Whew... That was close!

Nero - Fangirls again?

Me - They just won't leave me alone!

Nero - Did you try telling them you're taken?

Me - Why?

Nero - *pecks lips* Because you are.

Me - Shh! Vanellope will...

Vanellope - AHA! GOT YOU!

Me - Damn it! You found us out.

Vanellope - So when's the wedding?

Nero - Late November.

Me - There's no wedding... yet.

Vanellope - Ugh... Sappy guy. Reviews!

Nero Loveless Highwind - She found us out. X3

Ayla Spruce - Not really an evil twin. More of an anti-hero than anything.

Catman543212345 - Sure I guess :3

Now... Chaptah!

Nero - *kisses on cheek* Good luck.

Me - St-t-tarto... *faints*

Vanellope - I'll get the water.

Chapter 25

Lan's Return

Lan stood outside of Lord Demonfang's fortress, Staff of Illusions in hand, waiting for the perfect moment to enter. "Now seems right." he thought to himself as he shot the door open with a blast of electricity. "Who the hell?!" Lord Demonfang barked as the dark clad paladin walked down the red carpet towards the throne. "Sup Fang?" Lan spoke as he waved to the leader of the League. "It's Lord Demonfang peasant! Who are you?!" "It's Lan Hagane. Remember the name." "Why are you here?" "I have something you want. I don't care what you do with it as long as I get what I want." Lan explained as he twirled the Staff in his fingers. "What makes you think I won't just vaporize you where you stand?" the evil lord inquired as he held up a fireball. "Please. I'm just as strong as my twin brother and he could wipe you out easily at this point." Lan explained as he leaned on a pillar to the side of him. "Grr... What are your demands?" "I want the chance to destroy my twin on my own terms, Codemaster Ray Hagane."

Ray sneezed for the second time in a minute as he sat in Ralph's hut with the rest of the team. "Ok guys. Here's the deal. My brother and me both trained together at the same time, but unlike me he loved the evil. He was exactly like me except he wanted to be the Shadow Prince. You can imagine how devastated he was when he found out I was the Shadow Prince. He swore to train in secrecy and steal the title away from me someday hence why I haven't seen him for like 5 years."

"Why don't you just give him the title?" Sarah inquired as she petted Felix's head on her lap. "If the Shadow Prince gives up his title without a fight, he will be killed by the power inside of him." Ralph recited as if he were a scholar. "How do you...?" Justin inquired but was cut off by Ray. "He asked the same question the day after Christmas." "So how would this go?" Big inquired as he polished his fishing pole. "We'd fight and one of us would either die or get knocked unconscious." "Sounds legit." Sarah commented as she leaned back. "While were waiting for the inevitable attack, wanna go grab a burger from Burgertime?" Ralph inquired as he pulled Ray onto his back. "YAYUH!" the group recited as they filed out of the house and towards the fast food game.

Lan sat on a roof downtown chucking a ball in the air. It just happened to be a smoke ball used by many famous ninjas. "Well... My dark gauntlet lets me in the arcade, but I don't get a code form. Maybe I can use Ray's" he thought to himself as he jumped off the roof and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Ray and friends were all joking around in Burgertime with the chef taking a break to listen to one of Ray's many stories. "So I told the monkey, "Hands off my automobile! You're not Jeff Gordon!" And then the monkey started to Harlem Shake." The group burst with laughter at the insanity of Ray's escapade when a smoke cloud appeared as if out of nowhere behind Ray. "Hey Lan. Been a long time." Ray stated as he sensed his twin's prescence. "You know why I'm here." Lan replied as he held out his gauntlet. "You always did need everything I had. You're not getting the Codemaster Data." "And who's gonna stop me? You? You'd never swing on me." His quip was answered with a blow to the face courtesy of Ray's fist. "Things change Lan. You did and so did I." "Twin telepathy is a bitch ain't it?" Lan inquired as he stood up. "You tell me." Ray stated as snapped his fingers and the game they were on disappeared into a grid of some sort with only them inside.

"You know the only reason you want to destroy me is because you want to be your own person." Ray spoke after a minute of silence. "You don't know what I want! Let's go!" Lan barked back as they began to clash in the grid. Fists were flying everywhere. Ray's fighting style was more fluid and relaxed while Lan's style was precise and exact. "Your ninja style can't beat my code style. I'm as random as the bunches of 0's and 1's floating around us. You never know what I'll do." Ray stated as he faded into the background. Lan backed up and sensed where Ray was coming from. He pulled a kunai from behind his back and threw it in Ray's directon piercing his stomach. "Damn... You've gotten better." Ray spoke telepathically as he stood up and pulled the knife from his body. "But you're not the only one with tricks! DATA RAIN!" Ray barked as code daggers pierced both parties knocking them both unconscious.

Ray and Lan appeared in front of the group again only bloody and torn to pieces. "What the hell?!" Ralph barked as they both recovered seconds later, but stayed unconscious. The pools of blood were still there as well. "I'll be back!" Lan barked as a smoke ball dropped from his pocket and flooded the area with it's contents.

Ray woke up the next day with a deep pain in his side, but wrote it off as exhaustion until he remembered what happened the day before. He walked into the kitchen to find Ralph eating an omelete with a cheeseburger from Burgertime sitting on a plate next to him. "I know you don't really like eggs so I thought you'd like this." Ralph spoke as Ray sat next to him. "Thanks sweetie." Ray replied as he kissed Ralph deeply leaving his burger on the plate to get cold. "Looks like I found something better to eat." Ray joked as he used his new found code powers to lift Ralph into the air and levitate him towards the bedroom. "I'm gonna wreck it."

Hope that was enough for now... I've been preoccupied with other things

Nero - And by other things you mean me?

Me - You're not a thing. You're mine. There's a difference. *wink*

Vanellope - AWW VURP! You guys need to cut the lovey dovey act now! I felt better when I didn't know!

Me - Your fault. *blows kiss*

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Preview: Prom Night! Ray doesn't want to go, but Ralph's not letting him off that easy. With a new potion Justin developed, it should shrink Ralph until midnight so he'll fit in, but when an Elite Member decides to Prom crash, will Ray be able to save it, or will Ralph need to get big again to help out. STAY TUNED!