Saturday Day Time

Netto awoke in the morning, quite late as usual. He sat up stretching his arms and making an awakening yawn. Looking up at the pet high into the air was rockman sat down in his pet looking down at Netto.

Netto awoke many hours later, almost half way into the day. He sat up and stretched, his bed was wrecked was his unseal sleeping and positions and his hair was all over the show. He made one final yawn and found the PET at the end of the bed. He grinned guiltily and said "Sorry… I tend to move about so much when I sleep…"

"I'd hate to share a bed with you…" Rockman joked and then added "Never mind, as least the PET isn't damaged" Rockman saddened though when he realized he would be leaving soon. He's such a nice boy, even though he's a little silly now, I know he'll be someone special when he's older, someone everyone will look up to. I just wish I could get to know him a little more… He shook off the bad thought and decided that wasting his time thinking about the future was pointless, it was better to enjoy the time he had with his new friend and make it last.

"Netto, breakfast!" His Mama shouted from downstairs, Netto jumped out of bed and ran over to his door, opening it slightly and shouting "One Second!" With that, he closed the door and shoved on his usual attire, grabbed the PET and ran downstairs, closing his door behind him.

Haruka had just finished preparing Netto's breakfast and she placed a big plate of food for Netto down on the table, she noticed him still carrying the PET and decided to ask "How's the PET? Does it work?"

Netto sat down and showed her the PET, presenting Rockman who looked little nervous to meet her, but still he kept that quiet and smiled and she did so in return. "Papa didn't tell me there was a navi in it"

"He didn't tell me either, I thought it was kind of strange how he told me to take care of an empty PET at first but… I get why he told me that now" Netto added, digging into the scrumptious food his Mother had prepared for him.

"So I take it Rockman is you're name?" She asked, smiling as usual.

"Yes, and you're Haruka right? But everyone refers to you as Mama?" Haruka smiled, certainly impressed.

"And how do you know my name?" She asked.

"Hikari-San talks about you and Netto all the time, he really does care about you both even though he doesn't spend much time here"

Haruka grinned, she already knew how her husband felt but it was nice to be reminded "Well, it's really nice to meet you Rockman. I hope you'll look after my son today when he goes out. You are still going out, right Netto?"

"Yea…" He simply said, too distracted by the food in front of him. Haruka finished preparing her own breakfast and by the time she was finished, Netto had eaten everything that Haruka had only minutes ago placed in front of him.

Rockman was certainly amazed "How in the world do you eat so much?"

"I love food…" He replied, he placed the plates on the counter and ran over to the door, slipping his shoes on and waiting around just long enough to hear his mum tell him not to be late home.

Netto placed Rockman in his pocket and made sure he was ready to go out; when he was he made his way outside and walked down the road towards the park.

After ten or so minutes of walking, he reached the park to find it was full of children and adults, laughing and playing together. Today was a really bright and sunny day and certainly perfect to spend time with others. He made his way past different people and looked for someone in particular; eventually he caught a glance of that person on the swing, who looked rather sad and depressed, most likely from being alone.

He ran over to the swing to be greeted by her gaze, she jumped of the swing and started running to him and forcefully hugged him

Netto ran over to the swing and she eventually noticed him running over, she cheerfully smiled and jumped off the swing and made her way over. Once they met, she playfully hit him over the head and said "You're late!"

"Hey to you too…" Netto replied, rubbing the back of his head.

"Netto, you can't waste Saturdays by sleeping in." She said, sounding quite annoyed, her smile before was very misleading.

"Sorry, I didn't get home till quite late last night; I was at my Father's work"

"Well, I suppose I can let you off, but you can't be like this when you're older"

"I know…" He said, moments later, she gave him a tight hug "Meiru… you're strangling me!" He said, Meiru quickly loosened her grip and stood back "What was that for?"

"Am I not allowed to hug my best friend when I haven't seen him in a few days?" She added, indeed, Meiru was one of Netto's closet friends, they had known each other since they were young and their parents got along really well. Meiru usually wore bright pink dresses, today she had just that on with a blue cardigan and her favourite hair clip.

"Oh yeah, you've been ill haven't you? So you've not been in school… I didn't really realize." He said guiltily, Meiru looked like she was about to burst, but she let it slide.

"That's okay; you're like that all the time so it's not just me affected by that." She replied, getting her revenge by being smart "You don't really pay attention in school anyway, so it's fine"

He smirked and put his hands in his pockets, instantly feeling the PET in one of them and pulling it out, Meiru was extremely surprised. "How do you have one of those? You told me you weren't getting one until you were older!" She said, he gazed at it in ore, she couldn't believe he actually had a PET, she did feel slightly betrayed.

"I am getting one when I'm older! Papa told me to look after him for a few days" He paused to show her the contents of the PET, Rockman simply smiled and waved. But Meiru still felt a little upset but decided not to look too much into this, she knew Netto wouldn't be allowed a PET at his age, what with his impulsive behaviour and love for watching net battles, sooner or later his grades would drop in school and he'd loose all focus on the real world. She could definitely see that happening… and all because of a navi.

"So what's his name?" She asked politely, leaning in to take a closer look at him.

"My name's Rockman and I take it that you're…" He expected Meiru to finish, "Meiru Sakurai"

Netto looked away rolling his eyes. "It's nice to meet you Meiru…" he added and slightly bowed his head. Meiru was already beginning to like him.

"Is he you're net navi?" Meiru asked.

"What?" Netto replied, he'd zoned out for the past couple of minutes whilst the two had greeted each other.

"Is he you're net navi, or will he be?" She asked again.

"Oh, well no. He's somebody else's; he's only with me for experimental reasons. We don't know who he's for and Papa won't tell him either, he said it's a surprise" He said, feeling a little saddened.

"Well, he certainly should be you're net navi, he can teach you some manner and make you more organized" She added, smirking. Netto turned the screen and looked down at Rockman, he had to admit and they would be perfect for each other. "So what should we do today?" Meiru interrupted their moment.

"Don't know, can we just stay here… I don't want to get too far from home"

"I suppose, but you're going to have to make it up to me, you said we'd go to the Mall today, but because you're so lazy, it'll be closing soon and we won't get there in time"

"We'll go tomorrow instead, would you prefer that?" Netto added, now looking up at Meiru to see that she was quite annoyed. Rockman couldn't help but feel like Netto's lateness was his fault. He shouldn't have woken him up in the middle of the night and kept him awake for a while and he probably should have woken him up a little earlier, but he didn't want a repeat of what had happened earlier.

"Fine, but you better not be late. Get Rockman to wake you up, I'm sure he will, although he'll have some difficulty…" He soon started smiling again.

"I'm not that bad, I just like sleeping"

"I know you do, but you can't sleep all the time, you'll start missing out on life eventually" She replied and watched as Netto's reply was a simple shrug of his shoulders.

Netto's and Meiru spent most of the day at the park talking and just hanging around on the swings, they usually liked spending time with each other just talking the day away, they didn't mind at all.

Netto and Meiru spent the rest of the day at the park, talking together and hanging around on the swings. Even though they didn't do much that evening, they enjoyed each others company and talking about their lives with each other.

"So, Meiru-Chan, I heard from my Father today that he's designing you're net navi, have you seen her yet?" Netto asked.

Meiru looked over at him and said "Yes, she's amazing" She paused "She's not finished yet but she's exactly how I pictured her! You're father is incredible Netto, I really don't know how to thank him"

"I suppose you'll properly be able to when you're older." He replied and said "So what's her name?"

"She's called Roll and she's so cute! I went to visit her the other day and whilst I was there I saw another boy who looked like you're father had designed a navi for. I went over to meet him and he didn't talk much, he just said "I've created the ultimate and most unstoppable net navi!" It was so funny I almost cried.

They both laughed simultaneously "What was the boy's name?" Netto asked.

"Dekao, his navi is called Gutsman apparently."

"Weird…" He paused and then said "So what did his navi look like?"

Meiru looked puzzled but tried to remember what he looked liked and simply replied "Like a big oaf!" as loud as she could.

More laughter emulated from the swings and worried others nearby and even though Rockman wasn't part of the conversation, he enjoyed just being there with Netto. To him, it seemed like Netto would be the perfect net operator, but that fate had already been decided.

"Well, in actuality, he was a pretty large navi" She paused "He was mostly yellow with bits of red and black, he looked really strong and powerful too" She finished.

"When I get a net navi, I'll show that Dekao who has the strongest navi, I'll beat him in each battle and put him in his place!" He proclaimed.

Meiru laughed at his vision "Yeah, that would be interesting to see…" She added.

"Netto-kun…" Rockman's interrupted.

"What's up?" He asked grabbing the PET out of his pocket; Meiru's attention was then turned to Rockman, just as Netto's was.

"I think you should head home soon, its getting pretty late" He said, the two hadn't even noticed the sun beginning to set and the various families on the park beginning to leave.

"Yeah, I am starting to get hungry as well…"

"Well that's new" Meiru said sarcastically.

"I haven't eaten in a good few hours" He replied.

Meiru rolled her eyes and jumped off the swing "We've only been out for a couple of hours; you really shouldn't waste the day in bed Netto it's…" Before she could finish, Netto interrupted…

"…I know, not healthy, it's pointless… I get it" Netto jumped off the swing and they begun to head towards the park exit.

"So can we go to the Mall tomorrow?" Meiru asked, making sure he'd keep his promise "I'm going to bring my mum as well so she can buy us lunch"

"Fine, I'll get up early and I'll meet you here again, alright?" She smiled and happily gave him a hug in which he couldn't turn down.

Once they reached the sidewalk out of the park, they parted ways.

"I'll see you tomorrow Netto" She paused "Don't be late! … Bye Rockman!" She added.

"I hope to see you again, Meiru-Chan" He added and smiled. Netto placed the PET back in his pocket and begun walking home when Meiru had left in the opposite direction.

The walk home was quite silent and somewhat lousy for Netto, he barely talked to Rockman and vice versa. Netto was beginning to think something was wrong and decided to ask "Rockman?" He said, getting the PET out of his pocket and looking down at the screen.

"Yes?" He asked

"Is something wrong, you've been quiet for a while now" Netto said.

"I think I'm just lacking energy, I think you should probably turn the PET off for a bit"

"Oh, well I was hoping we could spend more time together when we get home…" Netto added, seeming a little disappointed.

"Don't worry, I won't need long to recharge. We can talk again later can't we?"

"Yeah… I suppose" Netto replied, seeming quite upset but all Rockman could do was smile in hopes it would make him feel better.

Netto eventually turned off the PET and watched Rockman slowly fade away and then he placed the PET back in his pocket. He slowly begun to realize just how close he and Rockman seemed, although they had only known each for a day or so now, they were already getting along so well, it was like they belonged together.

It wasn't long before he begun to felt lonely, he couldn't even remember a couple of days ago when he had made the same walk and had been okay knowing that he was on his own, no net navi around to keep him company. He can't even remember his life before Rockman showed up, how on earth did he cope so well before? In fact… how would be begin to cope when he leaves? Knowing that Rockman had been in his hands for just a few days but had already affected his life in numerous ways?

He shook his head, knowing it wasn't over yet… he still had one day left to spend with Rockman and he was going to make it count. Or at least… he though he had one day left.

"Wait… why is dad's car in the driveway?"