"Netto-kun," Rockman called out from the computer the next morning.

"What…" Netto groaned.

"Get up," Rockman said.

"Lemme sleep in…" Netto groaned.

"Netto-kun, we've been through this before. Staying up late then sleeping in till noon will only hurt you when you have to go back to work."

"Do I look like I care," Netto muttered as he turned over in his bed.

Rockman sighed, "Netto-kun, it's like… 11, come on, this is late even by your standards."

"I can sleep for another hour easily," Netto reminded him.

"Not if I keep waking you up," Rockman said.

Netto growled and buried his head under his pillow.

/Did you honestly think that was going to work/ Rockman asked Netto.

/No, but you could have pretended it did/ Netto pointed out.

Rockman smiled even though Netto couldn't see it/Nice try. Points for effort there, however you need to get up./

Netto was still trying very hard to ignore Rockman's chidings while somehow still falling back asleep and he wasn't actually doing that badly until Rockman sighed and opened his bedroom door.

Red and Sitio came bounding into the room in a two pet stampede onto Netto's bed. Sitio jumped onto his bed and curled up on Netto's head and Red merely jumped up and plopped down on Netto.

"I hate you," Netto told Rockman darkly.

"They're hungry," Rockman said with a small laugh.

Netto groaned and pushed the cat and dog off his bed. Then he sat up with a groan and stood up, "You cheated," Netto said.

Rockman shrugged, "They're your pets."

Netto grumbled as he walked into the kitchen and fed his cat and dog while making a very strong cup of coffee.

"Enzan-sama?" a voice asked him.

Enzan lifted his hands from his keyboard and turned around in his office chair to look at his secretary with his piercing blue eyes. "Yes?" he asked.

She walked across the room and handed him a manila envelope, "These are the new patents for IPC," she said. "You need to look them over and approve them before they are put out for creation."

Enzan nodded and took the envelope. "Thank you," he said.

She gave him a small bow and walked out of the office.

Enzan pulled the sheets out of the envelope and began to scan the outlines of several new programs, inventions and other things that were either commissioned for or created by IPC.

"Enzan-sama?" Blues called from the computer.

"Yes Blues?" Enzan asked.

"It's almost 4:30," Blues said. "Maybe that should wait until tomorrow, Netto-san will be along soon, I'm sure."

Enzan sighed and looked at the clock, "I can get through one," he murmured.

Blues nodded, "Yes, Enzan-sama," he said quietly.

Enzan picked the first paper off the stack and began to look it over. "A new security system," he noted. "Heh… if I didn't know any better I'd sat this looks like…" he suddenly stopped and checked the name of the developer. "Netto…" he finished.

"Is that Netto-san's program?" Blues asked.

Enzan nodded and continued to flip through the pages, "It is," he murmured as he continued to scan for small defects for errors. "And it's really good," he added.

"Is it?" Blues asked while raising an eyebrow.

Enzan nodded, "Yeah, I can see why father commissioned from Sci Labs, this will help to protect the program we're developing well." Enzan smirked and outlined something with a highlighter, "He still got the firewall code wrong though," he said with a grin.

Blues shrugged but he could help but grin himself. "Well, that's fairly common for any programmer."

Enzan nodded, "I'm well aware of this, Blues," he replied. "But Netto always manages to do it in some odd way… here," he said and pointed at a line of coding. "If this code was used then the firewall would be indestructible to any attack unless it's power was below 30."

Blues shook his head, "Of course."

"It's not on purpose, I'm sure," Enzan said, "But still amusing."

"Enzan-sama?" his secretary called through the phone.

"Yes?" he asked.

"Your… friend is here. He says that you promised to leave at five today."

Enzan glanced at the clock, "That I did," he replied.

Netto's voice came through the receiver, "Come on Enzan, we're going to be late picking up Laika."

Enzan sighed and set down the sheaf of paper. "Hold on, I'm coming," he answered while looking around for his coat and PET.

Netto and Enzan walked out of the building next to each other on the way to Netto's car. "Interesting security program," Enzan said with a grin.

Netto looked over at Enzan, "You're reviewing it?" he asked.

Enzan nodded, "Yeah, it was given to me today."

Netto sighed, "And?" he asked.

"I think it's very well written," Enzan said. "With a few… quirks," he admitted.

Rockman laughed, "I'm sure more then a few," he said.

Enzan shook his head, "I only just started so I wouldn't know."

"I love how much you guys trust me," Netto said dryly as they reached his car.

Rockman laughed, "Netto, everyone makes mistakes, it's part of life," he said.

Netto shrugged and got in the car.

"You just have a tendency to make a few more then others," Rockman added.

Enzan burst out in laughter while Netto seethed a little as he turned the key in the ignition. "Yeah, I love you too, Rockman," he said.

Rockman smiled and went into the navigation program for the car. "I know," he said. "Here's where Laika-san is staying," he added pointing to an area on the map.

Netto looked at it and nodded, "All right," he said.

Ten minutes later Netto pulled up to Laika's hotel and parked in front. They didn't even have time to get out of the car before Laika came out in comfortable jeans and a green sleeveless camouflage hoodie over a black long sleeved shirt. "Aren't you quick," Netto said with a raised eyebrow.

Laika got into the back of the car while Searchman said, "Laika-san is a little bored," he said for his operator.

Netto laughed out loud, "I bet," he said. "Staying in a hotel all day. Why didn't you do something?"

"Do what?" Laika asked.

Netto shrugged, "I don't know, go bowling or for a walk. Something."

Laika looked at him dubiously.

Netto merely shrugged, "I'm just saying," he said.

Enzan smiled, "So where are we going?" he asked.

"The park," Netto and Rockman replied.

"Where," Enzan asked again.

Netto grinned, "Looks like you'll have to wait and see."

"Netto, where are we going?" Laika asked.

Netto shrugged, "Rockman was the one who picked it out, I'm just following the coordinates."

"Rockman?" Blues asked.

Rockman smiled, "Don't worry, it's not an amusement park," he said quietly. "I just wanted it to be a surprise."

"What?" Searchman asked.

Rockman smiled, "That is Netto-kun's part," he said mysteriously.

"You two scare me sometimes," Enzan said.

Netto laughed, "We know," he replied.