A/N: Extra chapter of goodness!
I've decided to make use of all the remaining different ideas which I didn't have room for/scrapped from the story due to irrelevance/completely forgot about and bring them all to you guys in the form of short one-shots :)
Also, LEI ARTWORK! By my amazing friend, Louise! (Link in my profile, go check it out!)
This is pretty much how I pictured her, Thank you so much!
~Extra~
Final Check-Up
"I hope Lei's not sleeping yet." MegaMan said to himself, walking outside the Medical Center.
He stopped in his tracks to stare up at the large building before him for a few moments.
'It sure has been long since I've last visited here.. I wonder if Meddi's still-' He wondered to himself, his expression quickly turning to a worried one as he recalled Roll forbade him to talk with that girl ever again, 'Or maybe I should just stick to my original plan..' He sighed deeply.
Entering the building, his green eyes quickly recognized Dean sitting with another tall female NetNavi he didn't know.
"Oh! Hello." He smiled and waved at him, stepping closer.
Dean's expression turned surprised.
"MegaMan!" He called his name and stood up, "What are you doing here?"
MegaMan greeted the female Navi still sitting and turned his gaze back to him.
"I came to see if Lei's alright.. Is this a bad time?" He asked, his expression turning troubled.
Dean exchanged looks with Mea for a few moments.
"Uh.. She's not here actually.." The male Navi explained, then broke into a nervous laugh.
MegaMan's expression turned confused.
"Oh, did she get discharged already?" He asked, wondering what both of them were still doing here, if that was the case.
Dean sighed deeply.
"Not exactly.." He answered him, rubbing the back of his neck, only confusing the blue Navi further.
Mea broke into a sudden, mad, uncontrollable giggle, as Dean only glared down at her.
"Excuse me." A sudden voice called from behind them, making all three turn in its direction.
It was Lei's doctor.
"You're friends with Lei, the delivery girl who came here yesterday, I assume?" He asked them, fixing his glasses.
"Yes, we are." Dean answered him.
"Her final check-up was supposed to be now, yet she isn't in her room. Do you know why that is?" He asked, making both delivery Navis' expressions turn troubled, as they looked at each other with wide eyes, realizing they had completely forgot all about it.
Neither of them said a word.
"What's going on..?" MegaMan asked, confused as ever.
Bites And Kisses
Staring at the cloaked Navi sitting next to her, Lei kept silent.
Then, she reached her hand and gently tugged on his cloak, making him turn his red eyes at her direction, his expression confused.
"What is it?" He asked, staring down at her.
Lei lifted her blue eyes to meet his red ones.
"Are you ever going to take this thing off?" She asked him.
Bass kept silent for a few moments, his brow furrowing at her odd question.
"Of course not." He said, his voice firm, "This cloak had been with me for this entire time."
Lei's gaze was fixed on him.
"Is it important to you?" She asked him, her expression turning interested.
Bass pondered her question for a while.
Granted, this was just a silly cloak, but why couldn't he suddenly perceive himself without it?
"Why do you always ask such trivial questions?" He asked her, narrowing his red eyes at her direction.
Lei only smiled playfully up at him.
"Because I want them answered."
Bass simply stared down at her in silence for a few moments.
"That's hardly a reason." He said.
The female Navi raised an eyebrow at him.
"Says you!" She said, raising her index finger to poke his cheek, making his red eyes widen in surprise.
He quickly grabbed her wrist, narrowing his eyes down at her direction.
Neither of them said anything as they just stared at each other in silence for a few moments.
Then, the cloaked Navi raised her hand to his mouth, and gently bit her index finger.
Confused, Lei felt the blush quickly spread through her face.
"Ow, What was that for?" She asked him.
Bass released her hand and shifted his eyes to the distance.
"I just felt like it." He said, smirking.
Lei's mouth formed a small pout, as she grabbed his large hand with both her small ones, making him flinch at her touch as he shifted his surprised gaze back to her.
She quickly lifted it up as well.
"What are you-" Bass tried protesting, only to choke on his own words as she kissed his palm softly, causing his red eyes to widen and the blush to cover his entire face all at once.
She only giggled at his reaction.
Girlfriend
"No. Freaking. Way." A human boy said, his expression pure shock.
"Lan, I swear, okay?" MegaMan said, smiling, "But you gotta pull yourself together once she gets here, alright? Don't be weird."
The human boy broke into a fake loud laugh, then stopped all at once.
"Are you kidding me right now, MegaMan?! How can I relax after hearing Bass has a girlfriend?! Who actually loves him back?!" He asked, shaking his head in disbelief, "She probably looks like a man!"
MegaMan sighed deeply.
"Lan! She's normal..! Look, she's gonna be here any moment now so just calm yourself down already, you big baby!" He called up at him.
"What the hell did ya call me..!" Lan asked, pressing his angry face against the monitor.
"MegaMan!" A sudden, high voice grabbed both of their attention.
Lei floated closer, landing right in front of the blue Navi.
"Sorry I'm late, my last delivery took a little longer than I expected." She explained, smiling sheepishly at him.
MegaMan smiled kindly at her.
"Oh, don't worry about it!" He said.
She then lifted her blue eyes to the large screen above them, and noticed the human boy was staring intently at her.
"I want you to meet my NetOP - Lan!" MegaMan said, smiling.
"Hello." Lei greeted, smiling up and waving at him.
But Lan kept quiet and only continued his odd staring at the female NetNavi below him.
He then shifted his gaze to the blue Navi.
"This is her?!" He asked, his brown eyes wide with confusion.
MegaMan glared up at him.
"Yes! Behave, please?" He answered him, crossing his arms at him.
Lan raised an eyebrow.
"Is this a joke? She's so cute! Cuter than Roll even!" He shifted his gaze back to Lei, "How can a Navi like you not be scared of Bass?"
MegaMan sighed deeply and facepalmed.
Lei only giggled.
"He's not scary at all, though." She said.
Lan was left speechless for a few moments.
"This is just way too unexpected!" Lan declared, scratching his head.
MegaMan smiled at Lei.
"Sorry about him.. " He apologized, grabbing her attention, "We've both known Bass for a very long time, you see.. So it's really hard for Lan to picture him having a girlfriend."
His last word caught her off guard.
'..Girlfriend..?' She thought to herself, 'Does that mean Bass is my..'
She felt her cheeks start to get hot as she cupped her face with both of her hands.
"Um!" She chirped, raising her blue eyes to meet MegaMan's green ones, "This is getting kinda too embarrassing for me to talk about.." She admitted, feeling the hotness in her cheeks increase, causing both Navi and his NetOP to blush at her sincere reaction.
Promise
Flying through the darkest depths of the UnderNet, Bass stopped as a strong light appeared from above him, blinding his eyes.
"You." He spat up at the tall, dark-skinned Navi, now floating before him.
Serenade only smiled kindly down at him.
"What is it?" Bass asked, glaring at him, "I made a promise to stay out of unnecessary trouble, but if you dare try and fight me I will not hesitate to kill you."
The ruler of the UnderNet placed one hand on his waist.
"I'm not here to fight, Bass." He said, chuckling down at him.
The cloaked Navi stayed silent as he continued;
"That promise you're talking about.. you made it with Lei, the delivery girl, am I right?" Serenade asked.
Bass narrowed his red eyes at him.
"And what if I did?" He said, watching him closely.
Serenade kept quiet for a few moments.
"She sure is cute, isn't she?" The tall Navi suddenly asked, smirking, causing Bass' red eyes to widen at his strange remark.
"Are you done with your nonsense?" Bass spat at him, feeling his patience quickly fading.
Serenade broke into a loud, sincere laugh. He then calmed down, his expression once again turning serene.
"You know, Bass, you must take good care of beautiful things, or else you might lose them." he said, his voice calm and collected.
Bass stayed silent for a while.
"What the hell are you talking about?" he asked him.
Serenade let out a soft sigh.
"Do you love Lei, Bass?"
This question caught the cloaked Navi off guard, and he floated back, burying the lower part of his face behind his cloak.
"That's none of your fucking business, fool!" He called at him, gritting his teeth.
Just what in the world was he planning? Asking him all of these embarrassing questions..
"It's okay Bass, you don't have to answer me." He said, smiling kindly at him.
'I already have my answer.' The ruler of the UnderNet thought to himself, then vanished into a strong, bright light once again.
Bass gritted his teeth.
'What the hell was that.' He thought to himself, raising his hand to his face and noticing how warm it feels, realizing how red he must be right now.
"Fuck!"
Jarro
"-Did you hear?-"
"-Unbelievable-!"
"-To think that he was even interested in those kinds of things-"
"-I heard she's a simple delivery girl from the city!-"
"-There's just no fucking way-"
The old Navi blinked as he slowly woke up from the various, loud voices all around him.
He rose to his feet and sat on the single chair in his shop, rubbing his face.
Lifting his eyes to the street before him, he noticed various NetNavis passing his stand, all of them seem to be whispering about the same subject.
"Hey." he called to one of them, making him shift his attention to him, "What's all this damn noise about? What happened?"
With all this commotion, one could start accidentally thinking that maybe the CyberWorld was under attack again or something.
The Navi stepped closer.
"Haven't you heard, Jarro?" He asked him, "The Black Shadow of the UnderNet got himself a girl."
The old Navi's eyes shot open.
"Bass did?! Nonsense." He dismissed, scratching his back.
"It's true! many have already seen them together." The Navi said, his eyes wide.
Jarro stopped to think for a few moments.
"And who's she exactly?" The old Navi asked, squinting his eyes, his expression skeptic.
"Some delivery girl!" He answered him.
Jarro ran his words through his mind once again.
'Delivery.. girl..?' He thought to himself, his eyes widening with realization as he recalled the cloaked Navi's last visit to him.
The old Navi quickly broke into a loud and raspy laugh.
"Whaddya know..!" He said, scratching his back and coughing.
The Navi was left confused at his reaction.
"Well, see ya later Jarro. Take care." He said, then continued on his way.
The old Navi simply shook his head in disbelief, then raised his gaze to the sky.
"Well, he's still young after all." He said to himself, smiling.
House Visit
Sitting on her bed with both hands resting in her lap, Lei felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness.
Her blue eyes traveled to the mirror as she caught her own reflection in it. Lei floated closer and let her gaze wander all over her features to see if anything needed a fix, only to find that everything was still in place.
She stared at herself for a few more moments.
"This is the first time Bass will be visiting my house.." She said with a quiet voice, noticing the hint of red forming in her cheeks.
She blinked as she raised her hand to gently touch the warm area.
Suddenly hearing knocks on her window behind her, Lei's gaze shifted to its reflection, as she noticed Bass was staring into her house, while floating outside her building.
Her blue eyes widened as she turned around all at once, then quickly floated above her bed and let the cloaked Navi in.
"I didn't expect you to enter through the window.." She told him, giggling.
Bass narrowed his eyes at the girl as she closed it behind him.
"Does it matter?" He asked, landing in the middle of her room and watching her closely.
Lei smiled softly at him.
"I guess not." She said, sitting herself on the bed below her.
Amused, she watched Bass as he examined every part of the room he was in, his red eyes going over the shelves on her wall and stopping on a picture of her, Mea and Dean.
She floated to her feet, then closer to him.
"Those are my friends." She said, raising her hand to point at who's who, "That's Mea, and that's Dean." Her gaze shifted to his face.
Bass' expression turned incredibly displeased as he recognized the male Navi.
"I want you to meet them someday.." She said, smiling sheepishly up at him.
She knew Bass and Dean would probably take a long time before they could get along with each other, but she also knew that it's really all just a matter of communication.
"I'm not promising that pathetic scum will survive." He said, glaring at the male Navi's image before him.
Lei crossed her arms at him.
"For now, let's just consider it as an option, okay?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at him.
Bass turned at her direction and stared down at her for a few moments in silence.
Lei smiled and floated to her bed, then sat down on top of the soft fabric.
She suddenly blinked as a new idea filled her mind.
"Do you have anyone you know besides MegaMan?" She asked him.
His lifestyle in the UnderNet was always interesting to her.
Bass blinked at her sudden question and kept silent for a few moments.
Lei tapped the surface of the bed next to her, inviting him to come sit as well, as the cloaked Navi simply stared at her gesture, then did as asked.
"I preferred to be alone, but I do have someone to collect my information from. I've known him since my early days in the UnderNet." He explained, noticing Lei was listening with her full attention, her blue eyes fixed on him, "But he's an old, perverted fool."
Lei kept silent and only stared at him.
'Only one person to talk to..' She thought to herself.
"How did you manage on your own?" Lei asked, her expression turning a bit sad.
Bass turned his gaze to the girl sitting next to him, and watched her closely.
"It was hard at first, but I was strong enough to survive. This 'Get Ability' that I was programmed with also helped me get stronger. Fighting became a habit over time." He said.
Lei kept silent for a few moments as she processed his words.
"Get Ability?" She asked him, her large blue eyes filled with interest.
The cloaked Navi stared at her.
"I can copy and save other Navis' fighting abilities." He explained, raising his hand in the air and demonstrating his skill before her, as tiny bolts of lightning shot out from his palm.
Lei's blue eyes widened.
"Does it hurt for the other Navi?" She asked him, raising her gaze back to meet his.
Bass stopped to think for a bit.
"It just copies." He said.
Lei smiled at him.
"Use it on me." She said, causing his red eyes to widen at her words.
"You don't even have a fighting ability, stupid." He explained, utterly confused at the girl sitting next to him.
Lei's expression was determined.
"I wanna know how it feels." She said, reaching out her small hand to him.
Bass stayed silent as he just stared at her with disbelief.
Then, he raised his large hand and held her small one, activating his special ability on her.
Lei blinked as she raised her gaze to him.
"That tickles." She said, giggling.
"I'm using an extremely low amount." He admitted, raising an eyebrow at her, "You're too weak for the full dose. I don't know what it'll do."
She stared at him for a few moments in silence, as he let go of her hand.
"You're really interested in all this trivial nonsense, aren't you?" He asked her, his red eyes fixed on her.
Lei smiled softly at him.
"I'm really interested in you." She said.
Bass blushed at her sincere words, facing away from the girl sitting next to him.
Lei only giggled, causing him to shift his gaze back to her, his red eyes narrowing at her direction.
"Just what is so funny to you?" He asked, his face still red and his expression now slightly irritated.
Lei kept silent for a few moments.
"I love your reactions." She admitted, smiling widely at him.
He gritted his teeth at her as he felt his whole face turn red.
That smile of hers never failed to affect him. Not even once since they first met.
"If you don't shut up I'm gonna kiss you." He threatened her.
Lei stared up at him, as she felt her own face get red.
"How is that even a threat?" She asked him.
Bass said nothing as he simply leaned down at her direction, raising both of his hands to hold both sides of her head, as Lei kept still, letting their mouths meet once again.