So sorry for the long wait guys. I think I said this before, but I think I'm going to say it again. I've been writing my own stories and got caught up in those. Along with working at a school, I'll probably be able to work more on my fanfictions in the summer. So that's probably when the next chapter will come out

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Ch. 2

Lan waited at Sci-lab to make sure Protoman was going to be okay before he went to the hospital to check on Chaud.

"Protoman will be alright. I'll call you when he's up," Dr. Hikari told Lan.

"Okay. Thanks dad," Lan nodded. "I'm gonna go see Chaud." He attached his skates to the bottom of his shoes and skated to the hospital. He went passed Maylu at a flower shop. "Hey, Maylu."

"Oh, hi Lan," Maylu said, turning around with some flowers in her arms. "Are you going to see Chaud?"

"Yeah. Wanna come?"

"Of course." Lan and Maylu walked off towards the hospital. Once they got there, the doctors escorted them to Chaud's room.

The two entered his hospital room and saw the girl, Sayako, sitting beside the bed all bandaged up. Chaud was still out due to the anesthesia.

"Hi," Maylu said softly.

"Huh?" Sayako turned her head around to see the two. She looked down then turned back to Chaud. Lan walked over to the bed, looking at Chaud.

"I wonder where he was all this time. And… what the hell happened to him?" Lan thought to himself. Maylu filled the empty vase with the flowers she bought.

Lan and Maylu looked at Sayako closely. Sayako had long black hair with a bit of white at the top. For now she wore hospital clothes, but even so, her eyes were the same exact color as Chaud's. She showed a strong resemblance to Chaud.

After a few days passed, Chaud woke up. The sound of birds chirping and the sun's hot rays seeping into the room, hitting his face. He turned his head to the side to see Lan, Maylu, and Sayako asleep with their heads on his bed.

"Not surprising I wake up to this sight," he thought to himself with a smile. "Lan," he said out loud.

"Whoa!" Lan shot awake with a startle. Maylu and Sayako also woke up.

"Poppa!" Sayako shouted with happiness.

"Chaud! Dude you startled me," Lan huffed out. Chaud chuckled lightly as he tried to sit up. "Whoa, Chaud. Don't overdo it when you just woke up."

"Yeah. Okay," Chaud huffed out in pain, laying back down on the bed. A nurse came in the room to check on how Chaud was doing.

"I see you're finally awake. How are you feeling today, Chaud?" asked the nurse.

"Fine, I guess," Chaud replied. The nurse checked his vitals and other things. Verifying that he'll be just fine now, but he couldn't get out of the bed for another few days as least.

Lan and the others were happy to hear that he'd be okay. Sayako still called Chaud 'poppa' which still confused Lan and Maylu.

"Lan. How's Protoman?" Chaud asked out of nowhere.

"He'll be okay. My dad's helping him right now," Lan replied.

"Thanks," Chaud sighed.

The days rolled by slowly, but the wait was over. Chaud was finally able to stand up on his own again and he was released from the hospital. His leg however was broke so he had to use crutches to help him walk.

Chaud walked with Lan and Sayako towards Sci-lab to check on Protoman. Then Lan popped the question again, "Why does she call you poppa, Chaud?"

"Hm? Well… remember that time four years ago, Lan?"

"When you disappeared for a few days?"

"Yeah. Remember what I told you that happened? Well, it was Protoman that told you." Lan thinks back a ways. His head pops up with the answer.

"You mean to tell me that the woman who…" Lan stopped and whispered the next word to Chaud. "Raped…" He went back to out loud. "You actually got pregnant?"

"Yup. And Sayako was born. Although she's more like me and not that other woman. To be totally honestly Lan… I didn't believe it at first. But Sayako knew everything about me and Protoman. Only a select few know everything about me. The woman, Protoman, you, you're friends… so I guess yeah. I'm a dad now. Actually, Sayako didn't have a name until I named her."

"Wow…" Lan slightly gasped and now didn't know what to say.

"Hey, Chaud. What happened to you over the past few months?" Megaman asked.

"I'll tell you at Sci-lab. Is everyone going there?" Chaud asked.

"Yeah. They were all so worried about you. I told everyone that once you were able to get out of the hospital that we'd be heading for Sci-lab. They all said 'meet you there'. So they should be waiting for us right now," Megaman replied.

"Good. They need to hear this too," Chaud groaned out a bit. It took them a while to get to Sci-lab on foot. Once there, Chaud went over to Dr. Hikari asking about his NetNavi. Dr. Hikari was happy to tell him that Protoman made a full recovery and handed him his P.E.T.

"Chaud, you okay?" Protoman asked in worry coming on the screen.

"Heh, I am now. You?" Chaud asked back.

"I'm fine now," Protoman said with a smile. Chaud looked up to see Sayako climbing on the desks. "Sayako, off the desks. I don't want you getting hurt okay," he said.

"Alright poppa," Sayako said getting off the desks and going back over to him.

"Wow. She listens well," Dr. Hikari said, amazed.

"If you think about what she went through, of course she'll listen first hand," Chaud said with his eyes closed.

"What?!" shouted a familiar voice, coming over to the white topped boy. "You have a child?!"

"Good to see you too, Yai," Chaud smiled, sitting down in a chair. Sayako got scared by her tone and ran to Chaud. He picked her up, whispering a little something to her about the girl that shouted. Yai suddenly remembered what happened to him four years ago, so she calmed down.

"Sorry about that," she said lightly. "I didn't mean to scare her."

"I know," Chaud smiled, rubbing the four-year-old's back lightly. Slowly calming her down as the others showed up.

"I was afraid we wouldn't see you again, this time Chaud," Dex sighed in relief to see him again.

"To be honest, I wasn't sure I was going to figure out a plan to escape," Chaud told him, his smile fading. He lightly rocked side to side in the chair. Sayako slowly fell asleep on his shoulder. "Now that my daughter is sleeping…" Chaud looked up at the others. "I'll tell you where I've been."

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Next time. I'll have the next chapter starting off a few months ago when Chaud disappears.

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