Essence of Humanity PG-13 *Stream* AA/An Finished

[Wackoman.EXE]

Excellent job Neko-dono. The post apocalyptic feel was really creepy. It shows Netto has inheireted (sp.) some of his father's scientific prowess. I'm looking forward to see the navi interaction.
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[HubHikari]

I just found this fic and once again you have captured my attention neko, this is a awesome fic and keeps you on the edge of your chair Can't wait till the new update!

[Kitty-Chan]

Yay! It's updated! I'm glad the four-year-old (well, she was four when I babysat her) down the street is such a sweetie. I once had to watch her when I was really exhausted, & not only did she pick up on how I was feeling, but she takes me to the basement, makes it quite clear I'm to lay on the couch, & played quietly. Some kids are easy to deal with, hard as it is to believe. :D
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[Neko]

Lividity and Ribbon returned to their small fortress in Internet City. Lividity sat down in its throne and looked at the floor thoughtfully.

“What are you thinking about, Lividity-sama?” Ribbon asked in a cheerful voice.

“Why is that human un-affected by our plans? What makes him so special?” Lividity mused. It wasn’t angry or upset, rather, it was puzzled and the last two meetings failed to tell it any more about the human other then he could possibly pose a threat at some point.

“Can’t we just ask?” Ribbon wondered.

Lividity looked at Ribbon; it was amazing how the simplest ideas might just be the best ones. “Maybe, in a little bit dear.”

“So we can go play again?” Ribbon asked.

Lividity smiled, “Soon.”

“Yay!” Ribbon cheered and twirled around excitedly.

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“Find anything?” Netto asked dully.

“No,” Rockman answered in the same voice.

Blues and Searchman’s lack of an answer told Netto and Rockman what they needed to know. Both Rockman and Netto sighed at the same time and Netto tapped on the keyboard. “This is not helping. Obviously none of the equipment here can help us,” Netto said.

“Yeah, but what else can we do?” Rockman asked. “Wait for Lividity and Ribbon to come and ‘play’ again?”

“Not a good idea,” Netto said.

“Then what? What do we do?” Rockman asked.

Netto sighed, stood up and stretched. “Well, I need to sleep,” he said. “It’s about 2 in the morning.”

Rockman looked at the clock and nodded. He didn’t even realize what time it was. “All right, night Netto-kun.”

Netto yawned and said “Night,” before leaving the room.

After a few more hours of looking for any sign as to what was brainwashing the humans Rockman pushed himself away from the computer and went limp in his chair.

“Rockman?” Blues asked.

“Netto-kun is right,” Rockman muttered while pressing the heels of his palms on his eyes. “This is pointless.”

Blues and Searchman turned away from their computers. “Then what do we do?” Searchman asked.

Rockman let his arms drop over the chair arms as he stared at the ceiling. “I have no idea,” he whispered.

There was a crackle of electricity and a small warning light came on telling them that the firewall had just been breached. “They’re back already?” Searchman hissed.

Rockman sat up as quickly as he could and ran to the door. Blues and Searchman followed him to the end of the hall where Lividity and Ribbon were waiting for them.

“Ah, where’s the human?” Lividity asked.

The three navi’s remained silent and scanned their opponents to see if anything had changed.

Lividity smirked, “So, you want to play again?” it purred.

Rockman, Blues and Searchman all fell into defensive positions.

“Yay!” Ribbon cheered and sliced off two even portions of her ribbons with her hands. Then she brought her hands together and spread them apart until a thin and very deadly looking sword was in between them.

The resounding explosion over head shook Netto out of his nap and onto the floor. “What?” he babbled, trying to get a grip as to what was going on.

There was another explosion and another shake that brought Netto to his knees. “Rockman,” he muttered and ran out the door.

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Blues and Ribbon were both parrying and bouncing off one another in a frantic sword fight. Meanwhile Searchman and Rockman were trying their best to keep Lividity at bay. It grinned and seemingly vanished from one area only to reappear in the next with little effort.

“It’s so fast…” Rockman said while trying to guess where Lividity would end up next and started to shoot there.

Searchman couldn’t even use his scope gun because of the speed. He too was shooting randomly at a target that may or may not have been there.

“You’re pretty good,” Ribbon said to Blues in a small voice. Then she viciously pushed him back and slashed at his stomach, connecting and opening a large gash. Blues fell to the floor, a steady stream of pixels flowing out of the wound around his hand. Ribbon giggled and brought her sword to her lips, “But not anywhere near me.”

“Blues!” Rockman yelled. He wanted to retreat to help his friend but Lividity kept coming at them with small attacks that never connected but were close enough to keep them where they were.

“Damnit!” Searchman yelled. “Lividity is toying with us!”

Lividity appeared in front of them and smirked, “Ah, so you finally figured that out. My you are slow.”

Rockman growled at Lividity and raised his buster; firing off a volley of shots and making the dark navi disappear once again.

Rockman took the split second opening and appeared in front of Blues, firing off more shots until both Lividity and Ribbon were at one end and he, Blues and Searchman were at the other.

“What do you want?” Rockman asked evenly.

Lividity crossed its arms and smirked, “Well, I want quite a few things actually. What do you want?”

Rockman blinked, faltered then raised his weapon once again. “I’m not going to play your mind games Liv…” he started but he was cut off by the creepy navi.

“You want to know why the humans are acting the way they are, don’t you?” it asked. Ribbon giggled behind Lividity while Rockman, Blues and Searchman all looked somewhat dumbfounded.

“I know a lot more then you might think, and I’ll let you know I’m several steps ahead of you at all times,” Lividity said silkily.

Rockman growled and launched himself at Lividity in one last ditch effort to get the navi away from his friends so they could heal Blues. Lividity grinned and jumped at Rockman. Rockman’s buster glowed a brilliant fuchsia but before he could fire Lividity slammed its hand over Rockman’s buster throwing him off balance and making him fire into the wall. Then in mid air Lividity grabbed Rockman and threw him into the opposite wall by a hallway.

Lividity landed with the grace of a cat and Rockman pushed himself up painfully using the wall for support. “You’re not much without your operator, are you?” it said.

Ribbon smirked at Rockman’s pain and when Blues and Searchman tried to get up to help Rockman she pointed two swords at them. “Now you can watch your friend be deleted by Lividity-sama.”

Lividity let its palm face up and a small dark ball of energy appeared in the center. “This is my finishing attack,” Lividity said with a glint of insanity playing in its eyes. “It destroys constructed data but leaves anything else, meaning I could use this on a building in Internet City and kill all the navis inside but leave the building intact. You should be honored that this is how I chose to delete you,” it said, its voice rising to a higher pitch.

Rockman slumped against the wall and tried to keep his balance. Lividity grinned and let the ball of energy grow bigger, “Pity, that I could never find out why you were so special. But threats should and will be removed at all costs…” it whispered.

“Rockman!” Blues and Searchman yelled.

Ribbon watched the ball of energy grow with delight playing in her eyes. “It’s so pretty,” she breathed.

Netto ran down the hall, hearing voice murmuring and talking. If he could just get there in time! He felt Rockman’s fear; it was so great that he couldn’t even contact him through thought. Something very bad must be about to happen to make him scared like that.

“And with that, I wish you a fond farewell,” Lividity said and aimed the small energy ball at Rockman’s chest.

Netto came out at the adjacent hallway just in time to see the ball being released. He had no time to think or even know what was going on. All he did was act on instinct to save his one and only older brother. “Rockman!” he screamed and elbowed Rockman viciously out of the way of the incoming attack.

“Netto-kun!” Rockman yelled as the attack hit his little brother. He saw Netto’s eyes widen then he felt his programming log him out. “NETTO-KUN!” he yelled.

He, Searchman, Blues, Ribbon and Lividity were all in the main computer of Sci-Labs. “Ah, I must have caused an energy overload in the dimensional converters,” Lividity said with a small voice of concern. It turned its gaze to Rockman and smirked, “You got lucky,” it said and threw a small silver disk at them. “I look forward to the next time we meet.” Lividity smirked, then vanished.

“Bye bye!” Ribbon said with a cheerful wave and followed Lividity.

Rockman linked himself to the nearest monitor and looked around desperately. “Netto-kun?” he asked.

“Rockman…” Searchman said softly as he didn’t know quite what to say.

“He’s… gone…” Rockman said, feeling his legs give out beneath him. “I don’t feel him,” he whispered.

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>.> <.< *flees* /o/
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[Yue-chan]

O.O What happened to Netto! Such a horrible cliff-hanger, you mean girl. XP Seriously, though, that was an awsome chapter. I can't wait to find out what happens next.
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[YaminoMiko]

What Yue-chan said.
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I wanna sleep, but I don't wanna sleep at the same time. @_@.
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[Midnight]

Wow.

Such an evil little cliffhanger, but I suppose I can forgive you on that. The accentuation of the link between Netto and Rockman is brought to its pinnacle here--and doesn't fail to shock the readers. Good job.
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[Kitty-Chan]

Aiyee! Netto-kun! Neko-sama...no fair; cliffies are evil! Aw well, great chapter. More please!
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[DarkMega]

I like Ribbon-chan! So cute, yet so incredibly demonic, just like those children I used to babysit.... I think it's great that you developed a character based on your babysitting misadventures. Ribbon-chan sure has an interesting attack- I like!

I'm still a little confused about Lividity. I think you may want to develop its character a little more, unless you're doing that on purpose to keep us all wondering. ^_^

Anyway, carry on. It's a good fanfic, nonetheless, and you should continue on with it.
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[YaminoMiko]

[gameman]

[HubHikari]

OMG!!!!!!!!!
What a cliff hanger This is cna't wait to read more
IS IN SUSPENSE !!!!!!

[Neko]

“Rockman?” Blues asked the trembling navi softly.

“He… no…”

Blues and Searchman exchanged worried looks. “Rockman, what’s wrong?” Searchman asked.

Rockman looked back down at his trembling hands, “Why am I not deleted?” he asked himself softly.

Blues and Searchman both took in sharp breaths.

“If Netto-kun was dead then I…” Rockman let the rest of the sentence hang in the air.

“Let’s… just get everything working again,” Searchman suggested.

Blues nodded but Rockman continued to stare at the floor with a vacant expression in his green eyes.

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After they managed to set up the Dimensional Area to work again Blues pulled out the little diskette that Lividity had tossed to him and let the computer scan the data. His eyes widened as he read it and Searchman came over to see what was going on. “It’s how the humans are being brainwashed…” Blues said softly.

Searchman looked at it, “Of course, all humans have the same brain frequency, so if someone tapped into that frequency and kept a constant program going it’s possible. So that’s why Netto-san wasn’t affected, the link must have put him on a different frequency.”

“So we know the why but not the how…” Blues said softly. Suddenly he curled up his fist and punched the wall, “Damnit, they’re toying with us. This is all a game to them,” he hissed.

“Don’t worry, we’ll do something,” Searchman growled. “This can’t continue forever.”

Blues nodded, “Right,” he said.

Rockman continued to look upset in his own little corner until he looked up suddenly. “What’s wrong?” Searchman asked.

“Roll-chan…” he said softly. “She just sent me an e-mail but my PET…” he said softly.

“How can you tell?” Blues asked.

“I know who sends me e-mail according to their address in my PET if it’s logged but I thought my PET was destroyed,” he said softly.

There was a small alarm that warned them of a possible incoming threat on the screen. Rockman looked at it sadly and sighed, “I bet that’s her,” he said softly.

Blues merely pressed a button and they all logged out as the Dimensional Area went down. They re-emerged in the internet to see Roll appear right by them flushed and out of breath. “Rockman!” she said happily, “Oh thank god you’re okay. You nearly gave me a heart attack when I couldn’t contact you at your house. It took me this long to track where you were!” she said breathlessly.

Rockman felt Roll hug him but he didn’t return the favor. Roll peered up at him with a frown on her face, “Are you okay?” she asked softly.

“Netto-kun…” Rockman muttered.

Roll’s eyes saddened, “I know, it must have been a big shock to see him like that, I know you two were so close.”

“How did you know?” Blues asked.

“Know what?” Roll replied. “All humans are like that.”

Rockman snapped out of his wallowing pity state and stared at Roll, “He’s alive!” he asked suddenly.

Roll put her hands on her hips, “Of course he’s alive. Am I missing something here?” she asked suddenly.

“Blues, reactivate the Dimensional Area,” Rockman said quickly.

Blues did such and Rockman quickly reappeared in the real world and ran towards the nearest computer. “Am I missing something here?” Roll asked Blues and Searchman.

They exchanged a silent chat and nodded at one another, “You don’t know what’s happened here over the past few days,” Blues said slowly.

“What?” Roll asked, sensing something important.

Searchman looked at the hall Rockman had just ran down moments before, “Do you know about Netto and Rockman’s link?” he started.

Roll shook her head slowly. “What?” she asked.

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Rockman looked through the program he had hacked into to look at his house. Sure enough Netto was there, safe and sound and just like every other human. Rockman’s heart was torn between being relieved he was safe and wondering what had happened to make him like that. What happened to the link?

Roll came into the room quietly and Rockman turned around to greet her. “Rockman?” she asked tentatively.

Rockman turned off the monitor and greeted Roll with a watery grin. “Sorry about earlier,” he said softly.

Roll rushed forward and hugged Rockman tightly, “What are you talking about?” she asked in a harsh whisper. “It’s all right.”

Rockman hugged her back tightly and Blues and Searchman suddenly felt slightly out of place. But before anyone could really note anything else there was a loud crash in the far distance of the hallway they were right by.

“What was that?” Roll asked.

“G-ghosts?” Rockman asked with a slight waver to his voice.

Roll smiled at him with a little concern, “I… don’t think that’s it,” she said while patting Rockman’s hand. “Let’s go check it out though.”

Blues and Searchman silently agreed with her and they started to walk down the hallway to see what was going on.

There was a loud bang on a door across from them and Rockman took shelter behind Roll who looked ever so slightly embarrassed. “It’s not a ghost Rockman,” she sighed.

“What is it?” he asked.

Blues reached out for the doorknob to the closet when there was another crash inside. He pulled on the door knob and found it to be stuck. “It won’t open,” he said softly.

“Try harder,” Roll said simply.

Blues twisted the door knob harder but it wouldn’t budge. “It’s stuck,” he said finally.

Roll looked at it and sighed, “All right, stand back,” she said. All three male navis took a step back all wondering what on earth she was going to do. Roll slashed at the poor door with her yellow antennae and effectively destroyed the knob, lock and anything attached. “There,” she said brightly.

Rockman reached out and opened it slowly as if almost afraid of what was inside. When the door swung open it revealed a five year old Netto pushing a cleaning bucket off his head. He looked up at Rockman and waved sheepishly, “Ah, hello,” he said.

“Netto-kun,” Rockman breathed.

Roll was the first to attack however, “Ah, you’re so cute!” she squealed and pulled him from the mess he was stuck in into a large hug that seemingly blocked off his airways.

“Ah, Roll-chan… that hurts,” Rockman said. “Wait…” /Netto-kun?/ he asked.

/Finally, I can hear you,/ Netto sighed, /I’ve been trying to contact you for like an hour. What did you do, shut down or something, did Lividity hurt you?/

Rockman realized that when he tried to shut out the world upon believing Netto dead he had inadvertently shut out the link it’s self. /Sorry,/ he said.

“What is going on?” Blues asked.

Netto looked a little less then happy, “Mind telling me? Cause I sure as hell have no clue.”

Rockman gave him a small grin, “At least you’re alive,” he said.

“I’m a little kid…” Netto muttered.

“Why?” Searchman asked.

Netto shrugged and Roll finally put him down. “I don’t know. I remember shoving Rockman out of the way, then waking up around here, not very happily either,” he muttered. “I was looking for you guys, when I kinda got stuck…” he said with a sheepish grin.

“In a closet?” Rockman asked.

Netto shook his head, “Don’t ask.”

“Wait, Lividity said that the attack it used only destroyed data but it hit you as an organic being,” Searchman said softly.

“Yeah, and?” Netto asked.

“Well, maybe it didn’t destroy the link but merely separated it from your human body,” Searchman said.

“How long have you had the link?” Blues asked.

Netto and Rockman thought, “I’d say it started…” Rockman said softly.

“When I was five and a half,” Netto went on. “When I got stuck in the container and Rockman saved me.”

“So the body you’re in now is a physical manifestation of the link,” Blues concluded.

“Is that possible?” Rockman and Netto both asked.

“Obviously,” Searchman replied. “Because there’s not really any other explanation is there?”

“Now what?” Netto asked. “I’m stuck as a five year old and apparently everything else is still the same, huh?”

“So it would seem,” Rockman sighed. /But at least you’re okay./

Netto smiled, /I’m not happy about it though,/ he reminded his twin.

/I don’t care. I’m just glad you’re with me,/ Rockman said.

/Me too…/ Netto replied.

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Hence the AU warning in the other fic. Enjoy >.>
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[Hikari no Namida]

I had been wondering what you meant when you said that "Mind of a Child" was going to be AU from this story. Now I know. But awesome chapter, Neko-san!

[Midnight]

Ooh. So that is what became of Netto.

I appreciate that you left an explanation for the readers and that it makes some kind of sense. I don't see what Roll's purpose in the fic is yet, but I am somewhat glad that she is there. You don't write about her much...
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[Neko]

RockmanxRoll is actually possibly my favorite couple in Rockman >.> Yeah, like you didn't know that,

Anywho, what with five year old Netto I figured I needed a female in there to offset things otherwise Netto will end up annoying the hell out of Blues and Searchman. X3
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[Kitty-Chan]

Kawaii!!! Chibi Netto-kun! *glomps* I really like this ficcy!
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[kuro-kitsune]

nooo~!!! he should annoy the hell out of blues and searchman!!! XD it would be so awesome to draw!!!

netto: *playing with blues' hair*
blues: *typetwitchtype*
search: *sweatdrops*

XD dayum gal! you rox mah sox!!! now to get lividity and ribbon drawn. if only ribbon stayed STILL!

~kuro-kitsune~

[Neko]

Netto walked around the hall with Rockman at his side. “This is so confusing,” he muttered. “I’m here but also at my house?”

Rockman shrugged, “I don’t get it either, but I guess that’s how it happened.”

Netto made a fist and punched it into his other hand, “Oh I wish Lividity would show its face here again,” he hissed.

“Netto-kun! You can’t go up against them. That’s dangerous,” Rockman told him.

“But its its fault,” he said.

“I know,” Rockman said comfortingly to his twin. “Don’t worry, we’ll figure this out.”

“Rockman?” Blues called.

“Yeah?” Rockman asked.

“The dimensional converters are overheated, we need to shut them down for a few hours so they can cool off,” he explained.

Rockman sighed, “But…”

Netto elbowed him in the thigh, “But nothing, you want the damn things to explode?” he asked.

“No…” Rockman said slowly.

“Then don’t complain. You can just go into your PET and I’ll go to papa’s lab,” Netto said simply.

“That works,” Blues said.

“But…” Rockman tried to protest.

“I don’t think Lividity and Ribbon will try to attack for while,” Searchman said softly. “It’s not in good battle strategy. And Lividity seems to be all about strategy.”

Rockman sighed, “All right, shut down the converters.”

Blues went into the room and pressed several buttons on the keyboard to start the shut down sequence, then hit the red button to turn it off completely. Rockman disappeared in a brief shower of pixels and found himself in the net, with an extra passenger hanging tightly onto his legs. “Ah…” Netto squeaked.

“Netto-kun!” Rockman exclaimed.

“What happened?” Roll asked.

Netto looked a little dizzy, “No idea…” he said.

Blues looked at Netto thoughtfully, “Well if he is the manifestation of the link then maybe he’s just made out of data,” he suggested.

“What, I can’t stay in the real world any more?” Netto exclaimed.

“Looks that way…” Rockman said slowly.

Netto looked unhappy but didn’t say anything else until the Dimensional Converters were activated again and when they were the brunette simply disappeared.

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“Hello?” a voice called out.

Netto spun around in the rotating chair he was sitting in to see Roll looking into the room. “Hey,” Netto said half heartedly.

Roll smiled at him, “Upset?” she asked.

Netto crossed his arms, “No,” he muttered.

Roll walked over to where Netto was sitting and sat in a chair herself. “You risked a lot doing what you did,” she said softly.

“I know,” Netto muttered.

“Are you upset about what happened?” Roll asked.

Netto sighed and looked at the ceiling, “Kinda, kinda not. I mean, I understand why it happened but it’s still annoying.”

Roll gave him a small smile, “It’s amazing you were willing to die for Rockman,” she told him.

Netto glanced at her, then blushed. “I… well… I can’t live if he was dead anyways,” he pointed out.

“Were you thinking about that when you tried to save Rockman?” Roll asked him.

“No…” Netto admitted slowly.

Roll smiled but didn’t say anything.

Netto glanced at her, “How do you know that?”

“It’s not in your nature to worry about that kind of thing,” Roll said softly. “You’re a lot like Rockman that way.”

Netto giggled, “And here I am, now pretty much useless. I can’t even stay in the real world without a dimensional area,” he sighed.

“But you’re alive,” Roll pointed out. “And I think that really that’s all Rockman cares about.”

“Rockman cares about everything,” Netto made a face.

It was Roll’s turn to laugh, “That’s true,” she admitted. “And so do you.”

Netto looked at her indignantly, “I do not!” he protested.

“Yes you do,” she said, “you and Rockman are more alike then you think.”

Netto raised an eyebrow, “Really? And here I was under the impression that we’re almost opposites.”

Roll nodded, “That’s true, you’re very outgoing and rash, where Rockman is a bit more careful and kinda shy, but you two also are very protective and caring about things.”

Netto smiled wistfully, “Sometimes I can’t even stand being near him and sometimes, I think that if I wasn’t with him every second of the day I’d go insane.” Netto made a face, “Rockman can drive me crazy, but I hate being alone.”

Roll nodded, “I noticed that. Rockman is the same way. Sometimes he comes to me and complains about you, and sometimes if you’re sick or angry at him and won’t talk he shuts everyone else out.”

Netto shrugged, “Well, I mean we are connected mentally, maybe we can’t help it.”

“Maybe,” Roll said. “And maybe it’s just plain brotherly love.”

Netto laughed, “Oh sure,” he smirked and jumped off the chair.

Roll frowned, “I’m serious.”

Netto yawned, “I know,” he said simply. “I’m going to bed, night,” he said and walked out of the room.

“He’s more cryptic then Rockman,” Roll said disbelievingly.

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Netto walked into his father’s lab and lay down on the couch. He stared up at the ceiling and sighed. “This sucks,” he said to the air.

“What does?” a voice asked from the doorway.

Netto turned an eye to Rockman who was standing in the entryway of the lab. “I don’t know... everything,” he said.

“Anything in particular?” Rockman asked as he sat next to Netto on the couch.

Netto sat up and looked at his bigger twin. “The fact that I can’t maintain form in the real world,” he said softly.

“Oh…” Rockman said knowingly. “I thought it upset you. Why?”

Netto sighed, “It’s like… I’m not human anymore,” he said in a low voice. “I can’t exist in the real world while in this form. But the thing is, this has obviously always been apart of me since I was five… if that’s so then… what am I?”

Rockman thought hard, “You’re Netto-kun, for one thing,” he said with a small laugh. “And you’re obviously mostly human because we’ve never had problems with our link before. These are quite the extenuating circumstances, Netto-kun,” Rockman pointed out.

Netto brought his knees to his chest, “I know that, but still…”

Rockman picked up Netto and held him close, “Netto-kun, when you disappeared for that small amount of time I thought it was all over. I couldn’t even begin to fathom a life without you and I didn’t want to try. The fact that you’re here, and with me, and that you can talk to me makes all the difference in the world. And know this, weather you’re not entirely human, or you are makes no difference to me, all I care is that you’re here with me and that I know I’m able to protect you.”

Netto was at first surprised that Rockman was holding him and had half a mind to fight it, but then he quieted down and listened. Netto leaned into Rockman’s embrace and felt kinda bad that he had complained about his small predicament when Rockman had lived with the same problem all his life. “Rockman…” he said softly. “Saito-nii-san,” he said with a small grin.

Rockman laughed, “There’s something I don’t hear very often.”

“I thought you didn’t like being called that,” Netto said.

Rockman shook his head, “I don’t mind. I just don’t like it when you use it when you’re angry.”

“Oh…” Netto said. “Sorry.”

Rockman gave him a small squeeze and let him go. “Its okay, Netto-kun, I’m just glad you’re safe right now.”

Netto smiled, “Thank god for the little things?” he asked.

“That’s one way to think about it,” Rockman said thoughtfully.

Netto sighed and flopped onto his back. “Well, once this is all over we can figure out how to deal with this,” he said with a yawn.

“Tired?” Rockman asked.

Netto nodded, “You have no idea.”

“Then go to sleep, I’ll see you tomorrow,” Rockman said.

“Night,” Netto said sleepily and turned on his side.

Rockman sat there for the next half hour and watched Netto drop off to sleep. Then he himself fell asleep not long after, but with his buster summoned, just in case anything happened.

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This chapter was a bitch >.< I finally got it written out though. Enjoy~
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Yay! Flufftastic. I love this story.
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Need more Zero/X, Netto/Rock, Rock/Netto, Forte/Netto, & Blues/Netto. PLEASE!
Ano sa...could someone please make me a Zero/X, Blues/Netto, or Forte/Netto avatar/banner? I would greatly appreciate it...
Thanks for the avatar, Mandi!
People! We need more Blues/Netto & Forte/Netto on the net. Come on; help me out here! *gives everyone her Super-Adorable Irrisistable Sad Kitty Eyes(TM)*