After jacking out her NetNavi from the net, Raila wasted no time to pack her things while talking to her NetNavi about what happened.

"I still don't like viruses. But that Melody is somehow different from the ones we fight before," FireFlower spoke up.

"Maybe it has a personality. My Dad said that viruses tend to have sentient programmings and tend to wander instead of destroying the net," Raila explained. "I mean, you have one and I'm not complaining about it."

"True. But still, after meeting that Melody, a part of me felt I want to pet it."

"Hehe... I just hope you won't get jacked out because you only want a hug."

"Anyways, how many Zennies did we get from those viruses?" F.F. asked in curiosity.

Realizing the true reason of their battles, Raila checked on her PET and says, "About 420z."

"What?! That small?! Oh well, I guess I can battle more later."

"Yeah. Right now, let's head off to Electown with my parents."

Now seeing that her backpack is now packed, Raila grabbed her PET and put it in her holster attached to her black single loop belt before she grabbed her bag and head out from her room to meet with her parents.

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Outside Raila's house, Raila meet up with her parents, who are now inside their family van.

"Ready to go, honey?" Her Mom asked to her daughter.

"Yeah and so does Fire."

"Good. I hope you didn't do anything net-related that almost made you late," her father said with a smile, which Raila shivers in fear upon hearing that.

"Uh, no Dad! I'm just packing my bag, that's all! Right, Fire?" Raila sheepishly explained, which her Navi sheepishly nodded in approval.

"Alright, let's go."

With that said, Raila's father started the car as they head off to Electown.

-EXIT TO ELECTOWN-

"Now that's completely weird," F.F. said, now completely shocked at the sudden turn of events as her bear claw disappears.

"At least there's a bright side to this. We learn that not all viruses are bad and you just made a friend!" Raila sheepishly said to her completely shell shocked NetNavi.

Although she wanted to shout at her about her comment, she kinda got a little fuzzy when the Melody nuzzled against her leg. She then blushed at this and says, "Well, at least I still able to beat those three viruses. That counts as a virus bust, right?"

"Yeah." Raila then looks at her clock, which is 7:45 AM. Just in time to her to leave for Electown. "And since we now have two battles, it's time for us to go!"

"Yeah, log me out already."

"Huh? That's very unusual for you to say that," Raila asked in confusion, considering how she always begged her to stay to fight more viruses instead of logging out.

"After what just happened, I'm glad you made that two battle condition, Rai," F.F. answered, seeing she can't get that Melody out of her head.

"Okay... Jack out time, Fire."

With that, FireFlower left the internet in a flash.

- EXIT -

"Uh, did I just made a virus cry?" F.F. asked in confusion.

"Yes and you better apologize," Raila said in a stern manner.

F.F. couldn't believe her ears! First she needs to talk the virus, now she needs to apologize?! "What?! No way I will apologize to a virus!"

But Raila continues to glare at her in anger. She doesn't like viruses, too. But seeing how her Navi hurt the virus's feelings, it's best to apologize. Seeing her glare, F.F. groans in defeat. "Fine!"

F.F. then quickly tries to chase the fleeing Melody and tries to dodge it's attacks. After that, she then says to the virus, "Wait! I'm sorry I yelled. Look, I'm not mad and anything. Just please, forgive me!"

OVERVIEW

1. Advance and attempt to stop a fleeing Melody
2. Dodge
3. Apologizing to Melody?

NETNAVI

FireFlower.EXE: 70 HP

F.F. and Raila are completely confused, she managed to defeat the 3 viruses, but why is the Melody isn't attacking them?

"Okay, this virus is completely creeps me out. Should I eliminate it?" F.F. said as she about to slash the virus with her bear claw.

"Not yet. That virus doesn't look like it can attack us," Raila guessed. "Maybe we should talk to it?"

"What?! Talk to a virus?!"

"I don't want you to get hurt or let this virus get angry, so what choice do we have?"

F.F. groans at her idea. Sure, she likes taking out viruses, but talking to them? "If that's what you want."

However, Raila noticed something below her Navi. "But before that, you might wanna move."

"Why?" F.F. asked in confusion.

Raila sheepishly points something below F.F. When the NetNavi looked down, she realized that she's standing on the cracked panel! "Oh, snap!"

She then quickly tries to run to a non-cracked panel behind her and tries to dodge one of Melody's attacks. It's safe to say that she was completely peeved after that. "Hey, what's the big idea?! Are you planning to let me fall into that cracked panel?!" F.F. angrily shouted to the Melody.

OVERVIEW

1. Advance to a nearby Normal panel
2. Dodge
3. Talking to a Melody?

NETNAVI

FireFlower.EXE: 70 HP

F.F. was mad for a second. A Melody is about to jump on her, but it only landed near her instead, much to her relief. "Man, that was a close one!"

"Too close. But I don't think that's an attack," Raila said. "Try to dodge more and take out the last Beetank, then we'll see what happens."

"If you say so..."

Although she likes to defeat the viruses so bad, F.F. decided to follow Raila's orders, not wanting to get hurt even more. She quickly rushed to the Beetank to do a melee attack, dodge a virus's attack, then rushed onto the Beetank and slashes it with her bear claw.

OVERVIEW

1. Advance to BeetankB
2. Dodge
3. RageClaw1 to BeetankB (40 + Slashing / 2 Uses)

NETNAVI

FireFlower.EXE: 70 HP

"Ow! These viruses are a lot tougher than I thought," F.F. said in pain.

"Well, the more battles we enter, the harder we'll finish it fast," Raila said, now feeling that this battle is not easy to defeat as she noticed that there are more cracked panels than before. And not only that, her NetNavi has taken damage due to the explosion earlier. "The worst case scenario is that she might take more damage if we don't do something. Plus that music note virus isn't attacking yet. Need to play it safe."

"Fire, dodge both of their attacks and the explosions and keeping slashing them with RageClaw!" Raila ordered. "But don't hit the Melody yet."

"Are you serious?!" F.F. said in shock, wanting to bust all of the viruses at once.

"Like I said before, don't attack it until it attacks you."

F.F. then groans at this and says, "Fine! But if it did, you're going to owe me big time if I EJO!"

The Navi then tries to dodge the viruses' attacks and uses her claws to slash the first Beetank first, then the next Beetank.

OVERVIEW

1. Dodge
2. RageClaw1 to BeetankA (40 + Slashing / 5 Uses)
3. RageClaw1 to BeetankB (40 + Slashing / 4 Uses)

NETNAVI

FireFlower.EXE: 70 HP

"Oh, a bomb-throwing bombs, a bunny, and a music note virus? This should be interesting," F.F. said with a determined smirk.

"Yeah, but that last virus worries me. Maybe it's not gonna attack us," Raila wondered. "Well, just in case, you need to take care of the first three viruses, Fire."

"What?! Not all of them?!"

"Just until that Melody attacks, then we'll delete it," Raila said as she puts two battlechips onto her PET. "I've sent you the ShotGun and RageClaw1 again to deal with those three. But be careful of the cracked panels."

"I'll be careful, Rai. Time to do some virus busting!"

F.F.'s hand turned into a ShotGun to shoot the Bunny. Then she tries to dodge one of the viruses' attack before her cannon turns into a bear claw and used it to slash the first Beetank.

OVERVIEW

1. ShotGun to Bunny (50 + Spread 1)
2. Dodge
3. RageClaw1 to BeetankA (40 + Slashing / 6 Uses)

NETNAVI

FireFlower.EXE: 100 HP

"And don't come back, you clueless ghosts!" F.F. shouted at the destroyed viruses as her bear claw turned back to hand. "That's one battle down, shall we continue, op?"

"Yeah, le-"

"Raila!"

Hearing her mother from downstairs, Raila startled a bit as she dropped her PET on the floor. "We're almost done packing! Did you took a bath and dressed already?"

"Um, yeah! I'm packing my stuff in my backpack, so I'm busy with it," Raila said as she recovered her PET from the floor.

"Okay, we'll leave at 45 minutes. Don't be late, sweetie," her Mom said from downstairs.

"Don't worry, I will be downstairs in a minute!" Raila said before turning her attention to her Navi in her PET screen. "Which we only have to bust some viruses, Fire."

"Don't worry, I will speed the next one up. I promise!" F.F. said as she gives her operator a thumbs up.

"I hope so."

F.F. then run off to find a next set of viruses to battle with.

(Requesting a Last Virus Battle for this topic)

"Okay, that didn't work. Raila, did you even read how the RollingLog1 worked?!" F.F. said in anger.

"Sorry, no time, okay!" Raila said in annoyance before she starts thinking again. "Okay, two viruses left. And the only chip I have left is the RageClaw. But with more cracked panels, Fire's gonna have a hard time making melee attacks. Oh well, gonna try it at least."

Putting her last chip in her PET, F.F.'s hand turns into a bear claw as Raila says, "That's my last chip for this battle! Avoid the attacks and cracked panels and put those viruses in their place!"

"Whatever to speed this battle up, Rai!" F.F. said with a smirk.

She then tries to charge to the first Spooky and tries to attack it by slashing with her claw. Then she tries to dodge one of the viruses' attack and tries to attack the last virus.

OVERVIEW

1. RageClaw1 to SpookyA (40 + Slashing/6 Uses)
2. Dodge
3. RageClaw1 to SpookyB (40 + Slashing/5 Uses)

NETNAVI

FireFlower.EXE: 90 HP

"GRAAAGGGHHH!!!! Gross!!!!"

F.F. quickly get rid of the ghost drool off her as her operator started to wonder how their strategy failed. "Okay, maybe I've underestimated them a little. And with those cracked panels are making this difficult, I need to change strategies."

"Fire, keep using the log on the Spooky viruses! I'm sending you another battlechip after that!" Raila ordered.

"As long I got my revenge on those freaks, count me in!"

F.F. then quickly rolled another log to the Spooky, hoping it would hit all of them this time. And as promised, Raila puts another chip on her PET, revealing it's a Shotgun as F.F. tries to dodge another one of the viruses' attack with her hand transforming into a shotgun and aimed it to the OldStove and tries to shoot it down.

OVERVIEW

1. RollingLog1 rolling to the middle of SpookyA and SpookyB (50 + Ground Attack + Wide Attack (2) + Double Attack / 0 Uses)
2. Dodge
3. ShotGun to OldStove (50 + Spread 1)

NETNAVI

FireFlower.EXE: 90 HP