The next morning Enzan woke up to something soft pressed up against him. He looked down and saw Netto facing him and burying his face into Enzan's chest. His ears and hair tickled Enzan's face and he winced trying to move in a more comfortable position. Finally he managed to half turn Netto's body so that he was on his back. Then Netto, with nothing to hold him in his straight position immediately curled up into a tight ball. Enzan smiled and went back to sleep.
Netto woke up some time later and was pressed up against Enzan and felt Enzan's hand around him. He thought about getting up but then decided that he was too comfortable and he was afraid that if he went into his own room the cat nip would still be in there and he would fall victim to its effects once again. So instead he uncurled his body and stretched then went back to sleep, immediately curling up once again.
Both finally got up and out of bed two hours later much to the dismay of Rockman and Blues who were enjoying the peace for once.
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Netto and Enzan were in fairly good moods for the next week however, Enzan became increasingly protective.
Why this was even Enzan didn't know, he found himself thinking about the welfare of the brunette more and more. Netto on the other hand was not enjoying the attention. In fact Enzan refused to let him even step outside anymore.
Netto really did care for Enzan but he had just about enough and prepared to tell Enzan so one night.
Before Enzan was about to go on one of his more lengthy business meetings Netto got ready to give him a piece of his mind.
"Now make sure you don't order out, that's too risky. And whatever you do don't go outside."
Netto's ears went back and he glared at Enzan. "I am sick of this. I want to go outside at least in the backyard! I hate having all these rules! Why do I have to follow what you say?"
"Because you have no sense of danger. When you are about to get hurt or when you go too far you don't stop or ask for help. You would end up endangering yourself. That's why."
"So you don't trust me? You don't think I can take care of myself?"
"That's not what I meant." Said Enzan, exasperatedly.
Netto pouted. "Whatever, I'm going to my room. Good bye Enzan." He stormed upstairs and slammed the door.
"Good-bye Netto……" said Enzan to empty air. Then he sighed and went out the door with a bad feeling.
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Netto was in a fit of rage in his room. "I can't believe he said that! I don't care, I'm getting out of here, tonight."
Rockman was upset to see Netto so angry, he felt the pressure of the emotion pushing through the link. "Netto-kun, please calm down. Enzan has a security system around the house, you've never made it out before, and Enzan isn't here to get you out of the traps."
"I don't care. I'll make it through." He huffed as he pulled an extra large, bright orange hoodie over his head. He was wearing a white t-shirt with black sleeves under it and his normal shorts and shoes. He pulled on a powder blue baseball cap with the Hikari insignia on it and pulled the orange hood over it so only the symbol and the bill of the hat could be seen. He curled his tail around his waist under the hoodie and slipped it into the inside pocket to make sure it wouldn't show. The hoodie came well past Netto's hips but he didn't care. Deciding he was ready he picked up his PET and slipped it into the pocket.
"You can come if you want Rockman. I'm leaving regardless of what you do."
Rockman sighed and went into his PET. 'Someone needs to make sure he doesn't get into too much trouble.' He thought.
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Enzan's security system was something to be reckoned with. Partially made out of the state-of-the-art security system from IPC and some of his own personal programs making his house one of the most well guarded places on earth.
Netto was trying to break out, not in and he also knew Enzan better than anyone else. So figuring the 300th time was the charm he went out and got ready to sprint. Almost immidietly a robot came out and started to chase him. After he has ran 50 feet three more had joined the race. Netto pulled out his blades and headed towards the patio, he quickly snapped them on feet and started to roll his way to freedom. After dodging a few more traps and robots he made it to the wall that surrounded the property. Close to it was a tree and Netto saw his chance. He hunched and propelled himself upward to the nearest branch. After clambering onto the tree he turned around and stuck his tongue at the robots.
"Beeeeeee!" Netto turned around and went to the branch that grew over the wall and dropped safely on the other side.
"Netto-kun." Rockman sweatdropped in his PET and sighed.
"All right! Time to go!" Netto started off in the twilight and one hundred miles away on a plane, Enzan received a notice about his security system being triggered.
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Once outside Netto started his evening by going to the ice cream stand and getting a big vanilla cone. Licking it happily he continued on his way to…… somewhere.
"Netto-kun, where are we going?" Rockman asked nervously.
"To the park."
"Wait! We can't go there, too many people know us, if Meiru-chan is there she'll know something is wrong for sure!"
"I meant the forest park, nii-san. Not the playground."
"Oh, and after we're done there, do you promise we'll go back to Enzan's?"
"Yes, I promise."
"All right. But we have to leave before dark."
"Why? I can see perfectly well." Said Netto, laughing.
"You know what I mean, little brother."
Netto laughed and finished his ice cream, before running to the park. After he got there he walked to a grassy opening between some trees and stretched out in the last rays of the sun.
He did not notice that he was being watched but Rockman saw the person on the radar. Actually, it seemed like two, but the second one was too small to be an adult, maybe a child?
All of a sudden a huge St. Bernard bounded from between the trees barking loudly. Netto sat up and all it took was one look at the huge dog to send him running as fast as he could.
Rockman heard shouts that were not his or Netto's but he couldn't make out the words. The dog still in hot pursuit was much faster than Netto and was catching up quickly. Netto in his haste tripped over his feet and landed hard. Without even thinking he quickly started to dash away on all fours, and was surprisingly faster.
But still not fast enough.
The dog caught up quickly and jumped on Netto. It looked down at Netto with large brown eyes and Netto stared back, terrified. Then the dog started to lick Netto on the face making him giggle.
'That's right, I still look human.' He thought.
He tried to push the giant dog off him, but to no avail. "Get off!" he yelled.
The dog continued to give him sloppy kisses and kept Netto pinned to the ground.
Just then a woman in her late fifties came though the foliage to where the dog had Netto.
"Bad dog! Get off! You know better!" she took hold of the dog's collar and pulled him off Netto.
She offered a hand to Netto and helped him to his feet. "I'm sorry my dog did that. He's normally afraid of humans, I have no idea what came over him."
Netto laughed. "It's alright. I'm just glad he's nice."
"Oh, old Buddy here is a sweetheart. But I'm surprised, I've never seen him take to someone like that. He normally only likes cats oddly enough."
"Heh heh, is that so?" asked Netto nervously.
"Looks like you got your work cut out for this one Netto-kun." Came Rockman's voice from the PET.
"A navi?" the woman asked.
Netto nodded. "Yeah, this is my navi Rockman, and my name is Netto, Hikari Netto."
"Pleased to meet you Netto-kun and Rockman. My name is Delilah and this is Buddy as you've heard."
"Delilah?" Netto let the odd name roll of his tongue. Then he looked at the woman. Her hair was pale red and white, pulled into a loose pony tail and she was wearing a plain white t-shirt and some jeans.
"Yes, I come from the United States, Texas actually."
"United States?"
"A country in the western area of the world. Texas is a state in the United States of America." Said Rockman
"Oh."
Buddy jumped on Netto again and started to lick his face again.
"Buddy!" Delilah pulled the dog off Netto once again.
Netto laughed and got up once again.
"I have really never seen Buddy act like this. I'm amazed he likes you so much."
Netto bent down and petted Buddy on the head. "I like him too. He's not bad for a dog."
Delilah laughed. "So, you're a cat person huh?"
Netto looked alarmed when Rockman spoke up. "She means that you prefer cats, Netto-kun."
"Oh, yeah, I guess you could say that. I like either really."
"Me too. I think both have their own good attributes. But I can't have two pets at the place I'm living or I'd get a cat for some company to me and Buddy."
Netto laughed. "My dad is allergic to cats and I'm not home enough to keep a dog. Besides Rockman is the best friend I could ask for."
"That's sweet. I…." Netto's PET interrupted their conversation.
"Netto where the hell are you?" Enzan's voice came over the PET link.
Netto laughed. "I'm at the natural park, I'm just talking with some new friends."
Enzan sighed. "You almost gave me a heart attack."
Netto shrugged. "I'm perfectly fine. I'll go home when it gets dark."
"All right. I'll see you on Wednesday."
"Bye."
"Bye, Netto."
Netto sighed and hung up the PET. "Enzan's a big worry wart."
Delilah laughed. "Is there a reason for him to be worried?"
"No, he just likes to worry."
This brought another laugh from the red-haired woman. Then she looked at her watch. "I need to get home. I hope to see you around sometime. Maybe you can come over and pay me and Buddy a visit."
Netto nodded. "I'd like that."
They said their good byes and both went their separate ways.
"She was nice." Said Netto
"Yes." Agreed Rockman "But you are going to get a lot of grief from Enzan when he gets home."
Netto shrugged and started to walk home.
A young woman about 20 years old tapped Netto on the shoulder about two blocks away from Enzan's mansion.
Netto looked at her, she had black hair and purple eyes and had a black PET strapped to her belt.
"Yes?"
"I was wondering if you had the time." She asked
Netto looked at his PET. "It's 8:53."
"Thank you." She smiled and walked away.
"That was weird." Said Netto
"Yeah, no kidding. She even had a PET."
"Why do you think she was here?"
"Who knows, let's get into the house, the temperature is really falling."
Netto quickly walked into the warm house without any misshapes from the security system.
The black haired girl watched Netto enter the mansion.
"Is that the boy you think was infected?" came the voice from her belt.
"I know he's infected. His eyes are that of a cat's and he's hiding his ears and tail."
"What are you going to do?"
"What else? Capture him and make him my little pet."
Netto woke up some time later and was pressed up against Enzan and felt Enzan's hand around him. He thought about getting up but then decided that he was too comfortable and he was afraid that if he went into his own room the cat nip would still be in there and he would fall victim to its effects once again. So instead he uncurled his body and stretched then went back to sleep, immediately curling up once again.
Both finally got up and out of bed two hours later much to the dismay of Rockman and Blues who were enjoying the peace for once.
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Netto and Enzan were in fairly good moods for the next week however, Enzan became increasingly protective.
Why this was even Enzan didn't know, he found himself thinking about the welfare of the brunette more and more. Netto on the other hand was not enjoying the attention. In fact Enzan refused to let him even step outside anymore.
Netto really did care for Enzan but he had just about enough and prepared to tell Enzan so one night.
Before Enzan was about to go on one of his more lengthy business meetings Netto got ready to give him a piece of his mind.
"Now make sure you don't order out, that's too risky. And whatever you do don't go outside."
Netto's ears went back and he glared at Enzan. "I am sick of this. I want to go outside at least in the backyard! I hate having all these rules! Why do I have to follow what you say?"
"Because you have no sense of danger. When you are about to get hurt or when you go too far you don't stop or ask for help. You would end up endangering yourself. That's why."
"So you don't trust me? You don't think I can take care of myself?"
"That's not what I meant." Said Enzan, exasperatedly.
Netto pouted. "Whatever, I'm going to my room. Good bye Enzan." He stormed upstairs and slammed the door.
"Good-bye Netto……" said Enzan to empty air. Then he sighed and went out the door with a bad feeling.
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Netto was in a fit of rage in his room. "I can't believe he said that! I don't care, I'm getting out of here, tonight."
Rockman was upset to see Netto so angry, he felt the pressure of the emotion pushing through the link. "Netto-kun, please calm down. Enzan has a security system around the house, you've never made it out before, and Enzan isn't here to get you out of the traps."
"I don't care. I'll make it through." He huffed as he pulled an extra large, bright orange hoodie over his head. He was wearing a white t-shirt with black sleeves under it and his normal shorts and shoes. He pulled on a powder blue baseball cap with the Hikari insignia on it and pulled the orange hood over it so only the symbol and the bill of the hat could be seen. He curled his tail around his waist under the hoodie and slipped it into the inside pocket to make sure it wouldn't show. The hoodie came well past Netto's hips but he didn't care. Deciding he was ready he picked up his PET and slipped it into the pocket.
"You can come if you want Rockman. I'm leaving regardless of what you do."
Rockman sighed and went into his PET. 'Someone needs to make sure he doesn't get into too much trouble.' He thought.
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Enzan's security system was something to be reckoned with. Partially made out of the state-of-the-art security system from IPC and some of his own personal programs making his house one of the most well guarded places on earth.
Netto was trying to break out, not in and he also knew Enzan better than anyone else. So figuring the 300th time was the charm he went out and got ready to sprint. Almost immidietly a robot came out and started to chase him. After he has ran 50 feet three more had joined the race. Netto pulled out his blades and headed towards the patio, he quickly snapped them on feet and started to roll his way to freedom. After dodging a few more traps and robots he made it to the wall that surrounded the property. Close to it was a tree and Netto saw his chance. He hunched and propelled himself upward to the nearest branch. After clambering onto the tree he turned around and stuck his tongue at the robots.
"Beeeeeee!" Netto turned around and went to the branch that grew over the wall and dropped safely on the other side.
"Netto-kun." Rockman sweatdropped in his PET and sighed.
"All right! Time to go!" Netto started off in the twilight and one hundred miles away on a plane, Enzan received a notice about his security system being triggered.
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Once outside Netto started his evening by going to the ice cream stand and getting a big vanilla cone. Licking it happily he continued on his way to…… somewhere.
"Netto-kun, where are we going?" Rockman asked nervously.
"To the park."
"Wait! We can't go there, too many people know us, if Meiru-chan is there she'll know something is wrong for sure!"
"I meant the forest park, nii-san. Not the playground."
"Oh, and after we're done there, do you promise we'll go back to Enzan's?"
"Yes, I promise."
"All right. But we have to leave before dark."
"Why? I can see perfectly well." Said Netto, laughing.
"You know what I mean, little brother."
Netto laughed and finished his ice cream, before running to the park. After he got there he walked to a grassy opening between some trees and stretched out in the last rays of the sun.
He did not notice that he was being watched but Rockman saw the person on the radar. Actually, it seemed like two, but the second one was too small to be an adult, maybe a child?
All of a sudden a huge St. Bernard bounded from between the trees barking loudly. Netto sat up and all it took was one look at the huge dog to send him running as fast as he could.
Rockman heard shouts that were not his or Netto's but he couldn't make out the words. The dog still in hot pursuit was much faster than Netto and was catching up quickly. Netto in his haste tripped over his feet and landed hard. Without even thinking he quickly started to dash away on all fours, and was surprisingly faster.
But still not fast enough.
The dog caught up quickly and jumped on Netto. It looked down at Netto with large brown eyes and Netto stared back, terrified. Then the dog started to lick Netto on the face making him giggle.
'That's right, I still look human.' He thought.
He tried to push the giant dog off him, but to no avail. "Get off!" he yelled.
The dog continued to give him sloppy kisses and kept Netto pinned to the ground.
Just then a woman in her late fifties came though the foliage to where the dog had Netto.
"Bad dog! Get off! You know better!" she took hold of the dog's collar and pulled him off Netto.
She offered a hand to Netto and helped him to his feet. "I'm sorry my dog did that. He's normally afraid of humans, I have no idea what came over him."
Netto laughed. "It's alright. I'm just glad he's nice."
"Oh, old Buddy here is a sweetheart. But I'm surprised, I've never seen him take to someone like that. He normally only likes cats oddly enough."
"Heh heh, is that so?" asked Netto nervously.
"Looks like you got your work cut out for this one Netto-kun." Came Rockman's voice from the PET.
"A navi?" the woman asked.
Netto nodded. "Yeah, this is my navi Rockman, and my name is Netto, Hikari Netto."
"Pleased to meet you Netto-kun and Rockman. My name is Delilah and this is Buddy as you've heard."
"Delilah?" Netto let the odd name roll of his tongue. Then he looked at the woman. Her hair was pale red and white, pulled into a loose pony tail and she was wearing a plain white t-shirt and some jeans.
"Yes, I come from the United States, Texas actually."
"United States?"
"A country in the western area of the world. Texas is a state in the United States of America." Said Rockman
"Oh."
Buddy jumped on Netto again and started to lick his face again.
"Buddy!" Delilah pulled the dog off Netto once again.
Netto laughed and got up once again.
"I have really never seen Buddy act like this. I'm amazed he likes you so much."
Netto bent down and petted Buddy on the head. "I like him too. He's not bad for a dog."
Delilah laughed. "So, you're a cat person huh?"
Netto looked alarmed when Rockman spoke up. "She means that you prefer cats, Netto-kun."
"Oh, yeah, I guess you could say that. I like either really."
"Me too. I think both have their own good attributes. But I can't have two pets at the place I'm living or I'd get a cat for some company to me and Buddy."
Netto laughed. "My dad is allergic to cats and I'm not home enough to keep a dog. Besides Rockman is the best friend I could ask for."
"That's sweet. I…." Netto's PET interrupted their conversation.
"Netto where the hell are you?" Enzan's voice came over the PET link.
Netto laughed. "I'm at the natural park, I'm just talking with some new friends."
Enzan sighed. "You almost gave me a heart attack."
Netto shrugged. "I'm perfectly fine. I'll go home when it gets dark."
"All right. I'll see you on Wednesday."
"Bye."
"Bye, Netto."
Netto sighed and hung up the PET. "Enzan's a big worry wart."
Delilah laughed. "Is there a reason for him to be worried?"
"No, he just likes to worry."
This brought another laugh from the red-haired woman. Then she looked at her watch. "I need to get home. I hope to see you around sometime. Maybe you can come over and pay me and Buddy a visit."
Netto nodded. "I'd like that."
They said their good byes and both went their separate ways.
"She was nice." Said Netto
"Yes." Agreed Rockman "But you are going to get a lot of grief from Enzan when he gets home."
Netto shrugged and started to walk home.
A young woman about 20 years old tapped Netto on the shoulder about two blocks away from Enzan's mansion.
Netto looked at her, she had black hair and purple eyes and had a black PET strapped to her belt.
"Yes?"
"I was wondering if you had the time." She asked
Netto looked at his PET. "It's 8:53."
"Thank you." She smiled and walked away.
"That was weird." Said Netto
"Yeah, no kidding. She even had a PET."
"Why do you think she was here?"
"Who knows, let's get into the house, the temperature is really falling."
Netto quickly walked into the warm house without any misshapes from the security system.
The black haired girl watched Netto enter the mansion.
"Is that the boy you think was infected?" came the voice from her belt.
"I know he's infected. His eyes are that of a cat's and he's hiding his ears and tail."
"What are you going to do?"
"What else? Capture him and make him my little pet."