Work and Play: Post EXE Hu/R

[Kitty-Chan]

I do the same thing when it comes to proofreading. Kuro, do you live in Ohio; whoops, off-topic.
Heh, Enzan & Netto have my cooking skills. Wonderful as usual, Neko-sempai! :D
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[N2-0 Night]

A cooking disaster, and it's by Enzan! That part was funny!
Now, how can anyone make spaghetti raw and burned at the same time?
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[Neko]

[Kitty-Chan]

:! You do?? *is very happy* :D
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[Neko]

The next day after Netto was finishing off his second day of work and getting ready to go annoy Enzan out of the office his PET rang loudly with the ring tone in it that used to specify a mission in his college days. He and Rockman exchanged glances before he pulled out his PET and opened up the larger touch screen. “Hello?” he asked in a confused voice.

“Hello, Netto,” Mejin said happily.

“Mejin-san!” Netto exclaimed. “Oh wait, the Net Vigilante thing already?” he groaned. “I have a project…”

Mejin shook his head, “Nah, I’m just calling to give you a heads up and to head down to the international airport. Check out flight #345,” he said with a grin. “Oh, and no need for the san.”

Netto shook his head, “All right, but what does this have to do with…” he started.

“You’ll see,” Mejin said and hung up.

Netto sighed, “Cryptic as ever,” he muttered.

“Well, should we go?” Rockman asked.

Netto nodded and stood up from his desk, “Think Enzan got the same directions?”

“Probably yes,” Rockman replied. “Or so this e-mail from Blues tells me.”

“Ah,” Netto said as he took up his coat and PET. “Well then, let’s head down to the airport,” he mused.

“All right,” Rockman agreed, “But no stopping at a fast food place,” he muttered.

“Darn you,” Netto joked as he walked out of his office room.

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Netto walked into the busy airport and pushed his way over to a flight display screen. “Okay…. #345… where is it?” Netto murmured.

“Up there, coming in ten minutes from a fuel up in Choina,” Rockman said.

Netto sighed, “Okay, we know it’s not Jasmine as she’s so busy with her shop. What was the original departure?” he asked.

“I… don’t see it,” Rockman said. “Ah wait,” a smile came across Rockman’s lips, “It’s from Sharro,” he said excitedly.

“Yes!” Netto cheered.

“You’re here already,” a voice said behind him.

Netto spun around to see Enzan still in his business suit looking up at the display screen. “It’s Laika,” he said.

Enzan blinked, “Really? He hasn’t been down here for about a year.”

Netto shrugged, “Must be that mission thing. Maybe Mejin is biding his time before sending us back out again,” he suggested.

“And giving us time to make arrangements with work,” Enzan noted.

Netto glanced down at the lab coat he, in his haste, had forgotten to take off. “Heh, well as long as I finish this program I’ll be fine for a few weeks at least. I’ve done three high profile programs in the last two months, I’m pretty sure I can get a break.”

Enzan nodded, “Same here, and apparently Laika can to.”

Netto and Enzan walked over to the unloading gate that flight 345 would pull up to. “Well, he is a solider, if he said it was a matter of international security I’m sure he could deploy himself,” Netto noted.

Enzan gave a small laugh, “Ah, so that’s how he does it now.”

“As opposed to what?” Netto asked.

“To asking his superiors to come,” Enzan stated.

“Enzan, he is the superior now,” Netto pointed out.

“Are you two talking about me?” a cool voice said behind them.

Netto and Enzan spun around to see Laika I his worn green army uniform looking very amused for Laika. They had spent so much time speculating that they didn’t see the passengers departing from the plane.

“Laika!” Netto said happily to his old friend. “How are you?”

Laika gave Netto one of his ever increasingly rare grins. “I’m fine. It’s a lot warmer here then in Sharro right now.”

Enzan gave Laika one of his own elusive smiles, “Glad to know you finally decided to come see us for once.”

“Well, I’ve been put in charge of the new recruits for a little while,” Laika explained.

“I thought you hated teaching the recruits,” Netto said slowly.

Laika sighed, “The General thought it might be good experience for me.”

Netto smirked, “Oh, I see now.”

In the net Blues and Rockman were currently greeting their friend much in the same way Netto and Enzan greeted Laika.

“Hey Searchman, how are you?” Rockman asked him once he had linked himself into Rockman’s PET.

Searchman nodded, “I’m fine. Laika-san’s a bit on edge though.”

“Why?” Blues asked.

“He’s in charge of the recruit training,” Searchman explained. “The General thinks it will be good training for him because of the way Laika is getting promoted so quickly through the ranks.”

“Well he is a good solider,” Blues said.

Searchman nodded, “But he couldn’t avoid the recruits forever,” he said with a grin.

Netto slapped Laika on the shoulder in a genial way, “Well, you were a new kid too, once. You just need to remember that.”

“Thanks,” Laika said dryly.

Enzan hid a small smile to the reaction. “So, if we don’t have anything to do, where should we go?”

“Not my house and Enzan is not cooking!” Netto exclaimed loudly.

Laika threw him a questioning look and Enzan decided to intervene. “How about we just go to the café across the street from where I work,” he suggested quickly before Netto could say anything else.

“Is it good?” Laika asked.

Enzan nodded, “Yeah, I go there a lot when I can’t get home in time for dinner.”

“Or cook dinner, because he’ll poison himself,” Netto said with a cocky grin.

Enzan threw him a dirty look and Netto smiled, “Oh come on, you really didn’t think I would let you live that down did you?” he asked.

“Live what down?” Laika inquired Netto.

They started to walk out of the airport while Netto started to tell the story of the burnt and raw spaghetti that Enzan had made the night before while Enzan’s face turned a bright red.

“Amazing,” Laika murmured.

“What is amazing?” Enzan snapped.

“Nothing,” Laika said quickly. “So uhhh, where is this place again?” he asked trying to change the subject.

Netto laughed while Enzan kinda just sulked. Netto patted his shoulder comfortingly, “Awww, don’t worry about it, we all can’t be good at everything.”

“And it’s not like Netto-kun’s cooking is any better!” Rockman yelled from his PET.

“You, shut up,” Netto told his navi.

Rockman looked quite pleased with himself inside his PET. “It’s true,” he muttered. “Netto-kun got the fire department at our house one day while trying to make brownies.”

“I said you could be quiet,” Netto said tightly while Enzan and Laika suppressed a small bit of laughter.

“That is amazing,” Enzan said.

“Definitely,” Laika agreed.

“I’ve never pretended I can cook you know,” Netto said while they walked out into the parking lot.

“Then why were you making brownies?” Enzan asked.

Netto blushed, “They were for mom for mother’s day… or they were…” he muttered.

Enzan and Laika looked amused but didn’t say any petty comments on that remark. Netto looked at his car and sighed slightly. “So, who is Laika going with?” he asked.

“Well, my car is actually still at work. I work within walking distance,” Enzan said.

Netto glanced over and saw Enzan’s work tower in the distance. “I knew that,” he said while pulling out his keys.

Enzan and Laika exchanged glances. “Just like in college,” Enzan murmured to him.

Laika nodded, “Defiently.”

“I heard that,” Netto snapped.

“We know,” they answered as they got into the back seats.

Netto grumbled as he got into the driver’s seat and made sure to make his turns a little sharper then usual, because he could.

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Heh... I never get tired of writing dialogue for these three >.>
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[kuro-kitsune]

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you know, i was reading the part with netto being happy that laika was coming and somehow... i got attacked by butterflies again. >__> i guess i should draw...

great chapter as usual, neko-sempai!!

~kuro-kitsune~

[Midnight]

Good dialogue, by the way.

Yes, Laika had to come in to your fic and mess around. It's how your fics work. So far, so good it seems. Since it seems to be a simple introductory chapter, there is not a lot going on, but I'm sure that will change for the next chapter.

Keep it up. ^_^
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[Kitty-Chan]

Enzan is never going to live that one down. Yay, Laika enters. Poor Laika, stuck with the rookies; reminds me of some Rockman X stories where Zero ends up training the new hunters; though, in that case, it's more "poor rookies." :D
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[Neko]

The dinner they shared was pleasant. They reminisced over old times and chatted while their navis joined in on the conversations with ease. After it was all over Netto dropped Laika off at his hotel and he returned home, falling into bed. “So, what’s gonna happen?” Netto mused as he pulled the covers over himself.

“Who knows?” Rockman replied and mirrored Netto.

“Ah whatever, night Rockman.”

“Night Netto-kun.”

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The next morning Netto woke up ready to finish off the security program and send in the first level of data to be inspected by the buyers. This would give him a three to four day window to do as he pleased and he knew it wouldn’t be spent in leisurely activity. Not since Laika was there.

“Netto-kun, got the program?” Rockman asked as they headed to Nanako’s office to drop it off.

Netto held up a disk between two fingers, “Stage one complete, we need approval before we can finish it off though.”

Rockman nodded, “I know that.”

Netto sighed, “That’s one reason I don’t like making security programs.”

“Too bad,” Rockman said matter of factly.

The two argued good naturedly as they walked into Nanako’s office unannounced. “Here you go,” Netto said handing her the disk.

She blinked at it and sighed, “Well, I see the first part is finished. You’re free to go. I’ll call you when it’s approved for the final part.”

Netto nodded and left the office. “I hate this part,” he said while making a face.

“What the part where the people pick out every thing wrong with your program?” Rockman asked.

“Yes,” Netto said. “I hate re-doing things.”

“Yeah, but if there’s a mistake then it needs to be fixed,” Rockman pointed out.

“Says you,” Netto teased.

Rockman rolled his eyes and didn’t dignify the quip with a response. After walking in silence for a few moments, Netto’s PET began to ring. “Yes?” Netto asked as the view screen came up.

“Netto-kun,” Mejin greeted him.

“Hey!” Netto waved. “So, what now?”

“I’d like you to come to the my office, we’re going to brief you on what’s going on and introduce you to the Vigilante team in charge of it,” Mejin explained.

Netto groaned, “I just got off work,” he said.

“You agreed to this, be thankful your work is done,” Mejin pointed out.

Rockman laughed and earned himself a glare from Netto. “I’ll be there after I get ready.”

“All right, we’ll see you soon,” Mejin said and hung up before Netto could chide him by saying ‘Mejin-san.’

Netto sighed, “Ah well,” he shrugged. “Looks like this is about to begin all over again.”

Rockman laughed hollowly, “You sound so excited.”

Netto rolled his eyes, “I hated Fujiko Yamato, the woman was a psychopath.”

Rockman nodded his head, “True, but Mejin-san did say it was only reference work.”

“And you really believed him?” Netto asked his navi disbelievingly.

“No,” Rockman admitted slowly. “But you might.”

“Aw, you be quiet,” Netto said and got into his car.

Rockman laughed as he plugged himself into the car’s navigation system.

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An hour later Netto pulled into the parking lot of Sci Labs and headed back into the building. He rode the elevator all the way up to the fifth floor and went into Mejin’s office. “Hey,” he called out dully.

“You’re late,” Enzan remarked.

“Excuse me for eating after work,” Netto said hotly.

Just then a bespecled girl with brown hair and eyes walked over to him and stuck out her hand, “Name’s Andréa, nice to meet you!” she said cheerfully.

Netto looked her up and down then took her hand. “Hi, my name is Netto,” he said unsure of what to say to the very outspoken girl.

She nodded, “Yeah, I know that, oh!” she gasped, as if remembering something. She walked over to the back of the room and pulled a boy slightly taller then her to his feet, “This is my younger brother, Edward.”

The boy nodded a serious look in his eyes. “He hates to talk,” Andréa said with a wicked grin.

“Shut up,” he muttered in a low tone to his older sister.

She grinned broadly and sat down. “Younger brother?” Netto asked.

Andréa nodded, “Yeup!” she said cheerfully to the point of annoyance. “Ed here is 14, I’m 17.”

Netto raised an eyebrow, “You’re 17?” he asked slowly.

Andréa’s eyebrow twitched, “Yes, I’m 17, I’m a senior in high school too, got a problem with that?” she snapped.

Netto held up his hands and merely sat down.

Mejin coughed, “Now that we’re all acquainted, let’s get some of the basic facts down.”

Andréa twirled a piece of her short hair around her finger, “How about… Fujiko is insane? Ow!” she yelped from what Netto suspected was an elbow from her younger brother.

/She’s right…/ Netto mused.

Rockman giggled in his PET.

Mejin coughed again and they all watched him. “All right, listen up people. Fujiko Yamato is out of prison and we have reason to believe that she’s created a new ring of followers. Her last plan was to destroy the net with an energy overload equivalent to 20 nuclear bombs, now considering this almost worked; we believe this is her plan now.”

“Joy…” Enzan said dryly, Laika’s lips twisted and Netto sighed.

“Andréa and Edward are both special force operatives and Andréa is a programmer who had been over Fujiko’s plans several times. They’re the head team of the operation.”

Andréa grinned and gave the boys a thumbs up while Edward just scowled. Netto nodded back while Enzan and Laika just gazed at her in an almost unbelieving stare.

“So, I’ll leave these two to brief you guys on what they know then if you wish you can go on field duty.”

“I thought you said this was purely research,” Enzan pointed out.

Mejin shrugged, “Your choice, you choose.”

Netto grinned, /I called that one./

Rockman laughed mentally, /That you did, Netto-kun./

Andréa walked to the front of the room as Mejin closed the door. “Okay, well really Mejin already said everything. She escaped from jail, she has lunatic followers and she’s already attack four net bases, draining them of their energy. We managed to prevent one attack and stop another but our stats still suck.”

“Blunt way off putting it,” Laika murmured.

“Thank you!” Andréa grinned and sat down at Mejin’s desk. Her expression became serious, “Listen to me, you already know this woman is dangerous and you three originally helped to bring her down. If you choose to go on field duty regardless of your current occupations, I can assure you you’ll be targeted.”

Netto shrugged, “Not like I have anything better to do.”

Enzan coughed, “How about the security program?” he asked.

“Three day break while your dad tears it apart,” Netto flashed Enzan a cool grin.

Enzan sighed, “All right,” he muttered. “I’ll help some too.”

“I planned to be on field duty from the beginning,” Laika said coolly.

Andréa shrugged, “Fine with me. Just know this,” she stood up. “You may have led the first attack but this is our battle now. I say what goes, and Edward is the strategy person, okay?”

/She’s kinda pushy, isn’t she?/ Rockman asked.

Netto laughed, /Kinda?/

The other two shrugged, although they looked a bit scandalized by being bossed around by a 17 year old.

Andréa nodded. “Okay, now that that’s out of the way, I don’t think you’ve met our navis,” she said with a grin. She pulled out a cerulean blue PET and held it up, “This is Staccato,” she said with a grin and showed them a pretty navi who looked to be about her operator’s age with a blue hued costume. It had a short skirt with black leggings, ankle high boots and gloves, a blue shirt that looked like a t-shirt and between the t-shirt and the gloves was black. Her helmet was of simple design with ridges to make patterns, long blue hair trailed out from underneath and was pulled into two pony tails that fell to her waist.

She waved energetically at them. “Hey!” she said cheerfully.

Edward sighed and pulled out his PET, it was a pastel green. The navi inside was a tall male wearing a simple green jumpsuit with dark green elbow high gloves and dark green knee high boots. Lines of black outlined his costume and a dark bank of black encircled his waist. His helmet was green and black and spiky green hair stuck out from underneath it. He bowed politely, “Hello my name is Legato,” he said quietly.

Netto nodded, “Nice to meet you two as well.”

Andréa stood up, “Well, shall we get going?” she asked.

“What, now?” Enzan asked.

She winked, “No time like the present, come on, let’s go!”

Her bother sighed and followed his energetic older sister out the door who was followed by a very confused Enzan, Laika and Netto.

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Oh, to explain the pun here:

Stacatto: To play a note very short and precise (Almost abrasively)
Legato: To play notes longer and connected, for a fuller sound.

Yeah, my puns never seem to end, do they?
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[Kitty-Chan]

Pretty good. Heh, Enzan & Laika's pride is going to take a beating on this one...again. :D Umm, you forgot to give the brother's navi's name.
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[DarkMega]

Yay for puns! I got it right away.

*imagines Enzan poisoning himself by eating his own cooking* Ke ke ke!

I'm really liking the dialogue in this story. Really helps to bring out the character in the..uh...characters. -_-; I'm especially liking Rockman's wry comments about Netto and such. It's so funny!
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[JoshuaBlack]

Oh boy what going to happen next Good story so far :]
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[Midnight]

Yes indeed. Puns are puns, no matter how blatant or subtle.

Oddly enough...Fujiko is the alias of one of the KoL chat mods...but I digress. It is a nice chapter you have here, and Andrea is shaping out to be QUITE the adventurous character, if not a little caustic when it comes to her relations with her colleagues. This should turn out to be interesting later on as she abrades with our main characters as she vies for superiority.
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[Neko]

After being thoroughly annoyed and ever so slightly angry, Netto, Laika and Enzan made it out of the field work they were given.

“Okay, that was kinda hard,” Netto sighed once they got back to his apartment.

Rockman laughed, “We’re not used to it,” he pointed out. “That isn’t out lifestyle any more.”

Enzan nodded, “He’s right you know. We don’t live like that, we all have our own lives now.”

“Thank god,” Netto yawned. “I was beginning to remember why I decided to quit.”

Enzan and Laika nodded. “It’s not like we would be Net Saviors forever,” Laika pointed out. “We all had different ambitions.”

Netto laughed, “It took me until my 4th year of grad school to figure that out though.”

Enzan shrugged, “There’s nothing wrong with that,” he said. “You can’t be a programmer and a full time net savior. Not even Mejin-san has figured out to do that.”

Netto laughed loudly, “Once Mejin-san does though we’re all in trouble.”

Rockman giggled, “Oh Netto-kun, you don’t give him enough credit.”

“Sure I do!” Netto said. “But he’s not getting any younger, and he’s still running around on the field.” He thought for a second, “And crashing cars,” he added.

This comment drew a laugh from Enzan and Laika. “Netto-san has a point,” Blues said. “We’ve all changed.”

Netto nodded, “But that’s not necessarily a bad thing,” he pointed out.

Laika nodded, “Dare I say it, even you have matured over the years, Netto,” he chided.

Netto threw a pillow at Laika and Rockman snorted, “Then again maybe not,” he teased.

Netto pretended to look sulky as he threw himself into his couch, “Yeah, I love you too,” he muttered.

Laika smiled, “It had to happen at some point,” he said. “Netto seriously though, I never thought you were going to leave the Net Saviors.”

“Mom made me,” Netto admitted.

“She did?” Laika asked.

Enzan nodded, “I knew that,” he replied. “You stopped about a year before he did and you were in Sharro the whole time.”

Netto nodded, “Yeah, I was constantly tired and after awhile I just didn’t have the energy to do anything. Even worse, I began to loose control of my half of the link.”

“What?” Laika asked.

“I never told you this?” Netto asked innocently.

“No!” Laika snapped.

Netto waved a hand carelessly, “Well, I didn’t want to worry you. Anyways, when I began to loose control of my part of the link was when mom told me enough and pretty much asked me to quit the Net Saviors. Balancing college, that and getting into the programmer school I was aiming for was too much. After talking about it with Rockman we agreed to quit after the summer was over.”

“I never knew that,” Laika muttered. “Why didn’t you tell me this?”

“I told you,” Netto sighed, “I didn’t want to worry you. I was bad enough I had Mr. Mom over there breathing down my neck the whole time.”

“Hey!” Enzan snapped.

Netto gave Enzan a small smile, “You know it’s true. You kept on hinting that I should quit years before mom mentioned it.”

Enzan crossed his arms, “I know, and I was right, wasn’t I?”

Netto scowled, “And the fact this happened four years ago doesn’t mean anything?”

“No,” Enzan said.

“Nope,” Rockman added.

Laika shook his head and Netto suspected Searchman and Blues were thinking the same thing. “I walked into that one,” he sighed.

“That you did,” Laika replied. He looked around, “Netto?” he asked.

“Yeah?”

“Do you have any tea?”

Netto laughed out loud, “Of course I do. Enzan drinks coffee and you drink tea, that much I remember.”

“How old is it?” Laika asked tentatively.

“About 5 months, mom drinks a lot of tea too,” Netto laughed. “That is if you don’t mind green tea.”

Laika shook his head, “No, I don’t.”

“Stressed?” he asked.

Laika sighed, “A little bit,” he admitted. “Where is it?”

Netto opened his mouth then closed it. “Third cupboard on the right,” Rockman instructed.

“I knew that,” Netto muttered.

Rockman laughed, “I know, I know,” he said while Laika stood up to make his tea.

“Well, today was certainly interesting,” Enzan sighed.

Netto laughed, “Andréa?” he asked.

Enzan nodded, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone as hyper as her since I met you.”

Rockman allowed himself a small laugh at Netto’s expense. “She was good though,” he pointed out.

“I never denied that,” Enzan said. “All I said was that she was hyper.”

Laika came back in with a cup of tea, “That she was,” he sighed and took a sip from his steaming beverage.

Netto shrugged, “I didn’t mind,” he said.

“You wouldn’t,” Enzan and Laika answered him.

Netto crossed his arms and frowned, “What is that supposed to mean?” he asked.

“Nothing,” Enzan said innocently and Laika took a long draught from his cup.

Netto sighed and lay down on the couch.

“Tired?” Enzan asked.

“Three day break,” Netto sing songed. “I’ll bug you at work tomorrow.”

“Joy,” Enzan said sarcastically.

Laika hid a smile in his tea cup. “Are there any plans tomorrow?”

Netto blinked at the ceiling, “I don’t know, what do you want to do? At least until we get another call.”

“Could we just… do something calm?” Enzan asked.

Netto grinned, “Do you want to go to the park?” he asked.

Enzan gave Netto a small smile, “That sounds nice.”

Laika looked from Netto to Enzan then back again, “All righty then, the park it is,” he said.

“Right,” Netto and Enzan agreed.

Laika set the empty tea cup on the coffee table. “Well, I think I’ll head back to my hotel.”

“Need a ride?” Enzan asked.

“Sure,” Laika said and picked up his PET.

Netto grinned from his place on the couch. “See you two tomorrow.”

“Bye,” they said and left.

“You enjoyed today, didn’t you?” Rockman asked.

Netto gave him a mysterious grin, “More then you know, nii-san.”

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Now time for a few chapters of just plain ness here. Enjoy
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[Midnight]

Chapters of filler are annoying, but necessary.

You have quite a bit of character development going on here. I enjoyed the fact that you took time out from the flow of the story to further develop and extrapolate the personalities of the protagonists. Other than that it was pretty bland.

Good job nevertheless.
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[Plantman]

Ahhhh! Character developement. I'm so glad you wrote this one, it's so interesting to be able to see how you portray all the characters older, and most interesantly watch them talk about their motives to drop the Net Saviors and move on. Part of growing up, and you did it wonderfully.
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[Plantman]

Ahhhh! Character developement. I'm so glad you wrote this one, it's so interesting to be able to see how you portray all the characters older, and most interesantly watch them talk about their motives to drop the Net Saviors and move on. Part of growing up, and you did it wonderfully.
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"Logic is the Ultimate Weapon."

[JoshuaBlack]

A nice little chapter good to have friends talk together. :]
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I seen what that mad man can do. Trust me we got to stop him. Joshua Black talking about Dr.Regal

[Kitty-Chan]

Filler can be a good thing; I like reading about their interactions, personally.
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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)*

[Neko]

“Netto-kun,” Rockman called out from the computer the next morning.

“What…” Netto groaned.

“Get up,” Rockman said.

“Lemme sleep in…” Netto groaned.

“Netto-kun, we’ve been through this before. Staying up late then sleeping in till noon will only hurt you when you have to go back to work.”

“Do I look like I care,” Netto muttered as he turned over in his bed.

Rockman sighed, “Netto-kun, it’s like… 11, come on, this is late even by your standards.”

“I can sleep for another hour easily,” Netto reminded him.

“Not if I keep waking you up,” Rockman said.

Netto growled and buried his head under his pillow.

/Did you honestly think that was going to work?/ Rockman asked Netto.

/No, but you could have pretended it did,/ Netto pointed out.

Rockman smiled even though Netto couldn’t see it, /Nice try. Points for effort there, however you need to get up./

Netto was still trying very hard to ignore Rockman’s chidings while somehow still falling back asleep and he wasn’t actually doing that badly until Rockman sighed and opened his bedroom door.

Red and Sitio came bounding into the room in a two pet stampede onto Netto’s bed. Sitio jumped onto his bed and curled up on Netto’s head and Red merely jumped up and plopped down on Netto.

“I hate you,” Netto told Rockman darkly.

“They’re hungry,” Rockman said with a small laugh.

Netto groaned and pushed the cat and dog off his bed. Then he sat up with a groan and stood up, “You cheated,” Netto said.

Rockman shrugged, “They’re your pets.”

Netto grumbled as he walked into the kitchen and fed his cat and dog while making a very strong cup of coffee.

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“Enzan-sama?” a voice asked him.

Enzan lifted his hands from his keyboard and turned around in his office chair to look at his secretary with his piercing blue eyes. “Yes?” he asked.

She walked across the room and handed him a manila envelope, “These are the new patents for IPC,” she said. “You need to look them over and approve them before they are put out for creation.”

Enzan nodded and took the envelope. “Thank you,” he said.

She gave him a small bow and walked out of the office.

Enzan pulled the sheets out of the envelope and began to scan the outlines of several new programs, inventions and other things that were either commissioned for or created by IPC.

“Enzan-sama?” Blues called from the computer.

“Yes Blues?” Enzan asked.

“It’s almost 4:30,” Blues said. “Maybe that should wait until tomorrow, Netto-san will be along soon, I’m sure.”

Enzan sighed and looked at the clock, “I can get through one,” he murmured.

Blues nodded, “Yes, Enzan-sama,” he said quietly.

Enzan picked the first paper off the stack and began to look it over. “A new security system,” he noted. “Heh… if I didn’t know any better I’d sat this looks like…” he suddenly stopped and checked the name of the developer. “Netto…” he finished.

“Is that Netto-san’s program?” Blues asked.

Enzan nodded and continued to flip through the pages, “It is,” he murmured as he continued to scan for small defects for errors. “And it’s really good,” he added.

“Is it?” Blues asked while raising an eyebrow.

Enzan nodded, “Yeah, I can see why father commissioned from Sci Labs, this will help to protect the program we’re developing well.” Enzan smirked and outlined something with a highlighter, “He still got the firewall code wrong though,” he said with a grin.

Blues shrugged but he could help but grin himself. “Well, that’s fairly common for any programmer.”

Enzan nodded, “I’m well aware of this, Blues,” he replied. “But Netto always manages to do it in some odd way… here,” he said and pointed at a line of coding. “If this code was used then the firewall would be indestructible to any attack unless it’s power was below 30.”

Blues shook his head, “Of course.”

“It’s not on purpose, I’m sure,” Enzan said, “But still amusing.”

“Enzan-sama?” his secretary called through the phone.

“Yes?” he asked.

“Your… friend is here. He says that you promised to leave at five today.”

Enzan glanced at the clock, “That I did,” he replied.

Netto’s voice came through the receiver, “Come on Enzan, we’re going to be late picking up Laika.”

Enzan sighed and set down the sheaf of paper. “Hold on, I’m coming,” he answered while looking around for his coat and PET.

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Netto and Enzan walked out of the building next to each other on the way to Netto’s car. “Interesting security program,” Enzan said with a grin.

Netto looked over at Enzan, “You’re reviewing it?” he asked.

Enzan nodded, “Yeah, it was given to me today.”

Netto sighed, “And?” he asked.

“I think it’s very well written,” Enzan said. “With a few… quirks,” he admitted.

Rockman laughed, “I’m sure more then a few,” he said.

Enzan shook his head, “I only just started so I wouldn’t know.”

“I love how much you guys trust me,” Netto said dryly as they reached his car.

Rockman laughed, “Netto, everyone makes mistakes, it’s part of life,” he said.

Netto shrugged and got in the car.

“You just have a tendency to make a few more then others,” Rockman added.

Enzan burst out in laughter while Netto seethed a little as he turned the key in the ignition. “Yeah, I love you too, Rockman,” he said.

Rockman smiled and went into the navigation program for the car. “I know,” he said. “Here’s where Laika-san is staying,” he added pointing to an area on the map.

Netto looked at it and nodded, “All right,” he said.

Ten minutes later Netto pulled up to Laika’s hotel and parked in front. They didn’t even have time to get out of the car before Laika came out in comfortable jeans and a green sleeveless camouflage hoodie over a black long sleeved shirt. “Aren’t you quick,” Netto said with a raised eyebrow.

Laika got into the back of the car while Searchman said, “Laika-san is a little bored,” he said for his operator.

Netto laughed out loud, “I bet,” he said. “Staying in a hotel all day. Why didn’t you do something?”

“Do what?” Laika asked.

Netto shrugged, “I don’t know, go bowling or for a walk. Something.”

Laika looked at him dubiously.

Netto merely shrugged, “I’m just saying,” he said.

Enzan smiled, “So where are we going?” he asked.

“The park,” Netto and Rockman replied.

“Where,” Enzan asked again.

Netto grinned, “Looks like you’ll have to wait and see.”

“Netto, where are we going?” Laika asked.

Netto shrugged, “Rockman was the one who picked it out, I’m just following the coordinates.”

“Rockman?” Blues asked.

Rockman smiled, “Don’t worry, it’s not an amusement park,” he said quietly. “I just wanted it to be a surprise.”

“What?” Searchman asked.

Rockman smiled, “That is Netto-kun’s part,” he said mysteriously.

“You two scare me sometimes,” Enzan said.

Netto laughed, “We know,” he replied.


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Yay~ next chappie is up
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[Midnight]

Interesting.

I can't say I'm not surprised that one of Netto's creations would eventually find its way back to Enzan, and that Enzan always jumps on the imperfections at first. Beyond that, it seems that this chapter was a little on the bland side, but I know that you'll pick it up eventually.
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