In the newsroom...
"What, you're serious?" Ribitta just couldn't of the news her news costar, Higsby, told her.
"Yup, Maylu has joined World Three, the same organization where Mr. Match and Maddy are," the nerdy Battle Chip collector explained while talking to her in the phone by his shop. "To top it off, she is now benting on deleting Roll, her own NetNavi."
"And I know why. Empress, that's why. She's trying to take revenge on her for rebelling on her during that N1 Grand Prix match," the newscaster knows of the answer. "If Lan and the others will try to bring her back, then let's see. I decided to postpone the event for a week. She's just lucky I'm not going to tell her reason of her outburst in the stadium because it might ruin her good reputation."
The next day...
Lan, Dex, Yai, and Tory are having their NetNavis training much harder if they wanted to bring Maylu back from the darkness she now possesses. Roll has guidance from the young boy himself into doing this as well, and MegaMan is there with him every step of the way.
In the cyber world, Roll uses the Aqua Tower Chip that Lan inserted in the PET where she resided and the tower successfully hits MegaMan.
"We'll call in a break," the blue Navi stated and the training session ends as he takes a look at his friend who has a sad look on her face. "Come on, Roll, are you giving up on Maylu?"
"No, I'm not, and I never will," was her reply.
Suddenly, the doorbell of his house ring and as Mrs. Hikari come to answer, it's a couple. The man wears a black business suit and the woman is wearing a yellow shirt and brown long skirt.
"Ah, Mr. and Mrs. Sakurai, how nice to see you," she said happily before changing into a sad tone. "I'm sorry about your daughter."
"Yeah, about that. We need to talk to Roll about this," the man stated.
"Oh, she's in Lan's room with MegaMan," was the reply.
"Thank you," Mrs. Sakurai walked up the stairs with her husband.
In the cyber world, MegaMan and Roll continue their training to prepare for the battle while Maylu's parents have entered the room from the real world.
"Hello there, Lan. How's it going?" Mr. Sakurai opened the door and they entered.
"It's not good, Mr. Sakurai," was the sad reply coming out of him. "Maylu has won."
"But I'm not giving up on her!" Roll declared from the other PET the young boy has. "She's my friend!"
"I hope so, for your sake," her ex-friend's father replied while grabbing the item with his left hand.
"Tell me, Maylu's father and mother. Why? Why is your family cursed?"
Mr. and Mrs. Sakurai felt this is the time they told her more details on this topic for her sake so they sit down on Lan's bed to make this discussion. That way, she could know more of how does this curse is now flowing in their daughter's veins.
"Well, Roll, it looks like Lan here told you the whole story of our ancestry," the former said in a sad tone. "If you ask us, the incident in the N1 when you're Empress could be the main reason her behavior has changed from nice to nasty."
"So, it's true," the pink Navi puts her hands to her face with tears streaming down her face. "That's why she's mad at me after the incident, lashing out on me from the PET, blaming me for putting her out of the competition, and trying to delete me from that battle she tried to pull when she can't continue in the tournament because I was worn out as a price for being freed from that corrupted chip."
"If we're not mistaken, you fought her and seen her yellow eyes. That event is what triggered her eyes to turn from brown to yellow."
"That's impossible," Lan objected while sitting on his desk. "When I was with her and she's crying all on what happened to Roll, her eyes are just normal. You think this incident could have triggered the curse that is passed down to your family?"
"So her eyes are normal, but if she gives into that darkness she has in getting revenge, that's when her yellow eyes are formed," Mr. Sakurai explained.
"But what's that got to do with this?" MegaMan asked from the PET.
"Well, Maylu is a nice girl and all. That's what every Sakurai family member is like. The Sakurai have love and friendship above all else so much especially to the fact when it comes to our rival family, the Mori."
"So can't you guys get along with each other since both families are filled with love."
"Ah, but there's a problem that if our family's feelings are left unchecked... When the Sakurai that has strong feelings loses them, those feelings will turn into hatred. I've seen it happen a countless of times and it's never been a healthy thing for all of us. In every moment like that happening, a symptom always follows."
"A symptom?" Roll asked, wiping her tears from her eyes.
"The anguish and despair from experiencing such loss caused the Sakurai's brains to release a deadly power that affects their optic nerves; the eye that reflects their feelings known as the Reflector. That's what Maylu's yellow eyes could mean. It mirrored the Sakurai's feelings of despair and anguish that this is what gives the user a boost of power. All those who have strong emotions will become consumed by the dark path. The more a Sakurai falls into that path, the more their eyes become more powerful, and also harder to be reasoned with," Mr. Sakurai explained more.
"This is not looking good," MegaMan stated.
"So you don't have any grudge on the Mori's? Is that why you two are just normal like before Maylu has gone insane?" his pink friend asked in concern.
"Yeah, something like that. We have their will of love. Now that Maylu has the curse of hatred that our family has, I don't know what to do," Mrs. Sakurai sadly.
"Don't worry, I'll get her back. I promise. I'll never give up on her; not now, not ever."
The Sakurai parents went out of the bed and walked to the door as they're ready to leave.
"Well, that's all the information we can give you. We're going. Bye," they left after giving out this message. Lan continues to help MegaMan and Roll train in case Maylu has come back being more stronger than ever.