6:30 p.m.
"Oh man," Netto moaned.
"Netto kun, you have to get this over with or else you won't have your chance," Rockman admonished him.
"But it's not fair," he whined. "Why do I have to do this?"
"Because you are the only person who is still in school and you have to finish your homework before the end of summer?"
Netto clutched his head with his hands. "DOOWAHHHH!" He screamed as he flopped lifelessly on his desk. "Saito Nisan," he groaned, "When will the others get back?"
"In three hours."
Netto sighed, "And what about Mama and Papa?"
"Late."
"Stupid homework!" Netto wailed, "Why do they get to go to Grandma's store and I don't?"
"Netto, they are only gone for grocery shopping. Not on a mission."
"Yeah yeah," Netto muttered darkly.
Tap tap tap.
"Huh?" Netto looked up from his desk.
Tap tap tap.
He looked at the window to see Z out side. Z grinned at him and waved.
Netto got up from his desk and ran to open the window. He gasped in surprise to see Z sitting on a tree branch. Z carefully climbed through the window.
Netto stick his head out the window to look outside. Next to his window are the trees, he looked down the window to see the room he is sharing with Laika and Enzan is really far from the ground.
"Wow, how did you get up here?"
Z took out a pad and pen from his pocket.
When I was a kid, he wrote, My friend used to live here before he and his family moved away. This place was his room and I always climb up that tree next to the window just to see him. We thought it's cool that the grown ups don't know about it and kept it as a secret.
"Yeah that is cool," Netto agreed. "And now this can be our little secret too."
"I don't know about this Netto kun," Rockman said hesitantly.
"Aw, you worry too much," his brother scoffed at him.
But how did Z know where we are staying? Rockman silently asked him.
Good question. "Z, how did you know where we are staying?"
Z raised an eyebrow in surprise. You will be surprise how quickly rumor spread out in a town like this without a PET.
"I find that hard to believe that," Rockman muttered darkly.
Z grinned at him affectionately. Then something else caught his attention.
Hey Netto, what are you doing on that desk? Z asked him.
"Oh that?" Netto scowled at the scattered paper and the open book on his desk, "That is my homework and I have to do it during my summer vacation."
Can I help?
"Sure," Netto said shrugging.
Netto returned to his desk as Z pulled a chair next to Netto's and showed him how to solve math problems without answering them.
9:30 p.m.
Enzan walked down the moonlit path between the shadows of the trees. They finished shopping and they are on their way home. Pride and Liaka are ahead of him and he is trying to catch up in his pace. He heard a low growl behind him. Enzan turned around to see a dark shadow looming over the moonlit path. Although he cannot see it's proper shape, he could see it's yellow eyes glowing eerily.
Enzan whipped out his PET.
"Meiji san! Dimensional Area!"
A huge rainbow pixel dome appeared over them.
"CROSS FUSION!"
The huge shadow reared up on its hind legs and roared. The creature landed on the ground, causing it to shake. Enzan felt the ground below him gave away. He realized he is falling into the huge gap in the ground. He felt an invisible force pulling him into the darkness.
Enzan jerked up in his bed, gasping and sweating heavily.
He immediately recognized his room. The moon's gentle light flooded the room. He could see Laika sleeping in his bed across him and the "ceiling" which happened to be the bottom of the upper bunk where Netto and Rockman are sleeping.
He glanced at his PET to check on Blues. Judging by the dark screen, Blues is also asleep as well.
"It was just a dream," he said to himself. Enzan settled back in his bed to sleep again.
Grr.
Enzan's ears perked up. Is that what he thinks it is? The creature snarled and growled again. Enzan picked up his PET. "Blues, wake up." Enzan whispered hoarsely. The darken screen lightened up and Blues appeared.
"Enzan sama, what is wrong?"
"Shh! Not so loud," Enzan hissed.
"Hai," Blues said more quietly.
"I think the monster is inside the house."
"Shall I call Meijin san?" Blues inquired.
Enzan shook his head no. "Dr. Hikari and Mama are here, I don't want them to be in danger."
"Hai Enzan sama."
He quietly got up from bed. He tipped toed to the window and peered out side. He listened intently.
Grr.
It sounds as if it is coming from inside the house. Enzan walked out the room and went down the hall. He paused in front of Hakura and Hikari's room and listened.
He heard a creature growling and snarling inside their room. Enzan felt his blood turned into ice.
"Blues, change in plans," Enzan murmured. "I am going to see if the monster is in there. If it is then I want you to call Meniji san."
"Hai Enzan sama."
Fearing that something terrible has happened to them, he opened the door and peeped through the crack. To his surprise, there is no one else inside their room except for the Hikaris, who are sleeping peacefully.
Grump, grr, snirk. Dr. Hikari snorted and he turned around. Grr. Enzan breathed a huge sigh of relief.
"Enzan sama?"
"False alarm Blues. It's just Dr. Hikari snoring."
He closed the door quietly; he turned around to go back to bed.
"Enzan sama."
"Yes Blues?"
"Did I hear you call Mrs. Hikari 'Mama'?"
"Shut up!"
"Hai Enzan sama."
5:30 a.m.
Laika felt something tickling his nose, he wrinkled his nose and turned over in his bed and buried his face in his pillow. Then he felt something tickling his ear. He smacked his ear and turned around. Then it touched his nose again.
WHAP!
A faint familiar smell waffled in his nose. Laika frowned in his sleep, where did he smell that from? He heard a small snicker from somewhere, and felt something tickling his chin. Laika swatted his face and rolled over. He noted to himself to ask Grandma for bug repellent if she has any. Then he felt another faint tickle and he swatted his cheek. Then Laika remembered the smell isaftershave. Then he heard a faint chortle.
"Wha?" Laika opened his eyes. Hestared at his hand in disbelief. In the palm in his hand is covered with shaving cream. Laika touched his facein horror to discovered it iscovered in shaving cream as well.
He heard laughter and a loud thump. He looked at the side of his bed to see Netto rolling on the floor laughing hard. In his hand he is clutching a white feather; next to him is a can of shaving cream.
Laika growled. "Netto, you-you!"
"Eep!" Netto gasped as Laika lunged at him.
"YOU USED MY SHAVING CREAM?"
Laika and Netto wrestled on the floor.
In their PETs Rockman and Searchman were laughing hard.
Rockman pause from laughing as he watched his brother and Laika wrestled on the ground wistfully.
"I wish I could join them," he said quietly.
Searchman looked at his friend. He grinned and grabbed Rockman in a headlock and gave him a knuckle rub.
"Ack!" Rockman lost his balance and fell down, causingSearchman also fell down on top of him.
"What was that for?" Rockman gasped, trying to wriggle out from Searchman's grasp.
"That is for not keeping your Operator in check," Searchman answered getting off of him.
"I did," Rockman protested, "You won't believe how hard it is to tell him not to from a PET."
"I believe you Rockman," Searchmangrinned him. "I don't want to be left out in the fun either."
Laika grabbed his pillow and hit Netto with it. Nettostumbled backwardsand landed on top of Enzan. Causing him to wake up in the process. "Hey!" He protested, but they ignored him.
Enzan grew mad. He grabbed his pillow and hit Netto with it. Netto scrambled to the top bunkin order grab a pillowto defend himself.
The commotion woke Blues up. He observed what is happening and he opened the link to Laika's PET to join the other Navis.
"What is going on here?" he asked them.
"Netto kun pranked Laika again." Rockman answered him.
"And Laika san is beating him up for that," Searchman added.
Laika overpowered Netto and sat on top of him, pinning his arms against his back to prevent him from fighting back. Enzan wacked Netto on the head with his pillow.
Netto laughed.
"That's not funny!" :Laika snapped at him. "You will wake everyone up!"
"What is going on here?" Pride demanded. She stood at the door way in her lavender shirt and shorts with her hands on her hips, in one hand she hold her pillow.
Everyone froze and stared at her.
"Laika.What are you and Enzandoing to Netto?" She marched up to them.
Enzan lowered his pillow, Laika raised his hands in surrender and slowly got off of Netto. The younger boy scrambled off the floor.
"Pride," Laika gasped, "I can explain-"
Pride raised her hand.
"Laika, you know that two against one is not fair." She grinned at him and hit him on the head with her pillow.
"Take that! You Beast!"
Netto grabbed his pillow and wacked Enzan with it.
"Payback Time!" He said gleefully.
"HEY!"
Inside the PETs their Navies laughed as they watched the pillow fight from the screen.
Outside their bedroom window. A pair of yellow eyes glowed hungrily at them.
