Rockman woke up with the overpowering urge to give himself a bath. He had woken up with this urge once before and did not like the results. All the same, he summoned a cyber mirror and looked at his reflection.

"Oh no, not this again-nya." He said

Netto still buried under his covers, exhausted from yesterday's battle groaned and stirred a bit. Rockman sighed and got ready to wake Netto up, seeing as how he needed to go to Sci-labs to get the vaccination program. Just then Rockman heard a door slam downstairs and heard someone running up the stairs.

Meiru came dashing into Netto's room slamming the door loudly so he would wake up.

"Netto, trouble! The Neko Virus got out again last night. Hurry and get up so we can go to Sci-Labs!"

She plugged in Roll and went over to the inert lump in the center of the bed.

"Rockman-nya. Are you alright-nya?"

"Yes-nya. Is this world wide-nya?"

"Yes, every country has been affected this time, not just Japan-nya."

Just then Meiru yanked the covers off of Netto and got ready to shove him off the bed, but stopped dead.

"All right-nya, I'm up." Netto groggily rubbed his eyes.

"N-netto...." Meiru had an expression of pure shock on her face. Rockman and Roll were equally speechless.

"What-nya?" Netto ran his fingers through his hair to get a better view of the computer. Then his fingers hit something that wasn't there before. He felt up the way of a long, pointed ear. Then he saw Rockman and Roll. Not saying a word he got up and dashed to the nearest mirror.

Meiru followed Netto in hot pursuit. Netto was in front of the mirror just staring. The ears, the tail, the eyes, it was all there.

Rockman who knew Netto better than anyone, and also has Netto's vitals on constant check in the PET knew what was coming.

"Watch out-nya! He's going to...."

Meiru also saw this and caught his as he fainted.

"A neko?" she asked unbelievingly

Just then they recived picture lines on the computer.

"Big problem, my Glyde!"

"Big problem, my Gutsman!"

"Big Problem, my Iceman!"

Meiru sighed, now this was certainly a case of déjà vu.

Rockman sighed, "Big problem, my operator-nya."

Just then Netto started to stir. He opened his eyes carefully, hoping it was a really, really bad dream.

Meiru put her hands under Netto's shoulders and hauled him up to his feet. Still in his pajamas, his hair was still messy and from a distance his ears looked like part of his hair. Yaito, Dekao and Tohru in their panic could see no difference.

That is until Netto stood up and his tail became clearly visible.

"Geh........"

"Impossible-nya......" said Glyde

Netto put his ears back. "Obviously not-nya. Cause I look like this-nya!"

Meiru put her hands on Netto's shoulders and said "Now, let's not worry about that, let's worry about how we're gonna fix this."

"Sci-labs-nya, papa is the only one we know with the vaccine program-nya." Said Netto

Yaito, having gotten over her shock first, stood up and plugged out Glyde. "I'm coming to Japan right now. I'll see you in a few hours." Her monitor link went dark.

Tohru stood up as well. "I'll meet you two at sci-labs as soon as I can." Then his screen went dark as well.

Dekao sighed and scratched his head. "I'll try to book a flight, if not I'll have to ask Yaito to take me. I'll see you in a few hours either way."

Meiru nodded as the third screen went dark.

"Alright Netto-kun. Time to get dressed and go, unless you want to keep those."

"Shut up-nya, I'll be out in a few minutes-nya." He stormed into his room and started to put on his clothes as comfortably as he could.

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When Netto finally came out of his room in his normal clothes Meiru had already gone to her house and picked up a baseball cap and a sweatshirt.

"Here, use these, we can't hide your eyes without getting too much attention but at least this will look relatively normal."

Netto eyed the sweatshirt. "Meiru it's 80 degrees outside-nya."

"So, you still wear a long sleeved shirt, put them on."

Rockman and Roll giggled and Meiru pulled Netto outside.

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Once at sci-labs Netto and Meiru met up with Tohru and they went in.

Inside was total chaos. "The Neko-virus is gone! The vaccine doesn't work." The pandemonium was almost overwhelming.

Just them Yuuichihiro spotted them and pulled them safely to his lab. He took one look at Netto and smiled sadly. "So, the Neko Virus did infect you."

Netto blushed and looked at the floor.

"There's nothing to be ashamed about, you two were just doing what you were told. We didn't know the Neko Virus was out when we sent you on that mission."

"So Enzan is infected too-nya?" asked Rockman

Yuuichihiro smiled. "So it would seem. He's with Mejin-san right now and they're trying to figure out who did this. Seeing as net terrorist activity has been quite limited lately, save for yesterday's battle, we don't have any suspects."

"Nyaaaaaaaaaa......" said Netto trying to think. There really hadn't been much in yesterday's incident. In fact, there had been no fighting at all. They had originally thought it was a joke.

Soon after Yaito and Dekao came into the room and there respective navi's were in the cyber world listening and joining in on the discussion.

"As far as we can tell, the virus is a different strain than the original. It only stops after the first stage is complete. The paws, ears, tail, eyes and habits. No navi is in danger of becoming a cat this time."

"Thank goodness-nya." Said Iceman

Tohru grinned.

"However, there has to be a reason for this, we don't understand why someone would just want navi's to be like cats."

"Could it have to do with the fact that navi's can't use physical attachment chips now-nya?" asked Netto

"Hmmmm, that could be, still, there must be more."

Netto sighed and closed his eyes to think. Then he felt the hat being lifted off his head. He looked up into Yaito's face.

"Mmmmmm? So you really do have Neko-ears." She laughed

"It's not funny-nya!"

"Yaito-sanya." Glyde sighed.

Yuuichihiro stood up. "Netto, they want you down at Net-Saviors headquarters. You need to help Enzan-kun and Mejin-san with the research. Take this too. It has all the written data on the Neko Virus."

Netto took back the baseball cap and the small disk. "All right. I'll see you guys in a few hours-nya!"

Everyone sweatdropped as Netto ran out of the room.

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After Netto arrived at the headquarters he was immediately set to work with Enzan on the research. Which he only started after he got a good laugh at Enzan's and Blues' appearances. Enzan was by far the best, his ears were a mixture of white and black, and his tail was black with a white tip. Only after Enzan had tackled Netto and pinned him on the floor for 10 minutes was any actual research done.

"This is boring-nya." He said after 5 hours.

"So, if it will help us get back to normal then we might as well do it-nya."

Netto grinned. Hearing Enzan say 'nya' was truly amusing. Then they heard a knock on the door. "Net savior Laika, here on command." A sharp voice cut through their argument.

Netto and Enzan took one look at each other and bolted for the small office branching off the research room. They slammed the door and hid under the desk. Rockman and Blues came in through the computer link into the room.

"Netto-kun, you should not hide from Laika-nya."

"Enzan-sanya...."

Just then Searchman came through the link. His ears were red as his hair but his tail had adopted an odd army camouflage pattern. Also his right hand, which was usually a drfault gun, had now become a paw.

"S-searchman-nya!" said Rockman, surprised.

"There are intruders in this office. They were looking at Neko Virus research-nya."

"Actually-nya....."

Under the desk Netto smashed his finger into a small nail tip on the desk, he almost cried out when Enzan clamped a hand over his mouth to stifle the noise. But he also cut off Netto's air supply. Netto panicked at not getting air did what his body told him to, bite. His sharpened teeth sunk into Enzan's finger and he jerked his hand away. Netto smacked his head into the top of the desk making a thumping noise.

Searchman heard the noise and called out. "I know you're under there-nya."

Under the desk, Netto and Enzan were covering each other's mouths trying vainly to not give away their position.

Laika, who by now had guessed who was under the desk, finally opened the lock.

As the door slid open he called into the small office. "Netto, Enzan come on out. You don't really need to hide."