Wow, was my clue really that obvious? Well, I've never been good at making puzzles, so meh. Great guesses guys, yes, Bass is my mystery navi. And Kasuchi, Koichi, that is a good guess as to what he is, but you couldn't be further from the truth, lol. So, here is a short recap, since we didn't really have very much happen last chapter. Everyone's navis have successfully been turned into living animals, and Raika's friend Hana makes an appearance to tell everyone that a solar eclipse was coming so the party would be moved back a day. Chaula decides to take everyone on a tour of the city! Why were Chaud and Protoman so nervous about hearing about an eclipse? What is it Chaula has to talk to them about? Only one way to find out.

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Raika waited downstairs with Maylu and Jasmine, since they were already good to go, while everyone else got ready. When everyone came downstairs, Chaula and Protias ran up front to stand with Raika. Chaula turned around and smiled at everyone as she put on a light coat.

"First, I should make sure my mom and siblings are awake, and then we'll head into the city." She said as she opened the door. They went outside and Chaula walked over to the mansion that was next door to the house. She knocked on the door a few times but nobody answered so she walked back to everyone. "I guess they are gone for awhile, oh well, let's get going!" She said as she headed toward the main gate. Searchman had turned into a smaller version of a falcon by this time and was perched happily on Raika's shoulder. They walked out the gate and headed toward the city visible next to the forest.

As they walked the navis looked around, amazed by the world they were in. Megaman stayed close to Lan and saw something in the forest nearby. It was a really big animal, too big to be anything that would normally be in a forest. He couldn't see it very well because it was dark in the forest, but he could make out sharp talons on the front end and a long tail in the back, its back feet were too deep in the snow for him to tell what they were. He saw it walk over to a tree and rear up. Suddenly, it dove down under the tree and out of sight. Megaman was tempted to follow it, but decided against it remembering what Raika said about being careful. They walked into a bustling city, filled with a lot of people and animals.

"Wow, sure is busy for a place that is cold all the time. How do you put up with it?" LAn asked, shivering." Raika and Chaula shrugged.

"Used to it I guess." Raika replied. They continued walking, Chaula pointing out various places, when they saw a pair of twins in front of a restaurant arguing about something. Next to them, a lioness was shaking its head and a human-sized lemur laughing maniacally.

"Oh lord, not again. And you thought my fights with the birds were bad…" Chaula said to Raika as they both sweatdropped. They looked at each other than back at the quarreling twins before turning back and having a quick game of rock-paper-scissors, in which Chaula won and grinned idiotically, holding up her first two fingers in a "V" as Raika growled as he walked over there, with Chaula following him.

"Dare I ask what you guys are fighting about this time?" Raika asked after grabbing the collars of their shirts and pulling them apart. They were not identical twins, for one was male and the other was female, but they looked similar enough. The girl was tall, almost as tall as Raika and she had long black hair. Her eyes were a dark amber color and her hands were slender, her fingers almost looking like claws. She glared at Raika as she crossed her arms.

"Leo's being stupid again." She stated Raika and Chaula looked at each other, both thinking 'when is he not being stupid?" The guy, who had short black hair and dark brown eyes, looked at his sister with evil intent.

"Oh come on Tana, all I said was that you should save it for the party!" He said, glaring at her. Tana sniffed and crossed her arms.

"I'll use it when I feel like it, and you won't tell me otherwise, got it Leo?!" She said, suddenly, they started yelling at each other in Sharonian, making Raika and Chaula red and Searchman and Protias' mouths drop.

"Um… We are going to leave you alone now… bye?" Chaula said, backing up. The lioness looked at her with a frown on her face.

"Lucky dog, you have no idea how good of an idea that is." It said while the lemur just continued to laugh. Chaula and Raika walked back to the group, still red.

"Uh, nothing to see there, let's go guys." Chaula said as she and Raika walked away from the twins.

"What was that all about?" Dex asked her.

"Trust me, you don't wanna know." She answered him.

"I didn't think they knew the meaning of over half of those words." Raika said to her out loud.

"I didn't think I knew the meaning of half of those words. Lucky me, I do." Chaula said sarcastically. They didn't mention it again the rest of the day, they just continued on their way and Chaula kept telling everyone about the city. Megaman noticed more animals that were more exotic, though none of them the creature he saw before, constantly going to and from underneath the trees.

'What is going on here?' He wondered, he decided to walk up to Raika and ask him. "Raika, what is going on? I keep seeing different kinds of animals going to trees and disappearing underneath them?" he asked. Raika and Chaula stopped, looking at them.

"You know, I've noticed that too." Jasmine said.

"Me too." Maylu, Dex, and Dingo said. The only ones who didn't say anything were Lan and Chaud. Raika turned around and looked at them, sighing. He turned back to Chaula, as if asking her for help. She crossed her arms and raised a brow.

"Well, now is a good time to tell them Raika, with the eclipse coming and my cousin and his friend not secured, they could be in real danger if you don't tell them. They could be a lot safer if you tell them so they can be prepared." She told him while walking up to him. She gave him a hug and whispered something in his ear, and he nodded. She let him go and started walking home. Raika and the others followed in silence until they got to the gate. A dark shadow flew over them and over toward Raika's house. When they came up to the door, a dark shape was seen on the roof of the house.

"Welcome home Raika. I see we have guests." A very familiar voice said from seemingly nowhere.

"Long story short, it's Hana's fault." Raika replied.

"Are you hungry? I'm going to go make some dinner here in a little while." Chaula asked as she walked up to the door.

"No. I hunted with the twins not too long ago so I am just going to sleep it off in the Underground tonight. I just wanted to welcome you guys home."

"Oh birdy, you don't need to go to the Underground. You live here too." Chaula said, putting her hand on her hip.

"Yes but they are also staying here, and I would be a big shock to them if they saw me right now, I'm sure you haven't told them about me."

"Well, no but---"

"Don't argue with me, it's only for tonight. Well, goodnight." With that sentence, the creature jumped off of the roof and flew over everyone, diving into the forest away from view. It moved too fast to see clearly but it had large, thick paws and huge wings. The back end of it was a light color but the front end of it was very dark. Everyone looked to the forest as Chaula opened the door.

"Come on everyone, Raika and I have a lot of explaining to do." She said. Everyone nodded at her and followed her inside.

TBC

Yeah, let's call this a filler chapter. The story will all come together in the next chapter. So, time for a new challenge. Based on my clues in the story, try to guess what animal Bass is (if you haven't gotten my spoiler from the previous chapter) and I will reward you with another spoiler. If you won my spoiler from last chapter, I want you to try and guess what the eclipse has to do with Chaud and Protoman. Here is your hint, it has nothing to do with Chaud being a werewolf, but remember that lycanthropy comes in all shapes and sizes. Chaud is something a little more scaley, and with that, I bid you goodnight. See you tomorrow with chapter 7 guys.