I'll explain the whole fusion thing in this chapter. Enjoy.

Aura Fusion

The people who had made up the team for the first mission were sitting around, resting from what should have been an easy mission. Apparently, when they had gone through the teleportation sequence, Kass still had some residual sparks and, well, it didn't turn out well. Zero had it the hardest, since he had been holding her unconscious form at the time. But for now, they didn't have to worry about any missions. All they had to deal with was recovering from a nasty shock in the teleportation sequence.

"Hey Max," Lan said, remembering what had happened during the mission. "That weird fusion thing you did. What was that? It's been bothering me ever since you did it."

"Aura Fusion," Max answered. "It's kinda hard to explain. Why are you asking that anyway?"

"Well…it reminds all of us, or rather those who know of it, of Double Soul."

"Ah. Well, Aura Fusion is different than Double Soul. No wait……..never mind. There isn't really all that much difference."

"What do you mean?"

"Hmmmmm.......how bout this? You explain Double Soul to me, in your own definition, and I'll explain Aura Fusion in the way that I know it."

"Alright. Ok, give me sec……got it. Okay Double Soul is a fusion of Megaman with another navi. But this fusion doesn't just happen. A certain condition must be met and that condition is that the souls of both navis must resonate with one another. After that, Megaman can use a new form for his Double Soul. And now you explain Aura Fusion."

"Right then. So, Double Soul is the resonance of two netnavis souls and only Megaman can use it, right? Well, Aura Fusion is pretty much the same way. The biggest difference is that Aura Fusion takes place with auras. That and the fact that even if we don't resonate, if their aura matches mine or comes really close to mine, I can use Aura Fusion right away."

"So, that's Aura Fusion in a nutshell," Protoman asked.

"Yep. But I can tell something's bothering you. What is it?"

"It's actually something that Chaud, Protoman, Lan, and myself are wondering," Megaman said. "What would happen if you and I were to set up a Double Soul and an Aura Fusion at the same time?"

"Hmmmm….what's your strongest Double Soul?"

"It would have to be Basscross and Beast Out."

"What can you compare that power level to?"

"Hmmmmmm……..probably somewhere around three times more powerful than Beamer when he's really pissed."

"Well, if that were to become an actual scenario, we'd probably be three times stronger than your Basscross and Beast Out."

"That strong huh?" Megaman and the others had a downcast look on their face.

"Why does that make you depressed?"

"…… The first time I used Beast Out, I lost control. And Basscross, I wouldn't accept help. I couldn't do anything for my friends, except possibly hurting them. And it was all because of the amount of power that I held."

"Well, you don't have to worry about that happening to us. The odds of our souls and auras matching at the same time are really slim. Especially when you take into account that I'm human."

"Wait, you're human?! But…how can you use battlechips?"

"My parents. My dad could use battlechips and he was human. My mom could use battle cards and she was human. Which means that I can use battle cards as well and use Aura Fusion with an EM being or even a reploid."

"Wow…..didn't see that coming."

"Hey, I've got an idea. After we all recover, I'll teach Megaman how to build some serious power when in Double Soul. But I can only teach some of your forms, mostly just the elemental forms. How bout it?"

Megaman gave it some thought, thinking back to the amount of electricity that Max had built around himself in just a short period of time. "Alright. That sounds perfect."

"Awesome. Trust me when I say you won't regret it. Now then, I have someone that I think you all should meet."

"Who?"

A green figure walked into the room, a netnavi symbol on his chest. The symbol was a kunai with two slashes in the shape of a X going through the center of the kunai. "Hello. I'm Blademan."

"This is the real Blademan. Turns out, we were fighting a doppelganger of his. It would seem our enemies had stored the real Blademan in the navi symbol," Max explained when everyone's jaw dropped. "He apparently refused to help them and they didn't take it well. That town we were in is his town."

"I would like to thank you for helping me out of that symbol. It was really cramped in there. But I need to return to my town and help find my people."

"We can arrange that."

"Thank you. And I would like to give you this." Blademan handed a battlechip to Lan and Megaman and a copy of his symbol to Max. "If you ever need my help, use those."

"How?"

"You'll know."

Lan took a look at the battlechip and saw Blademan's symbol on it. "Wait a second," Lan said. "This is a Double Soul synchro chip. How'd you get this?"

"I honestly don't know. When your friend, William, revived me, I was holding a copy of my symbol in one hand and that chip in the other. I didn't know why, but I felt like I needed to give you these things before I left. But now it makes sense, somewhat."

"Well…thank you Blademan. And if you ever need our help, use this to call us," Max said, handing him a silver communication device.

"Thank you. And now, can you help me get back to my home?"

"Sure thing."

And that ends this chapter. I betcha didn't see that coming. Please review.