Now it's time to see what happened to the guys while the girls went shopping.

Guy's Night at HQ

"So, any ideas," Max asked, looking around at the other guys. They all shook their heads, none of them thinking of anything good. "Ok then. How bout you Solo? Any ideas?"

"Why the hell are you asking me," Solo said irritably.

"You're the only one who didn't respond to my previous question. Maybe that's why."

"……. Fine. You have a point there. But no, I don't. What do you normally do?"

"Well, training is one thing. Going out to Beamer's, the arcade, the movies when the mood is right. Anything that seems interesting at the time…… hey wait, I've got the perfect thing."

"What," they all asked leaning forward.

"Tournaments."

"…. Tournaments? That's your big idea," Solo asked, obviously agitated.

"Yeah. You know, video games, sparring, that kind of stuff."

The others thought it over and came to decision. "Alright Max. I'm in," X said, followed by the others one by one. They all then looked at Solo, who still hadn't given an answer.

"Hmmmmm…….alright fine. I'll do it. So what's first," Solo said.

Max just gave a grin and started walking out of the main living room. "Follow me for the first match in the video game tournament." They all got up to follow him and they soon came to a door marked "V Room". Max went in and the others followed suit.

"Wow," was the only word heard. In the room were large monitors and some chairs set up, all sitting across from each other. "What is this room," Megaman asked.

"This," Max answered, "is the virtual room. Hence the 'V' on the door. Just sit in the chairs, place the helmets over your eyes and get ready for one the best virtual reality experiences ever." Half an hour later, they all came back out, discussing the results of the matches.

"Dude, that was awesome. I've never gotten to play any Halo games, much less in VR. How'd you guys get that equipment anyways," Tory asked. "It felt like I was part of the game."

"You need to ask Will and J about that. Those two worked months on those things, eventually getting to the point where it was almost perfect. But they stopped just before they reached 'perfection'," Max answered.

"Why?"

Will answered this question. "The big thing about VR is that you feel like you're part of the experience, right? Well, if you were to make a machine that achieved the perfect virtual reality experience, you're gonna experience some problems. One is power source. Another is possible injury or even death."

"Kind of like when Lan and I go Full Synchro," Megaman asked.

"Exactly. But another problem is that you may not be able to leave that experience or you won't be able to distinguish between what's real and what's not. Now, on to the next tournament."

"Sparring matches. How bout it guys? Get ready for some battles," Max said. He led them to one of the many training rooms throughout the HQ. "Suit up and choose a weapon if you want. But be sure you set it to training. But do not use the rocket launcher. I repeat, do NOT use the rocket launcher. Those things have only one setting. Boom."

Unfortunately, Bud had already gone off to the weapons rack on the other wall and picked up a small handheld rocket launcher about the size of his fist. Meanwhile, Max was just finishing setting up the matches. "Alright first up is Will and Protoman. Next will be Bud and Solo. Third…" Max finished up the matchings and Will and Protoman got ready for their match.

"Before we start, let's both go ahead and choose our weapons," Will said.

"Alright," Protoman agreed. Protoman was then surrounded by a light and when he reappeared, he was in Muramasa style. "I'm ready."

"G Blade," Will said and once again his G Blade extended till the hilt was in his right hand. "And for some added fun, K Shield." On his left arm, his armor started to move and bend and a shield appeared on his left forearm and stood in a battle ready stance, two hands once again on his sword. "Are you ready, Protoman?"

"More than ready."

"Alright then, here we go," Max said. "Ready, set….FIGHT!"

Will and Protoman leapt at each other, Protoman going for the first strike. He did a downward slash, only to have Will block it with his shield and then lunge at Protoman, who swiped it to the side with his Muramasa. "Try this," Will said. "Shield Cyclone." He drew his left arm back and the shield began to slowly spin and gain speed. When it began to spin fast enough to make a high pitched whine, he threw his arm forward and the shield flew off his arm. Protoman put up his sword to block, but instead of continuing straight at him, it curved and began to spin around Protoman, gaining speed with each revolution. "Maybe you can block my blade, but see if you can block my shield." The shield proceeded to spin and then split in half, one half flying at Protoman, the other half keeping up the revolution. When Protoman knocked the first half away, the other came at him and the one he knocked away took the position of the other. This continued for a while, until Protoman came up with an idea. When one half came to within inches, he jumped over it and slashed it, turning the half into two quarters. He then did the same to the other and faced Will once again.

"My turn," he told Will. He reversed his grip on the hilt so that the blade was now upside down in his right and moved his arm so that it was behind his arm. He bent his knees slightly and moved his left arm up in front of his face. Will moved his sword down to his left side, the tip of the blade pointing behind him.

"This if the final blow," Will said.

"Agreed." And with that, they both charged at one another, their final slashes perfectly in time to the other. When they had run five past each other, they both turned around and then fell backwards, hitting the floor at the same time. "That was…fun. I haven't fought someone as good as that in a long time."

"Same here. It was a real pleasure. Now, could someone help me up? I'm too tired to move right now."

As Max and Megaman helped the two swordsmen get up and walk off, Bud and Solo were getting ready. Solo wave changed and waited for Bud to do so as well.

"Bud, why aren't you changing? Is something wrong," Taurus asked his new partner.

Bud was remembering what it had been like when the Taurus in his zone changed with him. But then he remembered, this wasn't that Taurus. "No, nothing's wrong. Let's do it." When Bud changed, his form was different than it had been in his zone. He now had his black hair sticking up out of a red helmet with two horns curving out from the top, red streaks in his hair. His torso had red and orange armor with flame tracings marking it all the way down. His legs now had vents along his calfs and his hands had gloves with flame sparkers in them. "Alright now I'm ready."

Once again, Max started them off. "Ready, set….FIGHT!"

Unfortunately for Bud, he never got to try out his new form. Solo simply pulled his arm back and then released a fist shaped ball of purple energy, effectively knocking Bud out of his wave form. "I win," Solo said.

"Not yet, you didn't. I grabbed a weapon," Bud said with a smug grin.

"Fine whatever," Solo said, not really caring about the fact that all the weapons were set on training. Or so he thought.

Bud pulled the launcher out and fired.

BOOOOOM. Solo was standing there when the smoke went away, looking extremely angry. Bud then started backing up from Solo.

"DAMMIT BUD! I'MGONNA KILL YOU," Solo yelled, chasing after Bud. When he caught up to him, he whacked over the head and threw him through one or two walls.

The others just looked at the scene. "Maybe we should just watch some movies until the girls get back," Max suggested.

"Please," Bud managed to groan out. "I can't feel my arms or legs." He was twitching from the impact and Solo was back in human form.

"And that's why we don't use the rocket launchers in training."

There was the guy's night. The next 1 or 2 chapters are very special chapters. What will they hold? Please review and give some constructive criticism if you feel like it.