It was a peaceful morning, like usual at the Hikari residence. A peaceful school morning as well.

The monitor on Lan's PET flickered to life. The little navi checked his internal clock.

6:57

A proud grin ran across his face. He was actually going to be able to wake his operator on time today! He waited impatiently as the clock ticked closer to seven. Saito would be so pleased that he wasn't going to be late!
At 6:59 he decided it was close enough. He pulled in a breath to sound the wake up call...

BRRRIIIINGGG! BRING! BRING! BRING!

"Ahhhh!" Lan screamed and jumped. His eyes darted around the room for the cause of the sound. "W-What? Saito-kun, get up! I think the house is on fire!"

"Heheh, relax, Lan..." Saito grinned sleepily at his navi. He stood up and took hold of a strange clock that Lan had never seen before. There was an audible click and the noise stopped. Saito held the device up so that the rather freaked out warrior could get a better look.

"This is a new alarm clock. Mama gave it to me."

"Why?"

"To wake me up in the morning."

"But, isn't that what I'm supposed to do?" Lan asked slowly.

"Well, Mama didn't think you were doing a good job so she got me this instead..." Saito trailed off when he saw the hurt look on the navi's face. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing..." Lan grumbled bitterly and eyed his latest rival. Somehow, he had to find a way to destroy that job-stealing clock...

"Are you sure?" the human was starting to get worried.

"Yes. But I'm not speaking to you for the rest of the day!" Lan stuck his tongue out at his operator then disappeared from the monitor, leaving Saito very lost and confused.

"Hey, Saito!" Dekao yelled and tried to catch up with the smaller boy. Saito was more than happy to have some company. He had gotten so used to arguing with Lan on the way to school that silence made him feel very lonely. Even Dekao was a welcome companion.

"How about a net battle after school?" he asked.

"Sorry, but Lan's really mad at me and I don't think he'll fight..."

"Huh? I swear, you have the weirdest navi! He should do what YOU tell him and not the other way around. If I didn't know better, I'd say he was the operator and you were the navi!" Dekao laughed.

"Heh. You know how it is," Saito started to say something else when his face suddenly met the sidewalk. "Ow!"

"Sorry!" a boy called as he ran by. Saito only got a glimpse of him before he turned a corner. The boy had dark brown hair and lavender gray eyes. He wore a yellow shirt and shorts.

"What was his problem?" Dekao grumbled then noticed something on the ground. "He dropped something..."

"It's a key card..." Saito mused as he fingered the object. "I think it's from the water company."

"Cool! Finders keepers!" the larger boy chuckled.

"Dekao, it is probably important to him. We should return it."

"Ah, you're no fun."

The rest of the school day had been pretty uneventful. Saito almost whished something bad had happened so that Lan would have to talk to him. The silence was torture. He stared sadly at his PET. Homework was impossible with his mind so divided.

He stood up from his desk and settled himself in front of the monitor.

"Lan, are you still mad at me?"

Silence.

"I'm really sorry! I wish you would tell me what was wrong..." he took the terminal off the desk and held it so that he could search the screen better.

Lan didn't appear nor did he speak. With a defeated sigh Saito placed the device back on it's shelf and walked out of the room. A nice hot shower would make him feel better.

Lan had been listening the whole time. Part of him wanted to make up with Saito, but his pride wouldn't let him.

This is silly... It was his mom that gave it to him...

That didn't mean he had to use it!

But... I wasn't doing a good job anyway! He only did what he felt would be best.

...I still don't like it.

He didn't mean too...

"It's still his fault..." Lan muttered to himself darkly and pulled his legs to his chest. "Either that thing goes, or I do!"

Who are you kidding? You wouldn't leave! You'd miss him!

"Ooooh!" the navi growled angrily as he found himself losing in the struggle with his conscience. "Damn it! Fine!"

That's better...

"... I'll consider letting him apologize."

That isn't!

"AHHHHHHHHH!" a scream interrupted Lan's little mental battle with himself.

"Saito-kun!" he gasped and appeared on the monitor. Saito was no where in sight. Lan frowned then plugged himself into the home's ventilation system. He followed the circuitry until he came to the phone connected in the kitchen. Using the monitor on the phone, he looked out to see Saito in a bath towel complaining to his mom.

"...This is different..." Lan muttered and quirked an eyebrow.

"Mom!" Saito whined. "The shower stopped working!"

"I know..." Haruka pointed to the sink. "All the water has stopped. There must be a shortage. You'll just have to go get some water tomorrow."

"Okay... But what about the soap?" He pointed to his head, which was covered in shampoo. "How do I get it out?"

Lan was very amused for the next ten minutes as Haruka tried to remove the substance from her son's hair with a jar of pickle juice. Saito, however, failed to see the humor in the situation.

"Hahahaha!" Lan was doubled over in hysterics.

"S...Shut up, Lan!" Saito growled. Suddenly it occurred to him that Lan was speaking...sort of. He pulled away from his mother and her smelly soap remover and caught sight of the little warrior.

"T-This...is...PRICELESS! Ahahahaha!" Totally forgetting his vow of silence, the navi continued to poke fun at his unfortunate operator. But despite the highly embarrassing situation, Saito felt better than ever.

After Saito had gotten the gunk out of his hair he retuned upstairs where Lan was still laughing quietly to himself.

"So, are you talking to me again?" he asked

"Yeah, seeing you like that has put me in a much better mood. Just let me wake you up tomorrow?" he asked

Saito thought it over "Fine, but if you miss then I will put back on the alarm clock."

"YAY!" Lan started to dance a little jig

'He's so easy to amuse' thought Saito smiling. "I'm going to go over Yaito's house now to see if she can spare some water."

Lan smiled "Can I come?"

"Yeah, I guess..."

"Har, har, har"

"Thank you sooooo much Yaito" said Meiru

"No problem. We have a year's supply of water in reserve in case of emergencies."

Saito stayed and chatted awhile but soon left due to Lan starting a argument with Deako,

As Saito lugged the big water case home he grumbled at Lan.

"I can't believe you called him that."

"What, he is a Lard-boy is he not?"

"Well..."

"See! You think so too!"

"H-he's big boned!"

Lan smirked "Yeah, sure."

"Here mom!" Saito came in and dropped the big water container in front of her.

"Oh, Saito thanks so much!" She gave him a hug.

"Mooom..." Saito said as he was being smothered.

Lan didn't say anything.

"You know you really shouldn't take her for granted." said Lan.

"What?" Saito looked up from his homework.

"She's your mom. Her hugs must mean a lot."

"Yeah..." said Saito slowly

"So when she hugs you, don't complain." said Lan

"O...kay..."

Later that night Saito lied in bed wondering what had made Lan act so weird.

Lan sat in the PC thinking.

'I wish I could hug mom...'

Lan sighed and went into sleep mode

Lan woke up

"Oh no!" he looked around and have a sigh of relief. The clock said 6:59

6:59

6:59

6:59

7:00

Lan took a deep breath "HEY SAITO! WAKE UP!"

The loud crash and Lan's giggles that followed could be heard throughout the neighborhood.

"Saito! Saito!" Haruka ran up the stairs and knocked on the door. The boy quickly slipped on his shirt then answered.

"What is it?"

"School has been cancelled due to the water shortage!"

"The hell?" Lan practically shrieked with rage. "I worked very hard to wake Saito-kun up on time, and they call off school?"

"Looks that way..." Saito chuckled as his net navi face faulted.

"I'll start breakfast," his mother announced.

"Be down in a sec!" The human boy continued to fully dress himself then brushed a hand through his chestnut brown hair, which sprung back into its messy disposition. He frowned and reached for his bandanna only to find it gone. "Lan, have you seen my bandanna?"

"No... Oh, wait! Your mom took it to be washed, remember?" Lan mentally patted himself on the back for knowing that.

"Right... Mama! Are you done washing my bandanna?" Saito yelled.

"Saito, I'm sorry but it got torn up in the washer. It was in when the water went out so it just fell apart..." This time it was his turn to face fault.

"Mama! Dad gave me that!" he cried.

"I'm really sorry, you'll just have to go without it."

"Not your day, eh, Saito-kun?" Lan chuckled.

"Guess not..." the human stood up and pouted. His navi friend sighed, displeased at Saito's unhappiness.

"...Hey! Why don't I go see what's up with the water plant? It's all their fault that this is happening, and I want an apology!"

"We don't have the security clearance to get into the mainframe..."

"Do we know someone that does?" Saito thought about this for a moment then his eyes brightened up.

"Yaito-chan might! Lets go ask her!" he grinned then ran out the door.

"Saito, what about breakfast?" his mother gasped when he sped through the kitchen. The boy did a 180 and grabbed a piece of toast before he was out the door again. "And no good bye for me?" she pouted.

Saito always said good bye and ate his breakfast... Or at least he used to before Lan came...

"That navi is a bad influence..."

"You want what?" Yaito asked as she sat up in her chair.

"Could you have Glyde look at the water plant's systems, please?" Saito asked again.

"Well... Okay! No problem," she grinned. "But lets wait until Meiru and Dekao get here..."

"Huh? Why are they coming?" Saito gave her a funny look.

"I invited you all over for tea, didn't you get my e-mail?" the blonde frowned and turned her attention to Lan. "Don't tell me you lost it!"

"Ah... Oops?" Lan sweatdropped. He didn't receive any mail, but it was probably his fault.

"Lan..." Saito groaned. "You're just lucky that we happened to be coming over!"

"Sorry..."

"Oh brother!" Yaito glared at them both.

It was about twenty more minutes before Meiru and Dekao arrived at the clubhouse and were informed about their latest mission. Glyde awaited orders from his operator inside the computer.

"So... We are going to fix the water systems?" Meiru asked.

"Only if we have to. Glyde, you ready?" the eight year old turned to her navi.

"I'm now contacting the water plant's system... Attempting to breach fire wall... I'm in!" A short minute later their was an audible gasp. "Yaito-sama! The whole place is covered in ice and... YAAAAAAAHH!" The connection was cut.

"G-Glyde? Glyde!" Yaito called her navi desperately. "Answer!"

"I wonder what happened to him?" Meiru turned to Saito.

"I don't know... We should go check it out..." the brunette held up his PET. "What do you say?"

"I'm ready!" Lan nodded and had a very determined look on his face. "When we get there, plug me in and I'll save Glyde."

"Everyone, sit down!" Yaito ordered. They gave her a confused look but did as they were told. The blonde picked up some sort of device and pressed a few buttons. "Gate three, open!" Seat belts snapped around their wastes.

Next thing any of them knew, they were being hurtled down some sort of elevator at top speed.

"Ahhhhhhhh!" the children screamed. It was then that Saito was reminded why he hated roller coasters. The ride suddenly came to a halt.

"That was so cool!" Dekao gasped. Saito nearly threw his cookies then and there. As if on cue, the chairs flew to the side and where lifted up then into an automobile. When the chairs clicked into place, they heard Yaito yell at the driver.

"To the water plant!" she announced.

"Yes, Yaito-sama!" As if the roller coaster ride wasn't bad enough, Saito was introduced to the power and speed of a jet-propelled take off.

"I don't feel so good..." he groaned as he slowly became used to the breakneck speed.

"Oh, suck it up," Lan snorted. "We're almost there!"

True to Lan's word they were soon parked in front of the water plant. The rescue party quickly filled out and into the building. People were everywhere! Luckily for them, the crowd was keeping the workers so busy that they could easily sneak past and down an elevator.

"That was pretty easy..." Dekao noted. But when the doors opened they were met with unwanted company. A security robot stood directly in their path. "Ah! Run!"

"Wait!" Meiru ordered. "It isn't moving..."

"Saito, go check it out!" Yaito pushed him forward.

"W-Why me?" he whimpered.

"Just do it!"

The boy slowly approached the mechanical beast, that reminded him of those half man half horse centaurs that he had heard about. He waved his hand in front of its face.

"You're right, it isn't functional..."

"It shouldn't be," Lan said. "The security system it down so the robot shouldn't be online either."

"I didn't know that..." Saito was a little surprised at his navi's reasoning. Lan wasn't stupid, but he didn't usually comment on such things.

"Yeah, just don't--"

"Tch, stupid thing isn't so scary!" Dekao snorted then gave it a whack on the head for good measure.

"--Do anything to jar it online...!" Lan covered his face with his hands and gritted his teeth when the robot's "eyes" started to glow and move. "You stupid pig!"

"Dekao!" they all growled and started to run for their lives. Dekao somehow attached himself to the robot's back as it galloped after the other three net battlers. He clutched the beast for dear life, then noticed a suspicious panel on it's back...

"Ahhhhh!" Saito cried when his foot got caught on Yaito's bag, which had become dislodged from her shoulder. His face met the floor. For once Lan didn't laugh but busied his mouth hurling insults and meaningless threats at the security bot who snatched up his operator.

"Let me go! Let go!" the boy kicked and squirmed in his captor's grip then was all to suddenly released and thrown into a wall. "Oww..."

"Haha! Good work, Gutsman!" Dekao cheered. His PET was connected to the small panel on the robot's back.

"Guts!" Gutsman agreed. Saito rubbed his head as he moved to his feet. A plug in port on the wall caught his eye.

"Plug-in, Lan.EXE. Transmission!"

The blue warrior soon found himself on a plain of ice.

"Wow... This is really bad..." Lan muttered then took a few steps forward to try and get a better look at his surroundings. "Hm, I wonder where Glyde is?" He rested his back against a large shard of ice.

"Mrph!" Lan gasped and jumped away from the talking ice cube. His eyes widened with horror when he saw what it was that made the ice talk.

"G-Glyde?" the brown navi was trapped within the cube. And was frozen from head to toe. "Oh, man... This is awful... Don't worry! I'll get you out!" Lan announced to the Glyde-sicle. "... I just don't know how yet...Saito-kun, a little help?"

"I don't have any battle chips that could get him out of there..." Saito said softly. "Try to find out who is responsible! Maybe if we get to them, we can make them remove the ice!"

"Easier said than done, where am I supposed to find..? Yikes!" Lan yelped and jumped away just in time to avoid becoming an ice sculpture himself. "They just keep finding me... Must be my lucky day."

He turned to face his attacker and found... a cute little Eskimo? That was the last thing he thought could be responsible, but an enemy was an enemy.

"Who are you, and why are you doing this?"

"Shut up!" the Eskimo snarled and released a wave of ice that surrounded Lan. The blue warrior easily shot down the ice wall. He was momentarily confused when he found that the killer midget was nowhere in sight. "Yaaah!"

Lan glanced up just in time to see a sword heading straight for his head. Pure reflex saved him from a nasty blow and he caught the blade. "You little JERK!" on the last word he threw the Eskimo into one of his own ice pillars. "You'd better turn everything back to normal right now!"

"Oh, Lan!" an obnoxious voice cooed. The blue navi's attention was drawn to his latest foe who was standing next to the Glyde-cicle.

"Coloredman! What the heck?" he gasped. The crazy clown giggled and pointed to Glyde.

"You better be a good boy and not cause anymore trouble, or I'll delete your little friend!"

"Why you...!" Lan trembled with rage. What more could he do? Coloredman would kill Glyde if he did anything.

"Iceman!" Coloredman barked at the Eskimo. Without a word, Iceman stood up and released a blast of ice upon Lan.

"Gaaaaah!" the blue warrior tried to shield himself from the cold but was soon in a similar prison as his butler friend.

He was frozen solid.

Lan glared at Iceman through his prison. If looks could kill...

Coloredman laughed.

"Lan, LAN!" Saito called through the PET.

He only saw the static on the screen.

"It's no use." he told the others. "No battle chips will be taken."

"Now it's Gutsman's turn!" said Dekao, pulling out the cord.

The robot came to life and glared at the kids.

"DEAKO!" They said as they ran

Madoi saw Lan frozen.

"Heh, guess he wasn't that strong after all."

The 4 kids ran as fast as they could.

"Dekao, you, are, so, dead!" said Yaito

Saito saw some poles up ahead. "Hurry!" he said.

He watched his friends run past him. Then he knocked over the poles. He saw the robot falter. Then to his horror, smash right through them.

"Ahhhh!" he continued to run and saw his friends up ahead. They were trying vainly to get the door open.

"Saito, use the key card!" said Meiru

"Hai!" Saito quickly swiped the key card through the lock and opened the door. They looked back and saw the robot.

"Hurry!" said Yaito

They pushed through the door and looked it. All collapsed against it sighing.

"Are you ok?" asked a voice

They all looked up to see a man look down on them.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Wait! Wait! Calm down!" the gasped. Saito still decided to put some distance between himself and the man.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"I'm Hikawa and I work here but some strange woman kidnapped me and has threatened my son into sabotaging the water's systems," Hikawa said as he stepped into the light. He was a little older than Saito's dad and had gray hair and black eyes. His arms were bound to his side.

"Hikawa? Are you Tohru-kun's father?" Meiru asked.

"Tohru-kun?" Dekao gave the pink haired girl a funny look.

"He is a student in 5B, I met him once..." she said.

"Yes, he is my son," Hikawa nodded. "He is also the operator of Iceman."

"Iceman is the navi that froze Lan!" Saito gasped. "We have to tell Tohru that his father's alright so he'll fix the net."

...And Lan... he added mentally.

Before any of them could think to say another word, a loud alarm went off.

"W-What's that?" Yaito whimpered and covered her ears. She didn't like the loud noise.

"Oh no...!" Hikawa gasped. "The system has been off for so long that the bacteria is starting to reform! If we don't get it working, then the bacteria will get into the drinking water. Many people could get sick from it and possibly die!"

"That's not good!" Dekao yelped.

"Yaito-chan, Meiru-chan, can you two go try and stop Tohru? Tell him his dad is okay!" Saito ordered politely. Meiru and Yaito started out the door then ran smack into the security robot.

"Eeeek!" the girls squeaked in fear when the robot lifted them up.

"You, boy, there is a slot in the robot's neck," the man informed Saito. "If you slide the card key in it, the robot should deactivate!"

Saito mustered up all his courage and charged the mechanical beast. The creature tried to make a swipe at him but it's hands were full. Yaito didn't enjoy the rough treatment one little bit and decided to inform the robot just who he was dealing with. While the blonde kept the robot distracted, Saito easily slipped the card in and the robot went limp.

"That was close..." Meiru sighed.

"Stupid robot!" Yaito gave the beast a kick just for good measure then turned to her companion. "Come on Meiru-chan, let's get Tohru and go!"

"Right!" Both girls raced off towards the elevator.

"You two boys," Hikawa said to Dekao and Saito. "I want you to help me close all the valves in this place so that we can contain the bacteria. We have to move fast!"

"Gotcha!" Dekao and Saito ran down the hall in search of their target.

"Wait! It might help if you untied me first!" the man sweatdropped then chased after them. "You don't even know where you're going! WAIT!"

Lan's eyes widened when he heard the alarm.

"What the hell...? Hey! I can talk!" he cheered. At least there was one part of his body he could move.

"S-Stop this!" a boy's voice cried. Lan was slightly confused by the disembodied voice but remained quiet. "Iceman, restart the system! People will be hurt if we don't--"

"--It's no use, kid," a female voice this time. "Soon the bacteria will infest the water system and chaos will ensue! I will be praised as a top agent of the WWW!" she cackled. "Now, Coloredman, delete Iceman!"

"So it is WWW..." Lan snarled. "ICEMAN! Run away! Coloredman is too powerful for you!" Iceman either couldn't hear or just didn't listen and charged the clown-like navi.

"Heeheehee! This will be fun!" the psycho squealed and threw Iceman to the side. The tiny Eskimo gasped in pain. Lan could only watch in horror as the navi was beaten to a pulp. The blue navi clenched his eyes tight and strained with every fiber in his body to get lose from his icy prison, to no avail.

"Ahhh!" Iceman cried and was thrown to the ground at Coloredman's feet, ball, whatever... The navi snickered and leaned over his prey.

"Time to delete you!" he giggled and raised his hand to seal the Eskimo's fate when the net began to shake and quiver. "W-What? What's going on!"

That momentary hesitation was all the time Iceman needed to sit up and fire some weird yellow beam at Lan. The blue navi squeaked in surprise when he landed hard on the floor.

"Hey... I can move!" he leapt to his feet and turned to Coloredman. Now that he was free there was only one thing he needed to finish this...

"Battlechip, sword, slot-in!" a familiar voice announced.

Scratch that. Lan was ready to pop that clown's balloon. The blue navi quickly placed himself between Coloredman and the wounded Iceman.

"I have no idea what is going on, but I'll make you pay for it anyway!" he snarled and charged the criminal navi. Coloredman was not ready to retreat quite yet, though and summoned two of his mini-me's. Each of the little Coloredman released an elemental tower at Lan, who was able to grab Iceman and move out of harm's way.

"Lan, I'll send a long range weapon so you don't have to get too close!" Saito announced. Lan nodded and felt the battlechip's power flow into him and form his buster into a spreader gun.

"Spreader Gun!" the navi yelled as the white-hot plasma fell upon the little color clones, deleting both instantly.

"Area Steal! Slot-in!"

Lan vanished from sight and the next thing that Coloredman could remember was a stinging pain in his back then logging out.

"Ha! That'll show you!" Lan cheered and mentally patted himself and Saito on the back for a job well done.

"L-Lan..." a small voice whimpered. The blue navi gasped and ran to Iceman's side.

"Are you okay? You took quite a beating and..." The smaller navi raised a gloved hand to silence him.

"Thank you..." he grinned and logged out.

Lan was quite for a moment. "... You're welcome..." Saito then logged him out as well.

"That was close..." Saito sighed.

"What was that all about?" Lan gave him a funny look. "And what happened to Glyde?"

"He's fine. And don't worry about what happened. It all turned out for the best..." the human turned his PET so that Lan could see the touching reunion between father and son.

"Dad...!" Tohru, the boy who had knocked Saito down, sobbed into his father's chest. Hikawa just held his little boy close to him and rubbed the boy's back.

"Everything is fine now..." he whispered.

"That's sweet," Meiru giggled and turned to Saito. "How's your hand feeling?"

"Well, it's..."

"What is she talking about?" Lan asked sharply. Saito flinched.

"It's nothing, nothing at all..."

"You hurt yourself, didn't you?" the navi gave his operator a very unhappy look.

"It-It wasn't like that... The valves... They were hard to move and..."

"Owwww! I've got blisters on my blisters...!" Dekao whined from the other side of the room.

"Oh, suck it up!" Yaito snapped. "Geeze, the least you could do is try to act tough!"

"Everyone... Thank you!" Tohru bowed to them. "I'm sorry that all this happened because of me..."

"Don't worry about it," Meiru giggled.

"Yeah. Why don't we be friends from now on?" Saito offered.

"I... I would like that..." Tohru blushed and shifted on his feet.

"Well, I think we should all call it a day," Hikawa announced. "I don't know about you kids but I'm beat..."

"Yeah! Lets go home and do something fun to celebrate!" Lan cheered.

"Sorry, Lan, but I've got homework," his operator informed him. The navi fell over on his face from the sudden burst of his bubble.

"Saito-kun... You dork..." he groaned. Saito just chuckled at his navi friend and waved a fond farewell to the others and skated home.

Lan had been exhausted for the past three days. His programs being frozen had taken a toll on the small navi.

Saito knew this and changed his alarm clock to vibration and set it under his pillow hoping that the navi didn't notice.

If he did he didn't say anything...

Meiru stormed into Saito's room the next day.

"Wake UP! We're gonna be late!" she yelled

Saito's eyes fluttered open. "Late for what?"

"The show! Remember we were gonna go to Yaito-chan's house?"

"Ahhh" Saito sat up in bed and looked at his PET.

"Ah, I see. Your navi didn't wake you up again."

Lan was in the PET fast asleep.

"Meiru-chan, go easy on him. I think something might be wrong he hasn't done much lately. He hasn't even talked to me that much."

Meriu's gaze softened. She walked over to the PC and plugged in Roll.

"Roll please try and wake up Lan. Saito and I will go ahead."

Roll appeared in the computer and nodded. "Ok!"

Lan and Meiru started to skate towards Yaito's house. "Your navi sure is interesting." said Meiru

Saito nodded "But, he's the best friend I ever had. He doesn't see me as a person who is extremely smart or Hikari-hakase's kid. He sees me as me. I can't ask for more."

Meiru thought this over. "Yeah, I think I see what you mean. But I don't think he likes Dekao much."

"That," Saito laughed "Is the understatement of the year."

Lan was in sleep mode going over the conversation Saito's mom, his mom had gone over with him.

"Lan. I will be frank. You are turning my son into someone I do not like. He is late and he won't talk to me. I don't care how much effort my husband put into you I want you to start acting more like a navi and do what you are supposed to."

Lan stared at her in shock.

"Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, ma'am." he looked at the floor.

Haruka gave a weak smile. "I know my son cares for you a lot. But please, I care for my son. I don't want him to leave me so soon."

Lan looked up at her. Then he smiled. "I will try to be a better navi. But I can't help to hope that Saito cares for me as well. It part of my programming."

Haruka nodded. "I am fine with this. I just don't want him to change."

Lan laughed. "Me neither. He's too much fun to be with when I can joke with him like now."

Now Haruka laughed. "Yes. I can relate to that."

Then their conversation turned to Yuuichihiro.

"So, how is my husband doing."

Lan didn't even think about his words. "Papa? He's fine. Just a little tired. He misses you and Saito alot."

Haruka may not have looked it but she was very perspective. "Papa?" she asked.

Lan's eyes widened. "I-I mean Hikari-hakase..."

Haruka had pieced all of the puzzle in her mind now. "It's ok. Are you by chance the navi my husband was working on with the .BAT file?"

Lan looked at her and sighed.

"Yes, mama."

Haruka's eyes widened. "You... it can't be?"

Lan blushed. "He finished everything. I...really don't remember much but he told me you are my mom and Saito is my twin..."

Haruka's eyes filled with tears. "Netto?"

Lan nodded. "Yeah..."

Haruka gave a smile. "I can't believe it. I-" Her hands flew up to her mouth "I yelled at you like that! I'm so sorry!"

"No, no! I understand what you said. Just don't tell Saito about me yet. Please? I still want to be his friend. I don't think I'm ready to be a brother..."

Haruka nodded. "This will be our secret. Netto."