Saito walked down the street feeling a little down but not too unhappy. He figured that for the time being, just walking around might be the best medicine. Elsewhere, Netto and Rockman were wandering around, Netto with his thoughts and Rockman just feeling worried. With a little bit of help the two managed to run into each other, literally.

"Ow…" Netto said, rubbing the back of his head.

"I'm so sorry," a voice said.

Netto looked up to see Saito leaning over him. "You!" Netto gasped.

"I didn't mean to run into you, I was a little…" Saito frowned. "Preoccupied."

"What are you doing here?" Netto asked. "Aren't you supposed to be…"

Saito shook his head, "Not anymore. I'm not a Guardian any more, not really a ghost either… I kinda just… exist."

Netto gaped at him. "You… you're not…"

Saito shook his head.

"What did you do?" Netto gasped.

"I already told you, I broke the rules. This is… my punishment of sorts," Saito said while looking to the side.

"Netto-kun…" Rockman said softly.

Netto looked at him and frowned. "Then… you have nowhere to go?" he asked.

Saito shrugged in an effort to make it seem less serious. "I don't know."

Netto eyed him, "What do you mean 'you don't know?'" he asked.

"Well I…" Saito said trying to think of some kind of excuse.

Netto sighed and grabbed Saito's wrist. "Come on," he said.

"Wha… wait, Netto-kun, where are we going?" Saito asked.

"My house," Netto said simply.

"Netto-kun…" Rockman growled in a lower tone.

"Relax, Rockman, mama's not home," Netto replied to the unasked question. "When she does come home we'll… deal with it."

"Mama!" Saito exclaimed.

"She's not home and you don't have anywhere to go. And dead relative or not you need shelter," Netto said matter of factly.

Saito rubbed the back of his head, "You make it sound so pleasant."

Netto shrugged and continued to pull his hapless twin down the road. "Don't worry about it," he said easily.

Rockman shook his head and Saito laughed nervously while Netto continued to ignore them both as he pulled Saito to his house.

"Here we are," Netto said while opening the door.

"I know what your house looks like, Netto-kun," Saito said pointedly.

Netto shrugged and walked inside. "So, if you're being punished then why aren't you a ghost?" he asked.

Saito walked into the room and answered Netto's question while he gazed around at his surroundings. "Well, my crystal was taken away but Lady Eleanor let me have a fake body to live on earth with."

Netto eyed him, "Couldn't you have just gone to heaven?" he asked.

Saito blinked and looked at Netto, then he started to blush. "Well… I'm banished…"

"They banished you," Netto said.

"Yes," Saito replied quickly.

"From heaven?"

"Yeah…" Saito answered a little less quickly.

"After being a guardian angel for 11 years…" Netto finished.

"Right…" Saito agreed slowly.

Netto looked at Saito, "You are a horrible liar, nii-san," he said.

Saito rubbed the back of his head again, "I've been told that many times."

"Whoever told you that is right," Netto agreed.

Rockman snickered in his PET.

Saito blinked, "Nii-san?" he asked.

Netto looked at the ceiling, "I don't know… I kinda just said it without thinking."

Saito giggled, "Oh."

"So… 'oh banished one'" Netto teased. "What are you going to do?"

Saito sighed, "I don't know. I mean, I won't grow or get older, I just kinda… exist now."

"Why in the hell would you agree to something like that?" Netto asked him.

Saito blushed, "Ummm… I'll tell you later," he said in a small voice.

Netto turned around and shrugged, "Whatever, follow me, I'll show you where the guest bed room is," he said with a smile.

Saito grinned and followed Netto upstairs.

Later that evening Netto had once again fallen asleep at his desk while doing his homework. "Ah…" Saito said. "He always does that."

Rockman sighed, "I know…"

Saito giggled, "I've always wanted to meet you, Rockman."

Rockman blinked, "Why me?" he asked.

"Because, you…" Saito looked at Netto's sleeping form, "You protect Netto-kun when I can't."

"You really must care about Netto-kun to choose the life you did," Rockman stated.

"How did you…" Saito asked.

"I pieced it together," Rockman said simply.

Saito sighed, "Well… yeah…" he looked embarrassed. "Just, don't tell Netto-kun, okay?"

"I promise," Rockman said quietly.

Saito gave Rockman a small grin and then he picked up Netto. "Oh… he's heavy," Saito said.

Rockman snickered, "I could have told you that."

Saito sighed and put Netto in his bed. Netto managed to remain asleep as Saito covered him with the bed sheets. Then he turned and yawned, "Night, Rockman," he said.

"Good night, Saito-kun, I'll warn you if mama comes home."

"Thanks," Saito said and he walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.

Netto pulled the covers more tightly around himself. "Come on, get up," Rockman said.

"It's summer break…" Netto whined. "Lemme sleep…"

"Well… as much as I'd like to tell you to finish your summer homework I can't. Netto-kun, we've been called by the Net Saviors, they want us to go in."

Netto glared at his clock then at Rockman, "At 8:30 in the morning?" he announced like it was a scandal.

"Yeah… because it's so early…" Rockman said a little sarcastically. Netto just turned over and fell back into his bed. "Netto-kun…" Rockman sighed.

Saito came into the room and poked his sleeping brother, "Come on," he said.

"You, go away, now," Netto muttered darkly.

Saito let a small smile cross his face. "I've always wanted to do this," he admitted.

"By all means!" Rockman said cheerfully.

Saito grinned and pounced on Netto until he woke up. Netto growled at him and finally got up enough to throw his only pillow at Saito. "Awake?" Saito asked him cheerfully.

Netto just glared at him.

"Good," Rockman said. "Now come on, we need to go."

"What about mama?" Netto asked.

"I can hide somewhere," Saito suggested. "Or we can tell her."

"One thing at a time," Netto yawned. "First let's see what HQ wants."

"We?" Saito asked.

"Yeah, we," Netto said putting a baseball hat on Saito.

"Wonderful disguise that is," Rockman said.

"Aww, be quiet," Netto muttered as he pulled his PET out of the slot and put it in the harness around his waist.

"Actually, with your hair sticking up and my hair hidden no one should be able to tell," Saito said.

"Right," Netto agreed. "Let's go."

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