Operator To Navi Chapter VIII Part 1: CROSS FUSION!, a mega man fanfic

D. Zero: So, we're starting the plot now?

Z: I'm trying, but that's going to be hard.
PS

Z: Which of you guys did I bite?? Those who got bitten know, but I don't, though I got my suspicions.

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TJ and Rikumon: (D. Zero: "OH GOD MY EYE!!!" D. X: "Oh HELL!!!!" E-kun: "Holy crap!!!") -_-;;; [shakes head and clucks tongue] Boys…

Pyrogirll23: Meh, he's okay. But I still prefer the badass Zero from Mega Man X over the silent Zero from Mega Man Zero. (PS: Thanks for the Style! ^_^)

Song: Maybe so, but I'm still working on 'Mega Man Zeal', okay? And yes, this story's plot still has to start! :) [makes an X-shaped cross with arms] Guess what's also going to come in this fic! (PS: I dun mind. I just don't enjoy it when people mention a certain fucking goddamn crackwhore. [growls])

Sol Sabre: (D. Zero: "Oh great, just what we need. Two nutcases trying to outbest each other." CLANK!! "OW!!! NOW WHAT'D I DO?!?!?") [stands glaring with a frying pan in hand] You opened your mouth bro, end of story. About that info, I'll send you something as soon as I can think of something. I'm still trying to figure out how to advance the plot.

Enigma: (Everyone: "OO!!" Z: "HOLY SHIT!!!" Night. Z: "Fer once, ye 'n' me agree." Z: "How many Cups of Wishes do you have?" Night. Z: "Ah hell! Do Ah gotta waste all ma Cups'a Wishes ta them bloody--- [sees Zeal preparing to blast her head to smithereens] [really squeaky voice] Plenty! [pours Cups of Wishes empty over dead reviewers]" Z: "^_^ Sorry about that you guys. [thinks for a moment] Can I have some of that?" Enigma: "[hands over C4]" Z: "Thank you!")

RCM: I'm not even going to ask. And thanks. (D. Zero: "Yo RCM! How the hell did you get that?!" CLANK!! "OW!!! NOW WHAT?!!?") Bro, just… shut up.

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Chapter VIII Part 1: CROSS FUSION!!!

"X's behind Zahler??"

"Most likely."

"Whoa… you were right, that guy is trouble."

"Yeah, but that doesn't suit as a name, does it?"

"No, I guess not."

Shine slightly fingered her bangs, before moving them aside. She'd just woken up from narcosis, and Chaud and Mike had been there with her. Chaud had managed to fix her PET, and for that, she was very grateful. Even so, Muramasa still disliked being in her PET for so long. But she managed to keep quiet long enough.

"So, this 'X' is a real troublemaker?" Mike asked, sitting backward in a chair and leaning on his folded arms.

"Quite," Chaud said, leaning against the wall (like that was new). "He's been involved in petty-thievery before, but this is serious."

"I still wonder what was wrong with that Navi of his," Razor finally spoke up. "I mean, I knocked him against a wall and he starts screaming like his head's on fire."

"Like with firehead, you mean?" Muramasa asked with a smirk, making Razor chuckle.

"Nah, FireMan never felt any of that."

Shine smiled brightly at the small talk between the Navis, and said: "Well, at least it's over and done with now."

"Quite," Mike said with a smirk. "But now what do we do? Not like there's anything else to do."

Chaud looked at him as if he were crazy, and asked: "You sure of that?"

Shine looked at him curiously, and asked: "How so? What's there to do?"

"The N1 Grand-Prix is coming up," Chaud said plainly, and Mike nearly toppled over.

"What?! Already?!!? Damn!!" he said, looking slightly upset.

Shine looked at him, and blinked her purple colored eyes, before asking: "How so? You planning to enter?"

Mike smirked broadly and said: "Hell yeah! Of course I am! No way in hell am I backing out of a possible fight!!"

Chaud looked a little surprised, but Shine was smiling brightly. Apparently, she had figured he'd answer that, and she'd most likely been expecting it. Muramasa seemed to have been expecting that as well, as she shook her head with her eyes closed, meaning she was getting bored.

"Well, I suggest you get training well if you want to survive."

Mike smirked and looked at Chaud, who looked as cool as ever.

"I'd say the same to you, because you're definitely going to lose," he said calmly, making the brunette shrug in indifference.

"Sticks and stones, Blaze, sticks and stones," Mike said calmly.

Chaud frowned angrily, but left the room without another word. Shine watched him go for a second, and then turned to Mike, who seemed to be watching her for a moment, before he smiled at her. The whitehead smiled right back at him as the brunette stood up and smoothed out the wrinkles in his clothes.

"Shine, you gave us quite a scare, so, please, don't do something like that again, alright?" Mike asked calmly.

The young girl gently shrugged her shoulders, which was her way of saying: "I'll try."

Silence fell over them for a while, until…

"Hey, after that fight with Bass huh?" Mike suddenly asked.

Shine blinked, but nodded, telling him wordlessly to continue.

"Well, I'd been meaning to give you something for awhile, but through that mess with Bass, I completely forgot, so it's a little late, but…" he said, and reached into his pocket for a moment.

He pretty soon pulled out a chip, and looked at it for a moment, before handing it over to Shine, after having walked to stand beside her. Shine looked adorably confused, and it took her a few seconds before she managed to accept the chip from Mike's outstretched hand. The picture on the chip was a deep reddish hue, and was darker in the center of it. And in the very center, was the picture of a razor-sharp katana of a dark gray, polished silver color, with a deep purple aura shrouding it.

"Happy birthday," Mike said with a simple shrug of his shoulders, hands in his pockets.

Shine looked up from the chip to Mike, and without a warning, threw her arms around his neck and hugged him, catching the poor bloke by surprise.

"Uh…" Mike stammered, a slight blush forming on his cheeks. "A simple 'thank you' would've been fine you know?"

"Area Steal!! Slot in!!"

Muramasa vanished from the spot she'd previously been standing, and reappeared right behind the training-Navi. With a simple lash of the sword on her arm, the Navi was instantly sent back to the PET it had come from.

"Long Sword!! Slot in!!"

Proto easily cleaved three training-Navis in half with a sideways cut, once again sending more and more Navis back to their PETs.

Muramasa pulled out her Buster-cannon and started firing at them with charged shots after having figured out their pattern. Proto raised his arm, replacing the Long Sword with his Buster-sword, before starting to take out the Navis again. Muramasa easily elbowed one of the Navis in his 'face', before whirling around and hitting him away with her tail, which easily sent him flying. Proto stabbed one of the Navis in his stomach, and with one fluid move, brought his arm upward.

It didn't take them long to have all the Navis deleted.

"So, you think you're ready for the next level?" Chaud asked the other whitehead.

Shine simply nodded, completely focussed on NetBattling now. She'd been allowed to leave the hospital a few hours after she had woken up, and now she was completely ready to give it all she had.

Without further ado, Chaud raised the level.

Almost unnoticeably, a pair of feet, clad in nothing but a pair of white socks, softly scuffled through the corridor, and within seconds, a hand had grasped the telephone, which was soon held against an ear, after the long hairs had been pushed aside. With utter precision, a single finger typed in the destined number, and not long after, the other line was picked up.

"Yes?"

"Yeah, it's me. Everything's going perfect here."

"Very good. Ananda's gone into hysterics about NightMare for a while, but that's over and done with."

"What of NightMare? Is she alright?"

"She will be fully operational within a few more hours. What of the girls?"

"Nothing. If one isn't around, it's the other, so I can't get them alone a single time."

"Keep trying! We canNOT fail!! We must NOT fail!! Do you understand?!"

"Yes, sir! I understand! I'm doing the best I can!"

"Good. Now go! Every second wasted can be one second too much!"

"Understood. Delete."

"Delete."

Calmly, the blue haired man placed the telephone back on the hook and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"Red, location, now," he said, running a hand through his hair.

Silence, with only the bleeping of the PET breaking it.

"They're heading for the Official Center," a calm, composed voice said from the PET.

"Alright, then that's where we're heading."

"Understood."

Lan studied the requests on the request board for a few moments, contemplating on which one to pick. There weren't that many good ones, but he really needed a break from the constant training he'd been doing for the N1.

"Lan, what are we looking for?" Mega asked, finally breaking the silence around them.

"Something to keep me occupied for awhile, but---" before Lan could even finish though…

"Lan!! Hey Lan!!!" a familiar voice shouted, making the brunette whirl around in surprise.

A very familiar whitehead walked toward him, a bright smile gracing her face as she walked, one hand grasping her backpack. Shine was seemingly in a pretty good mood, which wasn't very strange for her. Her PET had been put in a PET-case on her belt, as if something had happened to it earlier on somewhere.

"Oh, hey Shine, what are you doing here?" Lan asked once she stopped in front of him.

Shine moved her bangs aside for a moment, then said: "I needed a break from training for awhile. So, what are you doing?"

"Same," Lan said with a shrug. "You entering in the Grand Prix as well?"

"Yeah, because I have a score to settle with somebody I'd rather not mention," Shine said calmly, but her smile was now gone. "Chances are he'll show up as well. And before you even ask, sorry Lan, I can't tell you whom I'm talking about. You have to be an Official before I'll tell you."

Lan pouted slightly, then dropped it and said: "I wasn't going to ask anyhow."

"Suuuuure you weren't," Shine drawled with a smile.

Lan frowned, but he was also beginning to smile slightly.

A sudden bang made the teens jump in surprise and they whirled around to the source of the sound. A lot of people seemed to have been startled from the sudden sound, as they weren't the only ones turning toward the sound. The source of the sound had been the slamming of a door, and a seemingly middle-aged man walked through the room, an angry frown on his face, making him seem older than he probably was. His hair was dark black with a few white streaks running through it, and the chilling blue eyes were all it took for Shine to realize who that guy was.

'Kami-sama… that is Chaud's father?!' she thought, almost unable to believe it.

Even though it was as clear as water, there were still the major differences between Chaud and this man. For one, this man's eyes were completely emotionless, while Chaud still had emotions flashing through his eyes every now and then. And this guy seemed like he just… could care less about what could eventually happen to his son.

"Lan, who is that?" Shine asked quietly, so as not to draw attention to herself.

Lan was shaking lightly, and his face was contorted in a deep frown.

"That's Chaud's dad," Lan finally said, affirming Shine's suspicions. "He's the president of IPC inc., and trust me, he's not very nice, not even to Chaud."

"Well, I could tell that by my--chotto matte! President?!?!" Shine asked, shocked out of her wits at that.

Lan simply nodded, and Shine whistled. She was definitely impressed, but nevertheless, she knew there wasn't really anything to be impressed about.

Practically everyone watched the man leave the Center, leaving a deadly silence behind. The silence stretched on and on, seemingly endless, until finally, Shine managed to speak up.

"Hora! Why is it so quiet around here?!"

"We had an agreement, and I'm planning to keep it, Blaze," the dark figure on the videophone said.

Mr. Blaze, was sitting in the back of his limo, making his way back to the hotel, and had contacted his 'supplier'. Things weren't looking too good, and they both knew it.

"Look, just give me a few more weeks! I can get everything within that time!" Blaze tried to negotiate with the other man.

"I do not have a few more weeks! The N1 Grand-Prix is on its way and we cannot allow any more interruptions, from anyone, and that includes you as well."

Blaze was silent as the other man lit a cigarette, which barely lit up his face. He knew he had to act quickly or he would be toast.

…Of course!

"Have you ever heard of something called the 'Synchro-Chip'?"

The man, who had been in the middle of a long drag, tensed slightly, then relaxed and exhaled calmly.

"All right, Blaze. You have my attention. Go on. What is this 'Synchro-Chip'?"

Blaze mentally sighed with relief.

"It is a chip that enables…"

"'Cross Fusion'??" Shine asked, staring at the blue chips with a small green gem and RockMan's Navi-Symbol. "What does that mean?"

"Basically, it enables Operator and Navi to fuse," Lan explained with a smile, sitting on one of the tables while swinging his legs back and forth. "That way, Navis can come to the real world as well."

"Kala…" Shine mouthed, gingerly picking up one of the chips and studying it from all sides.

"But so far, it only works in the Dimensional Areas," Lan said, still smiling.

"The what??"

Lan got off of the table, and walked to Shine. He snatched the chip from her hand and began pulling her along. Shine wasn't one to complain, and she just followed him. Not like she had any choice though.

The brunette pulled her toward one of the rooms in the lab, filled with all kinds of equipment, including a glass chamber of some sort. Shine whistled in awe as Lan guided her down a set of stairs and toward the chamber.

"What is all this?" Shine asked.

"In here," Lan said, tapping softly on the glass walls of the small chamber, "they assemble a Dimensional Area. This is more of a testing area."

Shine blinked and looked at Lan in confusion.

"Nani? Does that mean it doesn't work yet?" she asked.

Lan shrugged his shoulders a little, and said: "A little, but apparently, people can't keep the Cross Fusion under control. So far, I'm the only one able to perform it and keep it up for longer than a few seconds."

Shine looked at him in awe, then asked: "Could you show me?"

Lan thought for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders a little and said: "I don't see why I couldn't."

"Lan! You know we shouldn't do that when dad's not around!" Mega's voice bleeped out from Lan's PET.

"Ah! Chill out, Mega!!" Lan replied back with a laugh, and switched on the Dimensional Area.

From the shadows, watched a young-looking man with navy-blue hair and clothes of a typical Greek-style, and a necklace and pendant with Zeus' emblem on it, extremely curious to this 'Cross Fusion'. It might prove useful for them later on.

"Red, record this," he silently ordered his Navi.

"Yes, Sol," his Navi said calmly, and began a recording of the whole ordeal by hacking into one of the cameras in the room -- without being jacked in.

The brunette walked into the glass chamber, pulling out his PET as he closed the door behind him. The young girl walked closer, almost equally curious as he was. Lan gave her a thumbs-up and a wink, to which Shine nodded with a smile.

He pulled out the blue Synchro-Chip.

"Synchro-Chip!! Slot in!!!"

The second the chip had slot into the PET, it began to emit an eerie light of some sort. Then, shouting out over the screech being emitted by the PET, were the voices of both Lan and MegaMan.

"CROSS FUSION!!!"

Lan released his PET, and it was immediately engulfed in a sea of light. Shine didn't dare to close her eyes in fear of missing something. She watched as Lan's clothes waved violently in some sort of none-existing wind, before data seemed to form around him, and attached itself to the boy's body, forming a very familiar blue armor. At the center of his chest, formed an equally familiar yellow and red symbol. His hair spiked up at the back of his head as his cranium got covered up with a sturdy helmet, and the lower half of his face got covered up. Finally, the jump suit slid into place, only this time, lighter blue race-stripes ran over both the jump suit and the armor. It didn't take long for the light to fade away.

"Tada!!" Lan said proudly, hands on his hips. "So, what do you think?"

A slightly digital whistle sounded from the PET on Shine's belt, and Muramasa mumbled: "Whoa, technology these days. Before you know it, we'll have hovercycles racing over the streets."

Shine giggled a little, while Lan and Mega chuckled at the comment.

After the introduction with the Cross Fusion, Shine and Lan both went separate ways to do all sorts of requests, but they met up back at the Center to talk about their 'missions'. So you could say, the two were getting better friends, but still not best friends. They both had others for that.

They never realized they were closely followed by a set of deep-gray eyes, poised in a frown. He watched the two for some time, then gingerly smoothed out his clothes, and removed the frown from his face. Making sure not to draw that much attention to himself, which wasn't at all that hard, he began to walk toward the request-board, making sure to bang into her, sending her sprawling.

"Itai!" Shine cried out as she fell to the ground.

"Oh my goodness! I'm terribly sorry!" he said, and quickly helped her to get up. "That was dumb."

"Quite," Muramasa's voice hissed quite enraged.

Lan finally stepped up to beside Shine and asked while glaring up at him: "Just who are you anyway?! And what are you doing here?!"

"Oh yes, of course. I apologize. My name is Sol Sabre, and I was simply looking for something to occupy my time with. Or has that become illegal?"

Lan narrowed his eyes in suspicion. There was something wrong with this guy, but he had no idea as to what it was.

While Shine and Lan talked to Sol, Muramasa and MegaMan faced off with the boy's Navi.

He had long, waist-length, fiery-red hair, while his entire armor was a deep blue hue, with several, slightly lighter areas when nearing the joints. The chest armor was deep blue with a light blue area running over the lower side of the armor. His helmet was the same colors and had a glass-like visor that ended in a point a few inches away from his nose, which almost completely covered his face. His eyes were a deep green hue, and effectively hid all his emotions from view. Also, there were multiple scars running over his armor, but most of them were on his left side, and there was one on his chest, a mirror image of that of Bass.

"I must apologize for my Operator," he said sincerely, even though his eyes said nothing. "He can be a little stupid sometimes."

"Who can't be?" Muramasa asked with a scoff, crossing her arms over her chest.

There was an air around this guy that she didn't trust. It didn't register why she distrusted him, but she did, and she couldn't change that 1-2-3.

"And do you have a name for yourself, or didn't he give you one?" Mega asked, a frown clear on his face.

Apparently, he also disliked him. Muramasa wouldn't blame him even if she could.

"Yes, I have a name for myself. I am Red Chaos Mage, but plain Red will be fine."

Muramasa's eyes narrowed slightly, but she said nothing. Suddenly Red looked her way, and her head immediately began pounding violently.

But not like it showed.

Still, she was confused about why it hurt so much. What was going on?

Sol casually wiped a lock of hair from his face and said: "In any case, I should be going. Well, ciao."

With a composed calmness, he walked away from them toward the request-board, about 10 feet away from them. Neither of the kids moved for some time, and simply watched him walk off for a moment. Still, they had to break the silence, fast.

"He's… strange…" Shine whispered softly.

"Tell me about it," Lan grumbled.

"Just who was that guy?" she asked, turning to face Lan.

"I have no idea," Lan answered, turning to her as well. "I'll ask dad if he knows someone by that name."

"Okay. But I think I should be going now. Bye Lan!"

And with a wave, she left, smiling broadly. But there was something different… yet Lan couldn't tell what it was.

"Smooth acting, sir," Red said with a cold chuckle, one hand on his hip casually.

Sol snickered slightly and said: "Not that bad yourself, Red. But we should figure out a way to get those Synchro-Chips."

Red only nodded and crossed his arms over his chest. It was clear that he was thinking of what to do. Sol was also thinking, but he made it seem like he was checking out various requests, while he wasn't even bothering to read them.

Beep-beep! Beep-beep!

"Sir, you have mail. It's from Lord X."

Sol carefully looked around to make sure no one was looking at him, and opened the email quickly.

There's been a slight change in plans. There exist things called Synchro-Chips. These chips apparently let Operators and Navis merge in the real world. Find those chips and bring them back here, along with the data for the Dimensional Areas. Do not waste time.

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X

"Sir?" Red asked, wondering what his Operator would do.

Sol tapped his chin with a finger, lost in thought for a moment as he closed the email and dumped it in the trash. He calmly placed his PET in its holster on his belt, and stood there for a while, just thinking.

Finally, he broke the silence and pulled his PET back out.

"Red, contact Xenou, now!"

Red paled at the mention of that name, but nodded nevertheless. With lightning-fast speed, Red ran several programs inside his PET, and gave several commands, before the line was finally opened.

A person's face, shrouded in complete darkness appeared on the screen, with only the nose and mouth visible, none of which gave away the person's gender.

"Yes, Sol? What is it you want from me?" a completely digitized voice asked, the man's mouth moving in sync with the words spoken.

Sol swallowed the slight nervousness he always felt when talking to this guy, and said: "I need your---" he gulped a little, "---help. Have you gotten Lord X's message?"

"About the Synchro-Chips? Yes, I have, and the message was trashed. What about it?"

Sol hesitated for less than a second at that, but he answered nevertheless.

"The chips are here, at the Official Center, but they're heavily guarded. Still, it's easy to hack in here. I might be able to hack in, but I need your help in dealing with security."

The man was silent for a moment, then, a smirk passed over his face.

"You did well in asking me for help. And I am sure Skeith will be just as pleased as I am."

Sol released a breath he didn't know he'd been holding, and said: "Thank you."

"Do not mention it. But we need one more helper to take care of the security outside."

"I'll figure something out."

"Very well. Delete."

"Delete," Sol said with a nod, and the connection was cut off.

"Sir…" Red said softly.

"I know, I know…" Sol hissed softly. "But what choice do we have?"

Red didn't answer.

"Send the video to Lord X."

"Understood."

Shine walked past several stores, and looked at everything that was displayed, quite curious as to what people had to offer to others. But most things didn't really make any sense, while others looked rather… tempting.

But even so, Shine kept on walking, still smiling warmly. Just too bad Muramasa decided to butt in.

"Hora, Shine. We should really head back now. I've got a funny feeling about that Blaze character…"

Shine blinked and pulled out her PET.

"What? You mean Chaud's dad?"

Muramasa rolled her eyes in absolute irritation.

"No, the pope. OF COURSE, Chaud's dad!!"

"Whoa! Excuse me!" Shine mumbled, but did head back.

She headed for Chaud's house, taking note that the sun was already starting to set. So they'd been at the Center for quite some time.

"Stop!" Chaud shouted, and the red-armored Navi immediately stopped. "I think that's enough for today."

"You two didn't stop training after we left, eh?" a familiar digital voice asked, making Chaud turn slightly.

Shine was leaning against a wall with a smile on her face, with some loose locks hanging in front of her face. Her hands were casually put in her pockets, as she cocked her head to get the locks of hair from her eyes.

"What makes you say that?" ProtoMan asked with a smirk playing on his lips.

Muramasa chuckled and said: "Call it a hunch."

Shine pulled her hands from her pockets and moved aside the loose locks of hair, then wiped the smile off her face, and asked: "Chaud, do you know someone called 'Sol Sabre'?"

Chaud blinked, then thought about it for a second. Finally though, he shook his head.

"No, the name doesn't ring any bells."

"Oh. Alright then," Shine said plainly with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Why do you ask?"

"No reason, really."

Chaud frowned slightly, but said nothing. But he could feel that something was wrong, though she seemed to be just fine.

"Are you alright?" he finally asked, making her look up in surprise.

"Nani? Hai, I'm okay. How so?"

Chaud shrugged his shoulders lightly, but said nothing.

He just couldn't shake the feeling like something was wrong.

Somewhere on the other side of town, in one of the houses not far from Lan's, was a girl working silently with her PET.

Her fingers rapped at the keys of the keyboard, and her crimson eyes moved from the computer-screen to that of her PET every now and then. Beside the PET, rested a headband with a set of square goggles on them, while her raven-black hair with red strakes hung in small waves over her shoulder, that way reaching just below her collar. Beside the keyboard, rested her pair of reddish-brown gloves, illuminated slightly in the artificial light of her desk-lamp. She currently wore a sleeve- and collarless crimson shirt over a black T-shirt, some loose black jeans, and her white socks. Her crimson runners stood at the foot of the bed.

Finally, she tapped in the final command and pressed enter with a wide grin on her face.

"ROLL IT!!" she shouted enthusiastically as her Navi appeared on the PET's screen, looking rather groggy.

Rolling away from the computer, she sat in front of the PET, with her arms resting on the desk, and her chin resting on her arms.

"Ye all betta now, Sonica?" she asked calmly, yet slightly worried for her Navi.

"Yeah, I'm arrite now, Pyra," Sonica mumbled rubbing her still aching head. "But I's is gonna getta rematch from tha guy! And this time I'll fry 'im!!" she shouted, and immediately regretted it as her head began pounding again. "Ow…"

"Calm down already! Jus' calm down arrite? Look, we's got 'bout a week left fer the N1 Grand-Prix, so we's gotta train really hard this week if we're gonna win! Arrite? Le's take care o' tha first!" Pyra said, smiling at her Navi as she rubbed her sore head.

Sonica thought about it for a moment, then nodded and said: "Arrite. But, can I take a rest first? Me head's killin' me!"

Pyra laughed, burying her face in her arms. Sonica frowned slightly, but said nothing as she waited for her Operator to calm a little.

"Arrite, arrite. We'll start tamorrow, good 'nough?" Pyra finally asked, tears coming from her eyes.

"Yeah, sure. Night, Pyra-chan!"

"GACK!!! Stop callin' me tha!!!" Pyra shouted, but Sonica had already turned off the PET.

And this could be just Pyra's imagination, but she could've sworn she heard her Navi laugh inside the PET.

"The Official Center?" Zero asked in slight surprise.

"Yes, sir," Red said with a nod.

Zero put one hand to his chin, while the other rested on his hip. Apparently, he was thinking things over once or twice. Finally though, he smirked violently, exposing his sharp fangs.

"Red, tell Sol to wait with the shoplifting until the second night before the Grand-Prix. The security always begins to slacken at that point. And if anyone stands in your way, you know what to do."

Red smirked a bloodthirsty smirk, cold amusement glittering in his burning green eyes as he said: "Very much so."

The two Navis saluted each other, each saying "Delete", before plugging out.

X opened his eyes from his spot in one of the chairs, and stood up. He picked up his PET and walked toward a large battle-arena, attached to several machines in the room.

"Activate… Zero Omega… Transmission…"

Zero appeared inside the arena, glaring at the gigantic viruses roaming around. All in all, they counted over 500.

"2 minutes, Zero," came X's voice. "Starting…… NOW!!!"

With a furious yell, Zero lunged forward, saber drawn and ready to kill anything standing in his way.

D. Zero: What took you so long with this anyway??

Z: I was having trouble trying to advance the plot!

D. X: [whistles] That's going to be a pain in the neck.

Z: Tell me about it.

Miri-chan: Sis, when're you going to post that Christmas story?

Z: Once Song finishes her part and mails it.

D. Zero: That'll take time. [CLANK] OW!!! OKAY, NOW WHAT?!?!

Z: [stands there with a frying-pan in hand] Just learn not to voice your thoughts every time you think of something.

D. X: That's asking for the impossible. [CLANK] OW!!!!

Z: And that goes for you too, X!!

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PS: I'm going to write a separate fic, in which you can ask any of us (everyone described in my bio) a couple of questions. I'm not sure where I'll post it, as FF.net no longer accepts stuff like that, so I'll try to think of something. But if you really want to know something from us, send me a mail, but don't review it, cause I won't answer it with the next update (which might take time due to plot-development).