Saturday Evening

Netto ran the rest of the way towards his house, concerned about his father's sudden appearance; he didn't even want to think why his father had come home so soon. He might have just been visiting… but then when did his father ever have time to visit these days?

He slowly opened the door and heard laughing emulating from the living room, which after closing the door and taking his shoes off he slowly tried to sneak past and make his way up to his room. But his parents couldn't easily be fooled.

"Netto…" His father said abruptly, almost making Netto jump out of his skin "Come here…" This really sounded serious to Netto, but he couldn't make out, he was still pretty young so he obviously wasn't expected to understand much about feelings and stuff. He was beginning to think that theory of Rockman leaving so soon was coming to fruition; he couldn't be collecting Rockman yet! Netto hadn't even said goodbye to him…

"I think you may know why I'm here…" He added, quite blankly. Netto gripped tighter on the PET in his pocket, but his father was able to notice and begun to see that giving him the PET in the first place was probably a bad idea. Haruka remained quiet and was unable to help out; she was the most scared of making Netto upset because he was hard to control at such a young age. "I know you were supposed to have him until tomorrow, but I received a message from a foreign science facility this morning, something's gone wrong at their plant and they need some help. So I'm going to be away for a few days at the most. So I'll need to take the PET with me so I can work on it whilst I'm away in my spare time."

"Why can't you just pick it up when you get back?" He pleaded in reply.

Yuichiro certainly considered it but it was something he couldn't allow, Netto was still quite young to have a PET, even if it was only temporary, PET's are still quite scarce and rare, if Netto was seen outside with it… who knows what would happen to him."Sorry Netto, my mind is made up, please son, hand it over"

Netto backed off slowly, his face shaking from side to side, he wouldn't let his father have it back, in fact he wouldn't let his father have Rockman, that's probably what he wanted more. "You can have the PET as long as I can keep Rockman…"

"Netto it's not just the PET that isn't ready, its Rockman also, their both in the production stages. Beside, they don't belong to you, come on, hand them over I have to go soon."

"So go! Rockman's fine with me, he's happy!"

Yuichiro sighed, rubbing the sleep from his eyes; he eventually stood and walked over to Netto, who was continuously wary of him. "Netto, Rockman isn't yours, isn't that stealing?" Yuichiro knew he and Haruka had been teaching him that since birth… he knew that would at least get to him.

"Yeah… but…" Was all he could say in return, he actually had nothing to come back with.

"Don't you think someone else will be upset as you are now if they find out that their net navi has been stolen? It's not been easy creating Rockman; he's the most advanced net navi yet, I highly doubt I can create another"

Netto still had a tight grasp on the PET in his pocket, the contents inside was still unaware of what was happening. "Don't worry Netto; you'll get your chance… I've already got the perfect net navi lined up for you. Like Rockman, he's still in production stages, so you won't get him just yet" He added, trying to cheer him up.

Netto replied quiet cheerfully, seeming a lot happier knowing that information "Really? Is he big and strong…?"

Yuichiro found it a little difficult to reply "He will be… with your help" He added.

After which Netto was quick to hand over the PET, forgetting that he hadn't said goodbye to Rockman. Yuichiro finally added "I know like I said, you was expecting to keep him until Sunday, but all I initially wanted to see was him performing simple tasks and how he can socialize and interact with humans"

Yuichiro kneeled down and gave him a loving hug before going over to Haruka to give her a quick peck on the lips, leaving with the PET in a quick hurry. The door was closed and the room was filled with silence, Haruka then stood and made her way over to Netto.

She kneeled down and gave him a hug to keep him calm and happy "I know Netto-kun; it was quite unexpected for me to see him here. I know how you feel, I wanted you're father to stay a little longer but not all wishes come true" She added.

Netto nodded, understanding why she seemed so upset, she then stood and looked down at him "Would you like me to make you something to eat?" She added.

"No… that's okay, I think I'll just get an early night. I'm meeting Meiru and her Mum tomorrow to go to the Mall so I need to get up early anyway" He said, turning away and heading up the stairs.

Once he was in the solitude of his room, he closed the curtains to block out the reaming sunlight and he threw himself into bed, wanting the day quickly.

But from what his father had told him, he really couldn't wait to get his own net navi now.