Reflections

Dawnfire: Ok people, I’m back! And with a beta reader too! Everyone welcome…Rose Kitsune Exe! This wonderful person kindly offered to be my beta-reader.

Ok, review responses:

Mu-chan: thank you for explaining that to me, when i read it, it kinda threw me off. Also, i was making sure that i wasnt breaking any copywrite laws, cuz i really dont want to be sued... >_<

Frost of Egrath: Youre welcome, youre the first person whose asked me for a Forte plushie. wonder why that is, hes really hot. I know what you mean about being mentioned in the fanfic, it makes you feel like youre being paid attention to, that someone is listening to what you have to say. Im glad that my POV-ness is improved, but it might not stay that way, so just letting you know in advance. Yes, it is true that that is a common occurance in fanfiction, but i think that it is that way because it seems like something that should be very obvious, so we put it in because the scriptwriters didnt see fit to put it in. I am curious about how you think this one is better than that, but of course, you are welcome not to tell me about it, and thats fine too. As for transitional material, im not very good at it, i try, but its very hard for me. Im very sorry if this makes it harder for you to read. I also believe that that is the way Enzan's house would appear should it ever do so in the series. And it would indeed explain a lot about Enzan. Thank you very much for the luck, i hope that it influences my writing some. Also, one last thing, i read your fanfic, i thought that you did very well on it, but im not sure i reviewed it, so in case i forgot, im telling you here.

shae#1yaoifan: heres that update i was telling you about. thank you again for the complements.

Duskfire: IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE DISCLAIMER, LOOK AT THE LAST CHAPTER, I’M NOT SAYING IT AGAIN!
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Looking out at Netto, Rockman saw him looking at a picture displayed in a silver frame. Seeing what picture it was, or rather the frame itself and recognizing which picture was in the valuable casing. It was a picture of Netto, and Enzan, and of course their navis, taken by Laika on Netto and Rockman's 15th birthday.

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Netto had taken to spending weekends at Enzan's house, just because he thought that Enzan needed more of a social life.

Enzan hadn't complained, though why not still puzzled Rockman to no end, though his operator’s entire relationship with the two-tone haired vice president was something that Rockman really didn't want to think about for fear of a headache. However, the fact that the two of them had gotten together made Netto very happy, so much that it leaked through their link and Rockman felt it very clearly.
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Enzan and Laika found out about Rockman and Netto's birthday, and that their parents would be out of town for the event, from Blues and Searchman who had found out from Rockman. Since Netto was his best friend, not including Blues, Enzan thought it would be a good idea to throw him a birthday party. However, it was going to be a small one since Enzan didn't want to have anything to do with Netto's childhood playmates. The only ones invited to this party were Enzan, Laika, Blues, Rockman, Searchman, and of course the guest of honor: Netto.

Laika had been ordered to Den Tech a few days earlier and had just settled in when he had found out about what Enzan was planning. Since he hadn't known about Netto's birthday until Searchman came back with a message from Enzan about the subject, he gratefully took Enzan up on his offer to go shopping for presents and party supplies.

The two boys started early on Wednesday, thinking that they could have everything ready by Thursday afternoon. They got a large chocolate cake, and other foods that Netto was partial to, relying on Rockman's advice on what to get. Then, while Laika shopped for streamers of varying colors, Enzan shopped for a present for Netto. After he had gotten it, Enzan told Laika that he could go look for something while Enzan went to find other party supplies.

The boys finished their shopping spree, paid for their selections, and went to decorate Enzan's house. According to Rockman, Netto, for unexplained reasons, suspected nothing, even though he hadn't heard from either boy all day.

Grateful for their good fortune, Enzan and Laika finished the finishing touches on their decorating, and sent a message to Netto, telling him to come to Enzan's house the next day at 1:00 with the things he needed to spend the night at Enzan‘s.
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The next morning, Laika showed up at Enzan's house to help with any last minute adjustments. At 1:00, Netto showed up, actually on time for once. Enzan met him at the door and told him to drop off his skates and backpack and to follow him.

Once Netto had done as ordered, Enzan led them out to a limo where Laika waited. With that, the boys all headed out to the amusement park where they went on rides, ate cotton candy and generally had a good time. All the while, the navis went to the cyber world version of the park and followed their operators' example. Through all of it, Netto started wondering what was going on, but kept quiet, figuring that Enzan and Laika had a good reason for doing all of this.

Once they had gone on all the rides that they wanted to, the trio hopped back into the limo and went back to Enzan's house. While in the limo, Netto asked Rockman if he know why Enzan and Laika were acting so strangely.

/Why don't you ask them, they might give you a straight answer./

/Because I don't want to sound like I'm suspicious of them or ungrateful./

/Why would you sound like that? It's a valid question./

Seeing that his twin had a good point, Netto questioned the older boys.

Laika rolled his eyes. "Because Rockman told us it was your birthday and we wanted to do something special to celebrate. Is it a crime for us to want to spend time with our friend on his 15th birthday?"

"Well, no… but you never did anything like this for us before. I mean, neither of you seem like the kind of people that like to go to amusement parks, let alone go on all the rides and pig out on cotton candy."

"Yeah, well, this is a special occasion, we wanted to "let loose" if you will." A slight smirk appeared on Enzan's face as he said that.

Netto looked at him for a second, the burst out laughing, unable to imagine either of the more mature boys "letting loose".

After a few minutes, they arrived back at Enzan's house. Netto thinking that the days festivities were over, moved to pick up his things. Enzan just grabbed him and pulled him towards the living room, where everything was set up.

Over the doorway, a large banner was strung reading "Happy birthday Netto!" in large, gold letters. Streamers were everywhere and a large table set up at the other end of the room was loaded down with food, the centerpiece being the cake that had 15 lit candles on it. Netto made his wish and blew out the candles.

After the cake was polished off by the 3 hungry and healthy boys, Enzan and Laika took out their presents from their hiding place and handed them over to Netto.

From Laika there was a new pair of skates, exactly like the old pair, since the first ones were getting very beaten up after much use. After knowing Netto for a long time, he knew that Netto’s preferred mode of transportation was his skates, Laika had figured that would be the perfect gift for him.

From Enzan, there was a case full of different types of chips that were very rare and very hard to find, but would help out a lot on their Net Savior missions. Most were battlechips, such as custom sword and variable sword, and there were other types as well, such as fashion chips for disguises for when they were undercover, and other chips that might come in useful.

After thanking them over and over and over again for his presents, the boys settled down to play some video games in Enzan‘s game room. Laika had become part of their tradition whenever he was in town and so he was quite comfortable with the ritual set up. The boys finished their contests, with all of them winning at something, Laika was the best at the shooting-type games, Enzan with ones that required logic, and Netto doing pretty well in all of them, since video games were one of his specialties. Afterwards, they all changed for bed and crashed heavily.
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The next morning, Netto got up and made breakfast for them all, the smells of bacon, eggs and hash browns luring the other two down to the breakfast table, Laika from his bed and Enzan from his office.

The boys ate breakfast silently, and then went to just chill out and relax, seeing as how they were all pretty wiped out from the harsh missions they had been on lately, particularly Netto, who had had to overuse his programming skills.

The afternoon ended and Laika had to leave, since he had to report to his superiors. After he left, Netto started to gather up his belongings and head for home. But once more, Enzan had a little surprise for him.

Just as Netto turned to thank Enzan for everything, Enzan kissed him softly on the lips. Since it was Netto’s first real kiss, it was soft and chaste. After it was over, Enzan pulled back to gauge Netto’s reaction.

As for Netto, he was completely dumbfounded. After Enzan pulled away, Netto felt a deep sense of loss. As he tried to figure out what his next move should be, he said “screw it” and leaned in to give Enzan a deep, passionate kiss. When air finally became necessary, they broke apart and blushed, very embarrassed at what had just happened.

“Um…”

“Um… yeah, well, anyway, happy birthday Netto.” Enzan leaned in for another kiss, and, after not receiving any kind of rejection from Netto, then pulled Netto back inside to finish the afternoon making out with his new boyfriend.
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Rockman thought fondly back at those memories, remembering their mother’s expression when Netto finally came home, with very swollen lips and love bites all over his neck.
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He had been sure that she would blow a fuse, until she saw the happily dazed expression on Netto’s face, and decided to leave him be, after only questioning her son about who had been the one to give him the marks. Satisfied that it wasn’t someone she disapproved of, she left Netto alone to relive every moment of that afternoon.
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Rockman noticed that while he had been day dreaming, Enzan had logged into the IM service that he and Blues had found. He opened up the program and told Netto that Enzan was on. That caught Netto’s attention.

Net Blaze: Hey Netto, you there?
Rock Light: Yeah I’m here, what’s up?
Net Blaze: Nothing much, just sitting back, relaxing, thinking back on old memories.
Rock Light: Yeah, me too. I miss you sooo much! When are you coming home?
Net Blaze: Soon, this stupid company business is really starting to getting very annoying, it’s taking away the time that I get to spend with you.
Rock Light: Aww, I feel so loved.
Net Blaze: And you should, since you are. *Yawn*
Rock Light: You ok? That yawn seemed like a hint there.
Net Blaze: Yeah, I’m fine, just a little tired, just got back from a meeting that was long and tedious.
Rock Light: Well, when you get home I’ll make sure that it’s made all better. *wink*
Net Blaze: Hmmmm, I think I’ll arrange for the next flight out of here, and then I’ll take you up on that.
Rock Light: Looking forward to it.
Net Blaze: Ok, I’ll talk to you when I get back.
Rock Light: Ok, see you soon. LOVE YOU!!
Net Blaze: Love you too.
Net Blaze has logged out
Rock Light has logged out

With Enzan’s and his log outs, Netto finally crawled up onto his sheets and fell asleep, planning on what he would do when he saw Enzan again, completely forgetting that he was supposed to be going out with his friends later. Rockman was to busy thinking about being with Blues again to remind him.
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Dawnfire: No, they did not do anything naughty during that afternoon, they just made out, and got a little carried away. But, hopefully I’ll be able to write a good lemon, any advice that anyone is willing to impart on me would be much appreciated.

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