Operator To Navi Chapter V Part 1: Pool Fun And New Enemies, a mega man fanfic

Okay, back to Muramasa and Shine I guess.

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TJ and Rikumon: ClownMan?? Gimme a break!

Red Chaos Mage: Unfortunately, yes. MMBN3 to be precise. DarkMan was only allowed to battle with Serenade if he managed to delete 10000 Navis. I liked him (a little).

Enigma: Ah. Yeah, I know.

Pyrogirll23: Again, I'm sorry. But there's a certain author (who's also a repeat reviewer) who'd have my head on a platter if I gave out Lan and Mega. But there might be someone else for you. They're in this chapter. If you're interested, give me a holler. Otherwise, tell me who else you'd like.

Song: Bass doesn't have an Operator! Sure, he was created by Cossack, but he doesn't have an Operator (as I was told by Enigma). The Bass Shun had was a mere copy. And don't worry about sucking at the game! Those parts always take long! Do you have any idea how frigging long I've been playing MMBN2 just to get a "ZapRing2 S"?!?!?

Sol Sabre: [catches bag] Sure! I feel like sharing right now. Especially after that 'pool incident'. ^__^ [eats a cookie] Ah know DawkMan dun've an Opewatow… Woops! Sowwy! [gulp] I said, I know DarkMan doesn't have an Operator, and I know he's an assassin Navi. By the by, is Serenade a guy or a gall?? I heard somewhere that Serenade was a gall in Japan, but he's a guy in the American version. What's up with that?? [eats a few more cookies and hands a few to Enzan] Weiwd…

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Chapter V Part 1: Pool Fun And New Enemies

"Oh god… It's so hot around here…"

"Looks like we're going to have a heatwave again."

"Oh great… Now what do we do?"

"I don't know. You think of something."

"I'm not sure if I can. I think my brains are starting to melt."

"Very funny."

Shine was waving cool air at her face using a homemade fan, occasionally wiping the sweat from her brow. She had removed her jacket, and had rolled up the legs of her pants. At the moment, she was also walking around barefoot.

Chaud on the other hand was just being… Chaud.

He hadn't even bothered taking off his jacket as he continued to sort through something he had been working on. Apparently, he thought he didn't look like himself if he didn't wear his usual outfit. Just looking at him made Shine sweat.

It was about 2 months since the incident with DrillMan. Muramasa had managed to deal with complete darkness until she was recovered, but she still kept mumbling it hurt like hell, and kept cursing in Japanese. Most words Shine didn't know, and she had the suspicious feeling she didn't want to either.

"Chaud! How can you stand this heat while wearing that?!" she asked after pushing open one of the windows.

"I just do," Chaud answered calmly around his pen, which was stuck between his teeth at the moment.

Shine sighed and looked out the window of the large complex. Chaud watched her as she continued waving cool air at her face, sitting in the windowsill. Something was bothering her, but he wasn't sure what. He shrugged it off and turned back to the form he'd been filling in. He had to have them all finished or he was in big trouble.

"Hey Chaud?" Shine suddenly said.

'There ya got it,' he thought, a bit irritated.

"Hmhmm?" he asked around his pen, before scribbling something down.

"You said you lived here with your father, right? How come I've never seen him?"

Chaud didn't bother looking up when he said: "He's been busy lately. He doesn't have time to stay in the house for long."

"So… that makes you the man of the house?"

Chaud looked at her a little oddly.

"Just a question!" Shine said in defense, before turning back to the window.

It was way too hot to argue about anything. And she wasn't the only one who found it was hot. Their Navis were also feeling a tad hot, being stuck in their PETs all the time. Still, they said nothing, not feeling that much like talking.

Muramasa, who was fixed up again, wiped some sweat from her brow, but kept her mouth shut. Proto hardly moved, and said nothing at all, even though he was clearly as hot as everyone else.

When the silence became too much, Shine picked up both PETs, and said: "I'm going out for a while, okay?" and left before anyone could object.

Once she was outside in the garden of the rather large complex, Shine pulled out Chaud's PET, and asked: "Hey Proto, what does Chaud's dad do anyway?"

"Why do you ask?" Proto asked in confusion.

"Can't I even ask a question with this heat? Jeez!" Shine mumbled.

"Sorry."

Shine kept on flapping her fan, still feeling as hot as ever. She continued walking through the garden, sometimes stopping to watch a few plants here and there. Still, the sun was shining as bright as before, and it made the day slightly unbearable. And there were quite a few plants who thought the same way.

"Ugh! I just need a jump in a pool or something!" Shine finally said, unable to stand the heat any longer.

"So, why don't you?" Proto asked, surprising the whitehead.

"Are you saying you guys actually have a pool here?!" Muramasa asked the other Navi.

"Well, yeah," Proto said calmly.

Muramasa frowned, a little angry and asked: "And no one bothered to tell us?!"

Proto opened his mouth, but Shine beat him to it.

"Let me guess. We never asked. Right?"

"…Right."

The sound of a lock rattling sounded through the room for a moment or so, coming from outside the door, until the distinct click of the lock sounded, signaling that it was unlocked now. Carefully, the door creaked open, and Shine peeked her head inside, looking around to check if no one was around, before walking inside carefully. She stopped for a moment, and just stared.

"………Wow," was the only thing that came out.

Quickly, the girl raced for the water, and looked at her reflection in it (AFTER laying the PETs on the ground). The water moved slightly, making the surface ripple ever so gently, causing the girl's reflection to deform. Still, it was easy to make out the short white locks and the curious purple eyes, staring at the water in fascination.

"So? You gonna get in, or what?" Muramasa asked, hands on her hips.

"Don't you think I need a swimsuit for that?" Shine asked, looking up from her reflection.

The gray-haired Navi gave a sigh, but said nothing.

A smile suddenly appeared on Shine's face and she straightened up.

"Hey! I've got an idea!!" she said.

Muramasa sweat dropped and whispered to Proto: "This can't be good. I can feel it."

Proto shared the feeling, and gulped almost unnoticeably.

"Hey Chaud!" Shine's voice pierced his thoughts, and he looked up to see her entering the room, smiling from ear-to-ear. "What do you use that pool for anyway?"

Chaud wasn't even going to ask how she figured out they even had one, knowing she either found it by looking around, or by asking ProtoMan.

"I don't. My father uses it mostly," he said, avoiding her gaze so she couldn't see the slightly pained look in his eyes.

It was the truth, really. He wasn't allowed in there. That's why it was always locked up whenever his father wasn't around. Even though he was an Official, and was allowed to do all sorts of things when outside, once he was at home, there were quite the few things he wasn't allowed to use or do.

"Are you saying… you're not allowed to use the pool??" Shine asked, disbelief clear in her voice.

Chaud looked up from under his bangs, noting that her smile was now gone and she looked a little dumbfound. He had no idea how she figured it out, but what was the use denying it now?

"No…" he said softly, shaking his head with the same force (which wasn't much).

"Not allowed to use the pool of his own house?!?!" Muramasa demanded, a little steamed off.

"We usually have better stuff to do anyway," Proto says, not looking at the girl.

"That's no reason to-to-to--"

Muramasa struggled in vain for words to use, but upon finding none, she screamed and raked her hands through her hair. Not only because she couldn't find the word, but also because she was just plain pissed. Not at Chaud, Shine or Proto, but at Chaud's father.

She'd only seen him three times in MMBN3, and the man didn't leave a good first impression on her. And at the end, where he said dinner was at seven, and where Chaud asked if he could eat with him, she had shaken her head softly, feeling pity for the whitehead. No, the man had not left a good impression on her.

Finally, Muramasa let her arms fall to the side, hands clenched into fists as she said: "Shine! Tell him!"

Shine nodded and said: "Well, if you want to know, it's open now!"

Chaud's head snapped up in surprise.

"Open?? But my father always---" he started.

Before he could finish, Shine smiled a downright evil smile and produced a few hairpins from her hair, which had the distinct form of a key.

"Just because I look all innocent doesn't mean I am," she said, still smiling at Chaud's shocked expression.

Chaud finally snapped out of it and smirked, shaking his head.

"You're full of surprises, aren't you?" he asked.

"I think Muramasa's starting to rub off on me," Shine said, placing the hairpins back in her hair.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Muramasa asked, pretending to be angry, though she really wasn't.

"Anyway, I don't know about you, but I'm going to need a swimsuit," Shine said with a shrug, looking neutral again. "All I brought from Netopia was my PET, some money, and the clothes I'm currently wearing."

Chaud nodded and said: "Well, seeing as I was never allowed to use the pool, I'm going to need something too."

Shine smiled and said: "Then let's go!"

Shine moved a few swimsuits aside that she didn't like, and continued until she reached the end, before heading for the next row. It was hard to pick a suit she really liked, because all of them looked different, and that made it much harder to choose. Chaud was most likely having it easier, knowing in advance what he wanted, and searching for it with determination.

Shine however, was a different story.

"Ugh! There's got to be something in here that looks reasonable," she mumbled.

"Like anything would look reasonable on someone like you," a voice said behind her, making Shine whirl around in confusion.

She instantly stood face-to-face with a boy just a few years older than her, to her estimation, with short black hair and piercing blue eyes, even more so than Chaud's. Only difference was that this boy looked downright… evil. E-V-I-L. You could simply read it off his face, whether you wanted to or not.

He only wore black, and most clothes seemed to just cling to his body like a second skin, showing off the muscles of his chest, arms, and legs. He wore some tight jeans, and had four silver belts around his waist. The belts were way too big for his rather narrow hips, and dangled a little above his thighs, jingling lightly as he walked. There was also a chain hanging around his neck, with a set of rings of some kind on it. Both rings were silver and seemed engraved with odd symbols that Shine couldn't quite identify. He wore heavy, black leather boots, with small silver belts on them. He also wore a spiked choker, some black fingerless gloves with small silver studs near the knuckles, and there was a dark black ribbon tied securely around his upper-right arm. His arms were bare, and he also had a leather jacket on, and another ribbon around his forehead. He had a symbol engraved silver ring on each finger but his thumbs, each sparking when the light fell on them. On the center of his shirt, was a large omega symbol.

"Excuse me?" Shine asked, confused.

Who was this guy?

"You heard me! And I'm not going to repeat myself to some brat!" the boy said with a voice as piercing as his eyes.

Gave Shine the shivers.

"Well, for your information, I never asked for your opinion, so sod off!" Shine said, refusing to use any other cusswords.

The boy chuckled and said: "But I gave it anyways. And what are you going to do about it, little pipsqueak?"

Shine slowly clenched her fists, and kept it up until the knuckles turned as white as her hair. Her eyes closed and her eyebrows started to twitch, begging to arch downward, as she tried to keep her mouth in a smooth line.

When she opened her eyes, she said: "Look, I'm rather busy, so find someone else to bug."

The boy simply smirked and said: "Why should I? You're an easier target than that other brat with the white hair."

Shine's eyebrow twitched a little, but she managed to keep it up, though she started to shake lightly. This wasn't going to end well if someone didn't step in.

Muramasa in the meantime was facing off with the boy's Navi, who was, surprisingly, a head taller than her, with her hair included. The duo glared each other down, neither willing to back down.

The Navi had a helmet with what seemed like demon-horns on them, though they could look like cat-ears when viewed from a different angle, with a furious red crystal on his forehead. The caps on his ears held an omega symbol, which was most likely his Navi-Symbol. He had pitch-black armor with blood red lines criss-crossing across it, making it seem like he had large scratches in it. The sharply pointed shouldercaps were blood-red and the right cap held a rather bold, yet slightly classy 'Z' on it. On his chestplate, there was a single gem of the same color as that on his forehead. He had spiked blood-red kneecaps and had rather large boots with red noses and heels.

His eyes were emotionless and piercing red, without pupils, leaving no chance to read him, and his mouth was formed in a firm line, and Muramasa vaguely wondered if they were glued together. From the back of his helmet, came a long mass of really light blond, almost white hair, which was the only thing that clashed with the Navi. He also had a sheath on his back, but she thought nothing of it.

"If I were you, I'd tell my Operator to leave mine alone. Unless you want to be deleted before you can say 'yikes'," the Navi said, voice cold and emotionless.

Muramasa closed her eyes and chuckled lightly, before opening her eyes and saying: "If I'm not mistaking, it was your Operator who started this whole mess. So why don't you tell yours?"

"Heh," the Navi said, smirking viciously. "Like I have to fear anything from a petit little girl."

"Don't think that just because I'm girl and smaller than you, that I'm as easy as you think me to be," Muramasa hissed, her tail starting to move around behind her, showing she was getting aggravated.

Before either the boy or the Navi could say anything else though…

"That's enough of that, Rei," Chaud said, causing the boy to look up. "And if I were you, I'd get out of here before I have to arrest you." As afterthought: "Again."

The boy, obviously named Rei, scowled, and said: "Like I said a million times already, that's X to you!"

Rei--or X, whatever!--whirled around and stalked off, with Shine watching him leave.

"Who was he?" Shine asked.

"Trouble. Trust me," Chaud said.

Once they were back at Chaud's house, Shine plopped down on her bed, finally allowing a scowl to slip into place. She sat there for some time, before she pulled out the swimsuit she bought. She'd finally just picked one at random, and hadn't even noticed what she'd bought.

Holding it up, she noticed that it was a light white, though slightly darker than her hair. On the front, was a strange symbol that looked either Chinese or Japanese. She wasn't sure.

"If you want to know, it means 'light'," Muramasa's voice said softly, a tinge of anger visible in it.

"Japanese?"

"Hai."

"That guy's Navi pissed you off?"

"Ooh yeah."

"Aha."

"…………………"

"Are you going to get into that suit or what?!"

"EEP!! Right!"

A little later, Shine arrived at the pool, noting that Chaud wasn't around yet. She shrugged her shoulders and placed her PET somewhere where it wouldn't get wet, before heading for the water. She kneeled down, checking exactly how deep it was before nodding and wiping the stray locks from her face. She'd removed her ponytails because she liked to watch her hair float about when she was in the water.

She kneeled lower, until she was on one knee, and stared into the water for a moment. Carefully, she brought up her arms, and put her chin on her throat. She took deep breaths, and finally took a final gulp, before vanishing underwater with a sharp push of her leg.

Chaud watched her for a moment, and when she vanished underwater, he walked inside, placing his PET beside Shine's. Proto and Muramasa greeted in their usual way, and started some light conversation to pass the time.

He smirked, then turned to the water, just as Shine resurfaced, taking a gulp of air. She finally noticed him and turned to him.

"Hey Chaud!" she said, smiling. "What took you?"

Chaud shrugged and said: "Nothing important."

Shine rolled her eyes. She noticed Chaud was wearing a dark black bathing suit, and it suited him quite well.

"Well? Come on!!" she said, splashing a small wave of water his way.

Chaud didn't move, and said: "And if I don't?"

Shine looked at him, her face giving nothing away. She suddenly took a gulp of breath and dived under again. Within seconds, she had vanished from his view. Chaud blinked, and looked closer, but was unable to find her. He walked over, trying to locate her, but he wasn't having any luck. He kneeled down, and squinted against the water, but still nothing.

"RAH!!!" a voice behind him shouted, before he was violently shoved into the water, headfirst.

Having been startled right before vanishing under the water, he'd been unable to breathe in, so you can guess, he sort of panicked. But for some reason, his limbs wouldn't move. He tried, but they just wouldn't budge.

He desperately tried to struggle, but his tired limbs just couldn't stop the hands pushing him under, not allowing him out of the water. The air escaped from his lips, and he was close to unconsciousness, but he continued to struggle, trying to hold out for dear life, but found himself unable to.

With one last cry, he blacked out.

Just as panic began to consume him, he felt something clutch onto his arm. He managed to whirl around, and noticed Shine looking at him with a worried glance, before she began to swim up with him.

Once above the surface, Chaud started gulping up the air his lungs craved for.

"What happened? You… you just cramped up!" Shine asked, sounding rather worried.

"I don't know…" Chaud said softly.

"Chaud… did you eat before you came here?" Shine asked, looking at him with a worried look.

"…No… why?" Chaud asked, confused.

Shine shook her head.

"Nothing. Come on! Let's get you back ashore!"

"Close one," Muramasa said softly. "What was all that about?"

"I don't know…" Proto mumbled.

"Hey Proto, why wasn't Chaud allowed in here anyway?"

"I'm not sure. It had something to do with… with… I don't know! Something!"

"Hmmm… his dad's hiding something…"

"What do you mean?"

"I'm suspecting he doesn't want Chaud to discover something. But the question is, what?"

"I don't---Hey! Shine looks like a fish doing that!"

Muramasa looked up at the screen, and noticed Shine popping out of the water, vanishing back under, and popping back out a few seconds later.

"Oh, that. I don't know why, but she likes doing that."

"Too bad Navis can't do anything like that."

"Ha. If that was possible."

"Tut-tut, it looks like rain," Shine mumbled staring at the darkening sky.

It was already near nightfall, and Shine was wearing a rather oversized T-shirt, not having a nightgown and all.

"Uruse, Christopher Robin," Muramasa mumbled.

"What?!" Shine asked.

Muramasa didn't answer as the rolling storm came closer and closer. Shine finally closed the window, and sat down on her bed, holding her PET in hand.

"So, what do we got on this thing anyway?" she asked.

Muramasa cracked her fingers, and said: "Let's find out."

"Hora, Shine?" Muramasa asked after a few hours.

"Yeah?"

"……How did you know about Netopia?"

"…………I dunno. It just… popped into my skull…"

"Nani???"

"Yeah, I know. It's odd."

"Well anyway, let's get some rest and think about it tomorrow!"

"Okay!"

During the middle of the night, Shine sat upright in bed. Something had woken her up, but she wasn't sure what it had been. She sat there, unmoving, listening for whatever it'd been she'd heard. Her head slowly turned to her PET, which was attached to the PC she had in the room. The screen was blank, but there was a familiar ringing coming from it.

Shine got up, and walked over to it. After picking it up, she read the message.

"I'm sorry if I woke you, but I sensed something strange on the Net, and I'm going to check it out. It felt awfully familiar somehow, I don't know what it was. I'll be back before dawn, I promise. R.G."

Shine smiled and placed down her PET. That's when it dawned to her that it was raining, but not storming. Shine smiled, staring at the rainfall, and opened the door to the balcony. Without putting anything else on, she stepped out, letting the rain soak her completely. She always enjoyed the rain, while Muramasa hated it more than anything. She wasn't sure what it was, but she just loved it.

Leaning on the railing, Shine stared down at the garden, smiling a strange, drunken smile. She didn't know why she smiled, she just did.

The smile faded once she noticed the light in the poolhouse being on though.

Chaud watched the water as he sat there, not really doing anything, just, sitting and staring. He was clad in some gray pajamas, and he was soaked to the bone from the rain, making him shiver every once in awhile, though it meant little to him. He was sitting on a ledge, swinging his legs a little, making the water ripple with the gentle movement.

He was just staring, not doing anything at all but swing his legs and stare. Thoughts hardly formed, but when they did, he couldn't grasp them to stay in reality. He was so lost in the silence of his own mind, that he failed to hear the door creak open, or heard the small footsteps heading gingerly his way, or the calling of his own name.

All he saw and all he heard was the water, rippling gently and crashing against the ledge he was sitting on. He couldn't make out anything that wasn't water, even when it was right in front of his nose.

But he was violently startled from his serene state of mind when a gush of water crashed over him, making him cry out in surprise.

"What's the matter with you!?!?" Shine demanded, holding one fist on her hip, while the other held on to a now empty bucket. "You're just staring at the water and you don't listen to anything I say!"

Chaud removed his drenched bangs from his eyes and stared at Shine in surprise, not having expected her here, and blinked.

"What are you talking about??" he asked.

"Hellooo!! Anybody home?!" Shine asked, rapping Chaud on his head a few times, much to the boy's dislike.

"Ow! What was that for?!" he demanded holding his hands on his head in fear of her hand rapping on his head again.

"For zoning out! And besides, what're you doing here?! Isn't it a little late to hang around near the pool, in your pajamas??" she punctuated the last part of the sentence by tugging lightly on Chaud's pajamas.

"That's none of your business!" Chaud said, a little angry with her, but Shine looked at him.

"Then I'm making it my business! Now spit it out! What're you dong here?!"

Chaud looked away, still looking angry.

"Why should I tell you?" he demanded.

A sigh was heard, and before he knew it, he got dunked again.

"HEY!!!"

"Serves you right!! Now what-- AAAH!!!!"

Shine gave a sharp cry as she was pushed into the pool, but she made sure to pull Chaud in with her.

A little later, they both came back up, gasping and coughing water from their lungs in frantic urgency.

"I am SO going to get you for that one!!" Chaud hissed, though a smirk was playing on his lips.

Shine put her mouth underwater, blowing bubbles a little angrily, making it known she wasn't happy. Chaud suddenly sent a wave of water her way, but she ducked under water easily. And when she came up, she squirted water from her mouth at Chaud.

With laughter tearing from their throats, they started to 'battle', no longer caring that they were in their nightclothes, in the pool in the middle of the night.

Carefully, she walked through the deserted area, looking around carefully, trying to spot whatever she'd felt. She could feel it was close, whatever it was. It had an air of familiarity, but she was unable to identify it without knowing what she was looking for.

Being unable to jack out made her feel a slight tinge of panic, but it was overruled greatly by adrenaline. She kept her Buster out, charging it with a shrill whirl. Magenta eyes flashed from side to side, ears on sharp as she tried to figure out what in hell she was searching for.

A chilly wind from behind her made her whirl around and aim her Buster---but there was nothing there.

With a sigh, she looked around again.

'Kuso… I'm getting jumpy,' she thought.

Something suddenly whooshed behind her, and her head started pounding like mad. Just the sheer power radiating from---whatever it was!---was enough to make her feel sick. An involuntary shiver ran up and down her spinal cord, as she suddenly realized exactly who she'd been following.

'Ah KUSO!!'

The pounding in her head increased, signaling that he was getting closer, and she started clutching her Buster tighter with every second that passed.

But once it became too much, she whirled around and aimed her Buster, making the figure halt in amazement.

"If I were you, I'd stay there! Just so you know, I've got a rather itchy Buster," she said, voice thick and heavy, making her sound like she was a male.

The figure hovering there didn't speak, just stared her down with those menacing red eyes. Just… stared at her.

She knew he was stronger than she was, but surprisingly, he didn't move anymore, safe for hovering up and down a little.

"You're Bass, aren't you?" she finally asked, not daring to lose eye contact.

If you lost eye contact in something like this, it would show your fear, and that was one thing she wasn't planning to show.

His eyes narrowed only a millimeter, and his mouth was hidden behind his poncho, making it impossible for her to see what he was thinking.

"…I see you know who I am. Dare I ask, how?"

She flinched at his voice, which was completely void of any emotion. Still, she showed no fear, and didn't move anything but her mouth.

"When you study the history of the Net, you tend to learn certain things," she said, voice chilling to subzero.

Silence fell upon them, with the two staring each other down. She didn't say anything at all, just stood there, holding her Buster aimed at him.

Finally, she said something.

"Look, I'd love to stay and 'chat'," she said sarcastically, knowing they hardly talked at all, making him frown slightly, "but my Operator's going to get worried if I stay away too long."

"…I don't see why you should follow orders from humans," he said icily.

"Excuse me!?" she asked with the same ferocity. "What reason do I have to not listen to her!?"

Silence for some time, before he broke it.

"…Because sooner or later, they'll always betray you."

"Oh, so that's it? Huh? You've seen a handful of people and you think you know them all. AND DON'T YOU DARE INTERUPT!!!" she screamed the last part when she noticed his eyes narrowing. "Well, news-flash mister High and Mighty! There ARE humans who actually CARE for their Navis! And I don't think it was your Operator who commanded your deletion, or did he?! Hmm?"

"What would you know about the things I've been through?! What would you know about being betrayed by the only ones you ever trusted!? Just look at this!!!" he shouted, and moved the poncho aside to show the only thing she'd been unable to see before.

"Holy mother of!!!" she murmured, eyes wide.

He had a Navi-Symbol on his chest, like most Navis, but his had a large scar across it, obviously made by a pretty large sword, and it nearly ran over his entire chest, stopping right near his side and his shoulder.

"This scar remains as proof that humans betrayed me! They stabbed me in the back when I put my trust in them!!"

"S-s-s-SHUT UP!!! JUST SHUT UP!!!" she screamed, unable to buy what he was telling her.

Shine would never betray her! Never! The girl was just too innocent to do that!

"Shine would never betray me!! She couldn't!!! And your Operator didn't betray you!!! I know he didn't!!!"

"You know NOTHING of me!! So stop making false conclusions!!"

"Oh really?! Well I know for one thing that that aura of yours won't be able to handle THIS!!!"

With the last word, she fired a large bolt of plasma that crashed into his LifeAura, which shattered on impact. The blast hit him straight against his Navi-Symbol, making him scream out as he was sent backward, smashing into the ground.

When he jumped up, he was furious.

"That does it!!! Prepare to face a painful deletion!!!"

"Ha!! I hope you're ready to face your maker!!! BRING IT ON!!!"

"YOU ASKED FOR IT!!! YAAAAAAH!!"

"SAYANORA!!! HYAAA!!!"

D. Zero: You just had to end it there, huh?

Z: Well why not!?

D. X: Well, at least we're in it! ^_^

D. Zero: Yeah! That's always good! And we're bad guys too! Right?

Z: o_0 Took you this long to notice?

D. Zero: -_-;; Shut up.

Z: Heheh.

Enzan: [eats a few cookies and pays no attention]

D. X: What's with the rings?

Z: Not enough jewelry in the story.

D. Zero: *pictures it* Would look good on you!

D. X: *blushes* I-i-it would??

D. Zero: I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it, right? -_^

D. X: *turns red*

Z: Hey X! You're turning into a tomato! *chuckles*

D. X: H-hey!!!

D. Zero: Sis! Knock it off!

Z: *grins*

Miri-chan: Siiiiiiiiiiiis!! What does Enker mean? I couldn't find anything on it.

Z: Oh alright. Enker is named after "enka", a traditional form of Japanese opera. Enker reportedly is very steeped in tradition of Japan, and is therefore yet another robot named after a musical style.

D. Zero, D. X and Miri-chan: O____O;;;;

Z: What?!

SNEAK-PEAK OF: Two Plus Two Equals Five

"Ow!"

"Sorry, didn't see you there."

"No, it was me fault. I shoul've watched where I was goin'."

"Ah, don't bother. You here to buy a chip?"

"Yep. Dynawave ta be exact. Ye?"

"Can't say. It's a present for a friend's birthday, and I don't want her to find out at anyway through others."

"Oh. Okay. I guess tha's a good 'nough reason."

"By the way, you Australian or something?"

"Why yeah, how'd ya guess?"

"Your accent gave it away."

"Aha! Maybe I oughta do somethin' 'bout tha."

"You shouldn't. If you do that, you change who you are. So, my advice, don't change anything about yourself."