Chapter III - "I want out!"
Another day broke, it was nearly 23:59 and Netto lay in his bed, his head turned upwards, eyes focussed on the ceiling. He dearly wanted to think about something but just couldn't. The annoying feeling made him turn around several times untill Rock asked him what in the world he was doing.
Netto stared at the screen of his computer. For a minute he came close to thinking about something, but to his surprise it was not what he expected it to be. Rockman.exe stared at him awkwardly. "Netto-kun.. Are you ok?" The boy fixed his brown eyes in the screen as his stare remained empty. "Ijyuuin" he started.
"Ijyuuin?" Rock repeated softly. Netto's blank stare dissapeared. "He acted different then usual today. That scares me a bit I think." He said softly. Rock just nodded silently and sighed. "maybe you should get some rest, I think there is more on your head then just Enzan."
Netto blinked a few times then stared up at the ceiling again. "Probably, it wasn't really hard those 5 years, untill now, things are changing so drastically even I can't get a grip on things anymore. It seems I'm starting to doubt my position in this, and I'm becoming afraid that we're doing this just to stop them, our real goal faded seems." He bit his lip softly.
"I'm afraid Rock. I'm afraid they're allready dead. I'm. afraid" He dozed off slowly into a dreamless sleep. The usual so cheery navi stared at Netto as a worried frown overcame his face. He blinked and sighed. "We're all afraid Netto-kun, even Enzan, I'm sure of it." With these last words he fell asleep himself. Enzan woke up with a terrible headache, almost asif he hit his head multiple times against something hard for 2 hours long. He let out an annoyed groan as he noticed it was 3:56 AM. He buried his head into his pillow and sighed. Just 2 more hours before morning.
'Every morning the same story, the same kids running down the hall, the same food on my plate, the same fake and tired smile on Hikari's face, the same stupid work. I hate my life. Being official netbattler is so much better then this constantly running away from those idiots.' He rose from his bed and stared outside, not quite the view to be proud of, a trashed city. Once so beatifull untill they came. It burned his memories like it happened yesterday.
*FLASHBACK*
A sudden beep, he focused on the screen. "Error?" his fingers raced over the keyboard to try to figure out what was wrong but again the beep sounded. "What error, Blues find out what is wrong." Enzan softly commanded his Navi. "Yes sir Enzan-sama" the crimson Navi aswered and dissapeared from the screen.
The popup kept returning, error, error.. His usual patience dissapeared as he screen turned blue. Fatal error occurred in system, all files have been deleted. With the simple message Enzan's eyes shot wide open, "DELETED?!" The worries for the computer faded when a big explosion was heard coming from the powerstorage of the city. A bright flash lighted the entire city. It had begun.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
He walked out of his room, downstairs. His mood dropped the instant he he felt the icy cold penetrate his thin shirt, he narrowed hs eyes and knocked Netto's door loudly, opened it roughly and just walked in. Netto woke up slowly. "What. who is it, what do you want.." He said with a broken voice.
Enzan gritted his teeth, somehow his ignorance triggered an almost uncontrolable anger. "What.is it, you ask? You NEED to ask that question?" he tried to say as normal as possible. Netto stared at him standing in the moonlight shining through his shutters. "Well I know the days aren't to well but at least at night I try to sleep."
The older noy let out a soft snarl. "Don't go smart on me Hikari, I'm just SICK and tired of this way of living, I'm not like this I HATE IT! I WANT OUT!" he said grabbing the younger boy's collar and lifting him up to him. Netto wasn't awake enough to really see he ment the words he said, insteadidly he just nodded lightly.
"I know Enzan. we all want out sometimes but it's dangerous outsid. Ngh." he was roughly thrown back onto his bed as the moonlight glanced on the blue eyes of Enzan, lighting them almost furiously. "I'm leaving. good luck with this plan of idiots." He snapped at him and walked out of the door. It was then that it dawned to Netto that he was serious. He rose from his bed and ran after him. All the noise woke Rockman.exe slowly, he stared at the empty bed and open door. "Hmm? Netto-kun?" he said softly rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Enzan WAIT!" He shouted after him as he followed him to his room. He stopped in the dooropening and stared at him packing his stuff in a backpack. Enzan turned around hasty, he stared at him narrowing his eyes. Confusion struck both boys as Netto saw a glistering drop of water run down from the older boy's eyes.
'No. Turn around. turn around' Enzan kept repeating to himself, instead he just bit his lip and trembled lightly. Netto slowly walked towards him. Not a word fell between them untill Netto stood in front of him staring up a little at him. He never knew Enzan was this much bigger then he was.
"..We're all scared. it's human to be scared." he stuttered softly. The words struck him where they had to, his blue eyes blurred with the moist. 'So right. and yet I don't want you to be' He closed his eyes as the tears rolled over. "Maybe. I just don't want to be human anymore"
"Why are you acting like this, I never understood this, it's ok to be afraid." Netto said trying to make it better. "YOU will never understand me, none of you will, I'll always be different then you!" he returned harshly. Netto narrowed his eyes lightly. "You're as different as you wish to be Enzan, in the end we're all the same."
"Don't give me that shit, I know that, I was the one who said that in the first place!" He reached for his head slowly. "I just want OUT of this place, I want to go where I used to go, to do what ever I wanted to do. I feel trapped, and all because of those morons of the WWW, I need to know how."
Netto's eyes drifted of, they focussed at Enzan's big hands, bolded into fists. He bit his lip for a second then stared up again. "I think it's best just to rest for a while." He suddenly noticed the stupidity in his saying, they couldn't rest, WWW was threatening their very excistance.
Another silence fell. Only thoughts realmed the room, unspoken but clearly around. 'What are you thinking Hikari. why do you still fight for things you can't protect anyway' He sighed. The silence broke off as Enzan's deep voice spoke, "I'll be back I hope" with these words he gave strong gaze into Netto's brown eyes, tucked his PET in his backpack and walked out of the building, leaving Netto staring a bit hopelessly.
'Enzan. please don't leave me alone, not now.' He was at the point of breaking into tears, but he managed to keep it back somehow. 'Please come back' it haunted his mind as he let himself fall on his knees, staring at the door completely hopeless.
Another day broke, it was nearly 23:59 and Netto lay in his bed, his head turned upwards, eyes focussed on the ceiling. He dearly wanted to think about something but just couldn't. The annoying feeling made him turn around several times untill Rock asked him what in the world he was doing.
Netto stared at the screen of his computer. For a minute he came close to thinking about something, but to his surprise it was not what he expected it to be. Rockman.exe stared at him awkwardly. "Netto-kun.. Are you ok?" The boy fixed his brown eyes in the screen as his stare remained empty. "Ijyuuin" he started.
"Ijyuuin?" Rock repeated softly. Netto's blank stare dissapeared. "He acted different then usual today. That scares me a bit I think." He said softly. Rock just nodded silently and sighed. "maybe you should get some rest, I think there is more on your head then just Enzan."
Netto blinked a few times then stared up at the ceiling again. "Probably, it wasn't really hard those 5 years, untill now, things are changing so drastically even I can't get a grip on things anymore. It seems I'm starting to doubt my position in this, and I'm becoming afraid that we're doing this just to stop them, our real goal faded seems." He bit his lip softly.
"I'm afraid Rock. I'm afraid they're allready dead. I'm. afraid" He dozed off slowly into a dreamless sleep. The usual so cheery navi stared at Netto as a worried frown overcame his face. He blinked and sighed. "We're all afraid Netto-kun, even Enzan, I'm sure of it." With these last words he fell asleep himself. Enzan woke up with a terrible headache, almost asif he hit his head multiple times against something hard for 2 hours long. He let out an annoyed groan as he noticed it was 3:56 AM. He buried his head into his pillow and sighed. Just 2 more hours before morning.
'Every morning the same story, the same kids running down the hall, the same food on my plate, the same fake and tired smile on Hikari's face, the same stupid work. I hate my life. Being official netbattler is so much better then this constantly running away from those idiots.' He rose from his bed and stared outside, not quite the view to be proud of, a trashed city. Once so beatifull untill they came. It burned his memories like it happened yesterday.
*FLASHBACK*
A sudden beep, he focused on the screen. "Error?" his fingers raced over the keyboard to try to figure out what was wrong but again the beep sounded. "What error, Blues find out what is wrong." Enzan softly commanded his Navi. "Yes sir Enzan-sama" the crimson Navi aswered and dissapeared from the screen.
The popup kept returning, error, error.. His usual patience dissapeared as he screen turned blue. Fatal error occurred in system, all files have been deleted. With the simple message Enzan's eyes shot wide open, "DELETED?!" The worries for the computer faded when a big explosion was heard coming from the powerstorage of the city. A bright flash lighted the entire city. It had begun.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
He walked out of his room, downstairs. His mood dropped the instant he he felt the icy cold penetrate his thin shirt, he narrowed hs eyes and knocked Netto's door loudly, opened it roughly and just walked in. Netto woke up slowly. "What. who is it, what do you want.." He said with a broken voice.
Enzan gritted his teeth, somehow his ignorance triggered an almost uncontrolable anger. "What.is it, you ask? You NEED to ask that question?" he tried to say as normal as possible. Netto stared at him standing in the moonlight shining through his shutters. "Well I know the days aren't to well but at least at night I try to sleep."
The older noy let out a soft snarl. "Don't go smart on me Hikari, I'm just SICK and tired of this way of living, I'm not like this I HATE IT! I WANT OUT!" he said grabbing the younger boy's collar and lifting him up to him. Netto wasn't awake enough to really see he ment the words he said, insteadidly he just nodded lightly.
"I know Enzan. we all want out sometimes but it's dangerous outsid. Ngh." he was roughly thrown back onto his bed as the moonlight glanced on the blue eyes of Enzan, lighting them almost furiously. "I'm leaving. good luck with this plan of idiots." He snapped at him and walked out of the door. It was then that it dawned to Netto that he was serious. He rose from his bed and ran after him. All the noise woke Rockman.exe slowly, he stared at the empty bed and open door. "Hmm? Netto-kun?" he said softly rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Enzan WAIT!" He shouted after him as he followed him to his room. He stopped in the dooropening and stared at him packing his stuff in a backpack. Enzan turned around hasty, he stared at him narrowing his eyes. Confusion struck both boys as Netto saw a glistering drop of water run down from the older boy's eyes.
'No. Turn around. turn around' Enzan kept repeating to himself, instead he just bit his lip and trembled lightly. Netto slowly walked towards him. Not a word fell between them untill Netto stood in front of him staring up a little at him. He never knew Enzan was this much bigger then he was.
"..We're all scared. it's human to be scared." he stuttered softly. The words struck him where they had to, his blue eyes blurred with the moist. 'So right. and yet I don't want you to be' He closed his eyes as the tears rolled over. "Maybe. I just don't want to be human anymore"
"Why are you acting like this, I never understood this, it's ok to be afraid." Netto said trying to make it better. "YOU will never understand me, none of you will, I'll always be different then you!" he returned harshly. Netto narrowed his eyes lightly. "You're as different as you wish to be Enzan, in the end we're all the same."
"Don't give me that shit, I know that, I was the one who said that in the first place!" He reached for his head slowly. "I just want OUT of this place, I want to go where I used to go, to do what ever I wanted to do. I feel trapped, and all because of those morons of the WWW, I need to know how."
Netto's eyes drifted of, they focussed at Enzan's big hands, bolded into fists. He bit his lip for a second then stared up again. "I think it's best just to rest for a while." He suddenly noticed the stupidity in his saying, they couldn't rest, WWW was threatening their very excistance.
Another silence fell. Only thoughts realmed the room, unspoken but clearly around. 'What are you thinking Hikari. why do you still fight for things you can't protect anyway' He sighed. The silence broke off as Enzan's deep voice spoke, "I'll be back I hope" with these words he gave strong gaze into Netto's brown eyes, tucked his PET in his backpack and walked out of the building, leaving Netto staring a bit hopelessly.
'Enzan. please don't leave me alone, not now.' He was at the point of breaking into tears, but he managed to keep it back somehow. 'Please come back' it haunted his mind as he let himself fall on his knees, staring at the door completely hopeless.