Chapter 5 Ryou and Red's Business Day

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"Ryou wake up," said Red. "I'm trying to sleep Red," said Ryou sleepily as he turned over and put a pillow over his head.

Everyone seemed to have changed their personality at least a little when they switched, and it wasn't because of the organization.

"I'm fazing out," Enzan said weakly. Blues groaned and turned over and grabbed his PET. He looked at it and saw Red pointing a sword at him.

His eyes were hidden by his white bangs even though he could still see. He saw Red and put the PET on the pillow.

'Blues, I know that I don't mind you not calling me Enzan-sama and you don't mind me not calling you anything with formalities, but can you wake up?' asked Enzan mentally.

"What time is it?" asked Ryou as he sat up. 'He seemed to change his personality more then me,' thought Enzan as Ryou stretched.

"It's 6 in the morning, Ryou," said Enzan. "You got me up this early, why?"

"You have a business trip in Ameroupe and promised to take Mary and Ribbon along so they can visit the country they were born in," said Red as Ryou went into the bathroom. He came out later wearing a blue T-shirt, Enzan's red vest, and black pants.

'Have you told your one person yet?' asked Ryou mentally as he walked down the stairs.

'No, and you seem to be a different person in the morning.'

'Whatever, I just need coffee to help me get going.'

'And the others think I drink it too much. You pretty much live on coffee.'

Ryou ignored him as he filled a mug with coffee, grabbed his shades, and headed out the door.

'The organization is going after the control programs and one of them is in the city we're going to,' thought Red since Drop and Mei Lin had told everyone about it last night in a late night email.

'Which one of the programs is it and what was your excuse?' asked Ryou as they got to Nylorac's mansion.

'The Trust Program, it has control of all the important documents in Japan and more. It has many codes that change every hour, so only a very skilled hacker could get control of it even if they have it. And my excuse is that Enzan is in Ameroupe with Netto while you're my business partner that takes my place and you live out of town so I let you stay at my house,' thought Enzan as Mary got into the limo.

"Hello Mary," said Ryou. "Your driver can't hear you since the screen is up, you know."

When they got to the airport, they went outside and boarded Enzan's private jet.

"So the Trust Program is in Ameroupe. Why do they call it the Trust Program if it has a bunch of important documents?" asked Music. "It has documents that make all the important deals official. IPC has one that is making the merger with Jawaii official. People call it the Trust Program because a lot of the times, an official document is the only thing that keeps someone from cheating their partner. Like the merger, the official document is the only thing keeping half of the Jawaii board from trying to take over IPC, so the documents are saying we trust each other," explained Enzan.

"That was a boring explanation I didn't need to hear," said Music as they took off, "I mean, I could've gotten a short version from Blues."

'Music! That was rude,' scolded Nylorac mentally.

"Music, that kind of was the short version, and you were the one that asked that," said Blues. "Oops."

"What are you going to do when we get to Ameroupe?" asked Ribbon as she appeared on the armrest as a hologram.

"We have to go to a business meeting. What about you?" asked Blues. "I wanted to visit my cousin, but I don't feel like explaining to her that I got kidnapped and turned into a navi."

"Why don't we go sight seeing? We haven't been in Ameroupe since I was about eight."

"Nylorac, you're a navi, navis don't have an age," said Music. "That's a first," said Enzan. "Speak for yourself," said Nylorac.

"What?"

"The first is I guess being a navi and you being a navi means we don't call each other with any formalities," said Enzan.

"And since you're now a human, you have to have an age and your age seems to be about 16. Both of you."

"How do I seem like I'm 16?" asked Blues. "You woke up this morning like you went to a party two hours ago."

"Well, I'm not going to talk about this whole time. Enzan, do you have any dimensional areas on this plane?" asked Ribbon.

"There's one that covers the inside of the jet so you can walk around," said Red as he activated it. Red and Ribbon appeared in the jet.

"Well, I'm not use to sleep mode so I'll sleep out here," said Ribbon as she sat down. "I'm going to do some work," said Red as he went into his office. "You work too much," muttered Mary as she sat back for a long ride.

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"Are you on your way yet?" asked the leader. "Yes, I'm on the plane right now, sir." "In Ameroupe, you need to get the Trust Program. It's in the capital of Ameroupe, Otten."

"Yes, sir. Is there anything else, sir?"

"Oh, yes, and Otten?" "Yes, sir?"

"Be on the look out for one of those kidnapped net saviors. I heard two of them will be there. I have sent you a picture of the two. Don't try anything that will cost us the program and why are you going to Ameroupe even if I didn't send you?" asked the leader.

"I am a lawyer and my client wants me at a business meeting with him. They're having a meeting with a major company in Japan. The president and vice president of the company are going to be there."

"Otten, which company is it? One of the net saviors is the vice president even though he's 13."

"IPC," said Otten.

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"We'll be landing in two minutes," said Blues. "We should wake our oper- I mean, we should wake our navis up."

When the plane landed, Red and Ribbon were still asleep.

"Since Rosesade-san left, Laika has been saying that Princess Pride gives him "wake up calls," said Blues, "Which means we "surprise" them to wake them up."

Music stood up, walked over to Nylorac, and poked her lightly.

She didn't wake up so Music went to the back of the plane. When she returned, she was carrying a bucket.

"What are you planning?" asked Blues as he stood up.

"You might want to open the plane door," said Music as she went to the back of the jet again. Blues opened the door and went back to where Nylorac was.

"Blues hold this for me," said Music as she handed him a bucket and headed to Enzan's office. Blues looked in it and it was full of water.

A second after Music left, Blues heard a small yelp. The next thing Blues knew was Music running by him and grabbed the bucket and crouched down by the seat across from Nylorac's.

Enzan ran by and stopped by Music. Music stood up and dumped the bucket of water over Red. Ribbon also got soaked because she was behind him.

She shoved the bucket into Red's hands and bolted toward the door of the jet. Since the stairs wasn't brought up to the jet yet and the dimensional area had a small hole, she pulled a cord and a slide that was used for emergencies inflated. She slid down and waited at the bottom.

Ribbon woke up, by being soaked with a bucket of water, and saw Red holding an empty bucket. She was about to jump up and strangle him when Blues turned off the dimensional area. The two returned to their PETs and they left the airport.

"I have to go to the meeting, I'll meet you here in a few hours," said Ryou as they got in the limo.

"You have an email Ryou," said Red as he brought it up.

"Your secretary can't make it," said Ryou, "Are you required to have a secretary with you or something?"

"You're supposed to have a secretary or lawyer with you for some reason," replied Red.

'Who else do we have? Since we're in Ameroupe, they have to know English,' thought Ryou.

'I just remembered, you have to find something appropriate for the meeting and what about Music? She came from here.'

'Good point, Red.'

"I know everyone except Saito and Net are new to the link, but tell me what's going on?" asked Mary when she noticed how quiet they were getting.

"Can you understand what I'm saying?" asked Enzan is English.

Ribbon started laughing as Mary nodded. "That was a stupid question to ask, no offense. Yes, I understand what you are saying. You have a barely noticeable accent though," said Ribbon in English.

"I can understand you, but I don't know much English. Since I am human, I can't add program to make me talk English," said Mary with an accent.

"I'll tell you what their saying if we are needed and then I'll tell you what you need to say." Mary nodded.

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"Otten, you're finally here! My secretary couldn't make it so thank you for coming," said a business woman.

"Why do they need secretaries or lawyers to come?" asked Otten. "Usually they would know what their client/boss is doing so this meeting with IPC and a few others companies need a second person to make sure that no one is lying or cheating their way to taking over different companies."

"I'm going to need a file on what you're doing then."

"Don't worry, I sent a file to your navi."

After they cleared some things up, Otten's client left and would meet him at the meeting. "Barrierman, look at the files and fill me in while I figure out how to hack through the system."

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"I don't get why we have to wear certain things for a meeting," said Ryou as he put on his tie. "It's easy enough for me. I just have to find something Manabe would wear to work," said Mary as she put on her light blue jacket.

"That's what Manabe-san would wear, except its light blue," said Ribbon, "Let's do a test. Music, are you going to wear your shades?" asked Ribbon in English.

"Hai."

"You're hopeless Music," said Ribbon as they entered a building.

"Why are there so many guards in this building?" asked Mary quietly. 'This is where they keep the Trust Program and take off your shades. We're going to a business meeting for crying out loud!' said Ribbon mentally as they went up an elevator.

'Do I have to? No one has ever seen my eyes and I plan to keep it that way.'

'If Blues does it will you?'

'Um…maybe.'

"Ryou, can you take off your shades for the meeting?" asked Ribbon quietly. "Do I have to?"

Ribbon sighed. "Yes, you do Ryou," said Red as they got out of the elevator.

Ryou sighed and took off his shades as they walked, revealing sapphire eyes like Enzan's except his was a little darker.

They stopped in front of a closed door. "You should take off your shades too. If I have to you have to and this is an important meeting," said Ryou quietly. Mary sighed and took of her shades revealing crystal blue eyes like her operator.

Ryou tied his hair in a ponytail and they went in.

"This is Ryou from IPC. Enzan-san couldn't make it so Ryou-san is taking his place," said a businessman in English as Ryou came in and sat down.

Sitting across from Mary was Otten. He recognized the two 'former net saviors' and started thinking up a plan.

"Barrierman, the program is in a room a floor above us. Before you steal the program, shut the lights off. Now go, plug-in Barrierman transmission!" whispered Otten as the meeting started.

Otten was a man in his mid 30's with brown hair. He usually wore a white long sleeve, a yellow sleeve less vest with a hood, and worn out jeans.

Barrierman was a navi kind of like Cosmoman. He was a mix of light and dark blue and had a barrier around him instead of a ring.

Barrierman was on the net and saw a bunch of guards standing near a doorway. He guessed it was where they kept the Trust Program and started searching for the control panel so he could switch off the light while Otten found the fastest way to run out the door.

Mary was bored since she didn't need to do anything and the whole meeting was in English. She saw Otten talking to his navi and looked at Ribbon. Ribbon was listening to the meeting.

"I know you talk to Enzan-san about being a 13 year old, but if you think I don't qualify for the job, then why would Enzan-san choose me for the job?" asked Ryou in English.

All of a sudden, the lights turned off and a second later an alarm sounded. "That's the Trust Program!" yelled a person.

"Plug-in Red Transmission!"

Red was used to getting plugged in and he landed in the system. He saw Barrierman walk by guards and they got pushed out of the way.

Red ran up to him and slashed him with a flame sword that seemed to be his default weapon. The sword hit a barrier around him and he kept walking.

In the meeting room, Otten quickly ran out the door and up a flight of stairs. When he got to the computer with the program, he started typing some things as Barrierman walked on.

Red saw that the navi's operator had disarmed the firewall that protected the Trust program.

"Program Advance! Sword, Wide Sword, Long Sword!"

"Beta Sword!" yelled Red as he slashed the P.A. It hit the barrier and it disappeared. Red took the opportunity to run close enough so the barrier couldn't activate and slashed him with the flame sword.

"Well you managed to land an attack on me, Red," said Barrierman, "or who you really are. The vice president of IPC, Iuujin Enzan.

"Battlechip Neo Variable Sword slot-in!" The sword formed on Red's arm and he sent a sonic boom at Barrierman before his barrier activated.

The sonic boom was bouncing around the inside of the barrier and hitting Barrierman. He deactivated his barrier and the sonic boom hit him one more time.

Barrierman ran towards the program as Red sent another sonic boom at him and ran towards him.

He was about to stop him from grabbing the Trust Program when he started to faze out.

Red hit the ground and lost conscious.

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Enzan opened his eyes and found his PET next to him. He quickly grabbed a battlechip and slotted it in and the white chip popped out.

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Ryou noticed that Red began to faze out and he all of a sudden disappeared. Luckily for him, he had run up to the floor above and was hiding behind the door so Otten wouldn't see him.

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Enzan saw his PET turn on and Blues appeared. "Enzan-sama, are you alright?" asked Blues quietly. Enzan tried using the link, but it seemed that only Ryou and Red could use it. "I'm fine Blues. Do you think I can disconnect these wires without hurting myself?"

"I think you can, since you're okay right now and awake."

Enzan nodded as he looked at the white chip. He threw it against the ground and the dimensional piece turned off.

He disconnected the wires and stood up. He went over to the bed across from him and when he was about to slot a chip into Nylorac's PET, the mysterious leader came in the room.

He grabbed Enzan's arm and noticed that he had broken the white chip. He forced Enzan to lie down and connected him to the wires again. Enzan lost conscious as the leader picked up his PET. Since Enzan had smashed the white chip, Blues couldn't be Ryou anymore and it would take a while to repair the white chip.

He locked Blues inside his PET and put a strong barrier around the inside of the PET. "I can't allow you to go anywhere," said the leader as he left.

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Otten plugged Barrierman out and made his escape. Red appeared in the computer again and saw he was too late. He tried plugging himself out, but couldn't.

Ribbon plugged in and saw Red looking around. After he explained about what happened when he fazed out, they figured Ryou's PET disappeared because the white chip was broken.

"Why don't you ride back to Japan in my PET?" asked Ribbon. "We're not going back for a while and the meeting was canceled. I'm going to have to think of something since Ryou is "missing," said Red.

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"Good job Otten, get Coder to decode the codes and get Hacker to go for the next program. Return to Japan as soon as you can."

"Yes, sir," said Otten as he headed off to the airport.

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"Why do they call this place the Big Apple?" asked Red. "I don't really know. M-my otau-san told me before he died, but I forgot since I was only two," said Ribbon.

"Let's just head back to Japan, we need to tell Mejin about Ryou," said Red as Mary headed to the airport.

When they got to the airport, they got onto the private jet and headed off.

"I wonder if Blues is going to be okay," said Music.

Enzan nodded, "He probably will be. Blues can take care of himself."

"We should call Mejin and tell him about Blues. If Blues is in his PET, then we can try to track a signal," said Mary as she called Mejin.

After they told Mejin about Blues, Red said, "Which sport do you think Blues would have done?"

Mary and Ribbon thought about it and said at the same time, "fencing."

"Probably, and who do you think I should tell about this whole thing?" asked Enzan. "Why don't you tell your father?" said Music.

"Like he would care," said Enzan.

"Music, you know nothing about what Shuysekei is like," said Ribbon as Red gave her an odd look. "Shuysekei?"

"Like I told him, there is no way I'm calling him with any formalities."

"You should still tell him, though," said Music. "Why should I tell him?" "Because he's your father."

"I don't have a PET or phone to call him," said Enzan. Music pointed to her PET.

"Why my PET?" asked Ribbon. "It's not yours, it's mine. Now, just call Enzan. He won't fire you or anything."

"You'd be surprised if I told you why he fired one of his personal guards," said Enzan as he called.

Shuysekei's face appeared on a screen. "Hello? Who ever it is, make it quick. I'm busy."

"Um…sir, it's me."

"You're Ryou's navi, aren't you? Did Ryou mess something up?"

"About whom Ryou and I are," Enzan continued, "Enzan and his friends got kidnapped and they were turned into navis and their navis became their operators. They would think of excuses to stay at their house while the other is away. Ryou is Blues and I, Red, am really Enzan."

"You were kidnapped and turned into a navi. How did you stay at the house with out being noticed?"

"I told you I went to Ameroupe with Hikari Netto and Ryou was my replacement and since he lived out of town, I let him stay there."

"Good, you're fired. Now leave."

"Wait! Sir, it's me, Enzan. Your vice president."

"You can't be Enzan even if that story was true."

"Don't you care that your son was kidnapped?!" Ribbon yelled as the screen Shuysekei saw spilt in two.

Shuysekei looked up at the screen for the first time since the call was made and saw Red looked like Enzan in armor. "Now that I see it, you do look like Enzan. Who is she?" asked Shuysekei as he pointed at Ribbon.

"I'm Ribbon. I've heard of you, Shuysekei," said Ribbon as she realized her mistake.

"You're Nyl, aren't you?" asked Shuysekei as Ribbon slowly nodded.

"Sir, you can't tell anyone. If it gets out, then I don't know what would happen."

"Okay, now shut up and hang up. I'm busy," said Shuysekei as he hung up.

"I can't believe that he doesn't care that his only son got kidnapped," said Ribbon. "He could've cared a lot less. I know he has," said Red quietly.

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Happy 4th of July, minna!