The Dark Rush had an odd look on his face as he checked his reflection in a mirror. "Say, does my 'do look all right?" he queried.

Fanficcer looked at him, confused. "Yeah, why wouldn't it?"

The Dark Rush shrugged in reply. "Someone said I need a new one."

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Lan's POV

I grinned and pumped my fists into the air. "It's over," I crowed happily as I leaned back in the seat of Sal's van. "It's finally over."

"All I can say is, everything's gonna turn out all right." Dex grinned and did the peace sign in a very me-ish gesture. "Say, Lan, later you wanna NetBattle?"

"Life isn't about NetBattling, you know," remarked Maylu with a laugh. He stopped and turned to her – and at this point, I knew what was going to happen. I mean, how could I not? It was so obvious...

"MEIRU-CHAN! Will you go on a date with me?"

Oh, great. He'd actually forgotten to use the English name instead of the Japanese one. But I guessed I shouldn't really have cared – after all, me and Meiru – uh, Maylu – start going out in Fiddling with Destiny. Only problem is, by then I'll almost be done highschool. Go figure. (rolls eyes)

"No, Dex, as you should perfectly well know." Maylu smiled happily. "I still like you as a friend, though."

"But…" Rely on Mega Man to bring his serious view of things into the picture. Here we were, after finishing what could have been our greatest and best adventure (But, of course, because of TCF's screwed timeline, we'd have the rest of BN3 to go through, followed by Axess, Stream, Beast, and Battle Networks 4-6. And Chip Challenge and Network Transmission and Phantom of Network. Hey, what did I just say?) ever, and here he was, complaining as always. "But what'll happen to us? Will be humans, Navis, humanized Navis… What?"

"You guys shouldn't worry." Sal's voice floated to us from the driver's seat, where she was sitting with Yai's chauffeur Chuck and, next to him, Miyu and Maysa. "Dr. Hikari will know what to do. Not to mention, I wonder why Chaud fiddled with that weird PET before he gave it back to Jonouchi?"

"Yeah – I mean, I think dear ol' Jonouchi will suffer the consquences later on." Unsurprisingly enough, Chuck didn't sound the least bit worried, cool hippie-talking disco-lover that he was. Once, he'd told me he likes rollerblading. I feel like randomly sticking a flashback in here, but I'll make it easier for all of us and do this instead.

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Chuck: I love rollerskating! It's really awesome!

Me: FINALLY! A kindred spirit! Yay! (begins dancing randomly)

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Anyway...

"Also, we've got Yai on our side, haven't we?"

In reply Yai, happy as she was in that pic at the beginning of the BN3 Brady Games player's guide (OK… What did I just say?) grinned, winked, and held up the peace sign. "Yup," she agreed happily, "We've got me."

"You shouldn't worry, Mega Man." Roll gently patted him on the shoulder; as everyone noticed, their cheeks turned pink. "It's not good for you."

We were all there – me, Mega, Dex, Guts, Maylu, Roll, Yai, Glide, Tory, Ice Man, Sal, Maysa, Miyu, and Chuck. It was actually a really new van that she had gotten around the beginning of this whole adventure; the back seats alone could hold ten people in two rows. The front seats could hold another five, but all us kids – and even Glide, for some reason or other – had declined the offer and we were now comfortably sitting in the back.

"Roll's right, Mega," Tory said now, sighing contentedly as he leaned back further in his own seat. He was sitting with Yai – the two of them, as we'd all notice, were getting closer and closer together. But no actual kissing – in the words of the Dark Rush (even though I'll forget them in a few seconds), 'save all that for the other fics, both Mega Man and Rockman.exe ones.'

The Dark Rush: I'll take it from here, since Lan's about to forget in a moment. There we go – his eyes are glazed in drifting daydreaming, he's lost focus, and yet he looks completely idiotic insane. Take that, Lloyd (does a thumbs-up to Fanficcer). Anyway, even when TCF had told me about all the romance it plans to write into these fanfics – which I'd later told everyone about, of course – its eyes had gotten this kind of weird gleam in them. The next thing I'd known and it'd been running around like a insane fanperson, screaming random things like 'ROCKMAN.EXE!' and 'ToS!' and 'DIGIMON FANFIC I'M GONNA THINK UP IN THE FUTURE!'

Lan: (annoyed) Can we please get back to fandom?

The Dark Rush: Oh, yes, of course. (grins evilly and yet sanely) Sorry, I forgot.

Lan: Thank you! (smacks forehead) Anyway…

Thecrazyfanficcer: (rolling eyes) Oh, and I usually don't run around yelling the last thing, though it's pretty much true for the others. Tales of Symphonia, everyone! (begins dancing randomly)

Lan: (grumbles) You and your stupid Butch Hartman-ish running gags. (rolls eyes) On with it already…

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"Yeah, I think by the end of this whole fic – I mean, this whole adventure," grinned easygoing Ice Man, "everyone'll be happy."

"Say, Sal?" I asked suddenly, lifting my bandanna'd head up from where I had been happily relaxing in the plush behind my head – all the whole trying to ignore my Navi – and looking at the green-haired Official NetBattler. "Speaking of which, where are you taking us?"

"Mm… You'll see, Lan, you'll see," Maysa answered for her as he tossed a random thing with a deft flip of white-gloved hands. "Eat your fish!"

"I thought it was 'take your calcium,' guts?" Guts Man asked curiously as he picked up the Styrofoam packet which –yes, I am aware this next bit sounds corny – was holding a lump of gray fish.

"Actually, studies show that salmon is a high source of calcium," Yai replied brightly as he chucked the packet behind his head, where it landed smoothly in Glide's lap. "So, Commander Beef – ops, Maysa – could kill two birds with one stone by giving us salmon."

"Nah, I don't like fish that much," replied Maylu with a laugh as she settled herself more comfortably into the seat, coming a little nearer to me in the process.

"I d-don't… I…" The words were sucked out of my mouth as I caught sight of the red-violet-haired figure moving a little closer to me. "I d-don't like th-them either…" I mumbled finally, my cheeks reddening so badly that my headband actually felt hot. And bloody, now that you mention it.

"You amorous NetBattler," smirked Mega, his own cheeks normal-toned as he turned vibrant green eyes on me. "You like Maylu, and you're making it way too obvious."

"Yeah, Roll-lover," I muttered under my breath as the said redhead's (Hey, that rhymes!) eyes briefly snapped open; she giggled and closed them again in relaxation.

Mega Man promptly fell silent; as if to cover up the absence, Dex filled in the gaps with talk about NetBattling. His and Guts' conversation soon pulled me from my 'amorous' (Mega Man… (cutsie face) What's with all these weird words?) stupor and we were all soon involved in an engaging conversation.

"Someday, I get the impression that we'll change the fate of the world forever – not counting all this humanized-Navi stuff." Tory voiced his opinion, his cheek scruched in his hand as he surveyed the gradually diminishing DenTech scenery. Sal could have gone faster with her new van, but she wasn't -- that way, we could all talk together.

"We are some of the strongest NetBattlers in all NetNavi history," observed Glide as he toyed with something small and black affixed into his golden armour. "I have a device Miss Yai gave me that will aid us in stocking BattleChips in the Real World. I think we've already changed history."

"Yup," smiled Roll. "Can't deny that."

"What is it, though, Yai?" her Net Op now asked curiously as she turned to the genius of braided hair. "It's built into Glide's armour, isn't it? It won't work for humans."

She nodded back to a surprised Maylu. "I've taken some DNA samples from Mega Man. The way I see it, someday every Navi will be human enough so that it can work for both us and them – but they'll need some special armour to do it." She gave a broad, pleased smirk. "Which I've been working on with Dr. Hikari."

At this point I groaned, so loudly everyone looked at me. "What is it, Lanny baby?" asked Dex, picking up on Mega's line of character interaction as his moehawked head turned to face me.

"You're reminding me of my dad now," I moaned, putting my face in my hands. "You may be the smartest person in the world, but I'm not." I groaned again, louder this time. "I've just realised… When I'm older, I'm gonna have such a reputation to live up to."

"You can leave that to Yai and the others, Lan," Roll told me brightly. "We can NetBattle." She paused thoughtfully. "Or heal each other."

We all found ourselves laughing as the familiar borders of the ACDC district appeared on the horizon.