared on his shoulders, and every "feather" on his wings turned into razor-sharp blades.

"Megaman," Lan said, "Jack-Out!" But Megaman didn't listen. Instead, he ran behind a wall and dodged the attacks. Out of ammo, Solarman let out another deafening screech. Megaman roared to match him.

"If this keeps up, the machine will be fried!" Lan said.

"We need to waste their energy," Drew said, coming back to his senses.

"How?" Lan asked.

"I-I don't know…" Drew said, "If we can't jack them out, we have to wait until the beasts subside…"

"But were in control when we synchronize," Lan said, "So why don't we?"

"Well," Drew said, "we could try."
When they did synchronize, Lan gained control of Megaman, and he jacked him out, but Drew fused with Solarman in the real world. He still had control, but he couldn't return Solarman to his PET, so he had to go through the rest of the day like that, until his energy was wasted. Before going home, Drew apologized to Lan for not letting him know about Falzer… that he was afraid Lan would think Solarman was a monster. Lan accepted and apologized to Drew for not telling him about Gregar. They both went to their houses, and took a well earned rest. And for that weekend, Drew was working on something he'd show to Lan on Moday.