Netto quickly flipped around letting his back face the mirror and wrapped his towel tightly around his chest. He took deep breaths while trying to assess what exactly had happened to his body. When he finally came to grips with at least the part about the new set of body parts he had attained he quietly walked out of the bathroom and to his room so he wouldn't wake his mom.
He shut his bedroom door behind him, still clutching the towel around his chest and looked for his PET. "Rockman, where are you?" he called out. Then he slapped a hand over his mouth. 'Oh god, I sound like a girl…' he said to himself.
Rockman laughed nervously in his PET, his voice also female. "S-sorry, Netto-kun. I thought you would have noticed when you woke up," he said.
Netto looked irritated. "Rockman, have I ever been completely awake when I get out of bed?"
Rockman nervously shook his head no.
Netto growled in reply and looked around for his clothes. He found them exactly where he tossed them the night before, and he wasn't willing to look for a clean set. Not when he considered what he had just gone through, he needed to get to his papa, quickly.
He looked at Rockman in the PET. "Turn around," he commanded.
"Netto-kun, come on, I just went through the same thing. It's not like it's that different," he said exasperatedly.
Netto narrowed his eyes. "You don't have to get dressed, Saito-nii-san, turn around."
Rockman rolled his own eyes and did as he was instructed. Netto put on his clothes as comfortably as he possibly could, but quickly ran into a problem. 'Oh crap, they stick out,' he thought, looking down.
Rockman inadvertently heard his twin's thought and turned around to see what was the problem. "Wow, Netto-kun," he said, searching for what to say. "Why are yours bigger then mine?" he asked after a few minutes.
Netto gave Rockman a look that would have made Forte cower. "What did you just say?"
Rockman quickly put up his hands in defense. "I mean, we're twins aren't we?" he said laughing nervously.
Netto looked like he was going to yell at Rockman but then he just sighed and turned around. "Whatever just help me find my bandana," he muttered.
Rockman and Netto searched the tiny room for the scrap of blue fabric but to no avail. Netto had opened all of his dresser drawers and rifled through all of them in his effort to find it. Rockman was ready to point out that he could just change into a better outfit until they found their dad but they heard footsteps coming up the stairs.
Netto quickly sat up and slammed his head into the drawer open above him. "Ow!" he cried out and rubbed the stinging spot on his head. He heard a knock on his door.
"Netto, are you okay?" asked Laika.
Netto looked at the door in horror and made a daring escape into his closet. "He's fine, come on in," called Rockman.
Laika and Enzan came into Netto's room and surveyed the damage. "Rockman, where…" started Blues.
Rockman pointed to the closet door and rolled his eyes at the same time.
"So he..." started Enzan.
Rockman nodded.
Enzan went over to the closet door and knocked on it. "Come on out Netto, you can't stay in there forever," he said.
"Yes I can," mumbled Netto.
"For heavens' sake Netto-kun, stop acting like a baby and come out, it's not like you were the only one infected!" said Rockman, rather sternly.
"Shut up Rockman, you're not being very fair!" Netto yelled back.
Laika and Enzan decided not to comment of the vocal change, as they knew from the few word they had heard their navi's say, the change did not stop with the appearance. Laika came over and tried his luck. "Netto, if you'll come out then we can actually go try and fix it."
Netto held the door shut. "Hell no! I'm staying in here and you can't do anything to make me come out!" he yelled.
Enzan and Laika looked at each other and sighed. Trust Netto to make everything ten times worse, even when he didn't try. Before they could make another attempt, Netto burst out of the closet yelling and tackled head first into Enzan, knocking them both on the floor.
"What the?" asked Laika.
Netto flipped around and pointed at the closet with a shaking finger. "S-sp-spider!" he said.
Enzan groaned and pushed Netto off of him, so he could breathe. "Netto, since when are you scared of spiders?" he asked.
Rockman laughed. "Netto-kun has been scared of spiders forever. Even though there is nothing to be afraid of."
Netto looked annoyed. "Look who's talking Mr. I-freak-at-the-mention-of-the-word-ghost. At least what I'm scared of is real!" he said.
"Ghosts are real!" said Rockman.
"Right, real," said Netto sarcastically.
"Well, it hasn't been proven they aren't real!" said Rockman in return.
"So! No one's ever proven they are!" Netto shot back.
Laika cleared his throat and everyone's attention became focused on him. He held up a crumpled tissue and said, "Netto, the spider is in here, and its dead, so calm down."
Netto crossed his arms. "I am calm," he muttered.
Laika and Enzan finally took in their best friend's new appearance. Netto looked up at both of them and blushed. "What?" he asked.
Enzan and Laika both blushed and looked away. "N-nothing," they said simultaneously.
Netto blushed himself and stood up. "Excuse me, I'll be right back," he said slamming the door on his way out.
"I thought you two were twins," said Blues.
"Yeah, that's what I said," said Rockman.
Netto walked back into his room five minutes later with his hair in its normal spiky position and a flat chest.
Everyone looked a little surprised. "How did you do that?" asked Rockman.
"I bound my chest…" he muttered, blushing scarlet.
"Doesn't it hurt, Netto-san?" asked Searchman.
"Well duh! I'm not about to go announce to the world that I can get infected with computer viruses, okay?" he said grabbing his PET and stalking out the door.
Laika blinked. "He's a little touchy isn't he?"
Blues coughed. "Well, who wouldn't be?"
Netto walked into Sci Labs and made his way to his father's laboratory as quickly as he could. He was well known by most of the staff, but they were all too busy with the virus escaping to notice him. Something that Netto was extremely grateful for.
Laika and Enzan followed him in, but kept their distance seeing as how Netto wasn't in the most forgiving mood at that particular moment, and they knew better then most people that it took very little to set Netto off.
Netto knocked on his dad's office door and waited for a response. He heard a faint "Come in" from his dad and opened the door.
His father was the only one inside and he slowly walked in. "I'm a little busy right now," said Dr. Hikari without looking up from his papers "so I'm sorry if I can't help you…" he looked up. "Netto! What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in school?" he asked.
Netto looked down at the floor blushing like mad; just then Laika and Enzan came to the door entrance. Laika shut the door to make sure that no one heard the conversation that was about to follow.
Rockman laughed. "Papa, we have a little problem…" he said.
Yuuichiro looked at them with a puzzled gaze.
Enzan spoke up. "Sir, you do know of the new virus that just got out, don't you?"
"New virus?" he asked.
Everyone was speechless.
"You mean, you haven't been told what all the commotion is outside your office?" asked Laika motioning to the door.
"I just thought it was project jitters. Some interns have a big project due tomorrow," said Dr. Hikari. "What's this all about?"
Netto slapped a hand on his forehead. "I don't believe this," he growled.
"What's wrong, do you have a cold?" he asked Netto, a look of concern on his face.
Netto lost all of his ability to be nice and tactful at that point. "No papa, Rockman and I are girls."
Yuuichiro looked at them in a stunned silence. "This is no time for jokes son, I'm very busy right now and I can't really be bothered."
Netto walked over to his dad's desk and held Rockman's PET three inches from his face. Rockman waved sheepishly. "Hi papa."
Yuuichiro looked like he was about to faint. "Wh-what happened?"
"It seems that some kind of virus that changed the navi's gender program got out last night, Hikari Hakase," said Enzan.
Yuuichiro looked at Netto. "You too?"
Netto nodded looking a little more then upset.
"But what about…" he blushed. It was a peculiar thing to see Hikari Yuuichiro blush but there was a first time for everything.
"Netto-kun bound himself so he could go out in public," Rockman explained quickly.
Yuuichiro put his head in his hands and started to massage his temples. "I see," he said softly.
Netto cleared his throat. "Well, what are we going to do?" he asked.
"Well, I suggest that you tell your mother soon, and you should also tell Manabe-san."
"Why her?" asked Blues.
"Because, she's someone you two can probably trust. Does she know about your link?" he asked.
Netto nodded. "She found out a few months ago."
Enzan smiled, he remembered that battle.
"Good, then you should go to her. I'm sorry Netto, but I really don't think I can be much of help to you."
"W-wait, you can't reprogram it or get rid of it?" asked Netto a little panicked.
"I afraid not, we have to wait to find the virus, and if my memory serves me correctly, the transgender virus is a formless virus meaning…"
"It can take on any shape it wants," finished Searchman. He had been in contact with such viruses before, they weren't easy to capture or destroy.
Yuuichiro nodded his head. "Yes, so for now I suggest you go to Manabe-san."
Netto looked a little put out but nodded his head. "All right, but do I have to go to school?" he asked.
Yuuichiro laughed. "For now, no. Let's handle one problem at a time."
/Thank god./ said Netto to his twin.
/There's always a silver lining./ said Rockman, with a hint of a smile.
Enzan, Netto and Laika walked along the streets of Densan slowly making their way towards the Net Saviors HQ to talk to Manabe-san. Netto was currently a little more relaxed then he was earlier, and it helped that he really wasn't complaining as much as the others had thought he would.
Netto sighed halfway there, "This sucks."
Enzan looked at him. "Are you sure that's not an understatement?" he asked.
Netto glanced at him as he continued to walk. "Well, I guess it is, but I'm just trying to figure out, why would someone make this?"
Enzan and Laika shrugged simultaneously. "Who knows? I can think of a lot of reasons, a lot of them I really don't want to think about too hard." Enzan replied.
Netto giggled and it sounded very girly but no one commented. "Well, hopefully it will get caught soon," he said.
Searchman kept his opinions to himself but he knew that it could be a very long time before the virus was found and even longer before it was captured.
After that statement there was an awkward silence that lasted for the last few minutes of the trip. Netto laughed nervously as they came up to the large HQ building. "Well, I guess we're here."
Enzan nodded and went up to the large glass doors, they opened smoothly to admit them and they slowly walked inside. Netto was starting to feel a little less then thrilled about telling his boss about his new problems. The more they walked to her office the worse he felt and Rockman could tell that he was ready to run.
/Netto-kun, are you really that scared of her/ He asked.
Netto looked down and blushed. /No, of course not, I mean, she's my boss and I'm going to her for help./
Rockman sounded skeptical. /Right, you don't sound to sure of yourself there./
/Well! I'm about to go up to a woman I really look up to and tell her I got turned into a girl, wouldn't you be a bit scared/ he mentally yelled at his twin.
/So you are scared/ answered Rockman.
Netto was silent as he couldn't think of a retort and all too soon they were standing outside her office.
"Uhhh, you know what!" Netto said brightly, "I think I'll come back later." He turned around ready to get out of there but Enzan and Laika both grabbed the back of his vest making him wince.
"Nice try Netto," said Laika, dryly.
Netto almost let a small whimper escape his lips but he caught himself in time. "Jerks." He muttered under his breath.
Laika let Enzan hold Netto in place as he knocked on the large wooden door.
"Come in," came Manabe-san's faint voice. She must have been in a different room because when they went in they could not find the pretty Net Savior.
Manabe came out of a back room looking slightly flushed and dressing in workout attire. She smiled and nodded to the three of them. "Please take a seat, I'll just be a few minutes," she waved her hand towards the comfy looking couch in front of her desk.
They sat down and waited a tad uncomfortably for Manabe to change. After a few minutes she came out and sat down behind her desk. She folded her hands on top of the desk and smiled, "So, how can I help you three?" she asked.
Netto shifted uncomfortably in-between Laika and Enzan. Laika was the first to speak, "I'm sure you've heard of the virus that's gotten out."
Manabe sighed. "Your navi's have been infected?" she asked, looking at them a bit sadly.
"Well yes, but," said Enzan but he was cut off.
"I'm sure you three know I can't do anything about that. For now we'll just have to put up with it the best we possibly can," she finished.
Enzan nodded, "Yes, we understand that, we're here for a different reason."
Manabe looked puzzled. "Didn't you say you were here because of the virus?" she asked.
Netto started to blush a deep shade of crimson. It was so bad that Rockman felt the heat on his cheeks, and he wasn't even embarrassed. Well, not for the same reasons as Netto at least.
Manabe was a very quick woman and as she saw Netto blushing she got it. "Oh," she said softly.
At that moment it took all of Enzan's willpower not to laugh. He couldn't help it, he just found that particular moment to be so funny, and maybe it was just the shock of realizing that Netto and Blues were actually and truly girls. Never the less, the others did not miss the tell tale shaking of his shoulders.
Netto glared daggers at Enzan and Manabe stood up from her desk. "So, you're navis are having problems as well?" she asked, her voice a bit strained.
Laika nodded his head. "We already told you that Manabe-san."
Manabe smiled gently. "So, may I ask why you are here, aside from the obvious reasons, of course?"
"Well, my dad said that I should come to you because of what happened…" said Netto his blush deepening even more. "And I really don't know who else to turn too…" he finished, his voice trailing off.
Rockman felt sorry for Netto because he actually had to deal with the part where no one else could find out, which would be hard. Not to mention, painful. Still, it wasn't like Netto was the only one affected, just the only human.
Manabe smiled and nodded. "I understand, it's all right. I should have guessed what happened as soon as saw you three in my office," Manabe looked a little puzzled. "Still, if you were infected, then where are…"
Netto felt that if he blushed any more he would light his hair of fire, he certainly felt that way. "I bound them…" he said in a very small voice.
Manabe felt slightly regretful that she had asked the question, but she needed to know. "I see, well, that's certainly one way to deal with it," she winked to make the tension lift a little.
The gesture was much appreciated and the three humans relaxed a little, as did their navi's. "So now what?" asked Rockman.
Manabe coughed. "I'd actually like to speak to Netto-kun in private, I think I understand one reason his father sent him to me. Do you two mind?"
Enzan and Laika quickly shook their heads and stood up. "Well be downstairs doing research on this virus if you need us," said Laika. Enzan nodded his consent and they left the room.
When the door closed Manabe smiled at Netto. "Well, I'm not meaning to be blunt here, but depending on how big you are, we might have to get you a bra for the time being."
Netto quickly went from his ruby hue to a stark white. "Wh-what?"
Manabe nodded. "Well, I'm sure you don't want to be bound all the time that would hurt wouldn't it? Just for when you're alone, of course."
Netto shook his head, "No way, I'll live with the pain thank you very much."
Manabe sighed. "That's not very fair to your brother is it?" she asked.
Netto was speechless for a bit. "I don't mind, Netto-kun, if you really don't want to," said Rockman quickly.
Netto looked down. "No, she's right, it's not fair."
"B-but, Netto-kun I'm not forcing you…" said Rockman.
Netto shook his head. "Nah, it's all right. It'll probably be better for me in the long run anyways."
"Are you sure Netto-kun?" asked Rockman.
"I guess," said Netto.
Manabe smiled. "Okay then, don't worry Netto-kun, I'll just measure you and get them, you won't have to set foot in a store."
Relief washed over Netto. "Really?" he said.
Manabe nodded. "Yes, that would be asking a little too much. Now, care to 'unbind' yourself so I can measure?"
After Netto was measured and rebound he went downstairs to meet up with his friends. He walked in on them staring at their computer screens. "Bored?" he asked.
Enzan groaned, which was very unlike Enzan. "This guy's records are spotless, and he didn't even register the TG Programs! He just created it for kicks and forgot about it. Now he probably doesn't even know that it's his program."
Netto smiled weakly. "Any idea where he is?"
Laika shook his head. "No, he hasn't been seen for years. This scientist has a habit of literally disappearing off the face of the earth when he gets a new program brainstorm."
Netto sighed and flopped into a revolving chair. "What's his name?" he asked.
"Dr. Cunningham," said Laika and Enzan simultaneously.
"Odd name," mused Netto.
"Oh, everything about this guy is odd," Enzan said dryly.
Netto snickered, "Oh well, let's hope he turns up and in the meantime we can look for the virus."
"Always the optimist, aren't you Netto-san?" asked Searchman.
Netto shrugged. "Well, I can't stay bitter forever. Rockman would kill me for one."
Rockman laughed. "Yeah, no kidding, I was ready to kill you that one time you had gotten angry a Meiru for a whole week."
Netto smiled and spun lazily in his chair. "Yeah, sorry about that."
Enzan stuck out his foot to stop Netto. "Quit it, you're making me dizzy."
Netto stuck his tongue out at Enzan, "Then don't watch."
Laika sighed, "You two really need to grow up, and I never thought I'd have to say that to you Enzan."
Blues laughed softly in his PET, only loud enough for Rockman and Searchman to hear.
Netto and Enzan were about to reply when they heard a crash and a yelp outside. They all ran outside to see a short, brown haired secretary on the ground rubbing her head with papers scattered all around her.
Netto's eyes widened in recognition, "Yui-nee-san!" he said, surprised.
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I swear I thought I was gonna get lynched for this fic. I'm glad people like it, I guess I have a talent for writing humor XD
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