A LONG NIGHT...

Netto stared up at the giant blue comet that was sitting in the sky on his way to the warehouse. It seemed like forever ago, though it had only been a few short days, since Enzan and him visited it's resident, Duo. "I wonder when he will strike next", thought the boy as he raced down the street.

Rockman, though staying silent as well, was thinking of the same thing. He was still slightly angry, but he wasn't obsessing over the annoyance.

Netto and Rockman always had thought about the same things at the same times. Perhaps, they had a link more special than simply navi and operator, though if they did, they had no idea. It could explain their ease in performing Cross Fusion, and their recent discovery of the phenomenon known only as Full Synchro.

"Looks like we are almost there!", Netto shouted to his PET that was swinging back and forth on his hip. "That's great.", responded Rockman in a dull, unenthusiastic manner. "You aren't still angry, are you?" "No... Of course not. Let's keep going."

Netto knew that Rockman was being annoyed by something. Why or what, he probably wouldn't ever find out. He just knew what his beloved navi felt. Also, he knew that it wouldn't be a good thing for them to be unfocused, or annoyed, whenever they reached the dimensional area and needed Cross Fusion. Still, he pressed on.

Soon, the building was visible. They knew where it was long before that. It's pretty hard to miss a giant dome of orange, yellow, blue, and green lights in the middle of a dark area of the city. Netto skidded to a stop near the entrance to the dome. "You ready, Rockman?" "As always." "Synchro chip! Slot-in!" Netto ran towards the colorful wall.

"CROSS FUSION!!!"

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Netto couldn't be found. The door was unlocked. Hikari Hakura didn't want to wake up Yuuichiro and worry him. She would investigate this on her own.

She knew that one of two situations happened. Either Netto was kidnapped by a crook, or he snuck out. If it was the latter, Netto would soon find himself grounded from everything he has every known or loved, including Rockman.

Hakura was now driving her semi-futuristic stereotypical soccer mom minivan around town. Considering how dark it was and how little time had passed, Hakura figured Netto couldn't have traveled very far.

"Where could that boy have gone?" The worried mom had now driven through their neighborhood and the nearby streets twice. "Could he have gone to see that girl friend of his? I love Meiru. He doesn't have to sneak out to go see her. But, would he?"

The minivan made a sharp turn for the direction of Netto's best friend's house. As the vehicle approached it though, it didn't slow down. In fact, it passed it right up. Hakura had forgotten all about it. All she could think about was the intriguing lights in the distance. It was almost like a dome of light. She had to get to it...

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R-Rockman landed in a squat after hurtling through the dimensional area's barrier. Netto had felt this feeling many times before, in fact, he loved this feeling. Although it strained him to no end physically. He felt this was how Rockman and he were meant to be, one. In his opinion, it was one of the most stimulating feeling he was ever likely to experience.

"No viruses. I guess that's a good thing", the boy smirked as he peeked into the building. "A stealth operation?", asked Rockman. "Might be..."

R-Rockman ran down the hall stealthily, yet faster than Netto could ever normally perform. The human could feel the strain though. He was used to it. As they turned the hall, they heard something.

"Finally, I found it. I'll transfer it to you now, master."

Netto knew it was the enemy, so he threw himself into the room. "Stop right there, you fiend!", he shouted.

Before the enemy could even react, Netto continued, "Battle chip! Sword! Double slot-in!", and two swords morphed onto his hands. In seconds, he was near enough to make out the opponent.

It was a navi. The navi was very large and looked similar to Magnetman. He had a large red cross on each fist and had defined muscles, or at least, defined for a navi. As R-Rockman got closer to him, he began to try to make out his navi symbol, but was too busy focusing on where to attack the target.

"Battle chip! Area Steal!" Netto teleported behind the navi and quickly moved in for the kill.

The navi was more agile than any Netto had ever seen. He took one large step back, then as Netto reversed his spin and sliced again, he caught the first sword. The second impacted with his side, but it merely shattered in the navi's strength.

"I have been waiting for you, Netto, beloved son of Hikari Yuuichiro.", the navi smerked, "Here, you will meet your death." The navi cracked the sword in his hand. "I, Joubuman, will see to that!" Slowly, Joubuman raised his enormous fist above R-Rockman. With the other hand, he lifted him up from the ground by his neck.

The fist came flying, it was a sure delete. "I can't die now... I'm too young.", thought Netto-kun. He couldn't think. Things were just going to fast. He clenched for impact, but just then he got an idea.

"Battle chip! Antidamage!" The fist hit full force, but Netto took no damage. He was also magically free from Joubuman's grip. Netto quickly jumped high in the air and threw down multiple ninja stars that had just appeared in his hand. Three of the five hit Joubuman directly on inflicting massive damage. Joubuman simply pulled them out however and, with deleted data escaping the wounds, charged R-Rockman!

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Doctor Genki was leaning over his PC. While quickly typing things, he glanced over at his PET. It was an old Plug-in PET; the doctor had no need for a new one. Sure enough, Netto had arrived as planned. It seemed that Genki's navi, Joubuman, had everything settled though. Thus, the doctor continued typing.

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"Well, you're tougher than I had originally expected", remarked the slightly battle worn Joubuman. "You aren't so bad either. I'll still whoop you though." Netto's attitude was getting through. He loved a nice fight.

"I'd love to fight longer, but Doctor Genki and I have some business to attend to. I will have to finish you now." Joubuman's right arm transformed into what looked like an oversized buster cannon. "We'll see about that", mumbled Netto as his enemy launched an extremely large magnetic beam in his direction. Netto simply smiled.

"Battle chip! High Cannon! Triple slot-in!" The beam was approaching fast. "Program Advance!" The beam was about to hit Netto as his right arm became a large blue cannon. "Zeta Cannon!!!"

Four large spiraling beams were emitted from Netto's cannon and sliced right through Joubuman's attack. Quickly, Joubuman crossed his arms and braced for the hit. The pain could be seen in his face as he slid across, and sometimes through, the ground. Finally, it all stopped.

The front of Netto's opponent was immensely mutilated. In fact, his whole left arm had been blown off. "Arrgghh... This didn't go as planned... I only have one way to stop you.", announced the injured navi, "Dimensional split!!!"

Suddenly, the dimensional area began to shudder. There was a massive rumbling noise and eventually a break down the middle in the top of the dome began. Like a fissure, the break slowly moved down, then began to speed up. Before he could react, the area of the dimensional area that contained R-Rockman was totally cut off.

Then, it began to collapse. Netto jumped aside to dodge a piece of the falling ceiling only to be crushed under another. The pain shortly faded away. After enough holes had been opened in the dome, it began to disappear. Within a few seconds, the whole cut off section of the dome faded away. However, it took R-Rockman and everything else real in it's area with it.