Mind of a Child: Hu, AA, PG Warnings Inside *Beast Spoilers*

[Neko]

This... is an AU fic to Essence of Humanity and also... gives spoilers to said fic. If either of that bothers you, go away :E

Also, this is Humor, I SWEAR!~ It will get very WTF ish in due time oh and also... never expect a chapter this long from me again. This is a one time thing ;3

So... charachter death (and rebirth in an odd way >.>) You WILL get confused and you WILL not get all your questions answered in the first two or three chapters. Thank you.

Here's the fic, ALL YUE'S FAULT.

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“So, what’s going on here?” Netto asked Enzan and Laika in a low tone as he came onto the scene of the latest virus attack.

“Fire viruses, lots of them. They’ve attacked almost every single building between here and the subway, if they get any further…” Enzan let the rest of the unheard warning hang in the air.

“So, stopping them would be good,” Netto pointed out. “Do we know where the origin is?”

Enzan shook his head, “That’s what we’re waiting for.”

“I was pulled out of school to wait?” Netto asked while crossing his arms.

“Not much better then being in school is it?” Rockman murmured.

“I hate being useless,” Netto hissed.

Enzan patted him on the shoulder, “Don’t worry, you’ll get your chance soon.”

Netto sighed and sat down on the cement. “So, fire viruses destroying building software and heading for the subway, anyone take credit yet?”

Laika shook his head, “Unfortunately for us, no. But the police barricade to the subway seems to be working for now. We just need to find the source and soon.”

“So, the origin isn’t being found and a ton of fire viruses are going to spill into the subway computer system any minute,” Netto recapped.

“Yes,” Enzan and Laika said.

“Lovely,” Rockman sighed. “Who’s working on the origin?”

“The special force team, they should pinpoint it soon,” Enzan said.

Netto sighed and stood up while brushing himself off, “Well they should hurry up so that the viruses…” he started but never got the chance to finish his rant as his PET started to ring loudly along with Enzan and Laika’s.

Enzan picked up his first and looked at the map that was displayed on it, “They found the center, let’s go,” he said.

Netto and Laika both nodded and they followed Enzan down the road.

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They walked into an abandoned office building and looked around. “This is it?” Netto asked.

“Yeah, this is where the directions said to go,” Enzan said.

“Was it a trap?” Laika asked.

Enzan shook his head, “I don’t think so. This is the only building for miles around that isn’t affected by the viruses. There must be only one computer in here that’s online.”

“Where would that be?” Netto asked.

“Let’s try the basement, the signal seems to be coming from beneath us,” Blues said.

“All right,” Enzan said and looked around. “Any idea how to get there?”

Netto looked at an old door and read the sign above it. “Wanna try the stairs?” he asked.

“They must be safer then the elevator,” Laika mused. “All right.”

The three boys cautiously made their way down the old concrete steps. When they got to the basement they found a solitary computer sitting on top of a box. Around them were tons of boxes and other storage paraphernalia. “Be careful,” Enzan said.

“Will do,” Netto replied and pointed his PET at the computer. “Ready Rockman?” he asked but before his navi could answer there was a slight tremor around them.

“What the…” Laika asked.

“It’s a dimensional area!” Enzan yelled. “Get ready!”

Sure enough several long thin tubes came out of the ground and a multihued dome formed around the building. “Is Regal behind this?” Netto yelled.

“Fight now, questions later!” Enzan yelled back as he pushed his syncro chip into his PET.

Netto nodded and followed suit. A blue tinged light came from his PET and engulfed him when the light disappeared R-Rockman stood there next to R-Searchman and R-Blues.

“Who’s there?” Netto yelled out. There was a laugh in the shadows and two navi’s appeared simultaneously.

The one on the left wore dazzling golden armor and had short blonde hair poking out from under his helmet which had several spikes coming out from it. The one on the right wore pale ivory armor with spikes around her waist looking like a skirt. She had long silver hair and a round helmet that covered her eyes with a black visor. “Hello,” they said cheerfully.

“Who are you?” Enzan asked.

They both laughed, “We are,” they said together, “Lunar!” the girl said cheerfully, “and Solar,” the man said, “The Eclipse Twins,” they finished.

Netto blinked at their odd introduction. “What do you want?” he yelled.

“That is,” Lunar started.

“A secret,” Solar finished.

Before anything else could be said Lunar launched an attack at R-Blues at an amazing speed.

“Keep your eyes on your opponent!” Solar yelled as he came down on R-Rockman and R-Searchman who had turned their attention away from him for a split second to see what had happened to their friend.

Netto summoned a sword and blocked the attack that rained down on him. Laika jumped back and aimed at Solar as best as he could. “Netto move!” he yelled.

Netto jumped back and Laika pulled the trigger. “Where are you aiming?” a voice asked behind him.

Laika spun around to see Solar aim a charged cannon at him. “Laika!” Netto yelled out.

Enzan heard Netto’s cry but couldn’t turn around to see what had happened because Lunar was currently viciously beating him down with a sword. “You’re weak,” she hissed in his ear.

Enzan growled and pushed hard on his sword. “You wish,” he spat back and managed to slide his sword along her own and pierce her in the arm.

Lunar jumped back and held her arm tightly. “Oh, that was cute,” she said with an unforgiving grin.

Enzan didn’t reply but instead jumped forwards and thrust his sword at her torso. She managed to parry but Enzan summoned another sword on his left hand and he stabbed her in the arm.

She winced and pulled back while holding her arm.

Netto jumped at Solar and shot at his cannon with his buster. The shot managed to deflect the cannon from a fatal wound to a graze on the shoulder but Laika was still down. “What are you?” Netto asked.

Solar didn’t answer but instead started to shoot at Netto. Netto pulled back and shot his own buster parrying the shots in mid air. “Netto-kun, look out!” Rockman yelled and Netto turned to his left to see Solar’s grinning face.

“Fast,” Netto whispered.

“Yeup,” Solar said. “Now watch this,” he said with a malicious undertone in his voice as he summoned a sword and thrust it through Netto. Netto’s eyes widened as he pulled the sword out and they went blank as he collapsed.

“NETTO!” Enzan and Laika both screamed.

Netto exited Cross fusion and a small pool of blood started to come out of his wound. “Netto-kun!” Rockman yelled while clutching his own stomach in pain.

Solar stepped back and grinned at the fallen human. “Oh, how sad… your existence is about to come to an end.” He cast an eye on Enzan and Laika’s stunned faces, “But just to be sure you don’t survive,” he said quietly.

“NO!” Enzan yelled but he was pinned in place by Lunar and Laika couldn’t even get over quickly enough if he wanted to.

Solar jumped into the air with a charging Zeta Cannon, “Good bye!” he said cheerfully and let the blast go.

Lunar released Enzan as the light faded showing that there was nothing left except Rockman’s PET. The piece of blue plastic was crackling and almost to the point of no return, not that it mattered if Netto was gone then so was Rockman. “No,” Enzan said quietly, all will to fight gone. He sunk to his knees in disbelief and gazed at where Netto was only seconds before.

“Take that as a warning, Net Brats,” Lunar said coldly. “Next time we won’t let you live to tell about it.”

Solar smirked and they both logged out simultaneously.

The Dimensional Area disappeared with a small whir and Enzan and Laika both exited cross fusion. “What…” Enzan whispered.

“No…” Laika said.

Inside the crackling PET Rockman’s data slowly came together in an effort to keep from self deleting. “Netto-kun…”

Enzan walked over to Netto’s mutilated PET and picked it up, “He…”

“Enzan-sama, you’re hurt,” Blues said very softly.

“You are too, Laika-san,” Searchman said in an even lower voice.

“Right…” Laika said softly. “I know,” he groaned and stood up. “I need to…” Laika was desperately trying to organize his thoughts into solider mode to take care of himself but no matter how hard he tried he just couldn’t get over the shock.

“Laika-san,” Searchman said. “You need to turn off that computer and report the battle,” he reminded Laika gently.

Enzan walked over and pulled the plug out of the wall. The computer screen went blank and a minute later a man’s face came on the screen. “Good job, the viruses are gone.”

“We know,” Enzan said dully while clutching Netto’s PET, “We know.”

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Manabe shut the door quietly and turned to face Enzan and Laika who were both staring sullenly into space. “Boys, I’m so sorry. But you can’t beat yourselves up over this… you know you saved thousands of people today.”

It didn’t need to be said but they all knew that at that particular moment those thousands of people really didn’t matter.

Manabe cleared her throat and set down a manila envelope she was carrying. “We’ve managed to extract Rockman’s data from his PET.”

“What?” both of them asked suddenly.

“I know, we were surprised he managed to survive too, but he did. He’s horribly damaged though and a lot of his .EXE files will need to be rewritten which Mejin-san is working on right now.”

“Can we see him?” Enzan asked.

Manabe peered at Enzan, before he and Laika wouldn’t even say a word and now they were demanding to see Netto’s navi. “In about an hour,” she said. “Until then you’ll just have to wait.”

Enzan caught Laika’s eye who nodded back, it seemed that there was more to what happened in the office building then met the eye.

An hour passed and they were allowed into the room to see Rockman. They plugged in their navis and immediately the smaller navi practically collapsed into Blues’ arms. “What happened?” he whispered. “Why am I still alive?”

“Rockman…” Enzan said sadly.

“You know what I mean,” Rockman hissed. “Netto-kun… he can’t be gone then… I mean…”

“Rockman,” Blues snapped while grabbing Rockman’s arms and forcing him to look at him. “Don’t even start. Something must have happened that managed to save your life, but…”

“But…” Rockman pressed. “Blues what could have happened he and I… we…”

“Can you feel him now?” Laika asked suddenly in a cold voice.

Rockman hung his head, “No,” he said softly.

“Then he’s dead,” Laika snapped. “We saw it; there was no way for a human to survive those attacks. Even if Solar hadn’t done that he would still be dead from the sword wound.”

“Laika…” Enzan said softly.

“It’s the truth and denying it won’t help anyone,” Laika concluded.

Rockman went lax in Blues’ grip and Blues found himself supporting Rockman. “Maybe you should go home,” he murmured.

Rockman nodded, his green eyes slowly going blank and finally he linked out of the computer.

“Laika,” Enzan hissed. “Rockman can’t handle that kind of thing. He’s right, why isn’t he gone? Something happened.”

Laika spun around to glare at Enzan, “He’s dead!” he yelled.

Before Enzan could retaliate Manabe came into the room. “Boys, I have a favor to ask.”

“Yes?” they both snapped and Manabe looked a little put out.

“I have a mission that really only you can do since you were there at the time and you know how to handle those kinds of problems.”

“You want us to remove the virus origin?” Laika asked coldly.

“Yes, as a follow up to this mission. I’m sorry boys; I asked not to send you there because of what happened but…”

Laika cut her off, “It’s fine. We’ll go, right Enzan?” he asked while giving the other boy a cold glare.

“Fine,” Enzan snapped back.

In the internet Blues and Searchman both exchanged worried looks.

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They went back into the lonely basement and walked to the dead computer in the center of the room. “Should we just remove it and plug it in to an alternate power source to delete the virus infestation?” Laika asked Enzan icily.

“Sounds fine to me,” Enzan hissed back.

Blues and Searchman were both aware that inside they were trying to deal with what happened but snapping at one another really wasn’t going to help. “Do you think they’ll be okay?” Blues asked Searchman quietly.

“In time,” he said.

“Rockman?” Blues asked.

Searchman frowned, “I… don’t know.”

Both navis sighed and watched Enzan and Laika continue to ‘talk’ about their current mission. They weren’t as affected by the brunette’s death as the others but they too noticed his absence.

In the lonesome room there was a small shuffling sound behind several boxes stacked on one another. “Enzan-sama,” Blues said quietly.

“Yes?” Enzan snapped.

“Over there,” Blues said and Enzan looked in front of him to see a pair of large brown eyes look from behind the shadows of the boxes. For a split second he wondered if it could be Netto but then he realized that the eyes were at about level with his waist.

“It’s a kid,” Enzan muttered. “Hey, you’re not supposed to be here!” he yelled.

The brown eyes disappeared into the shadows and there was more shuffling. Enzan sighed and rubbed his head, he really wasn’t in the mood to deal with a little kid at that particular moment. He strode over and pushed back the boxes to get in between them. “Come on kid,” he said.

Whoever was in the shadows pressed himself further into them forcing Enzan to follow. “I am not in the mood for this,” he hissed to himself. When he finally managed to push the kid into a corner he put out his hand to grab whoever was there. “Got you,” he said but before he could grab anything a weird sensation rippled through his fingers forcing Enzan to jerk his hand back. The feeling was similar to that of electricity but he could immediately tell that it wasn’t that. Whatever it was the kid took the opening and jumped away from Enzan over another set of boxes and behind a filing cabinet. “Ow,” Enzan said while holding his hand.

“Enzan, are you done goofing off back there?” Laika asked coolly.

“There’s a kid back here and I can’t catch him,” Enzan snapped back.

Laika sighed and strode over to where Enzan’s voice was. “Where is the kid?” Laika asked.

“Over there,” Enzan said while nodding in the direction of where the kid went. Meanwhile he cradled his hand trying to will away the strange feeling that had went through it only a minute before.

Laika looked at Enzan, “What happened to your hand?” he asked him.

“Never you mind,” Enzan said. “Just go get him so we can finish this, all right?”

Laika sighed and walked over to where Enzan had motioned to. He saw a pair of large brown eyes in the dark gaze back at him. “Listen, whoever you are, we need to go and it’s not safe for you here.”

The eyes started to retreat into the darkness once again. “Wait!” Laika said. He knelt down to eyelevel and tried his very best to hold onto what little temper he had left. “Will you just please come out here?” he asked in a sincere voice.

Very slowly and cautiously the eyes made their way towards Laika. Behind him Enzan stood there and they both sat there waiting just to get out of that horrible place. Finally the kid made it to the file cabinet and stood behind it apprehensively. “It’s all right,” Laika said. “Come on.”

As if the child didn’t know what else to do he slowly made his way into the light, but he remained half hidden behind the cabinet for good measure. When Enzan and Laika were finally able to see who it was they forgot any and all animosity that they previously had felt, “Netto?” they both gasped.

A seemingly five year old Netto stood in front of them, looking slightly scared but mostly curious. “Who are you?” he asked.

Enzan and Laika both exchanged weary glances, for all they knew it might be a trap. But why a little kid, what purpose could that possibly… “Who are you?” he demanded again, snapping Enzan and Laika out of their thoughts.

Blues managed to find his voice first, “My name is Blues and my operator is Enzan Ijuuin,” he said slowly.

Netto glanced at the PET strapped around Enzan’s waist. “Enzan…” he said slowly.

“R-right…” Enzan said.

Laika sighed and glanced uneasily at Netto, “My name is Laika and my net navi is Searchman. Who are you?” he asked.

His eyes looked slightly pained for a second, “I don’t know…” he said softly.

“Do you know someone named Rockman?” Searchman asked.

“Rock…man…” he repeated slowly. “I… I don’t know…”

Enzan sighed and knelt down to eye level just as Laika had. He held out his hand and Netto looked at it curiously, “I’m not positive but I think your name is Netto and if you come with us I think there is someone who can help you.”

“I’m waiting for someone,” Netto said quickly.

“Who?” they asked.

Netto shook his head, “I’m not sure… but I know someone asked me to wait for them.”

“Why would someone do that?” Laika asked.

“My…” Netto blinked, the answer suddenly coming to him. “My older brother did,” he said, finally remembering something.

“What is your older brother’s name?” Enzan asked.

Netto blinked slowly, “His name… is…” he made a face in an effort to remember. “His name is Saito…” Netto’s face brightened. “Saito-nii-san!”

Everyone blinked at him, there was no longer any doubt that in some way the child standing in front of them was Netto. “I know where your brother is, and he sent us to get you,” Enzan said, improvising an answer on the spot.

“Our mission?” Laika asked.

“Later, we’ll take care of it later,” Enzan hissed.

Netto came out from behind the cabinets, “All right,” he said apprehensively.

Enzan smiled and he and Laika stood up. “I think… your older brother will be very happy to see you.”

“And very surprised,” Blues added silently.

Searchman nodded but didn’t say anything else.
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[YaminoMiko]

Kawaii!! A chibi Netto!!! So cute!! :V :V :V This should be interesting....
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[Kitty-Chan]

Chibi!!!! Too kawaii! This is going to be good.
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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)*

[Yue-chan]

wow, what a great chapter, Neko! Very sad as well, but very awsome.
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[DarkMega]

What an astounding fanfic! *brain explodes* I can't wait for the next chapter! Just like everyone else has said: 5 year old Netto= kawaii!!! Can't wait to see what's in store. You never cease to amaze me, Neko, although Yue deserves some credit too, ne?
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[kuro-kitsune]

*twitch twitch*

i'm NEVER going to get your pic done at this rate.... *is attacked by idea butterflies again* :grr:

nya~ i wanna do a pic for either laika and enzan arguing or chibi-netto. chu~ *swats at butterflies* but i have to finish your other one first... must. finish. painting. >_<

and to think, i like this one more than essence of humanity. ^_^

~kuro-kitsune~

[YaminoMiko]

Don't strain yourself Kuro-Kitsune. You might lose your sanity faster that way...(I'm not trying to be mean or anything...Don't take it the wrong way!!!)
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[kuro-kitsune]

too late. thanks for the concern though. ^_^

~kuro-kitsune~

[YaminoMiko]

Your welcome Kitsune. I like This story better than essence of humanity too.
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[Midnight]

*jawdrop*

I have a lot to--*reads disclaimer*--Oh. I guess I shouldn't then.
Somehow...for some reason, I imagined killing off Netto would be a little more contrived than a simple sword through the abdomen...not that I am sadistic or anything, mind you.

And yes, you shall explain. Nothing makes sense at this point...
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[Neko]

On the way to Netto’s house Netto walked relatively close to Enzan and somewhat shied away from Laika. Why he did this neither one knew and it wasn’t until Laika tried to talk to him did they get an answer.

“Are you all right?” Laika asked.

Netto nodded and continued to look around at his surroundings. It was all surreal to him at that point, not knowing who he was or where he was, was in fact beginning to take their toll on his mind.

“What are you looking for?” Enzan asked, finally noting that Netto’s quick glances at his surroundings were not entirely random.

“I’m… not sure…” Netto answered slowly. “I don’t remember a lot, but I remember you kinda… and nii-san…” he added softly.

Enzan and Laika both exchanged quick glances all worries about their abandoned mission were gone. Whatever was going on was in no way Netto’s fault nor Rockman’s, but it didn’t seem to be entirely random either.

“Well, we’ll get to your house soon,” Enzan said softly.

Netto nodded and continued to look around him for any clues that might tell him where or who he was.

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Rockman sat in a small corner of his homepage staring out at the empty, messy bed from the screen. Netto didn’t have the time to make it that morning and now it lay rumpled and ready for the happy go lucky brunette to jump into it again. “Netto-kun…” he said softly.

“Rockman?” a voice asked behind him.

Rockman tore his gaze away from the monitor and gave Blues a sad half smile before turning his eyes back to where they were before. “Hi…” he said softly, his voice almost breaking.

“Rockman, listen to me,” Blues said sharply.

“I’m listening,” Rockman said in a misty voice. It dawned on Blues that Rockman at that point may have been in denial or shock.

He sighed and walked over to the smaller navi, “Rockman, Netto-san isn’t dead,” he said finally.

“I know…” Rockman answered.

Blues winced, he wasn’t ready for that.

“I can sense him, kinda…” Rockman said.

“The link?” Blues asked.

Rockman shrugged. It then became apparent that Rockman’s mind had decided to take a vacation to deal with the stress of loosing his operator, best friend and twin brother.

“Rockman, come on, you need to get up. Enzan-sama and Laika-san are kinda iffy about bringing Netto-san up here,” Blues explained.

Something sparked in Rockman’s eyes, “Him… up here?” he asked. Then it came down on him like a ton of bricks, “Netto-kun is alive!” he yelped while getting up in a flash. “Oh my god, is he all right? What happened?”

“Settle down,” Blues said quietly. “It’s not what you think. He’s alive but…”

“But?” Rockman pressed.

“There seem to be some… complications,” he finally said.

“Like what?” Rockman asked. “If he’s alive I mean… it can’t be that bad… can it?” he asked his friend, the misty look threatening to overcome him again.

“No,” Blues said hurriedly. “Well… kinda…”

“What are you talking about?” Rockman asked, thoroughly confused.

Blues sighed, “You’ll see.”

There was a small knock on the door and Enzan’s voice could be clearly heard, “Is Rockman in there?” he asked.

“Yes, Enzan-sama, you can come in,” Blues replied.

Enzan opened the door and he and Laika came inside a little ways. Rockman peered at them but really couldn’t see anything. “Where’s Netto-kun?” he asked.

Netto peered around Enzan’s legs to take a look at the strange person he had been brought to meet.

“Oh…” Rockman said softly.

“Who are you?” Netto asked.

Rockman winced slightly. “I tired to warn you…” Blues said.

Rockman nodded, “I know.” Then he turned his gaze back to Netto, “My name is Rockman,” he said with a small smile.

“Rock…man…” Netto repeated slowly. “My… net navi…”

Enzan and Laika both glanced sharply down at him but didn’t say anything to upset the conversation.

Rockman nodded brightly, “Yeup, I’m also Saito.”

Netto’s face brightened a little bit, “Saito-nii-san,” he replied.

Rockman nodded again, “Right. Are you all right, Netto-kun?” he asked suddenly.

Netto nodded, “I think so… but I don’t remember much.”

Rockman nodded, “I see that. Don’t worry though, we’ll try and change that.”

Netto gave Rockman the first genuine grin they had seen. “Okay,” he said. /I trust you…/ he thought.

Rockman felt the thought but didn’t reply to it. Best to take things one step at a time.

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An hour later Netto was asleep in between Enzan and Laika at Enzan’s mansion. They all agreed that no one should find out about Netto for the time being although Rockman had half a mind to tell their mother and father once Netto remembered a bit more and he himself got over the shock.

“So, his memory comes back in bits, according to those he remembers the most,” Enzan mused. “He instantly remembered Rockman once he introduced himself and he remembered me after about a half an hour with him, I’m sure he’ll remember Laika with a bit more time. But… here’s the big question, how did this happen?”

Rockman shook his head, “I have no idea, it’s not really like he’s Netto-kun right now. I mean… how could Netto-kun survive that?” he asked. “That’s not something a human should be able to live through.”

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

“Only a few months,” Rockman admitted. “Wait… but when we were about five and a half and I was just given to Netto-kun he got into trouble and left me behind. The only reason I could save him was because… I felt it. I heard him,” Rockman said. “Kinda like we do now but… not as much.”

“So, let’s theorize that the link started when you were five and a half. Given Netto’s age that would make the link about five or six years old depending on when it really started to grow,” Blues mused.

“So Netto-kun’s body is a physical manifestation of the link,” Rockman mused. “That makes sense kinda. I mean we were in a dimensional area so maybe the cybernetic part of the link split off at the last second in some kind of last ditch effort to live.”

“Then why isn’t he in the cyber world?” Laika asked.

Rockman shrugged, “I… don’t know,” he admitted.

“This is making my head hurt,” Enzan said dryly. “Why don’t we take care of the here and now and just… make sure no one finds out about this until we get more definitive proof of out theories.”

Rockman nodded, “That sounds like a good idea,” he said.

Just then Enzan and Laika’s PET’s began to ring. “What happened to you two?” Manabe asked.

Enzan and Laika exchanged glances and stood up quickly, “We ran into a…” Enzan glanced at the sleeping Netto, “distraction.”

“That computer won’t stay like that for much longer. Will you please dispose of it?” she asked them, slightly annoyed.

“Yes ma’am,” they answered and the screen went blank.

“Okay, who stays here?” Laika asked.

“I will,” Enzan said. “Since he remembers me at this point.”

Laika nodded and Searchman went back into his PET and they left the house.

Enzan sighed and looked at Netto. Things just got a whole lot more complicated for them.

Netto stirred slightly and he opened one eye, “Nii-san?” he asked.

“Yes?” Rockman called from the hallway monitor.

Netto yawned and sat up. “Where’s my PET?” he asked finally.

Enzan looked at Netto and saw Rockman’s PET around his waist. “There,” he said while pointing to it.

Netto pulled out the sleek device and turned it over in his hands, “This isn’t mine. My PET is bigger,” he said.

“That’s your PET,” Enzan said with a puzzled undertone in his voice.

“Mine is bigger!” Netto insisted.

“He remembers the old PET’s with the keyboard,” Rockman said quietly to Blues who nodded back. “Hey Netto-kun,” he called out.

“Yeah?” Netto asked.

“That’s your new PET,” Rockman explained. “It’s customized for me especially. Enzan gave it to you awhile ago.”

Netto looked at Enzan then back at Rockman, “Really?” he asked.

Rockman nodded, “Really.”

“Oh,” Netto said while glancing at the PET. He shrugged and found how to turn it on and they watched while it booted up. Rockman went inside and grinned at Netto from the screen.

“Press the button on the left,” he instructed.

Netto did so and the touch screen came up showing Rockman and the chip data that was inside. “Coooool,” Netto said.

Rockman nodded, “Yeup.”

Netto and Rockman both explored the PET after that and Rockman made sure that Netto knew how to protect himself with it just incase anything happened.

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“Netto, Enzan?” Laika called out once he got back.

Enzan looked up from the book he was reading and motioned down. Laika looked down and saw that Netto was asleep while using Enzan’s lap as a pillow and holding his PET in his arms. Rockman was also asleep in his PET and they both looked rather happy, Laika thought.

“How was it?” Enzan asked softly.

Laika sat on the other end of the couch, “Not bad. Just time consuming.”

Enzan nodded, “That’s good. Now comes the hard part.”

Laika nodded, “I know,” he agreed.

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Yay! Now I can go all out on tue cute crack fun scenes /o/~
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[Kitty-Chan]

Kawaii!!!! *glomps* I absolutely positively love this!
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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)*

[ChibiForte]

Damn, Neko, yer fics are like crack er something!! I want more!! Hmmm....if Netto's like, five or so, EVERYONE CAN MAKE FUNNY JOKES ABOUT HIM!!! Just look at poor Rockman in my fics...almost the same thing happens...
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[Midnight]

Oh. Well...this is certainly interesting. I enjoyed the fact that you offered some explanation for the peculiar goings-on here--and it actually seems plausible. I also believe that Netto's portrayal was done quite well--the fact that he is five, and the memories associated with that, were all done well.

And...uh...forgive me for sounding like a broken record.
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[kuro-kitsune]

awww... that's so sweet. it makes me feel fuzzy inside, it does. *nod nod*

~kuro-kitsune~

[HubHikari]

Wonderful! I saw no errors in this chapter at all neko.
Perfect chapter Great work! :] :D

[YaminoMiko]

Hey!! Why did you stop there Neko!! You should of continued, it was getting really good... :] Anyways update soon!!!
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[Bassman4566]

This is a good story I'm a newbie but this a good one. I started a story called A Whole New Life on FanFiction.net but this really good. Hey Neko you think you can read and review I could use some help on my first fic anyway you should make Netto do something that can blow the whole secret like see meriu or try to go to school or something like that please continue this. Also I loved your untold truth story you should do one were the whole gang is in cyber world and everyone finds out Lan's(Netto's)secret or something

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Bassman, please don't advertise or request for reviews and comments on other people's threads. If you do wish to show your works, feel free to do so in a post of your own.
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Bassman, please don't advertise or request for reviews and comments on other people's threads. If you do wish to show your works, feel free to do so in a post of your own.
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Oh... Sorry