Enzan heard strange noises. He opened his eyes to see where they were coming from and then he wished he hadn't. He saw he was in a dark metallic room, dimly lighted by fluorescent lights. In the center of the room was a man, who's back facing against Enzan as he worked at his desk under a lamp light. The man was surrounded by glass cages in all shapes and sizes that contained strange and exotic animals that he had never seen before and some he could easily identify. A giant bat hanging upside down in one of the larger cages, next to it was a pack of wolves. In the other cages they contained a tiger, panther, gorilla and a crocodile and an iguana. In one of the smaller cages he caught a glimpsed of what looked like a rabbit with porcupine quills on it's back and a beaver's front teeth. Some animals were apparently napping, while others were pacing restlessly in their cages. Judging from his position, Enzan realized that he was in one of the larger cages.

Enzan's gaze landed on the panther lounging in it's cage. The great cat turned it's head to return his stare. Enzan noticed the foreskin on it's nose was missing. Then panther stretched its forelegs, then it's back legs. As Enzan watched, he saw a short metal tube sticking out of it's hindquarters. He watched the panther circled and found what he was looking for. Behind it's ear was the mind control device.

Enzan carefully examined the other animals. Normal animals, like the panther, have a clean metal tubes sticking out of their hindquarters that are located on the thigh or on their sides and patches of missing fur, scale or skin on various place. Above all there were devices attached to their heads located behind the ear or on top of the skull.

"Like my collection?" The man asked, he turning around in his chair with a smile, in his hands he was holding a red PET.

"Ryuko!" Enzan growled. "What have you done to Blues? And where is Netto?"

Ryuko raised an eyebrow at him, "You Navi escaped before I could get a hold of your PET."

Enzan remembered plugging Blues into a small jack before his fall. "So you are the one who sic those monsters on us."

Ryuko laughed. "You are very perspective."

"Why did you do this? To gain media attraction?" Enzan demanded.

Ryuko raised an eyebrow, "Then again, not as smart as I thought you are."

"We are talking about you," Enzan said in annoyance. "Not me."

"Do you remember about the robot I mentioned earlier?"

Enzan nodded.

"I made up some parts of it. Actually, the purpose of their existence was to get that robot. Like that girl."

"But why did you kill the girl? What does she had to do with it?"

"She was interfering with my plans. I had to remove her."

"What?"

Ryuko sighed. "It's personal business and all I want is revenge on that robot with your PET."

"So where is my friend?"

Ryuko smiled at him. "Oh the robot has him alright. Don't worry, we will get your friend back."

Enzan didn't like the smile on Ryuko's face.

"But in order to do so I need live bait."

"What?"

"NetSaviors, huh?" Kageki asked. He was sitting in front of Laika with his legs crossed.

"Yes," Laika said sitting across him with his legs also crossed. "Tell me, what do you know about Dawn?"

Laika could not see Kageki's eyes as he stared at the grass.

"Dawn was my fiancée."

Kageki pulled out a balled chained necklace with a gold heart-shaped locket attacked to it and handed it over to Laika. Laika examined the locket.

The locket was broken; it was missing the other half. But the half he was holding showed the picture of the same girl he saw at Grandma's shop on the day Netto and Enzan were missing.

He turned the locket over in his hands. On the back was engraved in Monotype Corsiva print: Dawn Threader and Soryu Kageki.

"We used to be rivals when we were kids. I was an honor roll student and I would show off my intelligence by calling her Akebono just to tease her. Even our personalities clashed a lot, I always enjoyed watching her pretty face glaring at me and hear her complain to her friends about me. In truth, I liked getting her attention. Dawn of course was different than me. She was cheerful, fun loving, very loyal, caring, and she had a great sense of humor. The way she reached out to people is like the meaning of her name. To begin to grow light as the sun rises. She was my light and then the darkness took her away from me. I learned that I had to be transferred to another school because of my intelligence. I realized that I didn't want to leave Dawn and so I tried everything to stay in my old school. I flunked all my tests, stop turning in my homework, skipping school. Dawn became suspicious and confronted me about it."

"What did you do?" Laika asked.

"The truth." Kageki said simply, "I confessed that I love her. To my surprise, she loved me too. I vowed after school I will come back here and marry her. To prove it I brought this locket. When I gave it to her, she broke it in half, giving me her picture and keeping mine. It was her vow that she will wait for me. After we made our vows, I transferred to the school and studied there. During the summer break when I came back, I was shocked to learn she was killed by a wild animal. I know she was smart enough to avoid them. But I didn't know what had happened."

Laika asked quietly, "What happened after that? Did you meet another girl?"

Kageki shook his head. "I will never do that as long as I live. There is no one like my Akebono. I know she never break her promises and I will be true to her by keeping mine."

Laika stared at the picture and the young man sitting before him. He was very moved by his story.

"Laika san!" Searchman's voice said urgently from his PET holder. "A message from Enzan san."

Laika took out his PET from his holster and looked at the screen.

"Enzan-sama is in danger at Ryuko's house. Blues." Laika put his PET away. "I'm sorry, but there is something urgent that I needed to do. Bye and good luck." He returned the locket to Kageki.

Kageki watched Laika turned around and ran.

Ryuko leaned back in his chair smirking at the computer monitor in front of him. On the screen was an image of a cage outside of his house in his backyard. He was confident that he will get that robot this time. He positioned all his robots and animals around the backyard waiting for his signal to attack. From his previous experiences, he learned that brute force would not destroy this robot. But he has the upper advantage. He smiled as he touched Enzan's red PET next to his keyboard.

Enzan sat in his cage and sulked. He was very upset that he allowed himself to be caught and caged like an animal. But he needed to use his head as he waited. Everything he learned from Ryuko made sense. Ryuko admitted killing Dawn Threader just to get that robot.

That robot must be very special, Enzan mused to himself.

The sound of rustling leaves and snapped sticks distracted him from his musings. He looked up to a near by bush moving and shaking. He heard a small yelp. Then Netto tumbled out from the bush.

"Enzan!" Netto shouted as he ran towards his friend.

"Netto!" Enzan called back. "Bakka, where have you been? You made everyone worried sick."

"Sorry, it's a long story but let's get you out first." Netto said.

"Wait! The cage is…"

But Enzan's warnings came too late. Netto grabbed the bars. Blue and white electricity streamed out of the bars as an electric jolted Netto.

"OW!" Netto yelped. He immediately let go of the bars.

"Electrocuted," Enzan finished. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, but how do we get you out?"

"There is a power box over there," Enzan said pointing at Ryuko's house. "But there is a problem."

"I know," Netto said grimly. "Ryuko's monsters and his force field."

"What?"

"He means Ryuko's communication blockage device," Rockman clarified.

"How did you know that?"

"We learned that he is releasing a blockage from an antenna at his laboratory to prevent anyone for calling for help. Which means we can't call Meiji san for dimensional area in order to perform Cross Fusion to fight the monsters or his robots." Netto explained to him.

"The other problem is that he also has my PET in his lab. Without it and Blues, I can't do anything. Or we can't do anything." Enzan corrected himself. They heard growls coming from all directions as the monsters appeared from the forest and moved towards them.

"Well that is where we have the upper hand," Netto said with a mysterious wink.

A small, white plasma ball shot out of the forest and hit one side of the house.

BOOM!

Netto whipped out his PET.

"Dimensional Area!"

A large dome appeared over the house.

"CROSS FUSION!"

Inside the house, Ryuko swore as he banged his fist angrily on the counter as he watched Netto transformed into Rockman.

CF Rockman raised his fist in the air.

"Battle chip, Elect Sword!" His fist transformed into a long sword

CF Rockman slashed the cage opened. Enzan ducked in order to avoid being hit.

"Bakka ne Netto! You almost hit me!"

CF Rockman grabbed Enzan and leaped out of the area. Enzan turned his head. From where he was previously standing a creature that appeared to be a rodent was standing on the ruins of his cage.

CF Rockman gently put Enzan down. They analyzed their situation and looked at eachother. Enzan pointed his finger at CF Rockman said, "You go deal with those monsters," then he pointed at himself with his thumb, "and I'll go look for Ryuko!"

At the same time CF Rockman pointed his thumb at himself and said, "I'll go deal with those monsters," then he pointed at Enzan, "And you go look for Ryuko!"

Enzan dashed into the house as CF Rockman fired his Rockbuster at the monsters.

Enzan didn't see one chasing after him until he felt something tackled him on the ground. Whatever it was, it was heavy and he couldn't see his attacker with his face buried on the ground. Enzan heard a grunt and he felt the heavy weight removed from him. Enzan turned around half expecting to see CF Rockman. But to his surprise, it was the dapple gray NetNavi.

The Navi smiled shyly at the boy as he offered him his hand.

Enzan accepted the hand and allowed the Navi to pull him up. The NetNavi gently pushed him into the door and turned around to assist Netto in battle.

So X is the robot that Ryuko was ranting about, Enzan thought as he ran down the hall.

But how did it turn into a NetNavi? He wondered as he ran around the corner.

I'll have to find out later, after I find my PET. Ah, this must be it.

He was about to open the door.

"Don't open it Enzan sama. He isn't in there." A familiar voice said in the loud speakers.

"Blues! Where are you?"

"I am in the speakers of the house."

"Show me where Ryuko is."

"Hai Enzan sama."

Blues lead Enzan to the computer room. Only to discover that Ryuko was not there, with his PET.

"This is the control room Enzan sama. After you were captured, I send a distress signal to Searchman before exploring the house. As a result I found this room. Unfortunately, Ryuko's firewalls are under tight security I couldn't be able to help you."

"That is alright Blues you did the right thing, but the question is where could he be?" Enzan wondered.

"There is only one way to find out Enzan sama."

"Right, show me the external area of the property."

The images on the screens zoomed into various places. On one window he found Netto and X fighting the monsters in Ryuko's backyard. In another screen, he found where Ryuko keep his animals. Enzan ordered Blues to activate the lock to keep all animals in their cages. He also added another command to deactivate the robots. An ideal came to his head. "Blues, find a way to block Ryuko from de-coding the command."

"Hai, Enzan sama."

Enzan smirked to himself.

There, that should slow him down.

Suddenly, the computer made a loud beeping noise and three words appeared on the computer screen.

WARNING! INTRUDER ALERT!

Nani?

The screen changed into a map showing Ryuko's property with little lights dotting all over the map within the Dimensional Area. Two lights were circled and pointed by text messages labeled as Targets no. 1 and 2. They were separated by other dots on the screen. An arrow pointed at a small blip entering the Dimensional Area.

INTRUDER ALERT!

The screen zoomed in on the arrow to reveal a larger picture.

Enzan's eyes widened.

Laika!

CF Searchman ran through the forest towards Ryuko's house. He saw the Dimensional Area forming around the house so he quickly Cross Fused with Searchman. He wanted to be ready due to pervious experiences in the past. He heard someone approaching him. He readied himself for a fight. Laika was expecting to see a monster or a robot or something to appear. Instead, he saw a man running towards him waving his hands.

"Ryuko! What is going on?"

"It's here!" Ryuko shouted, "It's here."

"What?"

Ryuko paused to catch his breath. "My house is under attack by monsters and that robot brought Netto and Enzan."

"Netto and Enzan!"

"Hai, and currently they are fighting the monsters. But once the monsters are defeated, that robot will attack the others."

"Show me."

Ryuko showed him a path to his house.