They returned to the hotel and Netto flopped face first into his bed. "I don't want to go back tomorrow," he muttered.
Enzan lay down on his bed and stared at the ceiling, "Well, it's not like we have a choice."
"Yeah," Netto yawned, "Bit I still don't want to go."
Laika merely sighed and got into his bed.
"Night," Enzan murmured.
"Morning," Netto said with a smirk and dropped off to sleep.
Two hours later Rockman got an e-mail from the director of the main conference saying that due to the mysterious blackout the conference for that day was cancelled. /Netto-kun/ he prodded his sleepy twin.
/Nh… what/ Netto groaned.
/You don't have to go today/ Rockman told him.
/Joy/ Netto muttered and went back to sleep.
Later that morning at about 10:30 Enzan finally woke Netto up, much to his disappointment. "Come on; let me sleep a little more…"
"Oh for heaven's sake," Enzan snapped. "You were only up for about an hour and a half, now get up."
Netto stretched and yawned and sat up in bed. "You take the fun out of the day off."
"Fun being sleeping all day?" Enzan asked him.
Netto shrugged, "It's a nice idea," he said.
"Come on," Enzan said. "Get up."
Netto yawned one last time got out of bed and stretched his hands over his head. "All right, I'm up," he said.
"Where do you want to go?" Rockman asked.
"Where can we go," Netto pointed out. "There's no power."
"That is true," Enzan said slowly. "Should we just stay here?"
Netto shook his head, "Staying in a hotel with a bunch of pissed off High Ranking Net Saviors? I'll pass."
Rockman nodded, "Yeah, that's a good idea. Especially because it's kinda our fault."
"Kind of?" Laika asked. "Rockman, it is out fault."
Netto laughed, "Ah well, it was still fun. So, should we just go hand out or something?" he asked.
"Where?" Enzan and Laika asked.
Netto shrugged, "Maybe the patio place, I'm sure some places have back up generators, maybe we'll get lucky."
"Maybe…" Enzan said doubtfully.
"I'm not staying here," Netto said matter of factly.
"Let's go," Laika said.
"Enzan-sama?" Blues asked.
"All right, anywhere is probably better then here anyways," Enzan admitted.
The threesome got out of the hotel with Manabe's permission and proceeded in the same direction that they had walked in yesterday. "Man this place is huge," Netto said while shading his eyes and staring at the skyscrapers.
"It is Tokyo," Laika said dryly.
Netto threw him a dirty look and continued to look around at the impressive city.
Over at the patio Minako was sipping a soda slowly. "Man, I know we beat the big monster but having no power sucks. Any idea when it'll come back on?"
"The news says in about fifteen minutes," Ami told her. "You don't have to wait much longer."
"Yeah, and if those kids weren't there we would be in a lot more trouble then we are now," Rei pointed out.
Minako sipped her soda, "Yeah, yeah. Oh hey, Luna?" she asked.
The black cat looked at her, "Yes?" she asked softly.
"Did you hear anything else on those kids?" Minako asked. "From Nova?"
Luna shook her head, "Nova refuses to tell me anything. She keeps on telling me that we'll find out soon enough."
Usagi put her head in her hand, "I don't like that cat," she muttered.
Makoto laughed, "Well, at least she's on our side," Makoto paused, "I think."
Luna nodded, "That's a safe bet, but still, the fact that Nova exists worries me."
Over on the other side of the large open concrete space Nova was daintily licking her paw on wall ledge. Enzan pointed to it. "Isn't that the cat we saw yesterday?"
Netto looked at it, "It is," he said walking over to it and petting it. "Hello," he said cheerfully.
The cat meowed and rubbed against his hand. Netto smiled and picked up the cat, cradling it in his arms. "It's so nice," he said.
Enzan eyed it, "To you maybe," he said.
Nova jumped from Netto's arms and onto his head like she did the day before. "Weird cat," Laika noted.
Netto shrugged, "It's still cute though."
Rockman laughed, "It is," he agreed. "I wonder who it belongs to though."
"Maybe it's a stray?" Netto suggested.
"Then why is it so tame?" Blues asked pointedly.
Netto shrugged, "No idea. But if it was a run away then why does it keep coming here?"
No one really could figure out the mystery of the cat, and they really didn't try. Instead they took a seat and relaxed for a bit until the power came back on ten minutes later. "Think they'll call us in?" Netto asked with a sigh.
Laika shook his head, "I doubt it, they already cancelled everything, I don't think they'll go to the trouble to round up everyone again."
"I hope so," Netto said.
Over on the other side Minako cheered when the power came back on, "All right!"
Ami looked pleased that the radio source she was using was correct. "Well, I'm glad that's over with."
Luna looked up and saw Nova sitting on the child's head from the day before. "Over there," she said quietly.
They all followed Luna's gaze to where the three boys were talking. "Is that Nova again?" Usagi asked.
Luna nodded, "It is. I don't want to reveal myself but if Nova doesn't stop playing mind games soon then I think we're going to have to try and find things out for ourselves."
Usagi put her hands on the table and stood up, "That cat ticks me off," she said.
"Usagi, don't do anything you'll regret," Rei told her snidely.
Usagi stuck her tongue out at Rei who stuck hers back and soon they got into an arguing match over who was more annoying. Everyone else at the table either laughed, pretended not to know them, or both.
Netto looked up at the argument. "Hey, we met them yesterday," he said.
Laika and Enzan looked over, "I remember," Enzan said.
Netto stood up and walked over. "Hi!" he said cheerfully.
Rei and Usagi immediately stopped bickering and everyone else nodded. "Hello!" Usagi said just as cheerfully. "What are you doing here?"
Netto grinned, "Got the day off because of the blackouts."
"Thank god for the little things," Rockman said with a laugh.
Netto rolled his eyes, "We were up at three," he pointed out.
Usagi played along, "Three? What were you doing up so early, you're just a kid."
Netto looked indignant, "I'm not just a kid," he huffed. "I'm a net savior, and we were on a mission last night."
Makoto joined the farce, "Really? What kind of mission?"
Enzan and Laika walked over. "There was a disturbance in the downtown area and we took care of it," Enzan said before Netto could blab.
Netto shrugged, "That's about the gist of it."
The five girls at the table looked highly amused for some reason. "Must have been dangerous," Ami said.
Netto shook his head, "No way."
Minako looked a little surprised, "You didn't think it was dangerous?"
Netto laughed, "After fighting Forte, Slur, and god who knows else, no not really. Last night's mission was kinda easy."
Enzan and Laika both nodded behind Netto and the other five knew they weren't kidding. "Scary," Minako said in a teasing voice.
Netto crossed his arms, "Just because I'm 12 doesn't mean…"
"Woah, hold on," Rai said. "You're only 12?"
Netto blinked and realized his mistake, "13 in four months," he said quickly.
Usagi laughed, "You're in 6th grade?" she asked.
"Yes…" Netto said slowly.
"How old are you?" Ami asked Enzan and Laika.
"13," they answered together.
Once again, the same amused look passed through the group. "Well, how old are you?" Netto asked.
"16," they all answered.
"High School?" Enzan asked.
Usagi nodded, "And I can't wait to get out," she said with a grin.
Before anyone else could go on with the conversation there was a loud explosion in the back ground and a girl who looked to be about 18 years old stepped out of the smoke. She had on a short pale blue dress with silver body armor protecting her torso, arms, legs and head. She had a sharp grey eyes and grey colored hair and on her forehead was a pale grey star. He raised her hand and a large shadowy beast came out of nowhere to tower over them.
"A Chosen," Nova hissed.