The next day after Netto was finishing off his second day of work and getting ready to go annoy Enzan out of the office his PET rang loudly with the ring tone in it that used to specify a mission in his college days. He and Rockman exchanged glances before he pulled out his PET and opened up the larger touch screen. "Hello?" he asked in a confused voice.

"Hello, Netto," Mejin said happily.

"Mejin-san!" Netto exclaimed. "Oh wait, the Net Vigilante thing already?" he groaned. "I have a project…"

Mejin shook his head, "Nah, I'm just calling to give you a heads up and to head down to the international airport. Check out flight #345," he said with a grin. "Oh, and no need for the san."

Netto shook his head, "All right, but what does this have to do with…" he started.

"You'll see," Mejin said and hung up.

Netto sighed, "Cryptic as ever," he muttered.

"Well, should we go?" Rockman asked.

Netto nodded and stood up from his desk, "Think Enzan got the same directions?"

"Probably yes," Rockman replied. "Or so this e-mail from Blues tells me."

"Ah," Netto said as he took up his coat and PET. "Well then, let's head down to the airport," he mused.

"All right," Rockman agreed, "But no stopping at a fast food place," he muttered.

"Darn you," Netto joked as he walked out of his office room.

Netto walked into the busy airport and pushed his way over to a flight display screen. "Okay…. #345… where is it?" Netto murmured.

"Up there, coming in ten minutes from a fuel up in Choina," Rockman said.

Netto sighed, "Okay, we know it's not Jasmine as she's so busy with her shop. What was the original departure?" he asked.

"I… don't see it," Rockman said. "Ah wait," a smile came across Rockman's lips, "It's from Sharro," he said excitedly.

"Yes!" Netto cheered.

"You're here already," a voice said behind him.

Netto spun around to see Enzan still in his business suit looking up at the display screen. "It's Laika," he said.

Enzan blinked, "Really? He hasn't been down here for about a year."

Netto shrugged, "Must be that mission thing. Maybe Mejin is biding his time before sending us back out again," he suggested.

"And giving us time to make arrangements with work," Enzan noted.

Netto glanced down at the lab coat he, in his haste, had forgotten to take off. "Heh, well as long as I finish this program I'll be fine for a few weeks at least. I've done three high profile programs in the last two months, I'm pretty sure I can get a break."

Enzan nodded, "Same here, and apparently Laika can to."

Netto and Enzan walked over to the unloading gate that flight 345 would pull up to. "Well, he is a solider, if he said it was a matter of international security I'm sure he could deploy himself," Netto noted.

Enzan gave a small laugh, "Ah, so that's how he does it now."

"As opposed to what?" Netto asked.

"To asking his superiors to come," Enzan stated.

"Enzan, he is the superior now," Netto pointed out.

"Are you two talking about me?" a cool voice said behind them.

Netto and Enzan spun around to see Laika I his worn green army uniform looking very amused for Laika. They had spent so much time speculating that they didn't see the passengers departing from the plane.

"Laika!" Netto said happily to his old friend. "How are you?"

Laika gave Netto one of his ever increasingly rare grins. "I'm fine. It's a lot warmer here then in Sharro right now."

Enzan gave Laika one of his own elusive smiles, "Glad to know you finally decided to come see us for once."

"Well, I've been put in charge of the new recruits for a little while," Laika explained.

"I thought you hated teaching the recruits," Netto said slowly.

Laika sighed, "The General thought it might be good experience for me."

Netto smirked, "Oh, I see now."

In the net Blues and Rockman were currently greeting their friend much in the same way Netto and Enzan greeted Laika.

"Hey Searchman, how are you?" Rockman asked him once he had linked himself into Rockman's PET.

Searchman nodded, "I'm fine. Laika-san's a bit on edge though."

"Why?" Blues asked.

"He's in charge of the recruit training," Searchman explained. "The General thinks it will be good training for him because of the way Laika is getting promoted so quickly through the ranks."

"Well he is a good solider," Blues said.

Searchman nodded, "But he couldn't avoid the recruits forever," he said with a grin.

Netto slapped Laika on the shoulder in a genial way, "Well, you were a new kid too, once. You just need to remember that."

"Thanks," Laika said dryly.

Enzan hid a small smile to the reaction. "So, if we don't have anything to do, where should we go?"

"Not my house and Enzan is not cooking!" Netto exclaimed loudly.

Laika threw him a questioning look and Enzan decided to intervene. "How about we just go to the café across the street from where I work," he suggested quickly before Netto could say anything else.

"Is it good?" Laika asked.

Enzan nodded, "Yeah, I go there a lot when I can't get home in time for dinner."

"Or cook dinner, because he'll poison himself," Netto said with a cocky grin.

Enzan threw him a dirty look and Netto smiled, "Oh come on, you really didn't think I would let you live that down did you?" he asked.

"Live what down?" Laika inquired Netto.

They started to walk out of the airport while Netto started to tell the story of the burnt and raw spaghetti that Enzan had made the night before while Enzan's face turned a bright red.

"Amazing," Laika murmured.

"What is amazing?" Enzan snapped.

"Nothing," Laika said quickly. "So uhhh, where is this place again?" he asked trying to change the subject.

Netto laughed while Enzan kinda just sulked. Netto patted his shoulder comfortingly, "Awww, don't worry about it, we all can't be good at everything."

"And it's not like Netto-kun's cooking is any better!" Rockman yelled from his PET.

"You, shut up," Netto told his navi.

Rockman looked quite pleased with himself inside his PET. "It's true," he muttered. "Netto-kun got the fire department at our house one day while trying to make brownies."

"I said you could be quiet," Netto said tightly while Enzan and Laika suppressed a small bit of laughter.

"That is amazing," Enzan said.

"Definitely," Laika agreed.

"I've never pretended I can cook you know," Netto said while they walked out into the parking lot.

"Then why were you making brownies?" Enzan asked.

Netto blushed, "They were for mom for mother's day… or they were…" he muttered.

Enzan and Laika looked amused but didn't say any petty comments on that remark. Netto looked at his car and sighed slightly. "So, who is Laika going with?" he asked.

"Well, my car is actually still at work. I work within walking distance," Enzan said.

Netto glanced over and saw Enzan's work tower in the distance. "I knew that," he said while pulling out his keys.

Enzan and Laika exchanged glances. "Just like in college," Enzan murmured to him.

Laika nodded, "Defiently."

"I heard that," Netto snapped.

"We know," they answered as they got into the back seats.

Netto grumbled as he got into the driver's seat and made sure to make his turns a little sharper then usual, because he could.