A/N: Hey there! I got this idea just before going to bed, and I just had to get this down before I forgot. I'm not sure if I should continue it or not, but that's for the reader to decide. This takes place after Friendship of the Oriental Sunflower, so if you haven't read that, I recommend you do so that you're acquainted with one of the characters in this story.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for my own characters.

The Charm Box

"Rockman…" Netto whined, sprawled out on his bed.

"Yes, Netto-kun?" the Navi replied.

"I'm bored," the brunette complained, dragging out the last word.

Rockman sighed. Netto was always like that, except for a few moments when the two were busy saving the world and whatnot.

"Well… did you finish your homework?" he started.

"Already done," Netto moaned.

Now that was odd. Usually Rockman would have to constantly remind and nag him before Netto finally bothered to do his assignments, or as he put it, "things a Net Savior shouldn't have to put up with."

"How about you visit Meiru-chan then?" the older Hikari continued.

"She has a piano lesson now."

"Dekao-kun?"

"With Chisao."

"Yaito-chan?"

"Out on a trip to who knows where."

"…Enzan?"

"Now why would I want to see him?!" Netto retorted as he sat up.

"I don't know, it was just an idea, and I'm all out of them now."

The brunette sighed and flopped back onto his bed. "What to do…" Suddenly, an idea struck him. "I know! Let's go into Melody-chan's room and see what we can find in there!"

"Netto-kun, are you sure that's a good idea?" Rockman inquired. "She's not going to like it if she finds you in there messing with her things… remember what happened to Dekao?"

"We'll be out of there before she comes home from the Science Labs then!" the boy replied, grabbing his PET as he burst out of the room.

"W-wait a minute, Netto-kun!" Rockman yelled from inside the device. "You really shouldn't-"

"Oh, lighten up Rockman!" Netto scolded as he fiddled with Melody's door handle. "She won't notice a thing!" Soon enough he realized the door was unlocked and it swung open. "Well, here we go," he said, and stepped inside, looking around.

The room, although somewhat plain due to her arrival just a week earlier, was quite cheery and already looked like she had settled in. Her suitcase was nowhere to be seen, probably stowed away in the closet. A sleek laptop was humming on the desk across the room, next to a tall bookcase filled to the brim with textbooks and manuals that would probably hurt if thrown at somebody out of anger. What caught Netto's eye though was a small box that was elaborately decorated with delicate swirls and cherry blossom designs.

"Ooh, this looks nice," he said. "Now that I think about it, she had this box out when we first met her and wouldn't let me open it. I wonder what's so important inside it she nearly threatened to pummel me?"

"Netto-kun, don't!" Rockman shouted frantically as Netto lifted the lid.

"…Netto Hikari, what the heck are you doing?" said a voice.

The boy froze, and then slowly turned around to see Melody standing in the doorway, arms crossed. She didn't look too pleased at the moment.

"You're busted. I told you so," the Navi muttered.

"Oh, you just shut up," Netto scowled. He stood up straight and faced Melody with a sweat drop on his forehead. "Eh-he, welcome back, Melody-chan", he stuttered. "I didn't see you there."

She raised an eyebrow and pointed at the box, still in his hand.

"O-Oh, this? U-Um, I was looking for where you keep your battle chips, uh…"

"I can assure you they won't be in there," Melody replied coldly. "Any other excuses you got?"

'She's onto me,' Netto thought.

"Might as well confess, Netto-kun", Rockman warned gently, "and you might save yourself from a lot of pain."

"Yeah yeah, I know," he shot back, then looked up into Melody's steely black-brown eyes and gulped.

"Well…?" she said.

"The truth is," Netto blurted, "I was just bored and I wanted to do something and I never really found out what you brought with you and that box you had looked really cool and I just wanted to know what was inside so don't hurt me, okay?"

A few seconds passed before Melody finally sighed. "If you wanted to know what was inside, why didn't you just ask me nicely? True, I had no intention of ever mentioning the box to you in the first place, but the secret would have come out no matter what."

"W-Wait, so does that mean I'm off the hook?" Netto said, surprised.

"Well, technically speaking, yes," she replied, "but don't leave yet." She walked over to her neatly folded bed and sat down. Patting the space on her right, she said, "Seeing how we both have nothing to do, if you want to know what's inside, now would be the time to sit down and listen."

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