Yeah, I have other stories I should be working on, but I really wanted to do this. On that same note though, I have no idea where I want to go with this, so any suggestions/requests are more than welcome.

I haven't been able to find an exact date for when Forte first went nuts. The closest I can find is 'a little over ten years ago.' I'm figuring that to mean 12 years, and since Netto is 14 in the series (I think...), that would mean that Forte's been running around the 'net for around 4 years now. That's all. Go read now.

Change of Heart
Chapter 1
by LanHikari2000x

It was a beautiful day: the sun was shining, the birds were singing, the small child running home crying...

Hold on, back up.

Six years old, this child's name is Hikari Netto.

"Stupid Dekao..." he sobbed, "Stupid Ken... Papa does love me! He does! It's not my fault he's never home..."

He broke into a fresh round of sobs as he opened his front door. He ran to his room, nearly slamming the door behind him, and finally allowed himself to fall to the floor and just cry.

"Hey, brat! Shut up!"

Netto sniffed and looked up at his computer, rubbing his eyes. There on the screen was a strange Navi. His body was covered by a tattered brown cloak, and he had two black and orange 'fins' on his head and a light blue, cross-shaped crystal centered on his forehead.

"Sorry Mr. Net Navi," he said, not seeming to see anything odd in finding an unfamiliar Navi in his computer, "I didn't mean to bother you."

Netto picked himself up of the floor and moved to sit in front of the computer, examining this new Navi.

He spoke up again after a moment. "My name is Hikari Netto. What's yours?"

The Navi didn't respond. Instead he met and held Netto's gaze until the boy started to feel uncomfortable.

"Nevermind..." Netto looked away awkwardly, " You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, I guess..."

"Forte."

Netto looked back to the computer screen. "What?"

"My name is Forte."

Netto smiled brightly, "Nice to meet you, Forte."

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Forte watched over the sleeping human before him. The brat had somehow gotten him to promise not to leave in the middle of the night, and he was reluctant to break his word to the boy.

Hikari Netto, huh? Grandson of Hikari Tadashi, creator of the 'net prototype Alpha?

Forte smirked to himself at the possibilities this presented.

Too easy.

TBC

Now that I think about, was it Tadashi that created Alpha?

Dekao seems like the kind of person who would tease someone about something like that at that age. Ken's just an OC who you will probably never see again.

Hmm... something else I wanted to say... Right. It's not going to show up quite yet, but Netto knows about Saito in this.

Please, like I said, I don't know where I want to go with this, so any ideas would be most appreciated.