Yui rubbed the back of her head and groaned. She had taken quite a fall there, a flight of stairs and two people who were unfortunate to be in her way during the fall. When she started to feel the pain to subside she heard her name called in a familiar voice.

"Yui-nee-san!" Netto called again.

Yui looked up again and saw Netto standing over her holding out a hand; she accepted and let the brunette help her to her feet. "Ah, thanks Netto-kun," she said smiling.

Netto looked up at the young secretary with a mild air of curiosity. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

Yui winked, "I'm looking for a job. My other job was just an internship, now I'm setting off on my own."

Netto smiled, "That's great, Yui-nee-san!" he said.

Yui blushed and nodded. "Thank you, I hope I can land a job soon though. By the way Netto-kun, do you have a cold?"

Netto blinked, "Ummm, I uh…"

Enzan came over and elbowed Netto making him yelp and rub his stinging arm while Enzan said "Yes, we're just doing some research today anyways."

Yui blinked and smiled, "Oh, that's wonderful! Can you boys show me to Manabe-san's office then? I need to hand in my resume."

"Actually, Manabe-san isn't here," said Laika coming in on the conversation. "She's out running some….errands I believe."

Netto turned a heavy scarlet and vaguely wondered how Laika found out.

"Oh, okay thanks for telling me. Do you know who I can turn my resume into then?"

Laika shrugged, "I'm sorry, but I don't know who is in charge of that kind of thing in this facility."

Yui looked a bit put out by Laika's cool attitude and barely managed to stutter out, "O-oh."

Netto threw Laika a dirty look and went over to Yui, "Don't worry about him; Manabe-san should be back soon. She left a few hours ago, want to see where her office is?"

"Oh will you?" she said gratefully. "I've been wandering around this huge place for hours. No one will tell me anything, they're all so busy."

"I wonder why?" Enzan whispered sarcastically to Laika.

Netto threw the pair another dirty look and smiled at Yui. He liked the young secretary and she deserved any chance she got. "Sure, actually a virus got out yesterday so that's why everyone is so busy. But don't worry, I'll show you around."

Yui smiled, "Thanks so much Netto-kun. I've been very put out lately; I can't seem to land a job."

Netto laughed, "Its okay, I'm sure Manabe will at least see you."

Yui nodded and followed the young net savior to the office of Manabe with Laika and Enzan close behind to ensure that the two wouldn't create any problems, accidents or otherwise.

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The four humans waited inside the well furnished office, patiently waiting for Manabe to return from her shopping. About a half hour later, filled with pleasant conversation between Netto and Yui, Manabe entered the room carrying a few shopping bags.

She looked at Netto then Yui and gave the boys a questioning look. Netto stood up and pointed to Yui, "She's looking for a job, and she got lost looking for you office," he said.

Manabe looked at the mousy secretary and smiled at her warmly, making Yui relax considerably. "Of course, I placed an ad for a secretary a few days ago. How wonderful that someone responded so quickly."

Yui stood up with her arms stiffly at her sides looking like a solider. "I am here for a secretarial job, ma'am. Here is my resume!" she announced in a loud voice and handed Manabe the small brown folder containing her resume.

Manabe smiled and nodded. "Yes, I am actually almost up to my neck in work. I'll look over these right now and tell you if you have the job in a few minutes. Care to wait outside?"

The foursome waited by the hot drink vending machine sipping on coffee and in Netto's case, hot chocolate. Yui looked nervous to the point where Enzan and Laika felt sorry for her. "Oh, what if she says no? I don't think I'll have any chance of finding a job in this recession."

Netto took another sip of the now rapidly cooling drink. "Yui-nee-san, I don't think you need to worry. Manabe-san is really nice."

"But, what if she says no!" Yui said in a high voice.

Even Enzan and Laika attempted to comfort the would-be secretary. "Netto's right, Manabe-san is really nice; I don't think you'll have any problems in getting a job with her somehow. As long as you have good credentials," said Enzan.

Laika nodded, "I agree with Enzan. What are your credentials, anyway?" he asked.

Yui looked thoughtful, "Well, I had an internship with Insura Corp and I have a letter of recommendation from the President, Vice President and CEO. Do you think that's enough?" she looked suddenly worried.

The three just stared at her. Enzan finally coughed and said, "Hazuki-san, if that's what you really have in there, I think you're fine."

Netto smiled, "Who knew Yui-nee-san was such a good secretary?" he said.

Yui smiled. "Oh, I'm fine at the computer and being alone or with my boss. It's when I'm with other people that I get all flustered and clumsy."

Netto opened his mouth to reply but Manabe came into the small hallway carrying Yui's resume. Yui stood rigidly again awaiting Manabe's decision. Manabe smiled warmly and held out the small envelope and Yui's heart sank.

"You have some amazing credentials here, Hazuki-san. I'm amazed that you're superior's spoke so highly of you. Welcome aboard," said Manabe.

Yui bowed in a quick gesture. "Thanks for your time, I'll be leaving…" Yui opened one eye. "What?"

Manabe giggled softly. "I said 'Welcome aboard,' you have the job if you want it Hazuki-san."

Yui's eyes widened. "Do I? Oh thank you so much Manabe-san! When do I start?"

"Tomorrow, at 7 am, please try not to be late." Manabe winked and walked back to her office calling over her shoulder. "Oh, Netto-kun, come by my office later please."

Netto barely heard her because he was too busy cheering on Yui. "Yay! You did it Yui-nee-san!" he yelled.

Yui laughed and picked the smaller boy up and hugging him. "Yes, thanks so much for helping me Netto-kun!"

Netto blushed and looked embarrassed. "It was no big deal," he smiled.

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Netto had never had a more uncomfortable night's sleep in his life. He knew his constant mental activity kept Rockman awake too, but there really wasn't anything either one could do about it. Finally at about 3:37 A.M. Rockman gave up and called out, "Netto-kun, why don't you just try and do your homework or something?"

Netto sat up, mildly irritated. "Yeah, I'll go do that," he said sarcastically.

Rockman shrugged, "It was just a suggestion, you know."

Netto sighed and fell back on his bed with a muffle thump, "Yeah, I know," he said. "Kinda scary I never fell asleep, huh?" he asked.

"Not for lack of trying," Rockman giggled.

Netto smiled, "Hey Rockman, I'm sorry I kept you up all night," he said looking at the computer.

Rockman shook his head, "Nah, I'm more worried about you, I can just use a recover chip, you can't."

It was Netto's turn to shrug, "Well, I think I'll be fine. So, aside from your feeble attempts to get me to do my homework, what do you want to do?"

Rockman giggled, "Well, we can try to sleep again," he joked.

Netto made a face, "Nah, I'm awake. Think playing a video game would be too loud?" he asked.

"Well, if you kept the sound really low, or muted it, I don't think we'll wake up mama," Rockman said.

Netto sighed and went over to his computer, plopping himself in his swivel chair. He brought up his favorite racing game and watched at it loaded. "Glad mama wasn't home when we got back," Netto said.

Rockman nodded and pulled up the racing game in his own PET so he could race Netto, "Think she'll find out today?" he asked.

Netto looked uncomfortable, "I don't know, I hope not."

The racing game started and Netto and Rockman raced their virtual cars. Rockman shot ahead easily, "Careful Netto-kun, you're loosing," he joked.

Netto laughed, "Not for long."

At about seven, Netto and Rockman received a call from Enzan on their PET. Netto shut off the game and picked up the loud device. "Hello?" he asked.

Enzan was rightfully surprised, "What are you doing up this early?"

Netto made a face, "I couldn't sleep."

Enzan gave him a weak smile, "I can understand that."

Netto shrugged, "Well, I can't do anything about it, so why did you call anyway?" he asked.

Enzan cleared his throat, "Well, I think we should decide on a course of action, and I also thought you'd like to get out of here, so I was wondering if you'd like to search for Dr. Cunningham," he said.

Netto blinked, "Why him, aren't we after the virus?"

Enzan nodded, "Yes, but if we find the programmer then we might find some way to get the virus. Besides he'll be easier to track down."

Netto nodded, "Makes sense, but I don't know. Don't we need adult supervision?" he asked.

Enzan nodded, "I was hoping Manabe-san could come with is, that way it's also technically a mission."

Rockman appeared in his PET, "Well it can't hurt," he said.

"So, we'll meet at the Net Saviors HQ in about an hour?" Enzan asked.

Netto nodded his agreement, "All right see you then."

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Netto wasn't quite ready to swallow his pride yet and once again he bound himself. He left before his mom woke up to avoid the drama that would ensue from finding him, she'd find out soon enough anyway. He slipped as quietly as he could out of his house and started to skate towards his destination.

"Hey Netto-kun, are you angry at all?" Rockman asked suddenly.

Netto stopped, "No! What gave you that idea?" he asked.

"Well, it's my fault that you're infected with the virus, you seemed kind of…" Rockman searched for the right word, "upset."

Netto snorted, "Yeah, well who wouldn't be? When I agreed to the link thing I did not expect to become a girl, however I'm not mad at you. Right now, I mad at Dr. Cunningham, but not you."

Rockman laughed and Netto started to skate again. "Well, that's a relief," he said.

Netto smiled, "Hey, it's not like I could keep something like 'I'm mad at you' a secret from you anyway. You just read my thoughts, right?"

"I would never do such a thing!" Rockman said indignantly.

"Right," said Netto.

"I wouldn't!" Rockman said, trying to defend himself.

Netto laughed, "Calm down, I was just joking."

Rockman rolled his eyes even though Netto couldn't see him and didn't reply.

Netto rolled into the head quarters long before anyone else, and the few people that were there were very surprised to see the normally late boy come in so early. When Netto walked into the specified conference room Laika whistled, "Wow, you really couldn't sleep could you?" he asked.

Netto crossed his arms over his chest almost wincing, "And just what is that supposed to mean?" he growled.

"It means you normally can't be on time to save you life," Laika said back.

/Netto-kun, drop it and sit down/ said Rockman calmly.

To Laika's surprise, Netto broke his eye contact and sat in a seat two down from Laika. Enzan came in little more then a minute later and sat across from them. "Well, we know why we're here, so let's start."

"You're very formal today, Enzan," Netto laughed.

Enzan rolled his eyes, "Do you want to try and do something or not, Netto-chan," he narrowed his eyes.

"Hey! That was mean!" Netto said.

Rockman giggled, "Hey, he has a point," he said.

"Yeah yeah, whatever," Netto muttered.

"Okay, so if we say that we're on a mission to find out who created this virus we may find out who made it, why and how to find and/or stop it. So, anyone object?" Enzan asked.

"Not objection but a point, Enzan we're kids. We need an adult to get out of the country on a mission," Netto said.

Enzan nodded, "I know, I already called Manabe. She should be here in a matter of minutes."

Just then Manabe came into the room, with a blushing Yui behind her. "Sorry, I decided my secretary should be in on this. I just had a hard time getting her out of bed," Manabe laughed.

Yui blushed, "I'm very sorry," she said.

"Hush dear, its okay. Now Enzan-kun, what did you want to talk to me about?" Manabe asked.

Netto glanced uneasily at Yui; Enzan did too but cleared his throat and gave her his speech on how they could stop the virus by finding the programmer.

Manabe nodded, "Yes, very clever. Actually I think it's a wonderful idea."

"So you'll supervise us?" Enzan asked.

Manabe nodded, "Of course! Do you mind if I take Yui along, boys?" she asked.

Netto shifted in his seat/Rockman/

/I don't mind if she knows Netto-kun, you're closer to her then I am./

Netto looked at Manabe and nodded.

Manabe clapped her hands together and said "Excellent! I shall get started on preparations immediately, get ready to fly out tonight. Oh and Yui, I have something to talk to you about. Netto-kun, Saito-kun, am I allowed to handle this on my own?" she asked.

"Yes ma'am," Netto and Rockman said together.

Yui gave them a puzzled look as she was steered out of the room by Manabe.

Rockman sighed, "I really wish she wouldn't call me Saito."

"Why not?" asked Blues.

"Because, I'm afraid someone will put two and two together and find out," Rockman said.

Netto rolled his eyes, "No, you just hate it when people find out your name and go, 'Netto and Saito! That's such a cute pun!'"

Rockman smiled, "Okay, that too. I'm so glad I didn't have to grow up with that."

Netto nodded vigorously, "Yeah, you and me both."

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I guess people like this fic? Seriously, though I love writing this, albeit it can be very... awkward. So, your thoughts or any sugesstions?

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