Netto lay on his back as he stared at the ceiling. Everything was perfect, he and Saito had great lives and even if the elite force for the Net Saviors were a little annoying they really were nice people. But something in the back of his mind kept telling him that it wasn't right. Life wasn't like that, no matter how perfect things seemed.

"Netto-kun?" Saito asked from his bed.

"Yeah?"

"Do things seem, right to you?" Saito asked.

Gem and Stone listened intently but didn't butt in on the conversation.

"I don't know…" Netto said slowly. "We've always been like this, haven't we?"

"Yeah, I don't know what I'm saying," Saito pretended to laugh. "Forget about it."

Netto eyed his twin uneasily, "Whatever you say, nii-san," he said doubtfully.

"Yeah," Saito said to the ceiling. "Forget about it."

The next day Netto had taken a detour from Saito's normal route home. This was of course because now they didn't feel the need to protect their secret from anyone else, after all, what secret was there?

"You finally broke off from Saito?" Gem teased. "And here I thought you two were trying to see who annoyed the other first."

Netto laughed, "Nah, I just thought Saito-nii-san looked like he could be alone for awhile."

"Yeah, I noticed that too," Gem admitted. "He has an awful lot on his mind," she muttered.

Netto shrugged, "Yeah, but when he's like that it's no fun to talk to him."

Gem laughed, "Ah, you abandoned him out of boredom."

"Shut up," Netto snapped.

Gem's laughs carried in the air. "Hey, since we're all about splitting up today, can I head to internet city for a few hours?" she asked.

Netto nodded, "Sure, fine with me. Just… try not to get into another fight."

"Hey, it's not my fault guys are stupid," Gem shrugged.

"Gee, thanks," Netto said dryly.

"Awww, you know I love you, Netto," she said with a smile.

"Yeah, yeah, get lost," Netto teased her.

"I'll be back by eight, you better be home by then," Gem warned him.

"I will," Netto reassured her.

"All right, bye!" she said cheerfully and disappeared from her PET.

Netto walked around the city, just taking it in. Everything seemed so familiar, but here and there, there were a few things that seemed… off. Netto glanced at the empty building nestled on the corner. His mind was screaming that something was missing but what, he couldn't tell.

"Netto?" a voice asked behind him.

Netto turned around to see two people he recognized as Enzan and Laika heading towards him. "Hi…" he said slowly.

"Are you… alone?" Enzan asked.

Netto shrugged, "Gem went to internet city if that's what you mean," he said.

"Oh thank god," Laika muttered.

Netto eyed them, "What's all this about?"

Enzan walked up to him, "Come on Netto, we know it's you. Stop playing games."

"What games?" Netto asked.

Enzan blinked, "You know we don't belong here. This is all an illusion. Now where is Rockman?"

"Rock…man…" Netto repeated the name as if it was in a foreign language.

"Netto get a grip," Enzan snapped.

"I have one, but apparently you don't," Netto snapped back.

"You think this is all fun and games?" Enzan asked him. "Do you like living with Saito? Netto I'm sorry, but Saito Hikari does not exist. He died and you know it."

"Enzan…" Laika said warningly but it was too late.

Netto punched Enzan across the face, "Shut up," he hissed. "Just… shut up…"

Enzan landed on the ground, hard. He looked up to see Netto glaring at him with a mixture of anger, but also fear and confusion. "You know I'm right," Enzan told him.

Netto brought down his fist, "Saito-nii-san… he's…" he shut his eyes.

Enzan stood up, "What the hell is wrong with you?" he asked.

"Nothing!" Netto yelled. "Nothing is wrong! Look, I don't know where you're coming from but it's not funny!"

Enzan was almost at his breaking point, by then it was obvious that Netto was just refusing to see the facts. "Netto, this isn't a game anymore," Laika snapped.

"It never was a game!" Netto yelled at him. "It's real!"

Enzan growled, lifted Netto up by the collar of his shirt and pushed him into the nearest wall. "Wake up, Netto!" he yelled. "We're stuck here while whoever put us here can do got knows what on earth and we're running around like mice in an illusion. Is that what you want? To live a lie?"

Netto looked at him in surprise, "Enzan…" he said slowly.

"Have you come to your senses yet?" he snapped. "Because I'm sure as hell sick of you hiding from us."

Laika looked from Netto to Enzan and back again. He really had no place in this conversation and it seemed that Enzan was better at getting Netto to snap out of whatever was wrong with him in the first place.

Netto grabbed Enzan's wrists and pulled them away from himself trying to get free. "Let me go," he hissed.

Enzan pushed Netto viciously back up against the wall, "Not until you admit that you are Netto Hikari and that your navi is Rockman and you know everything that's going on."

Netto blinked at him, "Rockman… he…" Netto shut his eyes, "Rockman is Saito," he said thickly as if trying to remind himself of something.

Enzan let Netto go in surprise. "What?" he asked.

Netto rubbed his forehead, "Rockman, his data is built off Saito Hikari's DNA. Rockman is Saito…nii-san…" he said slowly. "Aw, shit," he muttered.

"Are you all right?" Laika asked him.

"No," Netto hissed. "I can't believe… Okay, something is wrong here."

"Yeah, we figured that out, Netto… are you?" Enzan started.

"I'm Netto if that's what you mean. Because I happen to know that last Valentine's Day I dyed your hair…" Enzan quickly moved forward and covered his mouth.

"Don't even finish that. I believe you," he muttered.

Netto grinned and Laika looked on, a tad puzzled. "But Saito…"

Netto sighed, "I said it already. Saito is Rockman. Rockman is Saito. That's the way things are."

"Then why isn't he with us?" Blues asked.

"Because, his data is based off DNA," Netto said. "This world… it can't be separated into the real world and cyber world the way earth is, can it?" he asked. "When we were brought here Sai… I mean Rockman's programming must have taken over or something."

"So now what?" Laika asked.

"Now…" Netto sighed. "I think I should try and bring Rockman to his senses…" he muttered. "Something about this place…" he trailed off.

"Yeah, we noticed," Enzan said. "You take care of him and we'll get everyone else. This ends tonight."

Netto gave Enzan a small smile, "I hope so," he said.

"All right, see you," Enzan and Laika both said and ran off.

"Bye!" Netto yelled and he ran towards his house. "Hold on, Rockman," he muttered.

Gem watched everything through the monitor by the street light. She too vanished to the PC at the twin's house to tell Stone what she had heard. Slur followed closely behind her.