Guardian Angel: Heavily AU other warnings inside

[Neko]

Okay, first off, this is anime based, just so you know. This is also the brain child of a fangirl who ate *ice-cream* for breakfast, not just any ice cream but strawberry cheesecake ice cream, therefore I was very, extremely, sugar high when this plot was origananly conceived and written out.

You all know this equals quite the WTF fics. You didn't? Well, now you know.

Okay genre is action, adventure, humor and spiritual (what?) Deal with it

So... Yue used the puppy dog eyes of doom to get me to continue this, and so I shall. Yue... don't expect this to happen every time, know that this is because I love you very much. This is for you :3

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Some people say angels don’t exist. All miracles are based off of luck and circumstance, and anything proving otherwise is just coincidence. Well, those people are wrong, there are angels in the world and they help and protect people, because that’s what they believe is right.

“Left Rockman!” Netto yelled into his PET.

Rockman took a quick glance to his left and saw a metool start an attack. He jumped out of the way and managed to delete it with two shots from his buster. “Thank you, Netto-kun,” he said with relief overlaying his voice.

Netto smiled, “No problem, but you’re a little off today. Are you feeling all right?”

Rockman took two more shots at a metool in front of him. “I’m fine, Netto-kun,” he grunted.

Enzan’s face appeared on a screen in the net. “While you two are chatting these viruses are eating through the main firewall.”

Netto looked irritated, “Enzan, we’re trying our best,” he said while slotting a sword chip into Rockman’s PET. “But in case you haven’t noticed, there are like… fifty viruses attacking us at once.”

Enzan sighed, “Just make sure a hole isn’t made or we’re in trouble.”

“Got it,” Netto said and Enzan disappeared. “Hear that, Rockman?”

“Yeup, Netto-kun. Let’s pick up the pace a little,” he replied.

“All right then,” Netto grinned and slotted in a paladin sword. “Let’s see how strong these guys are.”

“Okay,” Rockman agreed and ran through as many viruses as he possibly could with the sword.

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Out side of the virus ridden building, a boy stood there looking in the glowing windows. He sighed as he saw them flash different colors. “Hello, Adrian,” he said and a man seemingly in his mid 20’s appeared.

“You always catch me,” he said incredulously. “How?”

The boy smiled, “You’re not as quiet as you seem to think you are,” he teased.

The man crossed his arms. “Ah well. Sorry kid, but the old woman wants us back in the Main Hall. Something about an attack.”

“I’m on duty,” the boy said with an almost pleading tone in his voice.

Adrian put his hand on the boy’s shoulder. “I know, but orders are orders.”

The boy sighed and seemingly vanished. “He takes everything so hard,” Adrian said softly and then he disappeared too.

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“Behind you!” Netto yelled.

Rockman spun around to look at an attack he had no chance of blocking. Instead he closed his eyes and braced himself for an impact that didn’t come.

“Target deletion confirmed,” a voice said behind him.

Rockman spun around and grinned at the navi standing behind him. “Searchman!” he said happily.

“Thank you, Laika,” Netto said to the green haired boy.

“Keep your eyes on your mission,” Laika snapped and cut off the connection.

Netto stuck his tongue at where Laika’s face used to be and turned his gaze back to Rockman. “Well, here we go,” he said. He pushed a wide sword into the PET and Rockman cut through 12 viruses before it vanished.

“They just keep multiplying,” Rockman said in a strained voice.

Searchman brought up his gun and started to shoot the viruses with pinpoint accuracy. “Then power up,” he said.

Netto’s eyes widened. “I knew that,” he said sheepishly and slotted in the Guts Soul chip.

Rockman started beating on the viruses and making them disappear faster then ever. “Never crossed my mind,” Rockman admitted only loud enough for Netto to hear.

“Me neither,” Netto said quietly. “Sorry.”

“It’s all right,” Rockman said as he deleted three more metool who were unlucky enough to get in the way of his fists.

After twenty more minutes of virus busting the three boys managed to delete all of the viruses. After that they started to walk home, letting Manabe take care of the rest. “That was hard,” Netto whined.

“I thought you liked virus busting,” Enzan said giving Netto a sidelong glance.

“Too much of a good thing,” Netto muttered.

Rockman stretched out and flopped on the floor of his PET. “I agree with Netto-kun, way too much.”

“Well, at least the program is safe,” Laika said.

Netto and Enzan nodded their agreement.

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A very old, formidable looking lady held up her hands for silence in the massive hall way. “Listen to me!” she bellowed, her voice carrying far above anyone else’s.

There was a silence that gradually fell over the place until it was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. “Thank you. As you all are aware, there was an attack on the main gate yesterday.”

There was a murmur that ceased as soon as she held up her hands once again. “I know this is alarming to some, but for now we have no choice but to hand back and protect ourselves. All of the guardians are allowed to continue their duties; everyone else is not allowed to leave. That is all.”

There was a hushed murmur of protest that was silenced by one glare from the woman.

Adrian clapped the boy on the shoulder. “Well, at least you can still do your job.”

He nodded, “Yeah.”

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Enzan and Laika walked down the street to the Head Quarters together. “Think we’ll actually get anything big soon?” Enzan asked.

“I don’t mind. All the net mafias seem to do is put everyone on edge,” Laika replied.

Enzan nodded, “Yeah. But all these virus based attacks are getting slightly annoying.”

Laika glanced at him, “Are they annoying, or is Netto complaining about them annoying.”

“Both,” Enzan said wearily.

Laika nodded, “He wants action too,” he noted.

Enzan shook his head, “Actually, he’s really happy about the silence. Probably because every time a new mafia comes along somehow he and Rockman are targeted.”

Laika gave a half smile, “So why the complaining?”

Enzan glanced at his watch, it read 7:30. “What time were we out until?” he asked.

“I’d say, 10:45,” Laika answered.

“My guess,” Enzan replied. “Lack of sleep.”

Laika almost but not quite laughed. They continued to walk down the street when Laika ran into someone who was walking quickly down the street. “Ow,” the person said as he fell on the concrete.

Laika managed to stay upright. He looked down at the person he ran into and his eyes widened. It was a boy who looked to be about 12; he was wearing jeans and a sky blue t-shirt. But the oddest thing about him was that he looked exactly like Netto. The boy rubbed the back of his head and Laika didn’t offer to help him up. “What are you doing here, shouldn’t you be at HQ?” he asked.

The boy looked up at them and stood up blushing. “I’m sorry; you’ve seen to mistaken me for someone else.”

They took a double take at him, “You’re not Netto,” Enzan said.

The boy’s brown eyes widened. “Uhh… no!” he said quickly. “My name is Saito, pleased to meet you, bye!” he said and quickly walked down the street.

“That was odd,” Blues said quietly.

“Yeah,” Enzan agreed.

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Netto was sitting on the balcony on the third floor waiting for Enzan and Laika. “I get up early on a Sunday and they’re both late, what’s wrong with this picture?” he asked Rockman.

Rockman looked to the side of his PET. “N-nothing?” he tried tentatively.

Netto looked irritated but before he could yell at Rockman Enzan and Laika walked out onto the balcony. “You’re late,” he muttered.

“We ran into someone,” Laika replied.

Netto shrugged and stood up, “You’re still late.”

“Netto?” Enzan asked.

“Yeah?”

“Do you know anyone by the name of Saito?”
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[Kitty-Chan]

Heheheh, Saito made an oopsie. I really like this; can't wait to see Netto & Rock's reaction to this one. Heh, it would be amusing if they think Enzan & Laika are playing a mean trick & get all torqued off.
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[Midnight]

Wow. That was weird.

The opening leaves a lot of questions to be answered--the most notable of being how Saito existed in seemingly two places at once. As always, the quality of your writing, your syntax and diction remain above par, even while on a sugar high.

It's been said MANY times in the IRC channel, and we all mean it--You are a fabulous writer, and you give yourself FAR too little credit for your work. I think I speak for a lot of people that I love reading your works, and I would like to see you continue.
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[kuro-kitsune]

*gestures to midnight ciritc's post*

what he said, because quite frankly, authors of your caliber are hard to find. espeacially if you don't wander around lj or random forums.

I LIKE THIS!! :D but.... some of it confuses me... -.- [probably will get it the second time she reads it]

kya~ and another fic by neko-sempai i have to keep an eye on!!!

- kuro-kitsune

[Neko]

It's probably confusing to you guys cause quite frankly I was really.... hyper while writing it. I'll try and make things as clear as I can because Yue wishes for me to continue :3

Sorry if anything is confusing. I just started this for the hell of it then Yue was like *fangirl* write more! And after Planty said it was good and Yue used the puppy dog eyes I caved it.

This fic was never meant to continue beyond this, remember that.
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[Wackoman.EXE]

So Saito is Netto's guardian angel apparently? Anyway excellent as usual Neko-dono. Mettaur army...*is overrun by mettaur*
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[Neko]

Netto blinked and turned slowly to face Enzan, “Why?” he asked quietly.

Enzan and Laika weren’t quite ready for this reaction from Netto and it threw them for a loop. “Well… we were just curious.”

Netto gave them a strange look and then he sighed. “Saito… was the name of my older twin,” Netto said. “He died at the age of 18 months from a heart condition called HBD. Now why on earth do you want to know something like that?”

Laika and Enzan exchanged quick glances, “We…” Laika said trying to think of a good excuse that Netto would buy. “We were looking up old news paper articles and found a ‘Saito Hikari’ mentioned and we wondered who he was.”

“Oh,” Netto said, “Well now you know.”

“Come on, we need to get our new mission,” Enzan said, trying to change the subject.

Netto instantly came back to earth with a plummeting crash, “Awww, a new mission already. Didn’t we just spend 45 minutes trying to delete a massive wave of viruses yesterday?”

Enzan gave Netto a small grin, “Come on, it either this or Net Mafias.”

Netto sighed, “Okay, point taken.” Netto turned around and walked off the balcony into the main building.

“So, we don’t mention this again?” Laika asked quickly.

Enzan nodded and Netto yelled from inside, “Hey! You guys are coming!”

Enzan and Laika both walked into the interior room together and followed Netto into the elevator.

They went down stairs into Manabe’s office where they waited for a few minutes as she finished off some paperwork. “Well, time for another job. Are you three ready?”

“I guess,” Netto muttered.

Enzan and Laika both shot him reprimanding looks and nodded stiffly.

Manabe gave them a small smile and opened a file on her computer. “There’s a virus attack on 49th street, the unit I sent is being overwhelmed and if they’re not stopped soon they could get into the city’s electrical base and potentially cause a city wide black out.”

All three on them stared at her. “So, I’d appreciate it if you would hurry,” she finished.

“All right!” Netto said, trying to muster as much energy as he could. “Let’s go!”

Enzan and Laika both exchanged glances at Netto’s seemingly random mood change. “We’ll finish it as soon as we can,” Laika said to Manabe.

“I trust you,” she said, “Now go.”

They nodded and left the room. “Netto-kun, are you okay?” Rockman asked Netto quietly.

“I’m just tired of fighting viruses, that’s all,” Netto said. “I kinda wish I didn’t have to fight all the time.”

Rockman nodded, “Yeah I know.”

“What are you two talking about?” Enzan asked while jogging to catch up with Netto.

Netto stuck his tongue out at Enzan playfully, “That is none of your business,” he said and ran outside.

Enzan glared at Netto’s back but didn’t say anything to retaliate.

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They ran into the area that was having the most trouble, “We’re here for backup,” Laika said to the team leader.

He looked at Laika gratefully. “Oh thank god, now maybe this will end,” he said looking at the various pieces of equipment that were starting to crackle with an over surge of electricity. “It’s all being concentrated here; if this lasts much longer I don’t know what will happen.”

“Then let’s stop it!” Netto said and plugged Rockman into the nearest net appliance. “Aqua Sword battle chip, slot in!” he yelled and Rockman instantly deleted ten electrical viruses in a fire hydrant.

Laika and Enzan both nodded at the man and spread out to different areas, plugging in their navi’s as well.

Saito hovered just above the action keeping a careful eye on Netto. It was just typical that Netto would be in the area that had the most viruses concentrated in it, even if he probably didn’t do it on purpose.

Above where they were battling the viruses the stop lights started to crackle with electricity. “Oh no,” Saito muttered.

“Rockman!” Netto yelled out as his navi was struck dead on by an electric attack. His navi screamed out in pain and Netto quickly slotted in a HP recovery chip.

“Thanks, Netto-kun,” Rockman panted.

“Just… be careful, these viruses are tough,” Netto muttered.

“Don’t need to tell me that twice,” Rockman grinned as a sword formed around his hand, battle chip curtsey of Netto.

Above them the stop light continued to crackle and sag under the pressure of too much electricity going through it.

“Netto, look up,” Saito hissed softly. He knew he couldn’t let Netto hear him but it was just too much.

Enzan chanced a glance at that moment to see how Netto was doing. “Hey Netto, look out!” he yelled.

Netto turned around to look at Enzan and Saito took the chance, he quickly flew down and tripped Netto so that it looked like he tripped over his own feet, just as the stop light exploded and glass rained down where Netto was a second before. “Netto-kun, be careful!” Rockman yelled.

Saito gave a sigh of relief and continued to keep his eyes open for any other mishaps.

“Kid, come on, we need to get back to the Main Hall,” a voice said behind him.

“I’m staying here,” Saito said tightly.

“Saito… we don’t have time for this, come on!” Adrian said.

“I’m staying here,” Saito repeated.

“Lady Eleanor is going to have your Angelic Power if you don’t follow her directions,” Adrian growled warningly.

“I don’t care,” Saito hissed. “I’m staying here to protect Netto-kun.”

Adrian cast a wary eye on the battle scene below. “Saito, I’m not joking.”

“Neither am I!” Saito said. “Look, I’m staying here and finishing my job, then I’ll go, okay?” he said heatedly.

Adrian sighed, “All right kid, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

“I know,” Saito said and turned back to what was happening below them.

Adrian glared at Saito, “Fine, then,” he said huffily and vanished.

Saito looked a little put out but gave no further sign that he was upset at all by the decision he made.

“Blues, to your left!” Enzan yelled and Blues cleaved a virus clean in two.

“They just don’t end!” Netto yelled while furiously slotting in a Vulcan battle chip.

“Heh, don’t worry Netto-kun, I’m sure this will be over soon,” Rockman said while taking out a large section of viruses.

“Yeah right,” Netto muttered while giving Rockman another battle chip. “This will end in about an hour, then tomorrow we’ll do the same thing, and the day after that. Why? Because Manabe and Kifune want us where they can see us, for our own protection.”

“Netto-kun,” Rockman said while sticking the Aqua Sword he was given through a large virus, “We’ve made a lot of enemies, they just want to make sure we’re safe,” he said.

“I know,” Netto sighed and gave Rockman several mini bombs to escape from a nasty looking virus. “But this is getting old, fast.”

“No kidding,” Enzan murmured into his PET.

“Just a little bit more,” Rockman said.

“Right!” Netto said with as much energy as he could muster. “Just a little bit more.”

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Later that evening Netto fell onto his bed. “Just a little bit more, huh?” he asked Rockman in a tired voice.

“Well… we stopped a city wide black out,” Rockman reminded him.

Netto grinned, “Right.”

“Tired?” Rockman asked.

“No… you?” Netto replied.

“No…” Rockman said slowly.

Both of them looked at one another and burst into fits of laughter. “You look exhausted,” they said to each other at the same time.

Netto got up from his bed and went over to his computer. He plugged in the PET and began to repair Rockman’s damaged files. “Netto-kun, you can wait until tomorrow,” Rockman said.

“Nah, get it done now then we can go have some fun tomorrow,” Netto said.

Rockman grinned at his net op, “Sounds great.”

Netto nodded and yawned, “Yeup,” he agreed.

Rockman looked at the digital clock installed in his PET, “But now you need to sleep,” he said to Netto.

“Only if you go into sleep mode,” Netto retorted.

“Fine,” Rockman said.

Netto walked over to his bed and slid into the sheets. “Night, Rockman.”

“Good night, Netto-kun,” Rockman replied.

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The next morning Netto woke up fairly early on his own. Of course, fairly early meant that he was up a 9:45 instead of his usual aim of noon. “Good morning, Netto-kun!” Rockman greeted him.

“Morning,” Netto said sleepily. “Well, I said we’d hang out, what do you want to do?” he asked Rockman.

“Why the hurry?” Rockman giggled.

“Before we get another mission,” Netto pointed out.

“Point taken,” Rockman said. “Do you want to go to the park?” he asked.

“Sounds nice,” Netto said. He picked up his PET and walked out of his room with Rockman in hand.

“After you eat breakfast,” Rockman said.

“Aw,” Netto groaned.

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Netto stretched and walked through one of the hiking trails in the park. “Heh, I thought you meant the park across the street,” Netto said.

Rockman shook his head, “No, this is nicer,” he said.

Netto nodded his agreement and looked at the canopy of leaves stretching out above him. “Pretty,” he sighed.

Rockman looked up and sighed happily, “Its quiet here.”

Netto started to nod when an argument reached his ears.

“Look kid, you’re making things worse for yourself by delaying it!” a male voice said harshly.

“I don’t care!” another, younger voice retaliated. “I’ll go back when she summons me.”

“Why on earth are you so stubborn!” the guy yelled.

“Why are they yelling in the middle of a forest,” Netto said. “It’s not like they’re the only ones here.”

Rockman nodded in his PET.

“Just, leave me alone and come back when Lady Eleanor has summoned me,” the younger voice said huffily.

“Saito, you’re just delaying the inevitable,” the older voice said.

“What did he just say?” Netto mused and walked towards where the voices were arguing. Netto walked into a clearing of trees and saw two people facing one another looking very upset. Netto blinked once just to make sure he was really seeing what he thought he was seeing and when he opened his eyes the man had vanished leaving the one whom he had called Saito still standing there. “No way,” Netto gasped.

The boy turned around in a quick pivot and lost his footing. He fell into the ground and Netto walked over to where he had fallen. He towered over him and gazed down at his mirror image, “Who are you?” he asked.

Saito stared up at Netto and resisted the urge to face palm. ‘Oh no,’ he thought.

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Yay! Now that that's out of the way I can add all the crack and fluff I've got planned for this fic XDDD And Yue knows what I'm talking about. Enjoy :3
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[Midnight]

Whoa. O_O

I'm confused. Is Saito a corporeal entity in this world, or is he rather a spirit, as his mortal form has been deceased for years? If he is a spirit, how did he get Netto to trip and avert disaster by mere seconds?

Anyway...this fic is taking quite an intriguing turn. I dearly await to see how you will get Saito out of it.
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[Neko]

[kuro-kitsune]

um...

was netto complaining about having to eat?? or did he just want to hang out with rock-kun before manabe and kifune put him in a new mission??

confuzzling @_@ but so interesting/trippy. :D

hope you update soon.

- kuro-kitsune

[Kitty-Chan]

Heheh, Saito made another oopsie! I wonder how he's going to extract himself from this one. I simply cannot wait for the next installment.
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[DarkMega]

Must....have...more.

This is a very interesting fanfic, and I'm enjoying it a lot. I can't wait to hear your explanation about Saito! Please write more soon!
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[Neko]

Netto crossed his arms and looked very calm for someone who just met someone who looked exactly like him. “Well?” he asked.

Rockman for one was in some kind of shock and didn’t say anything. He just looked from Netto to Saito and back again wondering what was going on.

“I-I’m…” Saito tried to think of a good excuse. “I’m… a hallucination!” he said desperately.

Netto almost laughed, “You’re a really bad liar,” he said.

Saito made a face, “Yeah, Adrian told me that too.”

“Who are you?” Netto asked again.

Saito sighed, it’s not like his day could get any worse. “I’m…” He paused, “My name is Saito Hikari.”

Netto continued to glare at him. “Saito Hikari died almost 11 years ago,” he said coldly.

Saito winced at the tone in Netto’s voice, “Yeah, I know that Netto-kun… but I’m not lying this time. You said it yourself, I’m a horrible liar.”

Netto stood back and let Saito stand up. “Okay, let’s pretend for one second that I believe you. How and why are you here? You’re dead.”

Saito gave Netto a wounded puppy look and Netto felt instant regret for saying what he did. “I know I’m dead…” Saito said softly.

“Then how?” Netto asked.

Saito sighed, “Well… you see, Lady Eleanor takes souls from heaven that she thinks are worthy and gives them the power of a Guardian.”

Rockman finally piped up, “Guardian, as in Guardian Angel?”

“Yeah,” Saito said.

“Lady Eleanor?” Netto

“She’s kinda like my boss,” Saito said. “Anyways, she chooses souls and she gives them one of these,” he said pulling a clear crystal on a thin gold chain out from under his shirt, “It’s a Guardian Crystal, it’s what gives me my form in the real world,” Saito said.

“So, it’s why I can touch you,” Netto said.

Saito nodded, “Yeah, and as long as I’m wearing it I can grow and be pretty much just like any human only… I’m still not alive.”

“What do you mean?” Netto asked.

“Well, for one, I don’t have a heart beat,” Saito smiled sadly. “And if my Crystal was taken away or destroyed I would just become a spirit.”

“So you’re a Guardian Angel,” Netto recapped.

Saito nodded, “I’m your Guardian Angel, Netto-kun.”

“So the stop light…” Rockman said quickly.

Saito looked at Netto’s waist where the PET was, “You’re quick,” he said with a small smile.

Netto still looked a tad skeptical, “Okay, let’s pretend I’m completely willing to believe all of this, how come you let me see you? I mean… aren’t you supposed to be a secret or something?”

Saito smiled sheepishly, “I… well,” he sighed, “I broke some rules,” he said finally.

Netto giggled in spite of himself, “Somehow I always pictured me being the one who would get into trouble.”

“You do get into trouble,” Saito said pointedly.

Netto shrugged, “So you’re a guardian angel and you’re my dead twin brother, now what?”

“That was quite blunt,” Saito said peevishly.

Netto blushed, “I didn’t mean it like that,” he muttered.

Saito smiled, “I know. Well actually, I’m waiting for a summon to the Higher World. I know I got into some kind of trouble.”

Netto raised an eyebrow, “You’re just gonna wait to get into trouble?”

Saito shrugged, “Well yeah… it’s not like I can run away.”

Netto ran his fingers through his hair, “You’re weird,” he said.

Saito giggled, “Yeah, Adrian tells me that a lot too.”

“Who’s Adrian?” Netto asked.

“I’m Adrian,” a voice said behind them.

Netto and Saito both spun around to see a tall, blond man standing behind them. “Saito, she wants to see you and she made it quite clear you are to come now.”

Saito sighed, “All right.” He turned to Netto, “It was nice meeting you Netto-kun, I’ve wanted to meet you for a long time,” he said softly.

“Wait… you’re not leaving already?” Netto said quickly.

Saito shook his head, “I have to, Netto-kun, orders. You of all people should understand.”

Netto nodded slowly. “Are you going to come back?” he asked. Suddenly he had a million questions he wanted to ask Saito.

Saito shrugged carelessly to try and make the situation seem a little less dire to Netto, “Maybe, maybe not.”

“Wait,” Netto said, but when he blinked they were both gone. “The hell?” he asked.

“I have no idea,” Rockman answered, just as perplexed as it operator.

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“You let yourself get seen by a human,” Adrian hissed. “What, are you trying to get your crystal taken away?”

“You make it sound like we’re not human,” Saito hissed back.

“Newsflash kid! We aren’t, we are Guardians and we are what we are because of Lady Eleanor, and if you don’t shape up you won’t be even that,” Adrian said giving Saito a cold glare to emphasize his point.

Saito looked away, “I was protecting Netto-kun, and you should know by now that’s all that I really care about.”

Adrian sighed, “You sure can be heartless.”

Saito looked at the floor, “I don’t mean too…”

Adrian patted Saito on the shoulder in an effort to possible cheer him up, “I know, kid, I know.”

They both looked at the great oaken doors that led into the upper world. There were recent scars over the ancient engravings that covered the doors. Saito guessed they were there from the attack only days before. “You should prepare for the worst,” Adrian warned him.

Saito pulled his crystal out and let it rest against his shirt. “I know.”

Adrian opened the door and Saito walked in. Lady Eleanor was sitting pristinely on a simply designed yet somehow elegant gold chair. She was wearing a long wine red dress and her hair was pulled into a tight bun. She looked at Saito with her lips pressed together so tight that they were just a line. Saito gulped and walked down the long stone hallway until he reached her. “Saito…” she said softly.

She didn’t yell, nor did she say anything otherwise but Saito could practically feel the disappointment hovering in the air above them like an ominous cloud. “I’m sorry Lady Eleanor,” he said softly.

“Sorry?” she asked in the same quiet voice. “You disobeyed my direct orders, stayed down on the middle realms when I asked you not to for any longer then the allotted time I gave you and you showed yourself your brother.” She wasn’t yelling, she was merely stating facts, and in that sense it was almost worse then listening to her yell. “I expected more from you,” she said in an even quieter tone.

Saito winced, and nodded. He felt the disappointment cloud increase tenfold until it was practically raining and lightning disappointment down on his very being. “I’m sorry,” he said again. He really couldn’t think of anything else to say.

She looked at him, “I’m sorry too, Saito. But rules are rules, and you know what happens next.”

Saito nodded and handed her his crystal, trying not to cry. Lady Eleanor held out her hand and took the small crystal sphere. She looked at it and sighed, “You were an excellent Guardian, Saito. I’d hate to think all of those years went un-wasted and the fact that you gave up all this for your brother is most touching.”

“Ma’am?” Saito asked, desperately trying to keep his voice from cracking.

“Saito, you have shown admirable work while with the Guardians and even if this is how you chose to end it, you chose the right way. For that, I’ll grant you to a body to live down on the middle realms if you so please.”

Saito’s eyes widened, “Yes,” he breathed.

“You won’t be alive,” she said sharply. “You will just be a spirit inhabiting a shell, you will no longer grow, nor have any power. Are you sure?”

“Yes,” Saito said again.

“Your twin must be an amazing person for you to be willing to give up so much for him,” Lady Eleanor said with a small smile.

Saito grinned sheepishly, “Netto-kun is… interesting,” he said evasively.

“Saito, I wish you all the luck in the world. I hope that one day our paths do cross again, and I also hope you do not regret the decision you have made.”

Saito bowed politely, “No ma’am,” he said.

She nodded, “You may go now.”

Saito bowed again and left the large room, the door closing behind him with a final thud.

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There you go Midnight, there's your explenation. Now let the crack begin!

(Oh wait till you guys see what I've got planned for this fic XD)
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[Kitty-Chan]

This is great! I can't wait for the next part. *grins mischievously* Where's Saito going to live?
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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)*

[Plantman]

Ahh that was really nice and cute, Neko! Though I'm still a bit wary about the whole Saito + Netto + Rockman in the picture. It's really cute though. I don't think I spotted many typos that I could remember >.>a
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[Plantman]

Ahh that was really nice and cute, Neko! Though I'm still a bit wary about the whole Saito + Netto + Rockman in the picture. It's really cute though. I don't think I spotted many typos that I could remember >.>a
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[Yue-chan]

squee! What nice chapters! (I was behind apparently). I love the explanation, and I can't help but feel bad for Saito. Stupid rules. XD can't wait for the next bit, Neko!
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[Midnight]

Thank you so much, both for the story and calling me as I requested. *huggles*

I too am a slight bit uncomfortable with Saito being in the same picture as Rockman, but I guess it is a plausible idea given the situation. This chapter seemed particularly touching to me for some reason--perhaps it is because I am such a sucker for sentimentality in general, or I sympathize very much with Saito's decision, or that the story does a fantastic job of explaining Saito's plight, but all in all, it hit home a lot harder than some of your previous works. Thank you again.

P.S. One slight error.

[HubHikari]

I am in complete speechlessness (if there is such a word) This was a Excelent chapter Neko-Chan and the only error I saw was the part that you said

“Lady Eleanor?” Netto

“She’s kinda like my boss,”

You forgot Asked

Other than that Its PERFECT!

[Neko]

Saito walked down the street feeling a little down but not too unhappy. He figured that for the time being, just walking around might be the best medicine. Elsewhere, Netto and Rockman were wandering around, Netto with his thoughts and Rockman just feeling worried. With a little bit of help the two managed to run into each other, literally.

“Ow…” Netto said, rubbing the back of his head.

“I’m so sorry,” a voice said.

Netto looked up to see Saito leaning over him. “You!” Netto gasped.

“I didn’t mean to run into you, I was a little…” Saito frowned. “Preoccupied.”

“What are you doing here?” Netto asked. “Aren’t you supposed to be…”

Saito shook his head, “Not anymore. I’m not a Guardian any more, not really a ghost either… I kinda just… exist.”

Netto gaped at him. “You… you’re not…”

Saito shook his head.

“What did you do?” Netto gasped.

“I already told you, I broke the rules. This is… my punishment of sorts,” Saito said while looking to the side.

“Netto-kun…” Rockman said softly.

Netto looked at him and frowned. “Then… you have nowhere to go?” he asked.

Saito shrugged in an effort to make it seem less serious. “I don’t know.”

Netto eyed him, “What do you mean ‘you don’t know?’” he asked.

“Well I…” Saito said trying to think of some kind of excuse.

Netto sighed and grabbed Saito’s wrist. “Come on,” he said.

“Wha… wait, Netto-kun, where are we going?” Saito asked.

“My house,” Netto said simply.

“Netto-kun…” Rockman growled in a lower tone.

“Relax, Rockman, mama’s not home,” Netto replied to the unasked question. “When she does come home we’ll… deal with it.”

“Mama!” Saito exclaimed.

“She’s not home and you don’t have anywhere to go. And dead relative or not you need shelter,” Netto said matter of factly.

Saito rubbed the back of his head, “You make it sound so pleasant.”

Netto shrugged and continued to pull his hapless twin down the road. “Don’t worry about it,” he said easily.

Rockman shook his head and Saito laughed nervously while Netto continued to ignore them both as he pulled Saito to his house.

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“Here we are,” Netto said while opening the door.

“I know what your house looks like, Netto-kun,” Saito said pointedly.

Netto shrugged and walked inside. “So, if you’re being punished then why aren’t you a ghost?” he asked.

Saito walked into the room and answered Netto’s question while he gazed around at his surroundings. “Well, my crystal was taken away but Lady Eleanor let me have a fake body to live on earth with.”

Netto eyed him, “Couldn’t you have just gone to heaven?” he asked.

Saito blinked and looked at Netto, then he started to blush. “Well… I’m banished…”

“They banished you,” Netto said.

“Yes,” Saito replied quickly.

“From heaven?”

“Yeah…” Saito answered a little less quickly.

“After being a guardian angel for 11 years…” Netto finished.

“Right…” Saito agreed slowly.

Netto looked at Saito, “You are a horrible liar, nii-san,” he said.

Saito rubbed the back of his head again, “I’ve been told that many times.”

“Whoever told you that is right,” Netto agreed.

Rockman snickered in his PET.

Saito blinked, “Nii-san?” he asked.

Netto looked at the ceiling, “I don’t know… I kinda just said it without thinking.”

Saito giggled, “Oh.”

“So… ‘oh banished one’” Netto teased. “What are you going to do?”

Saito sighed, “I don’t know. I mean, I won’t grow or get older, I just kinda… exist now.”

“Why in the hell would you agree to something like that?” Netto asked him.

Saito blushed, “Ummm… I’ll tell you later,” he said in a small voice.

Netto turned around and shrugged, “Whatever, follow me, I’ll show you where the guest bed room is,” he said with a smile.

Saito grinned and followed Netto upstairs.

Later that evening Netto had once again fallen asleep at his desk while doing his homework. “Ah…” Saito said. “He always does that.”

Rockman sighed, “I know…”

Saito giggled, “I’ve always wanted to meet you, Rockman.”

Rockman blinked, “Why me?” he asked.

“Because, you…” Saito looked at Netto’s sleeping form, “You protect Netto-kun when I can’t.”

“You really must care about Netto-kun to choose the life you did,” Rockman stated.

“How did you…” Saito asked.

“I pieced it together,” Rockman said simply.

Saito sighed, “Well… yeah…” he looked embarrassed. “Just, don’t tell Netto-kun, okay?”

“I promise,” Rockman said quietly.

Saito gave Rockman a small grin and then he picked up Netto. “Oh… he’s heavy,” Saito said.

Rockman snickered, “I could have told you that.”

Saito sighed and put Netto in his bed. Netto managed to remain asleep as Saito covered him with the bed sheets. Then he turned and yawned, “Night, Rockman,” he said.

“Good night, Saito-kun, I’ll warn you if mama comes home.”

“Thanks,” Saito said and he walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.

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Netto pulled the covers more tightly around himself. “Come on, get up,” Rockman said.

“It’s summer break…” Netto whined. “Lemme sleep…”

“Well… as much as I’d like to tell you to finish your summer homework I can’t. Netto-kun, we’ve been called by the Net Saviors, they want us to go in.”

Netto glared at his clock then at Rockman, “At 8:30 in the morning?” he announced like it was a scandal.

“Yeah… because it’s so early…” Rockman said a little sarcastically. Netto just turned over and fell back into his bed. “Netto-kun…” Rockman sighed.

Saito came into the room and poked his sleeping brother, “Come on,” he said.

“You, go away, now,” Netto muttered darkly.

Saito let a small smile cross his face. “I’ve always wanted to do this,” he admitted.

“By all means!” Rockman said cheerfully.

Saito grinned and pounced on Netto until he woke up. Netto growled at him and finally got up enough to throw his only pillow at Saito. “Awake?” Saito asked him cheerfully.

Netto just glared at him.

“Good,” Rockman said. “Now come on, we need to go.”

“What about mama?” Netto asked.

“I can hide somewhere,” Saito suggested. “Or we can tell her.”

“One thing at a time,” Netto yawned. “First let’s see what HQ wants.”

“We?” Saito asked.

“Yeah, we,” Netto said putting a baseball hat on Saito.

“Wonderful disguise that is,” Rockman said.

“Aww, be quiet,” Netto muttered as he pulled his PET out of the slot and put it in the harness around his waist.

“Actually, with your hair sticking up and my hair hidden no one should be able to tell,” Saito said.

“Right,” Netto agreed. “Let’s go.”

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Next Chapter /o/
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[kuro-kitsune]

i honestly don't know what to say about this chapter.... O_O

no really. i'm luck stuck.... without a comment.... maybe it's the fluff, maybe it's the humor i dunno....

well, i know one thing. great chapter and i hope you update soon!

~kuro-kitsune~