A Life Best Not Lived: PG *Stream Spoilers* *Finished*

YaminoMiko · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:31 pm Post subject:

I agree, this is getting good. Is Star Trek good? i heard of it but I never saw the shows.
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Kitty-Chan · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:11 pm Post subject:

Oooo, the plot thickens. *cue dramatic music* Sorry, couldn't help myself. Laughing

But seriously, Neko-sempai, I'm really enjoying this story. :]
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Neko · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject:

Netto lay on his back as he stared at the ceiling. Everything was perfect, he and Saito had great lives and even if the elite force for the Net Saviors were a little annoying they really were nice people. But something in the back of his mind kept telling him that it wasn’t right. Life wasn’t like that, no matter how perfect things seemed.

“Netto-kun?” Saito asked from his bed.

“Yeah?”

“Do things seem, right to you?” Saito asked.

Gem and Stone listened intently but didn’t butt in on the conversation.

“I don’t know…” Netto said slowly. “We’ve always been like this, haven’t we?”

“Yeah, I don’t know what I’m saying,” Saito pretended to laugh. “Forget about it.”

Netto eyed his twin uneasily, “Whatever you say, nii-san,” he said doubtfully.

“Yeah,” Saito said to the ceiling. “Forget about it.”

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The next day Netto had taken a detour from Saito’s normal route home. This was of course because now they didn’t feel the need to protect their secret from anyone else, after all, what secret was there?

“You finally broke off from Saito?” Gem teased. “And here I thought you two were trying to see who annoyed the other first.”

Netto laughed, “Nah, I just thought Saito-nii-san looked like he could be alone for awhile.”

“Yeah, I noticed that too,” Gem admitted. “He has an awful lot on his mind,” she muttered.

Netto shrugged, “Yeah, but when he’s like that it’s no fun to talk to him.”

Gem laughed, “Ah, you abandoned him out of boredom.”

“Shut up,” Netto snapped.

Gem’s laughs carried in the air. “Hey, since we’re all about splitting up today, can I head to internet city for a few hours?” she asked.

Netto nodded, “Sure, fine with me. Just… try not to get into another fight.”

“Hey, it’s not my fault guys are stupid,” Gem shrugged.

“Gee, thanks,” Netto said dryly.

“Awww, you know I love you, Netto,” she said with a smile.

“Yeah, yeah, get lost,” Netto teased her.

“I’ll be back by eight, you better be home by then,” Gem warned him.

“I will,” Netto reassured her.

“All right, bye!” she said cheerfully and disappeared from her PET.

Netto walked around the city, just taking it in. Everything seemed so familiar, but here and there, there were a few things that seemed… off. Netto glanced at the empty building nestled on the corner. His mind was screaming that something was missing but what, he couldn’t tell.

“Netto?” a voice asked behind him.

Netto turned around to see two people he recognized as Enzan and Laika heading towards him. “Hi…” he said slowly.

“Are you… alone?” Enzan asked.

Netto shrugged, “Gem went to internet city if that’s what you mean,” he said.

“Oh thank god,” Laika muttered.

Netto eyed them, “What’s all this about?”

Enzan walked up to him, “Come on Netto, we know it’s you. Stop playing games.”

“What games?” Netto asked.

Enzan blinked, “You know we don’t belong here. This is all an illusion. Now where is Rockman?”

“Rock…man…” Netto repeated the name as if it was in a foreign language.

“Netto get a grip,” Enzan snapped.

“I have one, but apparently you don’t,” Netto snapped back.

“You think this is all fun and games?” Enzan asked him. “Do you like living with Saito? Netto I’m sorry, but Saito Hikari does not exist. He died and you know it.”

“Enzan…” Laika said warningly but it was too late.

Netto punched Enzan across the face, “Shut up,” he hissed. “Just… shut up…”

Enzan landed on the ground, hard. He looked up to see Netto glaring at him with a mixture of anger, but also fear and confusion. “You know I’m right,” Enzan told him.

Netto brought down his fist, “Saito-nii-san… he’s…” he shut his eyes.

Enzan stood up, “What the hell is wrong with you?” he asked.

“Nothing!” Netto yelled. “Nothing is wrong! Look, I don’t know where you’re coming from but it’s not funny!”

Enzan was almost at his breaking point, by then it was obvious that Netto was just refusing to see the facts. “Netto, this isn’t a game anymore,” Laika snapped.

“It never was a game!” Netto yelled at him. “It’s real!”

Enzan growled, lifted Netto up by the collar of his shirt and pushed him into the nearest wall. “Wake up, Netto!” he yelled. “We’re stuck here while whoever put us here can do got knows what on earth and we’re running around like mice in an illusion. Is that what you want? To live a lie?”

Netto looked at him in surprise, “Enzan…” he said slowly.

“Have you come to your senses yet?” he snapped. “Because I’m sure as hell sick of you hiding from us.”

Laika looked from Netto to Enzan and back again. He really had no place in this conversation and it seemed that Enzan was better at getting Netto to snap out of whatever was wrong with him in the first place.

Netto grabbed Enzan’s wrists and pulled them away from himself trying to get free. “Let me go,” he hissed.

Enzan pushed Netto viciously back up against the wall, “Not until you admit that you are Netto Hikari and that your navi is Rockman and you know everything that’s going on.”

Netto blinked at him, “Rockman… he…” Netto shut his eyes, “Rockman is Saito,” he said thickly as if trying to remind himself of something.

Enzan let Netto go in surprise. “What?” he asked.

Netto rubbed his forehead, “Rockman, his data is built off Saito Hikari’s DNA. Rockman is Saito…nii-san…” he said slowly. “Aw, crud,” he muttered.

“Are you all right?” Laika asked him.

“No,” Netto hissed. “I can’t believe… Okay, something is wrong here.”

“Yeah, we figured that out, Netto… are you?” Enzan started.

“I’m Netto if that’s what you mean. Because I happen to know that last Valentine’s Day I dyed your hair…” Enzan quickly moved forward and covered his mouth.

“Don’t even finish that. I believe you,” he muttered.

Netto grinned and Laika looked on, a tad puzzled. “But Saito…”

Netto sighed, “I said it already. Saito is Rockman. Rockman is Saito. That’s the way things are.”

“Then why isn’t he with us?” Blues asked.

“Because, his data is based off DNA,” Netto said. “This world… it can’t be separated into the real world and cyber world the way earth is, can it?” he asked. “When we were brought here Sai… I mean Rockman’s programming must have taken over or something.”

“So now what?” Laika asked.

“Now…” Netto sighed. “I think I should try and bring Rockman to his senses…” he muttered. “Something about this place…” he trailed off.

“Yeah, we noticed,” Enzan said. “You take care of him and we’ll get everyone else. This ends tonight.”

Netto gave Enzan a small smile, “I hope so,” he said.

“All right, see you,” Enzan and Laika both said and ran off.

“Bye!” Netto yelled and he ran towards his house. “Hold on, Rockman,” he muttered.

Gem watched everything through the monitor by the street light. She too vanished to the PC at the twin’s house to tell Stone what she had heard. Slur followed closely behind her.

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Dun, dun, dun.... I said it was a short fic :3 Here we enter the last bit /o/!
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Midnight · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:29 pm Post subject:

Ooh.

Somehow I thought that Netto's revelation was a tad abrupt--that Netto would have followed a slightly more roundabout methodology in figuring out that his situation was merely an illusion--but it still panned out well in the chapter as a whole.

And it's probably a good idea not to inform the reader that the fic is drawing to a close--one should be able to determine that by the reading itself. And besides, it seems that the fic is still building to a climax.
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Neko · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:41 pm Post subject:

Midnight... my arcs are like 3 or 4 chapters long >.> There's quite a bit to go here XD Me saying it's the last arc pretty much means in about a month it will be done.
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Kitty-Chan · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:46 pm Post subject:

Was that a TwIN reference I saw? Smile

This truly is a well done fic, Neko-sempai. ^_^
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YaminoMiko · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:53 pm Post subject:

update soon Neko! I can't wait for the next chapter!
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Sai-kun

Neko · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:19 am Post subject:

Netto ran into his house and up the stairs a quickly as he could. He opened the door to Saito’s room with such force that it slammed into the adjacent wall and jerked Saito out of his studious mood. Saito looked up and saw Netto; he gave him a misty grin, “Hey Netto-kun, what’s up?”

“Rockman,” Netto growled. “Something’s wrong with this place. There’s something here that’s forcing us to… I don’t know; think its real or something.”

Saito looked a little frightened, “It is real!” he gasped.

Stone moved forward to say something but he felt a hand on his shoulder hold him back. He looked behind him to see Gem shaking her head from side to side. Stone sighed and watched the small drama unfold in front of him.

“No it’s not!” Netto snapped. “You’re Rockman, you’re my navi and we’ve been together since I was 11 years old. Papa made you from the DNA of Saito Hikari when you died from a heart condition called HBD at 18 months. Come on Saito, I know you remember,” Netto said with a small note of begging in his voice. “You knew who you were when we came here.”

Saito backed into his desk, “No,” she shook his head. “You’re lying, why would you make up suck a story!” Saito’s voice started to have an angry edge to it.

Netto looked a little sad when Saito accused him of lying. “Rockman…”

“Don’t call me that!” Saito snapped. “My name is Saito, and you’re my little brother! Our navi’s are Gem and Stone, you know that!”

Netto shook his head, “Nii-san,” he said, deciding to use a neutral way of calling him. “Don’t you remember, WWW, Gospel, Nebula, the Darkloids, the Asteroids, Neo WWW, everything? Come on, if you weren’t a navi I think the world might have been taken over from the get go. You’re Rockman, and my older brother, we’ve dealt with that for two years now, right?”

Saito shook his head, but unwillingly the memories came flooding back. “No,” he gasped. “I don’t want…”

Netto ran over and pulled Saito into a tight embrace. “You don’t want to leave either,” he murmured. “Just like I didn’t want to.”

Saito’s eyes widened, “Netto-kun.” He returned the tight hug and resisted the urge to cry. “Then mama and papa and everything…”

Netto shook his head, “It’s not real,” he said softly. “And we knew that.”

“Why?” Saito asked softly.

There was a laugh behind them that came from the monitor making Netto, Saito, Gem and Stone all whirl around to see Slur laughing in the back of the monitor. “So that’s what makes you two special,” she laughed. “Your bond with your navi, it’s so strong because he’s your older brother. I wondered but…” she laughed again. “Amazing.”

“Slur!” Netto yelled out angrily. “Were you the one who brought us here?”

Slur gave a mocking bow, “Duo and I wished to see how strong you and your friends were. If you were capable of breaking free from our illusion. But you two… how intriguing.”

Netto and Saito both took a step away from the monitor. Gem threw herself at Slur screaming angrily. “How could you!” she yelled while pinning Slur to the ground, “How could you do that!”

Slur grinned maliciously, “Why not?”

Gem’s eyes widened then she brought back her arm and summoned her default arrow. But before she could fire Slur disappeared and reappeared behind Gem. “Foolish navi,” she snapped, throwing Gem into the far wall.

“Gem!” Stone yelled as he ran over to his fallen friend.

“You two are just part of the illusion. Objects created by this world to increase the realism. You only exist because this place exists. You’re not real,” Slur sneered.

Gem glared at Slur with pure hate in her eyes, “So? Even if we aren’t, they are! And our programming be it non-existent or not tells us to protect those kids. Who the hell are you to play with the lives of humans like that?”

“Have you not been listening?” Slur laughed. “Saito isn’t human. He’s a Net Navi, and because Netto was also affected by my little program, I’m beginning to suspect he isn’t fully human either!”

“What program?” Netto growled.

“I inserted a program into Saito to make him believe he was really part of this world,” Slur said. “Just to see how things would pan out. Your body took the program in as well and you began to believe the same thing. How interesting,” she said with a small laugh.

Gem growled, “So, now that this little farce is all over, what do you plan to do, keep them here forever?”

Slur laughed, “Oh, of course not! Now I get to see if you and the other crest holders can break out of this place without being destroyed,” she said with a small grin. “Are you strong enough? Do you think you can escape Duo’s power?”

“Why you!” Gem spluttered and dived at Slur who simply vanished. Gem crashed into the ground and immediately pushed herself back up. She looked around wildly, “Where is she?”

In front of Netto and Saito a small shadow began to solidify until right in front of them was Slur. “I’m sure you’ve guessed by now there is no ‘real’ world and cyber world here. There is but merely planes that navi’s can transcend at any time they please.”

Netto had half a mind to try and attack Slur himself at that point but Saito put a hand on his shoulder to hold him back. “What do you want?” he hissed.

“I want to see your power,” she said with a grin. “Show me what your true power is Rockman!” Slur lifted her arms and small black cords snaked out of her sleeves to wrap themselves around Saito.

“Rockman!” Netto yelled and ran to his struggling twin. Netto tried to pull at the cords but they were just too tight for him to move.

“Pathetic,” Slur said in a soft voice as she summoned her sword. “I’ve waited a long time to finally get Duo-sama to destroy your pathetic planet.”

Netto tried to shield Saito with his own body, waiting for the finishing attack but it never came. When both of them dared to look up they saw Gem with one of her arrows sticking through Slur’s chest. Slur grinned then vanished. “An illusion,” Gem hissed.

The small black cords binding Saito disappeared as well and Saito found himself being pulled to his feet by Stone.

Netto looked up to see Gem offering him a hand. “Ready to get out of here?” she asked him kindly.

Netto grinned and took her hand, “Yeah,” he said.

Saito looked at his hand and sighed, “Netto-kun, we can’t let everyone else know about us,” he said softly.

Netto looked at his twin, “Well, you appearance is just an illusion as well right? Based on your DNA.”

Saito nodded, “Yeah, you’re right.” Then he picked up on what Netto was trying to tell him, “OH! I can rewrite my programming to be like it was.”

“You should,” Netto said.

Saito gave Netto a sad smile, “I kinda like looking like this.”

Netto shrugged, “Bah, it’s to confusing,” he teased.

Saito giggled sadly while Gem and Stone looked on silently. He walked forward, gave Netto a big hug that he only had a few seconds to return before Saito took a step back. “All right,” he said softly. He shut his eyes and found the programs he knew were there, he deleted several files that he knew didn’t belong and when he opened his eyes Netto was smiling.

“Hello, Rockman.”

“Oh my!” Gem gasped. Stone just looked dumbfounded.

Netto grinned at them, “This is my navi, best friend and older brother, Rockman,” he said with a small laugh.

Rockman waved, “Hey.”

“Now what?” Netto asked.

“Now we can get out of here,” Rockman said.

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When the foursome went outside they saw that the world around them had completely changed. In fact, it no longer seemed to exist. Outside was just a large nothing, and once they left the house it disappeared as well. “So much for the illusion,” Netto sighed.

“Rockman!” a voice called behind them.

They turned around to see Roll running towards them, “Roll-chan!” Rockman actually smiled broadly as he was hugged by the pink navi.

“So, you finally found him,” Enzan said coolly. “What happened?” he asked Netto in a low tone.

Netto shook his head, “I’ll tell you later,” he murmured back.

Gem and Stone nodded at the other navis. “Aren’t you part of the illusion?” Blues asked.

Gem shook her head, “We’re real navis. Just created for something that didn’t exist.”

Rockman shook his head, “That’s horrible.”

Gem shrugged, “I think we have other things to worry about.”

Charlie nodded, “She’s right. Now that we’ve called the bluff we need to get out of it.”

“How do we do that?” Netto asked.

A voice laughed behind them, “By getting through me,” Slur said.

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This fic has decided to be annoying and not let me write it easily Razz

Sorry for bad writing here.
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sugoi sukafu · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:45 pm Post subject:

He he, new chapter! And it's just getting good. :] As always, very well written but aww, Rockman back to normal, can't give him a noggie. Hmm, I wonder what nothing looks like and will they cross-fuse or will the navis have to defend their operators? I like how you've formed your own timeline that resurfaces. *Giggles* Pink haired Enzan, he'll never live that down.
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Digigamer · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:38 pm Post subject:

Wow, not many fanfics interest me, but yours interests me a lot!
Keep up the good work! :]

Midnight · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject:

Another exceptional piece of work.

I did happen to find a few spelling errors here and there, but then again, since when has spelling detracted from the quality of your works? As it seems to be, this chapter is nothing but the prelude to a storm, and from the looks of things, it will turn out to be quite the read in the immediately upcoming chapters. Slur's persona seems to be a little shallow to me, but then again, most antagonists really do not have that deep of a person to begin with.

Other than that, I eagerly await the next chapter. Smile

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*eye twitching*
MUST....READ....NEXT....CHAPTER!!!!

Good god this is great!

Kitty-Chan · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject:

I can discern no bad writing; just your normal excellence. It would be cool if Gem & Stone came back with everybody; I like them.
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**Plantman** · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:10 am Post subject:

I think this chapter is exceptional. If any a few things felt a bit rushed, but otherwise it was an incredible chapter, I really liked this plot. I can only sit and wait for the next chapter. :3 I love your fics /o/
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HubHikari · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:22 am Post subject:

One word.......WONDERFUL!
Your fics are so uplifting and exciting and just plain wonderful keep up the great work!
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ChibiForte · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:41 pm Post subject:

AWESOME, NEKO SAN!!! WHOO!!! \o/ This is SCHWEET, and the bond between Netto and Saito is displayed in an adorable way only you can write, Neko-san. WAH! SAITO-KUN'S GONE!! *sigh* Boring old Rokkuman.EXE... *sighs again*
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continue soon

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ChibiForte · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject:

Oy, that explains some things... >_< Well, Neko, we're waiting, take your time.
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