"And this late fall heat wave continues it's merciless onslaught on the city with temperatures for this time of year reaching an all time high. Experts say that they're unsure of when this unexpected and unprecedented heat wave will end. In the mean time the city health council is advising TrinityCity citizens to stay hydrated and remain inside during peak hours." The news reporter announced.

"Oh! Man! Tyler and I were gonna go to Brandon's and work on our new hide out. This just ruined everything, mom'll never let me go outside!" John groaned.

"Get used to it. Kyra and I had big plans for the day, but this health advisory ruins everything." Keller sighed and flicked off the TV.

"So much for spending all day at the skate park huh?" Blayde asked.

"Yeah. It looks like we're gonna have to find something else to do today." Keller sighed again as she stood up and stretched.

"You could always NetBattle me and TeraGuy!" John interrupted.

"Yeah! Let's see if Blayde can handle my awesomeness." TeraGuy added.

"What do you think Blayde?" Keller looked at her Navi, "You wanna see if my brother's as good as he claims?"

"Sure, why not." Blayde shrugged.

"All right! Let's go down to the game room then." John said eagerly.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! If you're gonna NetBattle me we're going to do it at the Coliseum in NetHaven." Keler grinned

"Fine, we'll jack in from here." John shrugged, lazily gesturing to the panel on the TV.

Keller nodded and flicked the TV back on. After a moment she pulled out the keyboard and logged into the NetHaven server.

"Jack in! Blayde! Power up." Keller grinned.

"Jack in! TeraGuy! Power up!" John said, following his sister's lead.

Once in the city the two Navis looked at each other and smiled. TeraGuy was the most human looking Navi Blayde had met. He didn't have any armor, wearing dark blue overalls and a red shirt with a pair of sturdy brown boots and white gloves. In place of a helmet he had a red hat and what looked like headphones over his ears. With a nod the 'sibling' Navis headed for the Coliseum.

"Just because you're my sister's Navi, don't think TeraGuy and I are gonna go easy on you." John said to Blayde about five minutes later. The two Navis stood on opposite sides of the stadium, the crowd watching excitedly.

"I wouldn't dream of it!" Blayde smiled, as the words BATTLE START flashed across the huge video screen.

"FireBall!" TeraGuy grinned launching a huge fireball at Blayde.

"AquaShot! BattleChip in! Download!" Keller grinned.

"Too easy!" Blayde grinned as she fired the shot at the fireball.

The two attacks negated, leaving behind a blur of pixels. Using the explosion as cover Blayde decided to use the element of surprise.

"Hey! Where'd she go?" John and TeraGuy said in unison as the pixels cleared.

"Looking for someone?" Blayde grinned as she free fell, "BlaydeBlast!"

The blast hit TeraGuy full force sending him sliding back across the stage a good distance. Blayde landed on the ground a smirk on her face.

"Don't get too confident just yet sis! FireSword. Tornado. BattleChips in. Download!"

TeraGuy was instantly engulfed by the tornado. Blayde watched with mild interest as the tornado moved towards her.

"Ready?" Keller asked her Navi.

"Ready." Blayde said simply.

"AquaSword. DashAttack. BattleChips in. Download." Keller grinned.

"Let's finish this." Blayde said, as a dark pink mouth guard formed along with the sword.

She took one step forward and was instantly moving full speed towards TeraGuy, who was still engulfed by the tornado. He didn't even see her attack coming. With one clean swipe he was down.

"TeraGuy, logging out." The computer announced.

"So much for being too awesome for us huh?" Blayde and Keller said in unison.

"Okay, you guys win." John admitted, "You okay TeraGuy?"

"I'm good." TeraGuy replied.

"You know what's creepy is that you and Blayde are starting to talk almost in perfect sync." John shook his head.

"Whatever," Keller dismissed her brother with a casual wave of her hand.

"You wanna battle again or what?" John asked eagerly.

"Nah. I think I'm gonna head out to the arcade and see if anything interesting's going on. You wanna come?" Keller asked.

"Nah. TeraGuy and I are gonna keep training." John said.

"Suit yourself." Keller shrugged as she logged Blayde out, "Just let mom know I'm at the arcade so she doesn't freak."

"All right. See ya later sis."

"See ya." Keller said as she made her way to the foyer.

"Why don't we got to the arcade jack into NetHaven from there and go back to the Coliseum?" Blayde suggested, her eyes gleaming.

"You should know that at this point that hardly any of those, so called NetBattlers are a real challenge. But if you insist." Keller grinned, strapping her BattleChip case to her thigh, "Let's go!"

"Yes! Time for some NetBattling!" Blayde practically squealed with excitement.

"Sometimes I think mom or dad messed up on your programing somewhere along the line. I've never seen you so excited to beat up on a bunch of poor Navis, that will never know who or what hit them." Keller laughed as she put her PET in the holder while she grabbed her skateboard and headed out the door.

"A chance to NetBattle always get's me excited. Who knows, maybe this time we'll actually come across a few worthy challengers." Blayde said from her spot on Keller's hip.

"Keller, why are we stopping. I thought you said we were going to the arcade." Blayde said in confusion as her NetOp stopped at an ice cream parlor a few blocks away from the arcade.

"It's hot, and I want something sweet." Keller shrugged as she grabbed a small container and moved to where the frozen yogurt dispensers were.

"I will never understand your obsession with frozen yogurt."Blayde sighed.

"That's because Navis don't eat." Keller sighed as she filled the container and then moved on to the toppings.

"What is that? Cherries? And chocolate? What kind of combination is that?"

"Something so awesome you wouldn't understand." Keller said as she set the container on the scale and handed the cashier some cash.

"I don't think I want to." Blayde murmured.

"Oh, be quiet you." Keller laughed and jumped on her skateboard, "Let's get to the arcade, we've got some NetBattles to win."

"Woo!" Blayde whooped with a laugh.

Five scorching minutes later Keller and Blayde arrived at the arcade. The place was swarmed with kids Keller's age, teenagers and even a few adults. All of theme were crowded around the small arena dome in the center of the arcade.

"What's going on?" Keller asked a red haired girl beside her.

"There's this mysterious guy NetBattling anyone who challenges him. He's amazing! He's gotten twenty straight wins in the past five minutes."

"That's impossible." Blayde and Keller said together. Just then an eerily familiar voice rang out above the admiring murmurs of the crowd.

"Okay. Anyone else brave enough to challenge me?"

"What do you say Blayde? You up for this?" Keller asked her Navi.

"Bring it on!" Blayde smirked.

"I challenge you!" Keller said loudly as she stepped through the crowd, her head held high. She heard a few people whisper her name in shock as she casually walked over to the dome.

"Well, if it isn't the famous Keller Locklear." The guy smirked.

"Jack in! Blayde, power up!" Keller grinned, "Let's see what you've got."

"Jack in! RayzerMan, power up!" The guy grinned.

Keller froze. She knew exactly who RayzerMan's NetOp was. It was none other than her eternal skateboarding rival. Dante Sparrow.

"Well, if it isn't TrinityCity's second best skateboarder, Dante Sparrow. I should have known it was you." Keller said, her voice icy. The crowd around them started murmuring and taking out cameras. Apparently this NetBattle was going to be streamed live across the city. Good, everyone in the city will watch me kick Dante's butt. Keller smirked.

"That's right it's me Locklear. And to be honest I was hoping you'd show up. I was looking for a good challenge." Dante smirked, dropping his hoddie back to reveal his face.

"Are we gonna stand here and chat or are we going to NetBattle?" Blayde asked impatiently.

"So you're the famous Blayde." The dark red Navi standing opposite Blayde said coolly as he looked at the small pink Navi.

"The one and only." Blayde said with a smirk as she studied RazyerMan.

He had a black body suit with silver stripes running down his sides. He had silver shoulder guards and dark red armor. His helmet was dark red, with a silver horizontal stripe with bright red vertical ridge like stripes. Peeking out the back of his helmet was pitch black hair. The silver ringed emblem on his chest was black with red flame like streaks reaching from the bottom up flecked with silver.

"They say you have quite the reputation as a merciless NetBattler. I find it very hard to believe that such a little thing like you would be able to do much damage." RayzerMan smirked.

"Why don't I show you what I can do?" Blayde smirked as the words BATTLE START flashed.

"RayzerBlaster!" RayzerMan cried out, aiming the shot directly at Blayde's chest. At the last second Blayde jumped. The spot where she stood exploded in a barrage of smoke and pixels.

"So much for being a challenge." Dante scoffed. Keller just smiled in response.

"BlaydeBlast!" Blayde cried out, launching a sonic boom at RayzerMan. The boom hit him in the chest, sending him sliding across the cyber floor.

"Not bad," RayzerMan admitted as he got to his feet.

"Let's see how you handle this!" Dante smirked, "FireTower! BattleChip in. Download."

"Easy." Blayde and Keller said together as the tower of flames rose up from the ground and raced towards Blayde.

"AquaSword. AreaSteal. BattleChips in. Download!" Keller grinned.

"Good call Keller." Blayde smiled as her right arm turned into the blue sword.

With ease she sliced through the column of fire, the sword releasing a torrent of water. Using the AreaSteal she teleported to a position right behind RayzerMan. Just as she was about to land the winning blow he whirled around and deflected her AquaSword with a FireSword. The force of his hit made her sword shatter. Blayde growled and jumped back just in time to dodge another blow.

"Keller, now would be a good time to send me a BattleChip!" Blayde said as she flipped back to dodge another one of RayzerMan's swipes.

"Don't worry, I've got just what you need…CyberSword. BattleChips in! Double download. Cyclone. BattleChip in! Download." Keller grinned, watching as Blayde's arms became the glowing blue swords.

"So that's your master plan! All right then…CyberSword. BattleChips in! Double download. Tornado. BattleChip in! Download!"

Everyone watched in a tense silence as the two Navis charged at each other, the cyclones falling apart after the first impact. Blayde and RayzerMan circled each other at full speed, becoming nothing more than indistinct blurs to their NetOps. They slowed down as they started circling each other, the crowd in the arcade watching the battle closely.

"Come on Blayde! I know you can do this." Keller encouraged.

Blayde grinned at Keller's encouraging words and took a swipe at RazyzerMan's feet with the flat of her sword. He landed hard on his back.

"I've got you covered RayzerMan." Dante said just as Blayde was about to go for the final blow, "Barrier. BattleChip in! Download."

"Nice try pipsqueak." RayzerMan taunted as he pulled up the barrier an instant before Blayde hit him.

"All right Blayde, this is our one shot. What do you say?" Keller asked, worrying her lower lip with her teeth.

"Let's go for it." Blayde said as she got rid of both swords, leaving her defenseless against RayzerMan.

"All right. Here we go." Keller said grimly. "CyberSword, WideSword. BattleChips in. Download."

So they're going for a ProgramAdvance? Dante thought to himself. Okay we can do that too.

"You ready RayzorMan?"

"I'm always ready," he smirked.

"CyberSword, WideSword Battle Chips in. Download." Dante looked up and smirked at Keller. She glared at him in response.

"LongSword BattleChip in! And Dow-"

Just as the two were about to download the battle chips the fire alarm in the arcade went off. A moment later the sprinklers went off as well. The two Navis stopped what they were doing and turned to their NetOps.

"They're going off all down the block!" A girl said from the door.