Rockman was pacing around the room.
"He was taken right from under my nose! I should have been watching!"
Roll went over to Rockman and put her hand on his shoulder. "You couldn't have some anything against him. He's too strong."
Rockman looked at Roll. "I know..... but Forte knows about me being Saito. I don't want Netto to learn that way."
Roll smiled sadly. "I'm afraid that wont happen. But you can look for him."
Rockman smiled at his friend. "I will. I think I know where he is....."
~~~~~~~~
"Satio...." whispered Netto. "I....remember......."
Forte stared at Netto. 'Did I bring up a lost memory....'
Netto snapped out of his daydream. "I don't know..." he said finally
Forte smiled "Saito is your twin brother. Your dead.....twin brother."
Netto looked at Forte sharply but didn't say anything.
"And he was brought back by your dad...... as data. Which was created into Rockman.EXE."
Netto stared at forte. "That's not true." he whispered "Rockman would have told me. We...."
Forte laughed "Deny it all you want kid. He is your brother and you dad and himself didn't trust you enough to tell you!"
Netto stared in shock "No..no...that's.....not......true.............."
Forte smiled. "Yes, it's true. Wonder why your dad was never there? He was too busy being a dad to your precious navi."
Netto's eyes filled with tears.
"NETTO-KUN!" Netto heard the voice. He looked down the caves and saw Rockman's silhouette on the wall.
"No...."
Rockman came into the room. "Netto-kun!"
Netto started to back away from him. "No...... it's not true."
Forte watched the scene with glee.
"What's not true?" asked Rockman
As this unfolded the other navi's came into the room.
"You never told me?" said Netto "Why?"
"Netto-kun...I....dad made me promise...."
"Papa?" Netto's voice grew in volume "Papa made you promise? He never cared to stay with me for more than 3 days at a time and yet he stayed with you for how long? I barely knew my own family. And yet you never told me? Why should I care what he made you promise. I know he never programmed you to follow and certain rules like Blues or something."
Blues looked at the angry boy. 'He's right. Rockman has more of a free will than I.'
"Netto... I wanted to tell you I really did!"
"THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU!"
Forte stared at him. Unbidden one of Netto's memories came up.
~~~~~
"Yay, yay! My birthday!" The happy soon-to-be-6 year old Netto was dancing around the room.
Netto's mom smiled. "Papa should be her soon." she said
"YAY, PAPA!" Netto's dance became faster
Then the phone rang. "Papa papa papa!" Netto bounded over to the phone and picked it up.
"HI!" he said into the mouth piece.
"Hello Netto?"
"PAPA!" Netto was overjoyed
"Listen Netto? I need to work on a project and it's taking longer than usual. I won't make it to your party. I'm sorry."
Netto's face fell.
"I'll try and make it up to you. How about...."
Netto did not hear the rest. He just felt shock. Forte couldn't hear it anymore either.
Later that night and the rest of the memory was Netto crying in his mothers arms.
~~~~~~~
Forte looked at the young boy who was now crying. The tears poured down his cheeks as he yelled.
Rockman looked at him too. He had never known Netto went through this much pain......
Roll went over to the sobbing boy and put her arms around him.
"Shhhh, it's ok...." she said soothingly.
Netto just sobbed. For all the pain of not knowing his own family.
~~~~~~~~~~
Netto had finally sobbed himself to sleep in Roll's arms. Roll quietly picked up the sleeping boy and started to walk through the tunnels. The other navi's followed her.... and to everyone's surprise, including his own, so did Forte.
'Why am I following? What attachment do I have to the kid. He's just a human after all. Inferior human. Why should I care?'
'Ahhhh,' said a nasty little voice in his head 'But you are the one who told him. You brought this on.'
'Why should I even care? I have never cared about humans before. Why should I start now?'
As Forte has his silent argument Rockman looked at Roll carrying Netto.
"Roll-chan, why are you mad at me?"
"Mad? Why would I be mad at you?" she said in an angry voice
Rockman winced "Are you angry because I didn't tell you who I was?" he asked quietly
Roll looked at Rockman with her green eyes. "No, I am mad at you because you didn't tell Netto who you were."
"Papa...."
"Told you? Sure but are you positive you were just honoring your fathers wishes or were you running away?"
Rockman stared at her "Why would I run away?"
"You tell me." she said, her voice hard
Rockman opened his mouth but Roll cut him off.
"Better yet, tell Netto. He deserves to hear it more than me." and with that she walked into the artificial light of the net leaving Rockman in the cold dark of the caves and his mind.
"He was taken right from under my nose! I should have been watching!"
Roll went over to Rockman and put her hand on his shoulder. "You couldn't have some anything against him. He's too strong."
Rockman looked at Roll. "I know..... but Forte knows about me being Saito. I don't want Netto to learn that way."
Roll smiled sadly. "I'm afraid that wont happen. But you can look for him."
Rockman smiled at his friend. "I will. I think I know where he is....."
~~~~~~~~
"Satio...." whispered Netto. "I....remember......."
Forte stared at Netto. 'Did I bring up a lost memory....'
Netto snapped out of his daydream. "I don't know..." he said finally
Forte smiled "Saito is your twin brother. Your dead.....twin brother."
Netto looked at Forte sharply but didn't say anything.
"And he was brought back by your dad...... as data. Which was created into Rockman.EXE."
Netto stared at forte. "That's not true." he whispered "Rockman would have told me. We...."
Forte laughed "Deny it all you want kid. He is your brother and you dad and himself didn't trust you enough to tell you!"
Netto stared in shock "No..no...that's.....not......true.............."
Forte smiled. "Yes, it's true. Wonder why your dad was never there? He was too busy being a dad to your precious navi."
Netto's eyes filled with tears.
"NETTO-KUN!" Netto heard the voice. He looked down the caves and saw Rockman's silhouette on the wall.
"No...."
Rockman came into the room. "Netto-kun!"
Netto started to back away from him. "No...... it's not true."
Forte watched the scene with glee.
"What's not true?" asked Rockman
As this unfolded the other navi's came into the room.
"You never told me?" said Netto "Why?"
"Netto-kun...I....dad made me promise...."
"Papa?" Netto's voice grew in volume "Papa made you promise? He never cared to stay with me for more than 3 days at a time and yet he stayed with you for how long? I barely knew my own family. And yet you never told me? Why should I care what he made you promise. I know he never programmed you to follow and certain rules like Blues or something."
Blues looked at the angry boy. 'He's right. Rockman has more of a free will than I.'
"Netto... I wanted to tell you I really did!"
"THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU!"
Forte stared at him. Unbidden one of Netto's memories came up.
~~~~~
"Yay, yay! My birthday!" The happy soon-to-be-6 year old Netto was dancing around the room.
Netto's mom smiled. "Papa should be her soon." she said
"YAY, PAPA!" Netto's dance became faster
Then the phone rang. "Papa papa papa!" Netto bounded over to the phone and picked it up.
"HI!" he said into the mouth piece.
"Hello Netto?"
"PAPA!" Netto was overjoyed
"Listen Netto? I need to work on a project and it's taking longer than usual. I won't make it to your party. I'm sorry."
Netto's face fell.
"I'll try and make it up to you. How about...."
Netto did not hear the rest. He just felt shock. Forte couldn't hear it anymore either.
Later that night and the rest of the memory was Netto crying in his mothers arms.
~~~~~~~
Forte looked at the young boy who was now crying. The tears poured down his cheeks as he yelled.
Rockman looked at him too. He had never known Netto went through this much pain......
Roll went over to the sobbing boy and put her arms around him.
"Shhhh, it's ok...." she said soothingly.
Netto just sobbed. For all the pain of not knowing his own family.
~~~~~~~~~~
Netto had finally sobbed himself to sleep in Roll's arms. Roll quietly picked up the sleeping boy and started to walk through the tunnels. The other navi's followed her.... and to everyone's surprise, including his own, so did Forte.
'Why am I following? What attachment do I have to the kid. He's just a human after all. Inferior human. Why should I care?'
'Ahhhh,' said a nasty little voice in his head 'But you are the one who told him. You brought this on.'
'Why should I even care? I have never cared about humans before. Why should I start now?'
As Forte has his silent argument Rockman looked at Roll carrying Netto.
"Roll-chan, why are you mad at me?"
"Mad? Why would I be mad at you?" she said in an angry voice
Rockman winced "Are you angry because I didn't tell you who I was?" he asked quietly
Roll looked at Rockman with her green eyes. "No, I am mad at you because you didn't tell Netto who you were."
"Papa...."
"Told you? Sure but are you positive you were just honoring your fathers wishes or were you running away?"
Rockman stared at her "Why would I run away?"
"You tell me." she said, her voice hard
Rockman opened his mouth but Roll cut him off.
"Better yet, tell Netto. He deserves to hear it more than me." and with that she walked into the artificial light of the net leaving Rockman in the cold dark of the caves and his mind.
