Disclaimer: Though I wish I did, I don't own Mega Man.

Bass was in a hidden sector in ACDC Area. His cage was still around him, holding him back. He wanted to get out. He refused to give up. I will take back the Black Earth Navis, and one day I will rule the Cyber World myself. The Net's God of Destruction continued fuming; fully believing he wouldn't be controlled by anyone. He would make it a personal note to punish all the traitor Navis when he got out of here.

At ten that night, Lan was getting home from work to find hell. His wife, Maylu, had been getting attacked by appliances since she'd gotten home from grocery shopping. Looking at his computer, as Mega Man came through the door wondering what the fuck was going on. On the computer screen was an odd looking Navi, and from the attacking appliances, including the AC which was sending out steam to make things hot, the refrigerator opening to let the cold air in because hot and cold don't mix, the TV moving somehow, and the microwave on fire doing the same thing, he heard familiar voices. "Aren't you for Navis supposed to be gone?" He asked. "And you on my computer. Who are you?" Chaos Man laughed manically. "If you want to find out, Mega Man must face me in battle." Lan grabbed his PET, put Mega Man back in it, and jacked Mega Man into the pc. "I'm going to need help." Lan said aloud. Using the call feature of his PET, he called the four best Net Battlers he had the number to who could come over quickly.

Chris was up looking up a song on the internet. No such luck so far. Blade Man was yawning, telling him to get his ass in bed. "Oh, you have a call." Blade Man pointed out. Chris picked up his PET and heard the voice of Lan Hikari. "Chris, you and your friends come to my house. I need your help." Chris got hung up on afterwards, wondering what was going on at his house. He used his own call feature and got Anthony, Joey, and Alia to meet him at Lan's house. When they entered the door, Lan appeared to be having a difficult Net Battle, while appliances were acting up. Lan was giving hurried orders to them as they walked in. "Joey, you get the AC system, Anthony, jack into the refrigerator, Alia, take care of the TV, and Chris can fix the microwave."

In Mega Man's battle, he was having a hard time using only his Mega Buster. When the battle had started, Lan and Mega Man had found out that Chaos Man had put a bug into Lan's PET, so it wouldn't read battle chips. "Damn it." Mega Man said, as he got hit by a move called Chaos Wave. This involved an attack using Chaos Man's veins as they stretched from his fingers to wrap around Mega Man and give him a powerful shock. Temporarily stunned, Chaos Man followed up with an easy kick to Mega Man's helmet.

Leviathon went through the usual jack in process, this time into a TV. In front of her was a Navi told about in the stories of Lan's Net Battles. Flash Man looked weirder than Lan had mentioned, and he was supposed to be gone. "You look gay in black and purple." She said, hoping it would tick Flash Man enough to make him fight like an idiot. Flash Man didn't do any talking. He simply created three black orbs, similar to the light orbs he used to make. A black wave of electricity came from each, and Leviathon managed to dodge two with a jump. However, the third got her in the chest. He's stronger than I was told he was, too. That attack was painful. He ran at her with a light on his fist, but she side-stepped and whacked him with the long end of her trident. Flash Man got up after the blow to his back, punched towards her trident, and surprised her with a kick as she tried blocking the punch. She was launched a short distance in the air, but he still had enough time to hit her with a small series of five punches.

Neo Man jacked into the fridge. A ninja Navi named Shadow Man was fooling around with the controls. "Asshole, turn around." Neo Man called out. Shadow Man turned around, as if obeying. "Do you wish to be deleted?" He asked calmly. "Keep dreaming." Neo Man said. "Don't get cocky." Anthony was already preparing his water battle chips. "Aqua Sword. Battle Chip in. Download." Neo Man's right arm became an ocean blue sword. "Who shouldn't get cocky?" He retorted. Shadow Man activated his Shadow Clone technique, making three of himself. "Oh. I guess that would be me." Neo Man stated. The clones began with a fire attack, shooting fire at him. They were all surrounding him, so the fire was coming in from three different directions. "Inferno wannabees." Neo Man commented. "Geyser, Geyser, and Geyser. Battle Chips in. Triple Download." The geysers' power built up, and a giant geyser came up from underneath the aqua Navi, lifting him up and making the flames miss. The fire hitting the water created a mist, so Neo Man used it to jump from the geyser without being seen, and his aqua sword hit the one he thought was real. The one that was right in front of him before the geysers. Unfortunately, it wasn't the right one. The clone simply disappeared, and two shurikens got Neo Man from behind. The mist was worn off by now, and Neo Man couldn't see where Shadow Man had gone. Next thing he knew, Neo Man got a kick from above. Neo Man used his signature move, Cossak Buster, and landed a direct hit. Shadow Man was frozen, and disappeared. "Damn it, I got another clone." He said aloud, as another shuriken hit the back of his head. "That hurt, you son of a bitch." Neo Man complained. Neo Man did a back flip as Shadow Man came flying in with a kick from behind, narrowly missing getting hit by the kick. Quickly flipping in midair, Neo Man hit Shadow Man with a vertical slice from the aqua sword. Shadow Man grabbed the sword, however, and flipped Neo Man in a painful way. When Neo Man got up, Anthony loaded a widespread chip, and a wave of water hit Shadow Man full force. In the confusion of getting splashed, Shadow Man also got a real slice from the aqua sword, before it wore off. "You are a skilled Navi, water man." "It's Neo Man." Responded "water man", as he kicked Shadow Man in the face. Shadow Man staggered back, and Anthony powered up his Cossack Blaster one more time. This time, the real Shadow Man was hit, and Shadow Man was frozen. "I don't keep all water chips. Cyber Sword, Wide Sword, Long Sword. Battle Chips in. Life Sword Program Advance. Download. Finish him Ran." Neo Man held up his hands, and they turned into the longest sword most Navis have ever seen, and it sliced straight through the ice cube Navi. A cybernetic voice could be heard saying "Shadow Man deleted." As he deleted Shadow Man, Neo Man got a message telling him to come help Leviathon.

Meanwhile, in the microwave, Blade Man was just challenging the old Navi named Shade Man. "Vampires suck." Blade Man stated just to tick off the evil piece of crap. Blade Man made the first move, slicing at Shade Man with his sword arm. Shade Man split into four bats, grouped closely together. "Oh come on, you're making this too easy. Raging Blades." Blade Man began the fast combo he'd pulled on Inferno to attack all the bats, getting each one 25 times. At the end of the combo, Shade Man went out in a dramatic explosion that Blade Man didn't think he deserved. "Shade Man deleted." said the annoying voice that always appears over the net. "Maybe Mega Man could use some help." Chris suggested. Blade Man agreed, jacked out, and was jacked into Lan's computer.

Another meanwhile, Inferno was in the AC system, looking at the black Magnet Man with boredom. "If I was a nice guy, I'd end this quickly for you. But I'm bored, so I'll have some fun." Magnet Man was already splitting in two. One was black, the other was dark purple. The signature colors for the revived Navis. They were on either side of Inferno. "Does every cloning Navi think attacks from different angles are going to delete me?" Inferno jumped as they charged, hitting each other instead. In the air, Inferno put his hand downwards and used the Pyro Cyclone to surround the Magnet brothers. They were two wide to stay within the wall of fire, so they both got burned. The purple one fused back with the original, and Inferno finally landed. Magnet Man did the gayest thing he could've done: He shot a magnet at Inferno. Joey loaded the Fire Tower Battle Chip as Inferno used his fire teleportation to appear behind Magnet Man. The Fire Tower hit Magnet Man successfully, and Inferno followed with a series of punches. "I had really hoped some obvious minion Navis would be a bit better. After this I'll try your boss on for size." Joey loaded the Fire Sword Battle Chip and finished Magnet Man off. "Magnet Man deleted. Inferno wordlessly jacked out, and Joey jacked him into the computer to see Blade Man already fighting the boss.

Neo Man was finally jacking into the TV to find Leviathon having trouble with Flash Man. She was barely keeping herself in through healing techniques. She got in a cheep attack with her trident by tripping Flash Man and poking him in the back, but he managed to zap her and she fell back again. "Cossack Blaster!" Neo Man shouted from behind Flash Man, nailing him in the back. Flash Man must have been used to freezing moves, for he took his sweet damn time becoming a Navi-cicle. While he wasn't frozen, Flash Man got pissed at being hit from behind and started trying to punch the aqua Navi. Neo Man kept dodging every blow, but eventually, just before freezing over, Flash Man used the black orbs he used against Leviathon earlier. Neo Man didn't think to jump, and all three electric attacks hit him, almost causing deletion. "Figures. An electric attack against an aqua Navi." stated the blue and grey hero. As Neo Man tried to get up, Leviathon finally used her signature move to finish Flash Man off. "Final Wave!" she shouted, as her trident glowed purple and three powerful energy beams shot from the ends of her weapon, piercing the ice and causing the "Flash Man deleted" message to play. Jacking out, Neo Man and Leviathon decided to rest in their PETs.

Blade Man was getting rather irritated. His Raging Blades technique was having no effect on Chaos Man as he easily dodged it. Mega Man was looking tired behind Blade Man, and at the 98th strike, just as Inferno was jacking in, Chaos Man easily found an opening in which to give a swift kick with his curved foot into Blade Man's chest. "Pyro Cyclone!" shouted Inferno, as he put his hand down and surrounded Chaos Man with the usual flaming vortex. Smirking, Inferno got his hand up, and heard an unfamiliar voice behind him. "Don't make me laugh." As this cliché was said, Inferno received a shock as some of the crimson veins ensnared him and sent the shockwave through Inferno. "How do you like my Chaos Wave? It is a marvelous wonder, if I do say so myself." Lan, as he watched this, couldn't help but admire whoever must've programmed Chaos Man. His mind back on the situation, Doctor Hikari immediately jacked Mega Man out to try and let him heal. Unfortunately, Joey and Chris don't know when to quit a battle, and neither did their Navis. Inferno tried his own teleportation, hoping to get a small surprise in on the enemy. He soon found himself punched in the face, as Blade Man came up with a vertical slice behind the supposedly distracted Chaos Man. A vein from the free hand of the jester caught Blade Man's sword, and threw him away like garbage. Which, in Chaos Man's view, he was. "Since you guys allowed Mega Man to jack out before I could delete him, I will have to take care of you guys instead." He immediately cast a blinding red light, and he was invisible. Blade Man, just getting up after being thrown, was getting bitch-slapped all over the place. After about fifty slaps from the veined hands, Chaos Man went for Inferno, and actually punched him 29 times. Afterwards, Chaos Man became visible again, he used both hands to do his apparent favorite move, the Chaos Wave, on both of them. This lasted for 47 seconds, but it felt like an eternity to the Navis in pain. They finally collapsed, as Chaos Man leered over Inferno and Blade Man, whom he had brought closer in the last attack. "Any regrets before I delete you?" Blade Man looked over to his rival. "My only regret is that we never actually finished a fight with each other." Inferno stared back. "As much as I'd hate to admit it, I have the same feeling." As they shared this news with each other, their symbols began to glow; Inferno's a crimson red, Blade Man's a sky blue color. "Soul Unison?" said Lan in amazement. Chaos Man was shocked as well, and began backing up. After the glowing show stopped, in which the Navis and symbols were glowing, Inferno and Blade Man looked incredible.

Inferno had dark blue instead of yellow on the suit part of his look, while his hair was sky blue. His left eye had gone from red to blue, and on his left arm was a red shield, similar to Blade Man's, with Inferno's Navi symbol on it. Inferno's right arm was a double-length Fire Sword with a red hilt where the hand should be, but it quickly reverted to a blue hand. "Whoa." Inferno responded in amazement at his new look.

Blade Man, who had short black hair coming out the back of his helmet before, now had orange hair instead. His right eye was now red, as was the blue parts of his helmet's spike. His shield was sun yellow, and when he quickly tried it out the shield was replaced by what was somehow a solid wall of flames. His sword arm was red, as it became a Wide Sword, except with a cool looking blue fire where the blade would normally be. Finally, his suit was the same smoke grey Inferno's hair was before. "Awesome new feature!" he exclaimed.

Chaos Man tried to appear unimpressed, but he was failing miserably. "So you powered up. I will still delete you both." he said, his voice minorly faltering. Outside, Joey got a message from Inferno. "Time to try out that battle music program." Joey's friends and Doctor Hikari, who were all surrounding him, were left quizzical. "Battle music program?" Anthony asked. "It's something I've been working on to make our battles more interesting. Music is always awesome, especially Linkin Park." Hikari shook his head. More of their American music. After a few simple button presses on Joey's PET, four speakers, appearing to be made of static, showed up in the corners of the area, and began blasting the song "Faint" by Linkin Park. Inferno, who was used to this when Joe had been testing it, charged first. He made Blade Man's normal speed look like a tired pig, and Chaos Man tried to jump backwards as Inferno sliced him. However, he misjudged the blade's length, and got shredded diagonally. Gasping in pain, Chaos Man activated the Chaos Wave again. "Dude, try something new." retorted Blade Man, as he activated his flaming shield. As it looked like the almost solid fire was going to be penetrated, the flames stretched backwards to continue protecting their user. The veins that were caught in the shield retreated, and the ones headed to Inferno were sliced in a flaming line. As the veins returned to Chaos Man's fingers, they each appeared to be an inch from where they were supposed to end, and started regenerating. "How'd you get so much stronger?" He muttered to himself. I will have to re-calculate my plans to combat this new threat to those plans. Who knows, maybe they will be good additions to my other organization, if I can convince them to leave their operators. "For now, I will leave you in peace. However, I will return. So don't let your guard down." Chaos Man disappeared, and the two newly powered Navis suddenly returned to normal. "At least I know it's not permanent." Inferno told himself, before jacking out.

Doctor Hikari, what happened to Blade Man and Inferno?" Joey asked a few minutes later, as everyone else also had the same curiosity. "When two Navis' Souls are harmonized together, one of the Navis will have an event triggered called a Soul Unison, where they can temporarily borrow the other Navi's powers. However, I'm not sure how it managed to get both at the same time here." He explained briefly. "But as you can tell, this opens new battle possibilities for both Navis. Inferno, not only is your sword longer, but you can use a shield as well, though you've probably noticed." He directed at Inferno's PET, standing erect on the table in front of where the TV used to be. "Also, any sword Battle Chips you use will increase in power, and you've seen the incredible speed. It works better than you old teleportation." He turned his attention to Blade Man, who's PET was right next to Inferno's. "Blade Man, you got that cool shield upgrade, a wide sword made of more powerful than usual fire, and fire chips used on you would do more damage on contact with the enemy. I believe you should also have gotten a bit of a speed upgrade. Now, it is late, and your parents won't like you being here at this hour, so you guys should head home."

The next morning, a tired Proto Man was caught in a group of red veins, as a jester-like Navi managed to find what he was looking for: Proto Man's back-up data. The data, which looked like Proto Man's symbol, floated in his right hand. Chaos Man nodded his head, and there was an exact copy in his left. He took the left copy of the data and placed it on his chest, absorbing it. "One to make me stronger." He said, as the curves on his feet curved more to make almost spirals, his veins grew thicker, and he grew in height almost an inch and a half, a red aura surrounding him. "And the remaining one to make an exact, yet corrupted copy of Proto Man." As he'd done this, the Chaos Wave was still coming from his open hands. He stopped the attack, and disappeared. On the Net, he called a particular PET. "Chad? I need you to take care of four Navis. Yes, the four you are thinking of. Soul Man has lost to them before, hasn't he? I need you to use the data he has gained from them. Make sure they can't walk the net without fear of the Net police, and deletion. I know, I know. You want a part of Electopia to rule when I dominate the world. All in due time, my friend."

A/N: Chaos Man just got stronger. They needed a miracle to survive last time. Will Inferno Soul and Blade Soul be enough? And what is Chaos Man's new plan? I like small cliff hangers like this. I don't think Chaos Man will underestimate his foe's again. Review, before the purple flaming bunnies at Sonow's house attack you all.